Aono-kun ni Sawaritai kara Shinitai
I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly I Could Die

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"𝙄𝙛 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙤𝙣𝙤-𝙠𝙪𝙣'𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚"

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬: 𝐎𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 (𝟒𝟗.𝟒 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫)

How long have you been waiting for a good horror romance manga? Me: A LONG LONG time. There's plenty of horror romance out there, but only few are able to be well balanced between the genres. This is one of them.

This manga is so SO GOOD, its a well done story blend with dark twisted, folklore/myth, disturbing stuff, angst, mystery, horror & romance. The story begins when Yuri falls in love with Aono the first boy who's ever nice to her. Unfortunately 2 weeks dating, Aono got into an accident ... and died. As she is about to kill herself, Aono appears & stops her from doing it. She then discovers that only she can see Aono ghost. But things seem to be getting weird as they spend more time together.

The story seems simple, and it starts out very normal but you'll realise how fcked up this series is. Every character is insane in their own way (ofc our FMC herself is such an obsessive freak. But you'll understand why). I'm so impressed on how I didn't know what to expect from this story, nor am I able to tell where the story is headed. Every chapter and volume presents more disturbing things, confusing and scarier. The plot thickens, but does it get dragged? Nope. I thought 9 volumes was too long, but as the story goes for now, I am asking for more.

Not to mention, Aono gets scarier (I almost have nightmares seeing his dark eyes lmao). The ghost here is like a map/puzzles that unfolds bit by bit, and the characters have to solve it with limited information they have. The more it reveals the more exciting it is. The folklore? The hidden dark past? Everything is so interesting. Also Yuri character is hard to like as story progress, cause either you're going to hate, feel frustrated or sympathetic, there's no in between, but she's just a teenager with a fcked up family. Her character makes sense & her character development is minimal for now, but she is changing for the better, and I'm here for it. Her and Aono deserve better not going to lie. I hope for a happy ending :')

Also, ignore those people who complain about the art style being bad and plain. You all missed out a well written story. I highly recommend 💜

This makes you feel like youre in an unfamilar room but youre not afraid,

youre completely in the dark but youre so giddy over the little scenes that youre fine.
its crazy and i was stuck in a daze for about 6 hours reading this.

everything is perfect, theres no misogyny either, its just immersive and extremely easy to dive into.

its basically all a unique spin on physiological manga with romance teasing, mis-communication is non exsistent, only when its physically impossible to not communicate.

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the charecters are very realistic, no hesitation in what they want, very unique and the genre is very good at conveying everything about this relationship with some mild horror.

It's crazy how there seems to be zero hype over this story. It is incredibly unique, well written and a future classic, I am sure of it.

Asian myths and ghost stories tend to always hit the spot for me, but somehow there are barely anything written in the genre. Based on the premise and first pages, many readers probably skipped it out of impatience. The story is intentionally written as a romance at first. The romance plotline does continue, but it is never the main genre here: horror is. I am rarely impressed by horror in general, but this one made me chill many times. ... Something about the pacing, the writer is really skillful: the story keeps unfolding over and over without uncovering the mystery.

The balance between school romance and horror mystery is so well done, that it ought to become a classic one day. I was reading it along Berserk, and I must say I am shocked how Berserk was less impressive in comparison (Berskerk is still god tier work, but not as special in modern day as I expected based on the hype).

I do not want to spoil anything, it is one of the most unique stories I've ever read, exceptionally memorable. If you stumbled upon it, you should read it. It is one of the works where you just feel blessed the author decided to share their vision with the world.

P.S. there is a dorama on viki.com (free with ads), but it tells only part of the plot. It was quite nice, actually.