I just finished reading and I am crying. This is actually the second time that I felt so connected to the characters! I feel like there should be a sequel or something. Like, they live together and adopt a child in the future or something like that . . . I wish that it didn't end like this and so soon, but now I can daydream all I want about the outcome or the ending!
I have lost count on how many times I read this manga. I bitterly love it because I at least want to confirm that, even though it's a platonic relationship, they are each other's most important person.
I was so sad the first time I read this... I needed a confirmation of their relationship... I loved the manga, but the ending left me kind of empty.
Now, After reading this for the third time, I'm still sad that I don't get to see thair relationship taking the next step, but I'm 100% sure, that what they have is love, romantic love. There are hundreds of parts in this manga that make me think this way.
Of course, the ending is open, in a way, so everyone can have their own opinions, but, mine is that Takara and Kiyomine are in love, but they haven't realised it yet.
So, the only thing that makes me sad is that I don't get to see it.
I would love to read a sequel to this.