Peachyblue's manga / #❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤(22)

Definitely started conflicting- Natsuro has had his heart broken by a lover he's been with for 5 years and then he meets Tsuyuhiko as he's grieving. From the start clearly something is up with Tsuyuhiko and that's the conflict - do you give up on someone who has polarising views on love having never experienced it or stick around to help. I feel bad for Tsuyuhiko because he was groomed and conditioned into believing that he can never be loved and Natsuro saw that. It was super sweet to see Tsuyuhiko become happy and see that he wasn't a faulty broken individual he was made to believe he was. And for Natsuro to be loved and cherished the way uke cherishes him is so heartwarming. Like get that love you always deserved(his ex had cheated on him though I'm not sure if Natsuro knows because I'm never reading that story ( Wonder Border) :/))

100/10 loved it! It's shounen ai and the feelings are there. I loved the characters soo much they felt soo dear to me and the creator has done a marvelous job of fleshing them out and writing this. Well the last season did feel a little quick to wrap with some loose ends(nothing super major) but then it's understandable. What i really loved were the characters: i loved how they were true to their age, non egotistical guys who weren't the OP cold face type or snarky sassy ones who can't apologize- these two Beom Jin and Yoon were adorable. Ones 19 and other's 22 ( Western age) and I liked how they got that in their personalities and mostly how their bgs/past affect how they are today. Beom being alone, different, orphaned at a young age and figuring his life out at the tender age shows amazing emotional range as he's not afraid to voice out his pain/fears and how much this all affects him. His youth is drawn out so beautifully and he's such a good guy like i love him. Yoon too, alone, lost his brother but man does he too communicate and face and feel his sorrows. This couple communicated! Like from the start- there were no misunderstandings for timepass, no constant fights for drama which could've been avoided, their love story was pretty organic and well paced as well which surprised me since I got into this even without reading the summary. Overall definitely reread material. A GEM!

In tears at the end, I remember years ago reading Yumi's story and now I don't remember much but I know his current partner helped him leave his abusive relationship. Hence, I don't remember if I actually read the spin-off about his ex next or not because of Yumi's grief. Sometime later, I've read and reread the prequel to this story as a standalone because i didn't want to feel hurt for Yumi again. But here, I loved how this story handled it, and that while you shouldn't romanticise "the abusive ex who actually was broken inside" because at the end of the day Hayashida knows that it was his actions that hurt Yumi and that he couldnt just let it go. That he harmed someone he held so dear to his heart. I liked that they didn't ask for Yumi's forgiveness because really Yumi had no reason to but he gave him that album and let him know that you can move on now from being haunted too. There was no redemption arc, no him going to apologise etc. Just that, their stories will be seperate as life goes on for both. I'm happy that Hayashida while is tormented, his abuse wasn't just written off in his own story(like the author going that now that he's in love he's perfect and an angel etc etc) they held him accountable while still treading the path of self- forgiveness (since he knows asking Yumi that would be tremendously unfair and wrong). It's a capturing both sides without undermining either. And I love them, I hope both heal and I'm happy that both have found loves that understand them :'))