@Msaid08 No, your English is fantastic! But don't worry, I don't blame myself or anything like that. Thank you though! Island Manager is *much* more comedy-oriented, but that one is sweet all the way through
@whitingiz Thank you thank you <3
@Ellundrill lol great comparsion. But yesss, definitely. I find it super fun that other people got into the story enough to leave such thoughtful comments!
@tenrose Yay, thank you!! Sesame Salt really is wonderful.
@carolibarros You're so sweet, I appreciate your comment so much :') I am 10000% with you re: a rational, pragmatic approach to relationships. "It's essential to be able to tell apart which shortcomings should and should not be overlooked" is such an important statement. It's easy for people to be swept up by feelings that ultimately won't do them any long-term good. If one hopes that the other person will change, they're most often going to be dissapointed. ANYWAY, about this particular manga: Don't get me wrong, I don't think Akikazu is a bad guy and I do think he does actually care about her. However, as we've agreed, feelings aren't enough to make things work...
@jackalan Thank you, as always. And actually, yeah, you make a really good point. Most relationships do go on to fail, so perhaps we are kinda be idealistic regarding their compatability. In real life, people who are poorly matched end up dating all the time lol...
@scarlet_summer Thank you, I appreciate it <3
@rannosuke When all is said and done, at least we were blessed with one nice blushing panel lmao. But thank you, I love your comments.
@krzywasabi No problem! And yeah, the consenus seems to be that the ending/the start of their relationship was super rushed unfortunately 😅
@chonkury Yeah, I think you sum it up nicely (also, this is the author's first/only manga so far, as far as I'm aware). It, like many stories on this website, seem like such great ideas intially, but the author didn't seem to plan out the details as they probably should have... It definitely didn't fit the regular mold, and I also suspect that their editor pushed them to go in the "everything needs to go faster and they end up together" direction (since that's what most high-selling shoujo/josei do).
@carat17seventeen Yess definitely! It's refreshing for sure. And thank you, I appreciate that <3
@hagralyn08 Thank you so much for that! The next one I'm working on is definitely closer to Sesame Salt in terms of overall wholeness, but I think it's funnier tbh (though, it's not as emotionally impactful).
@Lo0py Thanks, I always appreciate seeing your comments! But yes, I get the ace vibes from Akikazu as well. I'm with you, even though it felt rushed/anti-climatic, the ending does sort of fit them anyway. He's slow to recognize his emotional states and the long-distance thing would probably suit him. I can also picture them breaking up relatively quickly though.
@Greyvenn No problem! I'll be happy to you see in the comments of the next manga I'm doing as well
And yes dude he just dropped the break-up line and moved on, it was kinda impressive.
@ilysbum Yep, I'm with you. It's *possible* that if the manga was longer we could've seen some better development/changes in viewpoints (like on marriage), but that's not what happened here.
@Mayadee Hahaha same, welcome to the comment-essay club. Thanks for reading though! I also really liked his straightforwardness, it's too bad how this wrapped up.
@Alice06 Yeah, definitely. I saw some of that and felt kinda sad because Akikazu's perspective is still valid (and he certainly is not a deliberately malicious/cruel person).
@Noshib Glad you still had fun reading, thank you <3
@Slinkype Yay, thank you, glad you think so! (and yes dude I am also still deeply offended about the no kiss thing given how pretty the art is lmao)
