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Mayama reunites with his old middle school classmate, Yumi. Mayama is captivated, but Yumi has a boy...
would be lying if i said i didn’t shed some tears…
im so happy yumi found healthy love with mayaama. even in the spin-off when we learn that yumi’s abusive partner was being abused at work (why he turned abusive after they graduated high school) and yumi forgives him, im happy the author didn’t make get back together. toxic relationships don’t need to be resolved by getting back together; they can heal away from each other and start a new chapter of their lives. yumi’s partner ending the cycle of abuse himself was rare and im grateful for that because yumi would’ve stayed and he knew that. abuse victims will often stick thru all the abuse hoping to get the “good times” when the abuse wasn’t happening. nostalgia is a bitch. the author did a good job writing a nuanced, complex story of an abused abuser and his victim’s journey of healing and love after trauma.