Hey, does anyone know what happened to the story "The One I Love", by this author? Has it been postponed or something?

The credits page is really painful :(

I was hoping they actually didn't separate after that, but I wish I never read the credits page

I still really don't get the 'Graduation might as well means the other person died' in Japan.
At my graduation, I was like 'Well... tomorrow at your place as usual?' and next to nothing changed.

What's weird is I've never had friends I felt a strong connection to. Not even strong for the words "i miss them" to ever be true for me. Well. Many of them ended poorly anyway. And while it might very well be the way you explained in your example about these things being no big deal, I can understand this fear of change expressed by the darker-haired character.

That was that? It's a good thing I'm listening to Trap Queen while reading this, or I wouldn't even finish this one shot.

Well, a lot of friendships are relationships of convenience. You are friends because you share some qualities or interests and happened to be in the same place at the same time. If the only real connection is based on proximity, then it shouldn't be surprising that the relationship falls apart when you lose that connection.

My two closest friends I've met in middle school (like 14-16 years ago) and I still see them regularly, still have contact with an internet friend I met around the same time playing RVS, and I'm probably meeting a friend before christmas I met 16 years ago, my oldest acquaintance with whom I still play/talk and visit, although with that one we've lost contact for a while. Still have contact with college friends as well.

Those protagonists in manga have no excuses! That said, I'm not secretly in love with any of them, I guess that helps reduce the angst.

i didn't need to see that last page...

Facing reality after graduating, some friends don’t just stay the same once being parted. Also it’s rare for best friends to stay together especially if one decided to went out of your pace and the sad part if she doesn’t contact you anymore, she’s either busy or found another people to hang out with her same interests or something new to be interest in.

The credit page makes everything even sadder T^T