The exact omegaverse I love, that "I've been looking for you my whole life" I eat it up every time. But it kinda makes me laugh how it looks like they're aura farming literally every shot, extremely dramatic like an old school k drama. I'm loving the cautious dynamic between them, can't wait to see the chasing arc + more info on the bite, is ts still there or nah
Can't help but wish the story was drawn out a little longer, things were happening way too fast lol. Having the mystery and suspicion linger before the confession would have made it more impactful imo. I can understand the limitations of having one volume to work with but I think it says ongoing? So idk if the author has more in the tank for this one. I feel like 2 volumes would have really helped this story out, one for the initial reunion + unraveling the mystery behind the murder + william's backstory then the second for the confession and everything else.
The art is gorgeous, especially the way Nine is framed in most of his shots, the angles, the lighting, his expressions, they were all so cinematic and impactful. That may be my bias for black hair characters though lol.
It's rare that a story as ambitious as this one has a satisfying ending, the author knocked it out of the freaking stratosphere my gosh I can't rave enough about it. It really crystallised the bittersweet experience of youth, that mix of uncertainty and hope you embrace as you face the world and develop your sense of identity and who you are.
I love how the story blooms out of the sudden trauma of Hikaru's death, walks us through the generations of fear and bad choices that brought them to this point, and ultimately leaves us with an undeniably hopeful message. It would have been so easy to destroy the boys and crush the readers with a sad ending but instead she gave us rebirth and new beginnings after trauma and loss, the transformative power and persistence of love, and above all, hope. This is such an important message and story to have in a world that feels increasingly bleak, I'm glad it exists and I'm grateful to have read it.
The only thing I found a little corny was the title drop lol "I'll never forget the summer Hikaru died" lmfao that kinda took me out of it. Still 10/10











I can only hope kabu's getting stronger because he's getting ready to wake up now, he did say he's been going unconscious when tsubaki goes to sleep.... it was very weird that no one seems to know for sure that he died, just that he stopped showing up, I feel like a school would honour a deceased student in some way, no? orr he really is just siphoning energy from tsubaki lol but I fel like he would be chill with splitting his vitality with kabu even if it means a shorter overall life, he's the one who made tsubaki's life fun and worth living after all.
also we now know why kid tsubaki stabbed the man, wonder if we'll get the whole story as to why he beat up his dad and moved out of his family home, my guess is he was abusing the mom and tsubaki defended her but she got scared of him too so he left. Also the first thing he said about kabu is how handsome he is lol they are too cute//// need to see them happily ever after soon please
Right? I always felt like kabuto was just in a coma or something… how would he really know what happened to his body if he just came to like this after he was injured… I feel like his perception might be a little skewed by his grief for his mom’s loosely similar death…