Interesting to see the reactions here. The series was first described to me as one in which "characters just stare at each other a lot, without saying much." This is true. One might also consider the heavy lean on introspection and a consistently ambiguous, uncertain tone. If Kabocha was intending for the breadth of the work to be a reflection of the MC's mental state, I think he surely succeeded. In this sense, the understated, not-quite-told ending is very fitting. I quite liked it.
Thanks so much for the work on the translations, too! I find there's a bit of a dearth of shorter series being translated in the recent past, and that's a shame. For every axed series that ends up nowhere or long-running series that ends in disappointment, there are intentionally short and sweet stories like this, that fill a very nice niche. Bonus points for getting a story out of Galette, which surely has some interesting content that wouldn't find official publication in many other places.
I always like how she would wear a baseball cap while directing like a young Steven Spielberg
Heck yeah!
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