I wish I could love this manga more. It was overall amazing but there’s glaring problems that I can’t look past. It hurts as bi person myself that there was no real in depth moments of Taichi coming to terms with his bisexuality. I also don’t like how we never get to see Toma’s thoughts. He so central to story yet we never once get to hear out he feels especially after his outed as gay. My last problem is the treatment of Kensuke. I don’t understand why is homophobia is accepted as okay and it’s not right to judge someone do their opinion. What? Kensuke is a bigot but the story protrays him as someone we should feel sympathy for and that we shouldn’t challenge his homophobic behaviour. for a story so involved with queer characters it’s strange that this is the idea we are supposed to leave with. I know it sounds like I hated this manga but I don’t. It made me cry so many times. My criticisms come from a place of love. I want this story to be perfect because I love it so much. I still recommend reading this manga however because I think the overall message of the story is beautiful and most of the characters are amazing.
I wish I could love this manga more. It was overall
amazing but there’s glaring problems that I can’t look past. It hurts as bi person myself that there was no real in depth moments of Taichi coming to terms with his bisexuality. I also don’t like how we never get to see Toma’s thoughts. He so central to story yet we never once get to hear out he feels especially after his outed as gay. My last problem is the treatment of Kensuke. I don’t understand why is homophobia is accepted as okay and it’s not right to judge someone do their opinion. What? Kensuke is a bigot but the story protrays him as someone we should feel sympathy for and that we shouldn’t challenge his homophobic behaviour. for a story so involved with queer characters it’s strange that this is the idea we are supposed to leave with. I know it sounds like I hated this manga but I don’t. It made me cry so many times. My criticisms come from a place of love. I want this story to be perfect because I love it so much. I still recommend reading this manga however because I think the overall message of the story is beautiful and most of the characters are amazing.