Haibara-kun no Tsuyokute Seishun New Game - Vol. 1 Ch. 17

[ARealCoolGuy]

While I enjoyed reading this, it feels kind of hollow to me, like it misses the point it should actually be making.
We CAN'T turn back time. The MC's regrets and misery helped him better develop as an adult, the only thing really holding him back were his continuing regrets.

There's another series I really enjoyed where an older man whose life is in shambles is sent back in time, and is living his fulfilling youth, only for the series to end with him being sent back to the future, back to his previous life... but his experiences from being young again made him ambitious and more appreciative of what he does have (such as his family), and he starts living his life to the fullest again - and even meets the woman he was starting a relationship with in his time as a youth again.

My point is, that work felt like it was saying something about appreciating the time you have, and appreciating the now, and fixing the life you have now up - whereas this work seems to just be wish fulfillment slop, and telling you it's okay to just mope around and regret.
Maybe it changes its tune as it goes along, but I feel like it won't, and I won't read the work further.

 

[tranhuytoangt]

Two things. First, in response to a post someone made in 16 that they meant for this chapter, no, girl or boy, even if someone decides "this person is just a friend" that doesn't mean it's the end. Most of the best relationships start out as dear friendships, and it's really up in the air. It can be easy to see someone as completely outside the "possible romantic interest" pool for any length of time only to realize that this has changed. It could be a long series of events and experiences, or even just one thing, and suddenly everything can change color.

Also, concerning spoiled content...

Spoiler

Honestly, while I'm glad this isn't going the harem route, I don't really like the idea of "a guy chose a girl so it's that girl period". Sure, you shouldn't dump a girl right after you confessed to her. But that doesn't mean that just because you chose to pursue a particular girl you are going to stay in love with her and can't ever drift apart or break up. Boyfriend/girlfriend isn't the same thing as husband and wife. You don't need to go through some legal process to break it off. So in short, just as I don't think a person should give up just because his crush said "I can't see you as anything beyond a friend", a person shouldn't treat high school lovers as an eternal unbreakable bond. In short, it shouldn't be so cut and dry as choosing between "I chose this path and I'm not going back on it even if I realize I'm actually in love with someone else" and "new information just came up so I need to weigh my options". It's best to stay with Hikari for a while, and Miori should back off on that account. But it's not like either one of them has to treat this as the absolute end. If this was real (minus the time jump), it wouldn't be at all surprising if Natsuki broke up with Hikari after a few months, by which time Miori might have a boyfriend, and things might go like that for a while with both finding new passions and new loves while holding a certain small nostalgic warmth in their heart until some day, maybe in college or even out in the workplace, their stars align and they try to really take a chance. At which point things might not work out, or they might end up happily married for the rest of their lives.

Spoiler

Well, as of volume 10, Hikari dumped him.

 

[Seyam-kun]

Tbh, I'd like it to end here instead of seeing the childhood friend lose.

Right , I hate the author for making Childhood friend character for liking some guy and thinking he's unique . It works always because childhood friend is a must in a romance manga . But this author is trying to ruin that trope . He needs to be castrated .