I have been a huge fan of Io Sakisaka since her first publications, and since the release of "Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare" I couldn't help but look forward to this project. As a big fan of shoujo for years, I was happily surprised by this new plot and characters.
Perhaps many think that this new story was a big cliché and just really simple, I think the opposite. Perhaps it was the most complex of all that Sakisaka launched until now. With a group of 4 friends, each with their own youthful problems, messy feelings, and differente background stories and family, the story developed slowly, showing that it had many layers besides incredible art and beautiful characters.
Through 12 volumes, Sakisaka developed (I wouldn't say that usually but) in a perfect way her 4 main characters, the stories between them intertwined so well, and although the end was something we expected, the path to reach there left me completely satisfied, because it was not run or poorly explained. Care was taken that each question was answered. I cried feeling the pain of something silly, I laughed several times with the 4 of them, I smiled with countless quotes that seemed to be simple but were completely serious and deep, I felt nostalgic remembering my own adolescence, and I created good memories by reading this manga. After buying even the physical manga, and having read and re-read it, I can say that it is MY second favorite story among Sakisaka's shoujos but I can easily say that it was her best manga. Something said at the beginning may seem incredibly silly, but towards the end you will realize that perhaps it has an even more important meaning. Give this manga a try, I'm sure you'll like it!
