The manga is quite effective at making me take into account age and romance. Like add 10 years this is just kinda wholesome.
Aika sometimes behaves her age, sometimes doesn't. I would be more accepting if the age gap was 6 years or 4, but 8 makes it quite difficult to believe romantic intent...
I think it is pretty clear to me that the author is actually trying to make a point of how women and men are depicted in romance manga. Like the protagonist being dense, taking the advances of the heroines in stride, isn't that kind of what otomes are like?
Man... I have never smoked and I feel like I need a cigar...
These last few matches have been so emotionally intense, I can feel the wear just from reading it.
There is nothing wrong with growing at different rates, but schoolyard friendships sometimes go this way.
Man... was I precocious and childish at the same time.
I read the entire thing. The cheating did not make things better, they should have just been honest with their partners and break it off sooner but they were too afraid of communicating. If you can't tell your partner when you felt a bit of a crush for someone else, that enough should be a flag...
you know how in romcom manga people are like "he didn't do much except being the base level of polite and all the girls are falling for mc" or things like that... if the other options are like the husbands of these two, I can see why politeness is a romance aspiration for japanese women geez...
I think Yuu not facing his inferiority complex is what he did wrong, like she's his best friend and he doesn't ever mention "oh, I have/had a girlfriend" ? I think he was ashamed of what he was doing with Yami.
Hikari took Yuu for granted, by thinking he would be there for her forever is what...