muse ✨'s manga / #designer(3)

A working man in his late 30s meets an unfriendly artist, just twenty, who runs a boarding house. This story did nothing for me the first time I read it, but I'm so glad I sat down with it again a year later. I must've rushed the first time and not paid attention to the emotional development. This is a beautiful story about letting go of the past's hold on you and moving forward with life. This is a true slow burn. I don't think they are together until the fifth volume, but they really care for each other by the time anything happens, which makes it really sweet when it does.

Cute art and rich detail, but no real character development or relationship build. Pretty meh.

A lonely office worker boldly asks to pet his next-door-neighbor's cat. After seeing how happy it makes him, the neighbor - a work-from-home designer - gives him a standing invitation. Marked as incomplete, but this is a full story! Maybe there is a missing extra. I feel cleansed after reading this.