I see people hate one character or the other but I liked this story overall. Let's start with Kou. He did have a bad habit of cheating when drunk but it can be attributed to the repressed memories thing and you can see he puts in the effort to not do it. Even with Mikuni actively pursuing him and literally forcing himself on him Kou only slipped up once. I'm not counting the first time when he was very drunk and the time when they went to the wedding coz he and Ao was kind of broken up and Ao was literally going to an omiai at that point. Kou actively avoided Mikuni while he was with Ao refusing to meet him outside of what was strictly necessary for work. Though the way he said it to Mikuni in the end makes it sound like he is choosing Ao out of guilt or pity it's quite obvious that's not the case. Kou goes out of his way to hold on to Ao and the thought of losing him stresses him enough to give him ulcer. He genuinely thinks of them as destined to be together forever. He has no problems with Ao hiding the truth from him and he is pissed because Ao didn't trust that he would still choose Ao and because Ao's feelings were not strong enough to hold on to him. The mangaka kind of attributes Ao's initial attraction to Mikuni in high school to his father-con obsession with his dead dad in an archery outfit. Though Ao is a "no fun" serious guy who most would consider boring Kou loves that part of him as well and sees that as one of his charms and feels that the girl from the omiai will fall for Ao. He literally looks at Ao with rose tinted glasses. Even when Ao had gone for an omiai and Kou had given up and had gone to Mikuni's home he was still wishing that he could call Ao and talk to him. There isn't a single moment when he actively considers leaving Ao and being with someone else. I don't think Kou will cheat now that he has all his memories. There's really no reason to hate on Ao. He had no obligation to give full information to Mikuni. It was Mikuni's fault for not trying to look for Kou or contact him for so long. On the other hand towards the end when Mikuni said Kou agreed to be with him (he meant Kou agreed to be at Mikuni's home while he recovered) Ao misunderstood that as Kou agreeing to date Mikuni. Even then when he thought their relationship was over and Kou had moved on Ao still went to look for Kou and apologize. He is a keeper. Mikuni is weird for persistently pursuing a guy who slept with him when very drunk. No one seems to have a problem with how manipulative and forceful Mikuni was while Kou kept saying no because he already has a lover during the second time. He chose to use his hold over Kou in a work setting to make him spend time with him outside work. Later on Mikuni has a little more justification once he finds out Kou is his long lost first love he never found a resolution with. I don't particularly blame him at that point coz he saw a chance and he tried to take it and he seemed pretty reconciled to just working together with Kou in the end.
I agree with you, he already cheated on him and continues to seeing the guy he cheat with using that lame ass excuse. I was expecting both of them leaving this bitch and breaks up with them but guess not
This manga just made me remember why I hate love triangles! Tho it's not just the love triangle but also Kou that made me hate this manga. Srsly, Kou knows he goes around fking everyone when he gets drunk so y doesn't he just stop drinking????? He hurts Ao every single time and even after apologizing he FUCKING does it AGAIN! Ao u gotta man up and either dump him or stop him! Then that chef guy comes along and Kou loves the chef, he and the chef were hitting it off and poor Ao almost had an arranged marriage. I feel that the only reason Kou actually went back to Ao was cuz Kou came to him and said that he loves him and wants him back. If Kou never did that, I bet Ao would just stay with the Chef and continue his habit of drinking and hooking up with every guy he sees. I feel bad for Ao and mad at him. Ao should have just dumped Kou at least once just to make him realize what he could lose. But noooooooooo, everytime Kou comes back from fking someone, Ao be like,"its ok. I still love u." This makes me so madddddddd.
I feel so frustrated while reading this manga I tell you. Kou is such a slut and Ao, my Ao, my sweet lovely Ao please find someone else who will love you and who will really care for you., don't settle with Kou the slut. So frustrating can't get over it.
I am okay with Ao. Sure he lied but compared to kou, his sin is minor. Kou is not a victim and the fact that they made him look like the victim is what makes me angry.
Plus, I have a hard time believing kou will not cheat again. He has such a weak will that I feel like it will happen again. And ao has to deal with it all over again and I don't really like that.
To be honest if i have ability to Teleported into this manga the first thing l'm going to do is get in the car and ran over that slutty kou boi to death. jesus......cheating bastard like him deserve to died alone and burned in hell.
Ao and Mikuni don't deserve something like this at all... both of them suffering because this selfish two face slutty uke. they should find more good person or....maybe they're should become lover!!!!!! heh both ao and mikuni should ditch that slutty kou.
sorry my english is not good but i really angey after finish reading this manga. KOIDE Mieko sensei is good artist but please don't make junk manga like this again.
Not gonna say it was trash cause I was hooked throughout the whole thing, but I hated how Kou practically ended up being a victim when Ao had every reason to act like he did. Kou proved him right by wavering like that and cheating on him with Mikuni several times.
I also hate how, in the end, it seemed like Kou chose Ao just out of pity and guilt. I'm sure he likes him and loves him almost like family, but he didn't seem to properly love him as a partner, he didn't even fight for him ffs. He just assumed he was a poor little confused thing and ignored how much he has hurt Ao over the years with his cheating bs. He was literally telling Mikuni that he loved him, but couldn't abandon Ao after all those years minutes before Ao showed up to look for him.
It should have been the other way around to be at least satisfying. Kou should have realized that Ao was scared of losing him and being insecure because Kou cheated on him sm and because he knew he would fall for Mikuni. He should have realized that and proved him wrong by rejecting Mikuni properly and going after Ao to reassure him.
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I see people hate one character or the other but I liked this story overall.
Let's start with Kou. He did have a bad habit of cheating when drunk but it can be attributed to the repressed memories thing and you can see he puts in the effort to not do it. Even with Mikuni actively pursuing him and literally forcing himself on him Kou only slipped up once. I'm not counting the first time when he was very drunk and the time when they went to the wedding coz he and Ao was kind of broken up and Ao was literally going to an omiai at that point. Kou actively avoided Mikuni while he was with Ao refusing to meet him outside of what was strictly necessary for work.
Though the way he said it to Mikuni in the end makes it sound like he is choosing Ao out of guilt or pity it's quite obvious that's not the case. Kou goes out of his way to hold on to Ao and the thought of losing him stresses him enough to give him ulcer. He genuinely thinks of them as destined to be together forever. He has no problems with Ao hiding the truth from him and he is pissed because Ao didn't trust that he would still choose Ao and because Ao's feelings were not strong enough to hold on to him.
The mangaka kind of attributes Ao's initial attraction to Mikuni in high school to his father-con obsession with his dead dad in an archery outfit. Though Ao is a "no fun" serious guy who most would consider boring Kou loves that part of him as well and sees that as one of his charms and feels that the girl from the omiai will fall for Ao. He literally looks at Ao with rose tinted glasses. Even when Ao had gone for an omiai and Kou had given up and had gone to Mikuni's home he was still wishing that he could call Ao and talk to him. There isn't a single moment when he actively considers leaving Ao and being with someone else. I don't think Kou will cheat now that he has all his memories.
There's really no reason to hate on Ao. He had no obligation to give full information to Mikuni. It was Mikuni's fault for not trying to look for Kou or contact him for so long. On the other hand towards the end when Mikuni said Kou agreed to be with him (he meant Kou agreed to be at Mikuni's home while he recovered) Ao misunderstood that as Kou agreeing to date Mikuni. Even then when he thought their relationship was over and Kou had moved on Ao still went to look for Kou and apologize. He is a keeper.
Mikuni is weird for persistently pursuing a guy who slept with him when very drunk. No one seems to have a problem with how manipulative and forceful Mikuni was while Kou kept saying no because he already has a lover during the second time. He chose to use his hold over Kou in a work setting to make him spend time with him outside work. Later on Mikuni has a little more justification once he finds out Kou is his long lost first love he never found a resolution with. I don't particularly blame him at that point coz he saw a chance and he tried to take it and he seemed pretty reconciled to just working together with Kou in the end.
Ao deserved someone better. If Kou was going to turn into that shitty excuse for a human after the accident, he should have died there instead -_-
I gave it 1 star. My very first 1 star
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I agree with you, he already cheated on him and continues to seeing the guy he cheat with using that lame ass excuse. I was expecting both of them leaving this bitch and breaks up with them but guess not
This manga just made me remember why I hate love triangles! Tho it's not just the love triangle but also Kou that made me hate this manga. Srsly, Kou knows he goes around fking everyone when he gets drunk so y doesn't he just stop drinking????? He hurts Ao every single time and even after apologizing he FUCKING does it AGAIN! Ao u gotta man up and either dump him or stop him! Then that chef guy comes along and Kou loves the chef, he and the chef were hitting it off and poor Ao almost had an arranged marriage. I feel that the only reason Kou actually went back to Ao was cuz Kou came to him and said that he loves him and wants him back. If Kou never did that, I bet Ao would just stay with the Chef and continue his habit of drinking and hooking up with every guy he sees. I feel bad for Ao and mad at him. Ao should have just dumped Kou at least once just to make him realize what he could lose. But noooooooooo, everytime Kou comes back from fking someone, Ao be like,"its ok. I still love u." This makes me so madddddddd.
I skipped the last few pages left I was disappointed af just a wild rollercoaster that's ended with a headache.
I feel so frustrated while reading this manga I tell you. Kou is such a slut and Ao, my Ao, my sweet lovely Ao please find someone else who will love you and who will really care for you., don't settle with Kou the slut. So frustrating can't get over it.
I am okay with Ao. Sure he lied but compared to kou, his sin is minor. Kou is not a victim and the fact that they made him look like the victim is what makes me angry.
Plus, I have a hard time believing kou will not cheat again. He has such a weak will that I feel like it will happen again. And ao has to deal with it all over again and I don't really like that.
To be honest if i have ability to Teleported into this manga
the first thing l'm going to do is get in the car and ran over that slutty kou boi to death. jesus......cheating bastard like him deserve to died alone and burned in hell.
Ao and Mikuni don't deserve something like this at all... both of them suffering because this selfish two face slutty uke. they should find more good person or....maybe they're should become lover!!!!!!
heh both ao and mikuni should ditch that slutty kou.
sorry my english is not good but i really angey after finish reading this manga.
KOIDE Mieko sensei is good artist but please don't make junk manga like this again.
One of the best comics I have been read
I really this
My Ao and Kou
sure ao date the guy who cheated on you, and probably gonna do it again you idoit
I hate this comic
Not gonna say it was trash cause I was hooked throughout the whole thing, but I hated how Kou practically ended up being a victim when Ao had every reason to act like he did. Kou proved him right by wavering like that and cheating on him with Mikuni several times.
I also hate how, in the end, it seemed like Kou chose Ao just out of pity and guilt. I'm sure he likes him and loves him almost like family, but he didn't seem to properly love him as a partner, he didn't even fight for him ffs. He just assumed he was a poor little confused thing and ignored how much he has hurt Ao over the years with his cheating bs. He was literally telling Mikuni that he loved him, but couldn't abandon Ao after all those years minutes before Ao showed up to look for him.
It should have been the other way around to be at least satisfying. Kou should have realized that Ao was scared of losing him and being insecure because Kou cheated on him sm and because he knew he would fall for Mikuni. He should have realized that and proved him wrong by rejecting Mikuni properly and going after Ao to reassure him.
Fuck this.