I enjoyed this as a short read about an interesting dynamic and situation without getting too deep and tbh not much of a resolution besides kei opening up his heart to love but no further development conveyed about his isolating tendencies. Their relationship progression was rather abrupt but not unbelievable imo. I do genuinely wonder if Kei has some sort of developmental or mental delay/disorder because of how much he’s struggled to function and socialize even before losing his parents/grandmother. Even the way he’s processed their deaths and his seemingly emotional disconnect sways me to believe so. I understand why other readers would dislike his character for this reason as he can come off as infantilized, especially without ample exploration of his character depth. While I am higher functioning and Kei’s background and internal dialogue was barely even touched upon, the small glimpse into his world that we do get felt very autistically relatable lol.
I enjoyed this as a short read about an interesting dynamic and situation without getting too deep and tbh not much of a resolution besides kei opening up his heart to love but no further development conveyed about his isolating tendencies. Their relationship progression was rather abrupt but not unbelievable imo. I do genuinely wonder if Kei has some sort of developmental or mental delay/disorder because of how much he’s struggled to function and socialize even before losing his parents/grandmother. Even the way he’s processed their deaths and his seemingly emotional disconnect sways me to believe so. I understand why other readers would dislike his character for this reason as he can come off as infantilized, especially without ample exploration of his character depth. While I am higher functioning and Kei’s background and internal dialogue was barely even touched upon, the small glimpse into his world that we do get felt very autistically relatable lol.