I honestly think this work is WAY darker but overall it feels less heavy than Traces of the Sun with the focus of suicide that it always present throughout that story.
I started reading both around the same time and although both have a similar setup with the Hunterverse and suicidal Mc, I prefer this story.
Like you mentioned their relationship, dynamic with each other and personal growth is better depicted.
I also like the humor at times and while I adore Traces of the Sun, it could never catch me as much as this one did.
But I may be biased since I basically started reading this when the translation was unreadable and basically used Google and a prayer to help me understand until I read the novel ^^"

hey, i've only read up to chapter 4 of this but I read a trace of the wonder and i thought both works are pretty similar in some ways
what are your thoughts on them as a comparison against one another?