Reading this again, albeit in one go, it is shorter (or more fast-paced?) than I remembered. Tazune is also trashier than I remembered. I'm not going to buy for one second that he's changed just because this kid has an okay impression of him and he got her some stuff.
Speaking of the kid, the timeskip was interesting insofar that we didn't get to see the leads. Unusual but pretty neat. Not that I felt the need to see them. Maybe it's just knowing that they end up together but it was hard to care about what happens to them. Momo was kind of bland, even if it was nice to have her voice some things unlike Takara in Pink Candy Kiss, who is just as anxious but holds back far more (not that I mind as Ema's husband is a source of stability, although it means a lot more slow-burn drama). Midori, on the other hand, represents a lot of what I hate about the stereotypical woman in dating. A bit of an idiot with a cute face as mean as it was for those people to say. At least Yuri from Stupid Woman 26:00 gets to create a dynamic with her partner-in-crime that way.
However, I did like Komari. That teenage brashness was still rather endearing and she did put the brakes on the relationship she didn't really want before getting sucked into something more serious. Being a photographer also scored her points with me, I suppose.
On another note, I'm surprised this series doesn't have any sort of tag to indicate that it partly revolves around pregnancy/having a kid.
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