That was nice. Kind of reminded me of the manga LIFE, which (too bad) was only limited to strong BFF female friendship QQ

That was fucking awesome. Nice to still discover some gems on this site.

this is one of my favorite one shots here, i love it

thank you Lililicious for this another gem. dame, that line went straight to my heart - "we'll be first class villains" and yeah, though cliche - "we're the strongest when we're together."

Pretty moving indeed, this week i've been looking for good works and i have come to know many gems just like this one. Loved the quote "This is our garden but we're hated".

This truly is a gem.

I was going to skip this one because of the art but it grew on me. I like it a lot now especially the hair and the story was sooooooo nice. Like everyone else said, yes truly a gem.

I feel as though this story was about two girls forming a very tight friendship. The kiss was merely to cure one's curiosity. At least to me, I don't feel this was a yuri feeling story. Which is cool by me either way.

I really liked this and the drawing style is amazing because I don't see it that often.
It was super cute thank you for making it! ^^

Page 57: "While writing this series . . . I pretty much lived in Shibuya's Maruyama neighborhood. I carried my little daughter with me. I took pictures of the hotel area for reference" (emphasis left out).

I think we seldom take the time to really appreciate the effort that creators like this go to. It's like going the extra mile. Not everyone who reads it is going to notice the amount of detail in something like a landscape. It's like CGI in movies. If it's done poorly, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Whereas if it's done well, it often goes unnoticed. It's working hard on something that might not even be noticeable, something that only works subtly toward what people see in the finished production.

It's weird because out of all the bullying that took place in this story, the thing that bothered me the most (well, aside from the fake love letter which pissed me off more) was the homophobic person at the love hotel. Maybe it's because they went to a place where they could leave the stupid people and things behind yet with the escape or freedom that they sought and found, they also found the shackles of society which they had likely never faced in the same way.

By the end though, they each grow as individuals because of these things. At the part of the love hotel, I'm reminded of the quote from the yamanba who said that ". . . we're hated. Even though this is our garden."

I'm really glad that the main character had someone to pour her heart out to. Even if in retrospection our own problems seem less significant, it doesn't change how we feel in the present. And prior to that moment, she was the very definition of keeping your feelings bottled up inside until they explode.

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Instant favourite, really liked the art and the story!

I feel as though this story was about two girls forming a very tight friendship. The kiss was merely to cure one's curiosity. At least to me, I don't feel this was a yuri feeling story. Which is cool by me either way.

Nah nah nah, dont ruin it, dont ruin it. That was a wholeheartedly kiss full of love. That was yuri at its finest.

Found a note on my computer with a list of one-shots and just re-discovered this....beautiful

Thanks for the bump, this was great.

Damn... This is going in my all time favorites list. Wonderful.

Just rediscovered this one by pure luck. I loved it the first time I read it, and I still love it now. <3 Okazaki Mari is such a great author.

Thx for the bump, lovely story.

oh boy. man this one was good. just the right balance of fluff and bittersweet with a happy ending. perfect

Oh shit, this is gooood. I love it when I discover some high quality one-shots.

I highschool I always thought of my self as "positive" and "optimistic"... this has beautifully put into paper those feelings that I was never able to fully express. Love the art, love the story.