I think the stories just went downhill. I liked the first story, it was kind of cute. The second story was alright, although it was a bit too sad for me, since you're quite aware that nothing really solved anything at all, and the thing that was so romanticised would become moot in the end. But the stories after those two... all consecutively worse than the previous one. One-dimensional characters, shallow feelings glorified and set on a pedestal as if they really formed deep bonds.