man, this manga REALLY went full slog and angst drama in the middle after starting out strong :/ those slew of chapters in the middle volumes, where basic human communication and sense would have solved everything, just ruined the story for me
hate when authors rely on dumb tropes and clichés for drama, but this manga went much worse by dragging on said drama for muuuch longer than ever needed -_-
so in the end, meh manga overall for me. Started off good, middle ruined it and an okay ending. The art was top notch throughout.
Though I am glad the author didn't actually do anything between the brother and Kaede. Like how the hell was it that there were actually a few people who wanted a 11-12 year old kid to get with a 17-18 year old girl... those comments were just... ugh -_-
Now I'm not that bothered that it ended as "friendship", seeing as the story was more about the theme of loneliness and such, but it's clear that the execution was really messy.
I have a feeling the story started out with a more clear yuri route (the early chapters were clearly going for yuri, later chapters still had "more than friends" stuff going on all over despite switch to platonic, even this ending) but something changed in-between to wanting a more platonic relationship with yuri implications
and ya, everyone is using friends in quotes cause this is the most yuri "just friends" relationship I've seen in a while~
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