When I tell you that in chapter 5 I was tearing up like crazy!! It was so difficult not to cry TT. I got so irrationally attached to Ryousuke, he's one of the most lovable characters I think I have ever read about (he actually made me realize that his exact personality, positive and cheerful but still mature and reliable, is the one I always look for in male leads, but I only ever find it in second male leads, so sad!). I could feel the love he and Haru had for each other through the screen, and that made it hurt so much more when he eventually left... This is also the reason why, while I was also very attached to Tsukasa, I struggled seeing him and Haru as a couple. Not that I don't like them together (although Tsukasa could have indeed been older than a fresh out of highschool kid, cough cough), I do, but Ryousuke and Haru were just PERFECT for each other, you know what I mean? And Tsukasa also seemed a bit like a substitute for Ryousuke in my opinion, like Haru subconsciously realizing that Ryousuke will one day leave and trying to find somebody else to love and rely on, and then accepting Tsukasa when he actually left for good. I know it's just my impression, and in fiction anything is possible, but it seemed very unnatural for him to immediately fall in love with somebody else after the extent to which him and Ryousuke loved each other all their lives... I think I would have appreciated more a time skip of at least 1-2 years at the end after which Shunya realizes he moved on, that he fell in love with Tsukasa and finally accepts his feelings. Still, this is just my preference, all in all this was a full 10/10 story, I LOVED IT SO MUCH! I will for sure be rereading it regularly when I want to cry
When I tell you that in chapter 5 I was tearing up like crazy!! It was so difficult not to cry TT. I got so irrationally attached to Ryousuke, he's one of the most lovable characters I think I have ever read about (he actually made me realize that his exact personality, positive and cheerful but still mature and reliable, is the one I always look for in male leads, but I only ever find it in second male leads, so sad!). I could feel the love he and Haru had for each other through the screen, and that made it hurt so much more when he eventually left...
This is also the reason why, while I was also very attached to Tsukasa, I struggled seeing him and Haru as a couple. Not that I don't like them together (although Tsukasa could have indeed been older than a fresh out of highschool kid, cough cough), I do, but Ryousuke and Haru were just PERFECT for each other, you know what I mean? And Tsukasa also seemed a bit like a substitute for Ryousuke in my opinion, like Haru subconsciously realizing that Ryousuke will one day leave and trying to find somebody else to love and rely on, and then accepting Tsukasa when he actually left for good. I know it's just my impression, and in fiction anything is possible, but it seemed very unnatural for him to immediately fall in love with somebody else after the extent to which him and Ryousuke loved each other all their lives... I think I would have appreciated more a time skip of at least 1-2 years at the end after which Shunya realizes he moved on, that he fell in love with Tsukasa and finally accepts his feelings.
Still, this is just my preference, all in all this was a full 10/10 story, I LOVED IT SO MUCH! I will for sure be rereading it regularly when I want to cry