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I also read it when I was teenager now as adult I feel seme is not affectionate enough towards uke he only looks like a person who see uke as someone he feel something for but don't have guts to hold on , i don't know I hate to admit but there are plenty mangas i read as a teenager now as adult they become weak at emotional level.
i read this when i was in highschool back in 2016. i truly loved this story; one of my favorites of all time. i loved the sketchy style of the art and panels; loved how the dialogue flowed; loved the atmosphere and feelings but now reading it again in 2024, i have the same feelings but there's something missing. what senpai felt for mami was no joke; he was capitvated by her. i don't think it was platonic love but then again it just might be, like, the person can be your soulmate without any romantic subtext. but he also loved hoshino which we can say was romantic love yet he never voiced his love for him as much as he did with mami. He wanted to protect, shelter and honor mami even going as far as to ask her hand in marriage. but he didn't even do the bare minimum for hoshino, who's apparently the object of his attraction. And if mami were alive (obvs that would erase the point of the manga) but isn't that...sad? if she were alive, would senpai be conflicted and waver when he sees hoshino again? unfortunately, i don't think so which just makes this a lot harder to digest now that I've grown up.