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Apr 26, 2023
Preliminary (17/? chp)
So I kind of went into this manga thinking it's a cute school romance and then suddenly found myself reading a complex and slightly disturbing story about getting in and out of unhealthy romantic relationships. Our main heroine discovers that her "dark mysterious" classmate is a vocalist in a band and she falls in love with the love song lyrics that he wrote (absolutely silly and yet very serious song lyrics, very appropriate for a 16-year-old, if you ask me, haha). Yet she quickly realises that to write a tragic love song one should probably be in love, and then the story goes on from there.

I love how this manga doesn't romanticise love, but calls out unhealthy relationship behaviour that some people gravitate towards when they fall in love. I love that it constantly and unexpectedly changes POVs, helping the reader understand the mess of feelings that determine the characters' behaviour. And I really like that some of the cast is adult, because compared to adults the high school characters look exactly the way they should look — like kids. I love that Yuusuke, who looks like this typical romanticised dark mysterious love interest, turns out to be very human, just a teenager, and his pain and frustration are so raw and real, despite sometimes being absolutely silly, naive and overdramatised. It kind of reminds me of my 16-year-old self, who 100% felt like the world was about to end because of little things, despite rationally realising that that's (probably) not the case.

Anyways, I think this manga is quite insightful about romantic relationships and the feelings of teenagers and I can't wait to see where it takes us in the next volumes.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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