The first couple are by far my favorite, and I do agree with the commenters when they say that this manga should have focused only on them. Their story was beautiful and well developed. Yet after the story starts focusing on the multitude of other couples the story takes a dip into lame land and has become not believably conclusive, as Kyouhei never did get to actualize his main goal as a boxer and the focal point of his story (his revenge on Minami).
Minami and Masato Are my most hated main characters here I loathe them so much. They are both horrible, manipulative and disgusting individuals. Even with their trauma in the past, this does not excuse such underhanded and criminal behavior on both their parts. It bad but I was kind of happy when Masato got stabbed, I actually thought he deserved more for being such a jerk. Even when the author tries to paint them as good redeemable individuals I just could not take their story seriously. (︶︿︶)＝凸
That being said I did not find a lot of the other characters that great either; Itzuki is a coward guy who seduced (according to him) Chiaki instead of just confessing to his real love interest (they both can be blamed for this unhealthy fwb relationship). He also never breaks off his fwb relationship with Chiaki yet he sleeps with and begins a relationship with Ryuichi.
Chiaki is a fwb with Itzuki whilst having feelings for Minami, whom he knew was being abused yet he did nothing to help him. And he never tries to explain the whole situation to Hayato and lets him be hurt. And I did not like how he put so many conditions on their relationship, yes he is a minor but he really should take his feelings into consideration not just brush him off and not be serious.
Anyway, this is just my personal opinion on the characters.
The first couple are by far my favorite, and I do agree with the commenters when they say that this manga should have focused only on them. Their story was beautiful and well developed. Yet after the story starts focusing on the multitude of other couples the story takes a dip into lame land and has become not believably conclusive, as Kyouhei never did get to actualize his main goal as a boxer and the focal point of his story (his revenge on Minami).
Minami and Masato Are my most hated main characters here I loathe them so much. They are both horrible, manipulative and disgusting individuals. Even with their trauma in the past, this does not excuse such underhanded and criminal behavior on both their parts. It bad but I was kind of happy when Masato got stabbed, I actually thought he deserved more for being such a jerk. Even when the author tries to paint them as good redeemable individuals I just could not take their story seriously. (︶︿︶)＝凸
That being said I did not find a lot of the other characters that great either; Itzuki is a coward guy who seduced (according to him) Chiaki instead of just confessing to his real love interest (they both can be blamed for this unhealthy fwb relationship). He also never breaks off his fwb relationship with Chiaki yet he sleeps with and begins a relationship with Ryuichi.
Chiaki is a fwb with Itzuki whilst having feelings for Minami, whom he knew was being abused yet he did nothing to help him. And he never tries to explain the whole situation to Hayato and lets him be hurt. And I did not like how he put so many conditions on their relationship, yes he is a minor but he really should take his feelings into consideration not just brush him off and not be serious.
Anyway, this is just my personal opinion on the characters.