also genuinely the amount of pedophilia (he's a minor, I can't even call him a consenting sex worker) is just heartbreaking every time, especially now with Epst**n files we know that this happens in real life in huge scale, sometimes it keeps me up at night, so reading this was genuinely upsetting, especially when I learn that some authors love to see their minor characters getting SA-ed, simply messed up

I think the way they met again left so much to be desired. They never talked again in school and just graduated. Shiraki says he still loves Kuro but never really attempts to keep contact with him. If they didn't coincidentally meet again, what would he have done? I also wonder how their relationship would've went if Shiraki was still getting financial help from the client who supported him for a year. Would he have cut all contact with him to be with Kurokawa? I have so many questions I would love for there to be a second volume but I doubt it. This manga wasnt as popular for it to get a second volume.