Pretty cute.

Great series.

Separate bedrooms though?

(apparently that's also more of a japan thing)

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This is a great short story. My only complaint would be either leaving Hotei's feelings more ambiguous to match that of Ebisu, or making things a bit clearer at the end on Ebisu's side. But it's a minor complaint, one I can debunk myself by just saying how the difference is just playing along with the type of characters they are.

Aight so maybe we never quite got that honeymoon ending but who cares, it was still a lovely story start to finish. Who am I kidding, why is it over, I was hooked, why did it have to end! I haven't been so captivated reading anything in such a while.

Come back to this one all the time, I think for most yuri serieses I'd be disappointed at the lack of "payoff" but this feels really natural and pleasant. I love how it ends.

My first OL yuri manga, definitely a good read :)

I hate this kind of manga where they show us the road to their relationship but not the relationship itself after this road. I just want to see a whole chapter at least for them together after everything has been settled ~(>_<。)＼

i kinda hate the ambiguous approach, kinda just feels like the “they aren’t lesbians it’s just a deep soul connection” pre gay rights kinda thing

Every time I see this I think her name is "Hotel-san"

Wish what happened to Hotei could happen to me IRL.

any series similar to this?

Great series.

Separate bedrooms though?

(apparently that's also more of a japan thing)

That'd be pretty common anywhere, I'd think. They weren't formally dating when they moved in, and even if they were it's still not unusual to do in your early 20s. They probably just switch between one bed or another.

The part I don't buy is that they'd be able to afford this setup in Tokyo on their salaries while raising a kid and an occasional freeloader.

I really like this story. It's quite unique, in my opinion, and I think the romance and drama is pretty on point. Too bad it ends so quickly and that we never truly see them declaring their love for each other explicitly.

I've been going through the old /u/ reclist, and there's a lot of aggressively mediocre stuff on there, but this is absolutely excellent. I love how well defined Hotei's viewpoint is. I see a lot of talk about how ambiguous the love is here, and like yes, kind of, they explicitly say that's what they were going for in the extras, but Ebisu compares Hotei to her old boyfriends that her sister stole away. I can't say I wouldn't have liked to see a kiss, though...

I've been going through the old /u/ reclist, and there's a lot of aggressively mediocre stuff on there, but this is absolutely excellent. I love how well defined Hotei's viewpoint is. I see a lot of talk about how ambiguous the love is here, and like yes, kind of, they explicitly say that's what they were going for in the extras, but Ebisu compares Hotei to her old boyfriends that her sister stole away. I can't say I wouldn't have liked to see a kiss, though...

As I suspect is the case with most other readers of yuri, I agree with your last sentence. But I also agree that this one sticks with me because we really see Hotei's growth as a person as well as Ebisu's emotional, not "thawing" exactly as much as "unclenching." Despite the "just show them kissing already!" aspect, this indeed top-notch stuff.