Every time I read one of these chapters I start crying again. It's been ten years now, and every time I think I've moved on, something brings you back into my mind, Mom...
...in a few days it's my dad's birthday. He died 10 years ago. Just recently I realized two of the three oldest things in my possession are some toys, he had as a child that I at some point 'rescued' from my grandmother's house before it was sold (she died a year later than him, was senile and we never told her she lived longer than her son..). Years before his passing I had spotted them there, collecting dust, and pointed them out to my father, and he told me that those were his childhood toys (a wodden rabbit with movable limbs and a rather fragile plastic-turtle with a bopping head... and a crack in its shell).
I've never actually seen him handling them. They have no material value.
But although they just sit on a high shelf and I don't look at them every day, they hold a dear spot in my heart...
Well, and today I stumbled across this manga... *tries not to cry*
It's a beautifully drawn and thoughtfully written manga.
I appreciate that the author is taking their time to deal with loss and pain of losing someone dear - and not rushing things to make the plot more exciting. It's a deep dive into grieving.
Yet, eventually one has to move on... and I am curious how these two will eventually do so.
As others stated, as long Midori sees Haru as her own person, I wouldn't mind some age-gap romance. But so far Haru hasn't shown any particular romantic interest in Midori (with the loss of her mother being on the forefront of her emotions). So... yeah, if it happens, a lot needs to develop before that.
I do wonder how Midori and Tsugumi fell apart. How Tsugumi felt about Midori--... well, things point into the direction of romantic interest, but then she went and got herself preggers? Hnn... I am sure, we'll get to find out, eventually. (Maybe the father has an appearance later on, to fill in some of these gaps.)
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