The credits page is animated? That's a new one.

Interesting art

I don't get it.

I don't get it.

The other girl is on her way to a marriage meeting, I think. I've seen the "they invited me" line elsewhere in that context.

^ Fuck.
Also,
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/sumika#5
Beautifully poetic confession of love.

.... (;__;) Well that was a tear fest....

Angst....so much angst...I liked the style of the story tho, how it led up to the reveal/conclusion...

There's a wordplay between Umi (firstname) andt the sea (umi). In the first panels, she says "I love the sea", but it's ambiguous ("Umi ga suki" ?).

I'm sure there's something about Ryou too. The wordplays are kinda lost in translation.

It's well done, though somewhat confusing.

Edit: okay, found it : 鯨 means "whale".

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"So I dressed up, thinking why not." doesn't seem to be the most committed mindset for a marriage interview to me but I think the outcome is given away by Ryou failing to reach for Umi.

Now I'm a sad panda. (the pandas won't come back anymore)

Hard to follow, but the art is lovely.

I really love the art and the drama.. I thought it gonna be a cute drama.. is this supposed get angst tag..?

Too beautiful for words... but also too sad. I liked how it started out as if it was an unrequited love story about Umi -> Ryou, but turned out to Ryou -> Umi instead. Then again it might've been mutual but unexpressed, and just died on the path to the marriage meeting. T_T

This manga is very stream-of-concsiousness. Especially how the recurring water imagery enforces that impression. Also, yes, it seems the feelings are mutual but unexpressed.

I love the sea

Said the whale and later

I love whales

Said the sea. And of course this

there's a Ryou in the Umi

All of this manga's poetry whirls around that wordplay.

This manga is very stream-of-concsiousness. Especially how the recurring water imagery enforces that impression. Also, yes, it seems the feelings are mutual but unexpressed.

I love the sea

Said the whale and later

I love whales

Said the sea. And of course this

there's a Ryou in the Umi

All of this manga's poetry whirls around that wordplay.

It's absolutely beautiful isn't it
I read it like 4 times, the two first to understand, two more to appreciate that soft feeling of angst, the pain of unexpressed love.

school end yuri end.

i love this the art style is so trippy and wavy and wonky and i absolutely adore it. plus its just a beautiful story all in all i! love this!!

Hmmmmmm. I don't really know what to think of this one.

The wordplay is neat. The art is neat. The abstraction and paneling make it feel like a film. Really happy I read this.

Was pretty confused the first time reading it, but damn this one hit hard after the second time. Also just gonna take a moment to appreciate the art style, haven't seen anything like this in a while.

Was pretty confused the first time reading it, but damn this one hit hard after the second time.

exactly my feelings. i feel a strange relatability to ryou even though nothing like this has ever happened to me. hm

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This is such an underrated one-shot, I always end up having it re-read to fully understand the work play and take in the art, which is so delicate yet visceral and heart-wrenching. The problem with unrequited love is that though they make for beautiful stories, you wanna yell at the characters to JUST CONFESS. Especially when it really does look to be mutual. It’s not like they’re never going to meet again, so hopefully Umi pushes forth on her feelings since Ryou has given up. But this is just wishful thinking on my part. Anyways, this also has one of my favorite pages of manga ever (Pg 23)

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Really beautiful art, thanks for putting this on the front page