I’m reading this as kind of fluffy too, no matter what the ultimate explanation is.

That is, unless this whole story happens in a flash in Haruki’s imagination and the final shot is of her dead on her floor of malnutrition.

That wouldn’t be very fluffy.

Kinda boney, in fact.

ch 7, pg 20, "you warmth" -> "your warmth"

Page 20 is so heartbreaking. Her arms and wrists...

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Yeah, cant deny the moment the little kid said she didn't see any ghost around. Huhu.

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As expected as it was, it still did hit like a fucking freight train.

Damn! It was like she lost her all over again. It made me cry a little.

...And there it is.

I honestly thought this would take longer to happen.

Well, let's see what happens from here.

So beautiful, yet so heartbreaking...

So, she really tap a ghost?
Oh wow

I feel like I could definitely see this as a live action adaptation

I feel like I could definitely see this as a live action adaptation

I don't think I could take that....

Is wanting Haruki to live just selfishness on my part? Is this really living, or just existing, with this gaping wound in her heart?

I just finished the 8th chapter and I got new one, so nice! Yay!

Oh. Well, that was a shockingly taking-it-in-stride reaction.

I... I think I'm fine with this.

This is where the healing begins.

Man I die a little more inside when there's a close-up of her hands/wrists... It's just pain and then adding some more huge sprinkles of pain.

This story reminds me a little of the the 1943 movie A Guy Named Joe, or the 1989 remake called Always.

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me taking notes on how to how to ace a job interview by talking about my SO to distract from my lack of job exp

Beautiful.

I really want to know how Sakura died, its making me anxious ):

I have a feeling the build up with Kaede might be an end-game, but we'll have to wait and see if this is a red herring or not. At the least it's pushing towards moving on, finding life and happiness beyond.

Getting this kind of news on your birthday must be quite a blow indeed...

This is why they tell you to diversify your portfolio. Don't minmax with your interests, homegirls. You need to have something to take up your time even if your #1 disappears forever.

When Sakura asked if the room was too cold, it dawned on me that Haruki wasn't heating the room. She wasn't planning for there to be an "After The Tenth Year."

I am so glad Kaede showed up.

When Sakura asked if the room was too cold, it dawned on me that Haruki wasn't heating the room. She wasn't planning for there to be an "After The Tenth Year."

I am so glad Kaede showed up.

The mind do be a scary thing

When Sakura asked if the room was too cold, it dawned on me that Haruki wasn't heating the room. She wasn't planning for there to be an "After The Tenth Year."

I am so glad Kaede showed up.

I'm not sure, I interpreted it more as part of Haruki's general struggle to function as a human being after having lost Sakura, something we also see in her not eating properly. It feels more like a general loss of the will and ability to live than a real plan of proactively ending her own life.