A feel good story and its straightforwardness and simplicity are its charm. I can't say much abt the overall story and its characters because both were written with a light-hearted tone, albeit trying to swim through serious and heavy topics like ageing, societal expectations, and homophobia. So, I really appreciate how the story kept the story easy to digest and light. (If u wanna read something similar, I really rec Old-fashioned cupcake.)
There are a few stuffs that kept me from rating it higher than 4 though. The build up leading to their resolution, as well as the resolution itself, is lackluster. Maybe it's because the story was meant to be light-hearted, but it sadly became its weakest point. Since the story didn't delve deeper into these interplaying factors that had ultimately woven into the characters' identity, there's not much weight into that arc. Aside from it, maybe it's only me, but I wish the start of their relationship played out differently. Althought I get that Keishi was meant to be pushy, to parallel Suzume, it was bordering on workplace harassment. Esp that a subordinate called out Tanaka abt it on a later chapter, it made the main characters' "first encounter" uncomfortable.
A feel good story and its straightforwardness and simplicity are its charm. I can't say much abt the overall story and its characters because both were written with a light-hearted tone, albeit trying to swim through serious and heavy topics like ageing, societal expectations, and homophobia. So, I really appreciate how the story kept the story easy to digest and light. (If u wanna read something similar, I really rec Old-fashioned cupcake.)
There are a few stuffs that kept me from rating it higher than 4 though. The build up leading to their resolution, as well as the resolution itself, is lackluster. Maybe it's because the story was meant to be light-hearted, but it sadly became its weakest point. Since the story didn't delve deeper into these interplaying factors that had ultimately woven into the characters' identity, there's not much weight into that arc. Aside from it, maybe it's only me, but I wish the start of their relationship played out differently. Althought I get that Keishi was meant to be pushy, to parallel Suzume, it was bordering on workplace harassment. Esp that a subordinate called out Tanaka abt it on a later chapter, it made the main characters' "first encounter" uncomfortable.