with this story, i genuinely don’t think i’d be upset regardless of whether these two end up together or not. i think it’s an important character arc for both of them irrespective of the endpoint. where rihito’s dad steps closer into the queer circle and lets go of his discrimination. and juichi eventually finds some sort of happiness in camaraderie. this is such a lovely story.
getting a notification for this just reminded me how much the ending pissed me off like of Course the girl who spent the entire story being exclusively attracted to women and constantly reiterating that fact just randomly ends up marrying a man with absolutely no buildup? lmfaooooo. and to think this was one of my favorite mangas prior to that.
if you read it again it's pretty clear that her husband is trans lol. my theory is that they're transmasc enby since they say "she [masumi] grumbles how she doesn't belong to either side" likely implying that they're nonbinary (which is a pretty outdated way of looking at it since u can still be bi/lesbian if u like someone nonbinary but i digress). there's also a part where her husband says "i dont look too weird do i? does this work for me?" when wearing a suit so that probably means it's the first time they're wearing one
i don't think i've EVER read a manga with an asexual character done properly, especially in a relationship since people usually tend to conflate asexuality with aromantic people as well. so lovely to see it handled well!
well.. as much as I love the thought of one of my favorite mangakas having an ace character.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TobUBoC37WoqDYpR6mSpy5YUvf7nfs0d/view?usp=drivesdk











if this wasn’t presented under a romantic light, i’d have assumed that this was some sort of psychological horror where a dude gets rejected by another dude and so, in order to exact revenge, he pursues the dude’s younger brother and makes him fall in love with him only to eventually break his heart or something