Hana wo Tadoreba Kimi no Yubisaki
Where is the looooooore?!?!? I wanted more Kotofuji loooooooooore!!!! This had me on a frustrating rollercoaster because I wanted this to be a reincarnation story in a way, but instead, we got ghost fucking. Fine. Whatever. But then they showed me an interesting backstory for Kotofuji, got me invested only to see them do nothing with it? I want to see them talk more about Kotofuji’s past, about Tsuguyasu, and more about why he was in pain in the shrine. It just feels like things aren't being said, we’re seeing it get swept under the rug so they don't have to deal with conversing about it. But when there was a conversation it would happen off-screen most of the time and I wanted to throw my ereader. Like, not to be ace on main but if these bitches don't start communicating in my romance manga I'm gonna start chainsawing tables. Update: So I wrote all that around chapter three or four and while a conversation did finally happen, everything I said still stands so I'm not removing all that. I'm actually both confused and angry about how this went. Yes, we got more backstory for Kotofuji. Yes, we got a "let's talk about this" moment. The conversation and explanation were so surface level that I felt tired reading how they didn’t want to be a "burden" to each other while also being a bit confused about Kotofuji and Tsuguyasu's timeline together. Not even the proposal, one of my favorite things, saved this for me.
Ore to Joushi no Koi no Hanashi
Kokuhaku no Jikan