Ugh, and just Takeo always acting like Wakou is being whiney for having anxieties and concerns about their relationship...? Like- duh! You basically told this guy, "I could kiss boys, I could kiss you, but maybe not. Let's date and find out!"
Wakou is 100% valid (in my opinion) to be freaking out all the time, to be insecure in that relationship, to be unsure of Takeo's feelings because TAKEO HIMSELF IS UNSURE OF HIS OWN FEELINGS? So of COURSE Wakou is going to be insecure
It should've been Manaka
Japanese dating culture is a bit different to western culture. It’s common for people to date fiest to find out if they like the confessor.
“kokuhaku 告白こくはく, literally means "confession", and it is done when a man or a woman declares their love to another, and hopes to begin dating that person.”
https://www.tofugu.com/japan/kokuhaku-love-confessing-japan/
Yeah, but I feel like it's weird to do with someone you've known, and been very close to, your entire life. If you don't love them by now then you probably won't love them after a "date"
i think that’s a way of thinking that doesn’t really apply to everyone. there are people i know who’ve been genuine friends for a long time but ended up developing feelings after a certain something— sometimes people just need that change of perspective to realize things.
and yes of course it depends on the person, but i’ve personally done that whole shebang of confessing to someone and going on a few dates to see if anything will happen haha it’s not completely the same with wako since takeo was the one to suggest it, but i wanted to chime in and say that doing it wasn’t something i regretted (tho ofc my experience is diff since i didn’t do it with a childhood friend). i also think wakou isn’t a pushover and could have honestly turned down takeo’s suggestion if he wanted to.
wakou was ofc valid in being insecure bc he’s been in love for much longer, and as you said, takeo hadn’t confessed when they had that big fight (i think!) but i understand where takeo was coming from as well since to him it would feel like his feelings and efforts to reciprocate were being invalidated. i think takeo was expecting wakou to notice that his love was secure now (based on their confession scene where he said “i think there’s no way you don’t know”) which is silly bc people can’t mindread, but overall it was a conflict that was handled decently also considering their ages and level of maturity.
Yeah, I’m that way the same right person long time and it’s really big thing sometimes it’s that we dated, but it clearly was the right time so we broke up but there’s actually a lot more. We were friends acquaintances in this path in our lives and we just didn’t wanna see each other that way, but we changed into bubble humans and now we are ready
Just sayin'... Takeo dating his childhood best friend, who has genuine feelings for him, just to see if romantic feelings could develop is just... so off-putting. I tried to enjoy the rest of the story, but my mind kept wandering back to that