Holy shit it’s finally here!!! This series is a masterpiece. I stumbled on this on MD way back when it was tagged yuri. It baited me but I pretty much stayed for everything else! This story gives such a good and nuanced take on so many topics ranging from heavy and complicated stuff like grief and estranged families to hilarious clashes between an extrovert and introvert. It’s sometimes bittersweet, or even sad (I cried at some points) but also slice of life moments that are very relatable.
The dialogue is so good: the flow, the banter, and how it sometimes conveys so much with so little. Don’t let the summary fool you, while Asa and Makio are the main characters, there’s a lot of focus on other characters too. Everyone is so very likeable and I love all the different relationships between them (which is rare for me, normally there’s always at least one or two characters/relationship that I don’t care about...).
In some of the chapters (especially the recent ones), it does take several rereads to understand every layer but that’s less on the author and more on me missing (subtle) clues on the first read.
I miss the cooking though, with the ingredients and recipes, but I guess the story has long since passed the awkward, see which way the cat jumps dynamic during the first months in the Makio and Asa household.
Massive shoutout to the scanlator group for doing a fantastic job (some chapters were basically a one man job!)!
