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What a ride.

Regret is a theme that's always hit hard for me. That feeling of wishing you said those words or spent more time with the people you cared about before it was too late. The realization that any resentment and pettiness you had towards them was fucking stupid in the grand scheme of things.

Fujimoto expresses that idea through the endearing relationship between the story's two leads and the sobering inspiration from real-life experiences and events. Tying it all together with creative paneling and a polished flow.

It's short and bittersweet. Amusing and depressing. Contemplative.

I enjoyed it a lot and definitely recommend it.

What can I say without spoiling the whole thing? It's beautiful. Fujimoto's done it again. There are some fun little Chainsaw Man references within the story, too.

Fujimoto, as usual, does a great job with the characters. They're instantly lovable with great chemistry. They grow throughout the story and you can never really predict what they'll do next. They feel alive; they're written as humans, not as archetypes.

Their expressions convey their feelings well and can be kinda funny at times. For example, the teacher's slack-jawed, "another day, another dollar" face on the first page and Fujino's smug expressions in the beginning. Fujino's shocked face on ... page 7 and frustrated face on page 10 are pretty hilarious. I love Fujimoto's art and the way he draws these expressive faces without compromising his style. Other manga will have the characters turn chibi and get giant eyes/mouths, or just have "angry" slanted eyebrows that move as if they're not connected to the character's face, but Fujimoto always stays the course with his realism.

The story is an emotional journey. It kinda leaves you heartbroken and satisfied at the same time, as with Fujimoto's other works.

For some artists, drawing is tedious, boring, and time consuming. A feeling I know well. So why do these artists draw? I suppose this story offers some explanation. I wonder if Fujimoto hates drawing?

WTF is this and why is it even getting so high rating?

well to begin with the rating is due to the name tatsuki fujimoto (mangaka of chainsaw man which was very good) and not because the story is good or any thing ,to be honest it took me 20 minutes to read it completely and i cant feel a thing like why is such a story even being published , the story is so straightforward and simple and have literally nothing good in particular.
The artwork is decent, the theme is actually good but not extraordinary and the story is just fine.

overall there is nothing bad ... about the manga and because its very short it is not boring atleast other than that i dont think this is anything like a emotional rollercoaster or anything like that unlike what the crybabies are saying in their review giving it a 10 or a 9 and saying woaah look at this so good and all.