
here again because i still love this story. it's not perfect by any means. it's not necessarily a comfortable read; it doesn't give you the answers or developments you want at the speed you want them, but maybe that's in turn what renders it viscerally human and why i always cry reading yuri's outburst as he hugs teacher on the roof. and again when teacher sits at the dinner table across from this mom, and recalls yuri's words.