Some of my favorite parts are silent, simple panels where you see Kusakabe resting his head against Sajo's on the couch, or Sajo nestling up to him in their shared futon at night. Sajo is still in his first year at university, and all their scenes (serving as section breaks) take place over the course of a single visit of Kusakabe's.Įverything with them is so wonderfully domestic. I'm not completely sure how much time has passed in this volume, and I think it varies by couple. Nakamura balances it so naturally and makes you genuinely care about all of them.) (A lot of times, I get annoyed by side couples who take over the storylines. That's reserved for the other couples, who get a fair amount of page room - and, after Sora and Hara, I actually enjoyed that and wished for even more. There's no drama in their relationship at this point - which I know is coming in the next (and final?) volume. Our main couple, Kusakabe and Sajo, almost serves as a sideplot. I'm glad it's published this way in English I honestly couldn't tell where it would've split, since there's no natural conclusion halfway through.Īnd the structure is interesting. For manga, I read this pretty slowly.but it's also a nicely hefty volume, with two packed into one.
I have skimmed a few summaries, mostly to make sure there was ultimately a happy ending, but otherwise all of this was totally new to me.Īnd Nakamura is the type of writer whose works deserve to be savored. 4: Sora and Hara in scanlation, then loving it once I had the official copy, I haven't skipped ahead in this series. After the bad experience of reading (and disliking) Classmates Vol.
I was really, really excited about this one, so that naturally turned into nervousness once I actually got my hands on it. There were a surprising number of bare breasts for a BL manga, but I'll get to that in a minute.
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