Sooo, I'm done with the Manga. The Character development was great, the story was good and the story-telling mature. I don't like it when the Story ends with the confession but in that kind of a story it didn't really matter, I guess. Sadly I still don't understand ace, I mean as long as both are happy it's good, what I don't understand is what the difference is between best friends and a ace-couple? I mean both love Fuuka too, so why couldn't she be included in the relationship? I'm still confused about Ace/Aro...

for me I didn't really feel like the ending was rushed. Would I have wanted more of their goofy shenanigans? Of course, and I feel like that's their only major sin for the manga. But I actually feel like the ending made sense.

Same

My thanks to the translators. Fun series. And Subaru is such a gremlin.

The asexual ending was well-foreshadowed. Could have gone differently, "awakening" and all, but works either way.

This is an interesting romance situation and I really can't tell where they're gonna take it. Platonic Life Partners?

Holy shit I saw this old post I made in 2020 when I first read like the first part of this manga, I can't believe I called it all the way back then.

BREAKING NEWS
Yuri couple actually communicates properly instead of keeping secrets and hindering their own relationship on purpose for the first time ever in a manga!

BREAKING NEWS
Yuri couple actually communicates properly instead of keeping secrets and hindering their own relationship on purpose for the first time ever in a manga!

Nah, this is actually the second time such a thing has happened. Still Sick beat it to the punch.

But now that I think about it, Still Sick is one of my other all time favorites... I'm sensing a trend, but I can't quite find the commonality. Surely it couldn't be that characters reacting to their emotions in a believable way is a good thing, right? Certainly not in a story trying to be grounded in real human emotions! No, it must be because the authors both have names containing at least one consonant.

Finally caught up on this one, and I really loved it! Super sweet conclusion ^^

as an ace myself, loving romance but still having a hard time understanding it due to the lack of desires, this hits right at home. this series is now an instant favorite.

and I don't think it's right to compare this to Bloom Into You. both are great series but completely different. while Hinako and Asahi are asexuals, Yuu definitely falls into the aromantic spectrum whom still feels desires. both series are a good depiction of Aro/Ace in their own way. :)

I love this series so much.

Being ace, I deeply identified with the self-doubt and confusion that comes with the lack of feelings of attraction. It really is an accurate depiction; feeling broken, or like you are an impostor, because you can't relate to everyone else around you. When I found out about the ace/aro spectrum, it was such a relief.

I had just kinda assumed that I was a really late bloomer, or that I simply hadn't found the right one yet... Which might still be true, but I'm happy now, and not in a hurry to find out.

Btw so... Did Fuuka and Subaru get together? I felt it strongly implied that, but I'm not sure. Would not have minded a few more chapters exploring the post-confession domestic fluff, but also to see Subaru-chan conquer the world.

Isn’t subaru like 16? Idk about that age gap for all the Fuuka/Subaru shippers out there. I do hope that Fuuka can move on though, she deserves a relationship not based on obligation

Fuuka is almost 18

I don't understand where you got this form. Fuuka was Asahi's classmate, it's said multiple times. They're the same age (29).

I'm just confused. What's the point of the Hinako & Asahi romance? It fells so forced. Is there a difference between "platonic couple" and BFF? Don't tell me now they're holding each other's hands a bit longer. "I love you, but not in a romantic / sexual way." We used to call it friendship.

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I'm just confused. What's the point of the Hinako & Asahi romance? It fells so forced. Is there a difference between "platonic couple" and BFF? Don't tell me now they're holding each other's hands a bit longer. "I love you, but not in a romantic / sexual way." We used to call it friendship.

Note the Ace/Aro tag.

I'm just confused. What's the point of the Hinako & Asahi romance? It fells so forced. Is there a difference between "platonic couple" and BFF? Don't tell me now they're holding each other's hands a bit longer. "I love you, but not in a romantic / sexual way." We used to call it friendship.

It doesn't stop being gay just because they don't kiss or have sex. Unless you think this deep form of affection is somehow worth less than the way allo people love, not that friendship is worth less than romance either. If they don't feel it is merely friendship, then it isn't and they don't have to place a label on it. I don't like the term QPR because it's very USamerican in identity but that's how some describe what they have with others.

The point is that they felt like they didn't fit in, that they were missing something others seemed to have and by trying to fit in they only hurt themselves. They deeply love each other but not in the way everyone else would expect them to, with sexual desire and all — that expectation placed them in a cage, labeled them as broken and made Hinako unhappy for a very long while. It's not like this will keep them from being physically affectionate later on as they develop their life together and become comfortable with someone that understands them and isn't going to demand things they aren't capable of, and I don't mean sex but just cuddling, hugging, grooming each other... things like that which aren't limited to the concept of lovers. Even if it doesn't happen because they happen to be repulsed by physical touch, it won't change the fact they love and care about each other very much in a way that goes beyond friendship for them or else they wouldn't have made a big deal out of it and this work wouldn't exist at all.

Honestly what they have would be the ideal for me if I ever wanted something with someone else.

(Not meant as an attack on you also, I hope my tone doesn't sound rude because I don't mean to be)

I read through all four volumes while traveling, and enjoyed it. It's probably my favorite of the Shio Usui stories.

Out of the main couples, Hinako and Asahi are my favorite thus far, since their inability to feel love in a way that's expected of them is a challenge to overcome, particularly in Hinako's case, since you can see how much pain her desperate need to be 'normal" is causing her. It was also nicely touched upon in Asahi's interactions with Fuuka, although one could assume that Asahi never thought much about romance because she was too busy with work and taking care of Subaru.

The secondary characters were also better than in "I Married My Female Friend," since they actually felt relevant to the story rather than just showing up for a chapter or two like many in the latter series did. I also liked how Mikoto and Ayano went from people Hinako just hung out with to having a more genuine friendship with her. I also liked Hinako's complicated relationship with her mother, and how the two ultimately love each other despite their occasional conflicts.

I'm personally fine with the nature of Hinako and Asahi's relationship, but it felt a bit anticlimactic for Hinako to basically just explain herself to Asahi and for Asahi to immediately just accept, even if it's been established that the two are the same in many ways. It might have been nice to have a few extra chapters chronicling how their relationship changes(or doesn't change) after becoming a couple.

Still, I liked it overall, and would recommend it to others.