Sep 24, 2024
This is the best manga I've read in 2024.
I love diving into stories that I do not have a good understanding of. When I saw this story pop up on my feed, I thought, oh neat this is something I would've never thought of to read when it comes to the manga. After HS, my interactions with people who are autistic, neurodivergent, mentally challenged, etc is very limited, so I thought, lets dive in and see what this story is about, and wow did it open my eyes to a lot of what is around me, and now makes me think, maybe I am surrounded
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by these people and I just dont know it, and made me question myself if I had something in me as well based off the characteristics and habits the two main boys go through in the series.
The two leads, Kobayashi who is portrayed as somewhat neurodivergent and Keisuke who is autistic, form a bond over their understanding of not understanding. Kobayashi has a hard time studying, following tasks and getting frustrated easily by his own actions, and Keisuke who keeps a notebook of how to act properly in situations cause he cant understand the norm. The blossoming friendship between these two is incredible. Kobayashi is sweet and caring to Keisuke, cause he knows Keisuke cant necessarily control what he says and how he acts and Kobayashi might be the only person who can understand that. Keisuke cherishes Kobayashi as his first real friend, and is constantly in a state of confusion on how to properly act with him, but its cause he cares so much that he doesn't want to lose his friend, like past interactions with other people when he was growing up.
I cant speak on the accuracy of their characters, but something clicked in my head when reading this thinking to myself, wow I have interacted with these people in the past before, and I wish I could've changed something I said or did when doing so, and when a story makes me do that, thats how I know its good, thats how I know its a 10. I cant wait for more chapters to see how everything comes to, cause a story like this rarely comes along for me.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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