Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon - Vol. 4 Ch. 20 - Looking at the Same Moon

[Thrembs]

Because the relationship didn't follow the "normal" route, just the exact same way every other "unconventional" relationships in fiction usually go isn't the same. quote /s unquote

…that was just word salad. That isn’t English. That isn’t anything.

 

[LinkedSet]

I really wish we had a chapter or two showing what their relationship really looks like now that they're together. I always want that from a romance (ending when the main pairing gets together damages the soul), but this one especially since they are a same-sex couple with one of them being sex-repulsed and the other also being under the ace umbrella, not sure on indifferent or repulsed.

It's just a very interesting premise that by the end still feels unexplored. I kinda feel as though we just finished the prologue, and then it ends. Tbf, this story seems to primarily be focusing on self-discovery and acceptance, and how love can manifest in different ways, you could technically say that it has spoken about everything it set out to talk about. Maybe part of my sadness is because I don't want to let go of such an interesting pairing. A-spec is uncommon in manga, a-spec for both parties in a same-sex romance is like... a unicorn. I mean I've never seen another personally, idk.

 

[Thrembs]

I really wish we had a chapter or two showing what their relationship really looks like now that they're together. I always want that from a romance (ending when the main pairing gets together damages the soul), but this one especially since they are a same-sex couple with one of them being sex-repulsed and the other also being under the ace umbrella, not sure on indifferent or repulsed.

It's just a very interesting premise that by the end still feels unexplored. I kinda feel as though we just finished the prologue, and then it ends. Tbf, this story seems to primarily be focusing on self-discovery and acceptance, and how love can manifest in different ways, you could technically say that it has spoken about everything it set out to talk about. Maybe part of my sadness is because I don't want to let go of such an interesting pairing. A-spec is uncommon in manga, a-spec for both parties in a same-sex romance is like... a unicorn. I mean I've never seen another personally, idk.

Not seen in fiction, do you mean?
I’ve seen people say it online, but I don’t have friends so I can’t say I know any personally

This author’s works tend to be flexible as to length, but these two treaded water so long… if we’d had a couple “she and I have been doing this and that for weeks” instead of just showing it to us it would be less cute, but would have hooked more readers.


As an aside, my wife is aspec, and I am not (think I mentioned that in the thread already) and “Hirano and Kagiura” (BL series) is VERY relatable to us. Granted I’ve only shown her a few sections of the series here and there, but one of them makes her shake her head and say “yup! That’s familiar!”
It’s not explicitly stated, but knowing the author’s feelings on representation* I think it’s both intentional and might be made explicit eventually.
*at this time. Things in Sasaki and Miyano started off kinda… basic. She tried hard to get it right eventually. She said as much. I think she succeeds.
Mentioned the SasaMyaa iffiness because you might wanna read that to some degree, because HiraKagi is a spin-off. There’s a HK novel, too, but it’s so amazingly uneventful. “They go to his family home for the summer. One is jealous of a large, warm family. He loses an earring. He receives a new pair that matches his eyes.”

Note: THE FAN TRANSLATIONS ARE MEDIOCRE. THE OFFICIAL ONES LOOK FANTASTIC.
I read them raw, so…