reread 4/22 : listen, the plot is kind of wonky,, the mc clearly has feelings for arima, but refuses to acknowledge them and then when he finally DOES he attempts to marry his crush off to his sister for the sake of fulfilling a societal rule. so yea, is this a dash painful? yes. but it does end happy! it's another one of those, mc doesn't know what he rlly wants and is willing to fight for UNTIL a big tragedy happens and forces the mc to realize he could lose his love interest and he's willing to do anything not to lose him. solid 4.5 stars!
Ça part dans tous les sens. Aucun lien entre certaines scènes mais le pire, c'est celle où la ville prend feu. Et le sexe, franchement, autant faire du shounen ai parce que c'était inutile. Pas sexy, sans émotions. Bref, y'avait du potentiel pourtant.
୧••୨ Miyoshi Ayato's first period piece...overall, it was not bad. I quite liked it! Although I feel it could have been executed a lot better! Especially the flow / development of the story was a bit weird for me. Compared to some other works of sensei, this was clearly a bit inferior... Btw, she said she really wanted to make Arima and Kuroki's sister Kikuko marry...thankfully that didn't happen! Well, Kuroki still tried to make them marry, to somehow have a link with him, but thankfully Arima refused. Otherwise that would have been so cruel, nothing good would have come out of it! All three would have been unhappy and miserable! In the end, Kuroki: "I came to a realization on my own that I wanted to take your hand...even if I had to throw my family and society away...I was thinking that all the while I..." - It's kinda sad that he needed an earthquake to finally be honest about what he really wanted and also take the decision to step down from head position, but well...all is well that ends well! #Taisho Era, Reunion of School Friends, 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake, Count / Head of a Noble House x Uni Medical Student
