
If anything it makes me think how easier people have it in other countries, where theycan just get married, or at the very least be accepted by the law, society, their family etc. The two MC's would have been saved from a lot of valid insecurity (in regards to legal recognition) and angst if they were brought up elsewhere in the world. At least though at the end, one of the MC's defiantly said that the other character was his partner (whilst they were in the hospital room) and they shared their family registry, which is the closest people can really get to having some sort of legal security in Japan unfortunately.
It's a realistic manga, bittersweet, but then so is life, most of us live with regrets .
I hated this manga. I always avoid it because the first time I read it it literally took me weeks to recover. It broke my heart so bad. Its so beautifully tragic I cried so fucking hard. Its been a long time since then so I tried reading it again now and it still breaks my fucking heart. Its so beautiful it fucking hurts