Saw chapter one and decided to reread the series;
remembered the 'situation' when the reader bumped me to ch25;
unfazed, read the binbou scans on the recently revived mangadex;
remembered the sepia tone drama;
thoroughly enjoyed rereading;
wanted to chat about the series;
Gestures vaguely at the thread
...Idk y'all. It is what it is.
I realized something after nya-chan's post a couple pages back:
Obviously, the author is paving the way for them to be together at some point. Yet another mismatched couple.
It's in the title, so all couple will be "unlikely", but will work.
It's in line with her afterword in her collection: she wants to write relationships between women that "work out", even if it's difficult. But not difficult because they are gay, but because they are human beings.
Explains the conspicuous absence of surrounding homophobia in her works. She's not writing about that.
that was a bit of a lightbulb moment for me - I'm following these couples and rooting for them because they're just as "unlikely" or "flawed" or "doomed" as my relationship history.
It's not the fluff I love to read; but it's the angst and struggle and hope and doubt that I've lived and I just want it to work for someone - even if only in a story
Also those darn delinquents make me want to shave the side of my head again xD
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