Jokyouju no Hatsukoi Case Study
After Staring at the Starry Sky
The most amount of emotions I've felt was when Subaru cut his hair because I really like his little bun. I know when I was reading chapter 1 and 2 a month back I got this feeling that this story was too sweet for the sake of being sweet and it hurt. Like eating cake with deep red or light blue icing and now that one tooth in the back is stinging. Well, it went from that to “this is kinda stupid" when dealing with the conflicts as well as it feeling like everything moved really fast after chapter 2. I do plan on getting this but many as an ebook instead of physical. I'll also give vol 2 a try, like, I didn't hate it I just thought it was mid.
Shiba-kun to Shepherd-san
Loss Time ni Hanamuke o
From the tags to the cover art I was really hoping for something much, much more sad. Instead, it's just above average with a dash of frustration which is exactly how I like my manga, apparently... Funny enough, I didn’t really like how Naruse would explain to the reader why he broke up with Toui only because he would contradict himself one second and then become fully aware as to why he felt the way he did. His reasons for leaving are understandable to the point where even Toui knew himself, but they never really sat down and talked it through so when there came times when Naruse was in the wrong, Toui was the one to apologize for everything because he already knew his work ethic and lifestyle was a strain on their relationship and it pissed me off! They both are really good friends but not the best boyfriends to each other. On Toui's end, he's taking advantage of Naruse's kindness and depends on him too much, though not on purpose. Naruse felt underappreciated and taken advantage of so it's understandable why he'll want to break up. However, he also didn't try to communicate to Toui that this was how he felt so it's just been three fucking chapters of running around in circles leading to a chapter that just peeved me off just a little bit. Update: The above was written before chapter four and while I still stand by everything... Everything I yelled about got touched on in chapter four word for word but in a very 5/10 way. It could've been much more impactful leading up to the sex scene, but at least they did finally talked... At least we got a really beautiful wedding shot, the only thing that made me feel any emotion: two beautiful unnamed women getting married in chapter three page 26
Sayonara Game (minaduki Yuu)