Stories like these are why I love manga so much. There’s something so deeply profound in the simplicity of this story. This mangaka’s writing and art style feels like a warm hug, and I find my eyes watery and throat closing up at a lot of the conversations Takeda and Arita have. I love how the mangaka also highlights how people always try to label and/or place people in a box, despite even not knowing them. And I found that even I too was instinctively putting a label on the relationship between Takeda and Arita. I do know that what they have for one another is love, but whether thats platonic or romantic is not for me to decide.
Stories like these are why I love manga so much. There’s something so deeply profound in the simplicity of this story. This mangaka’s writing and art style feels like a warm hug, and I find my eyes watery and throat closing up at a lot of the conversations Takeda and Arita have. I love how the mangaka also highlights how people always try to label and/or place people in a box, despite even not knowing them. And I found that even I too was instinctively putting a label on the relationship between Takeda and Arita. I do know that what they have for one another is love, but whether thats platonic or romantic is not for me to decide.