The manga is great at weaving the emotions of the characters throughout the story, exploring the hard question of who suffers more: the one left behind, or the one who left? The story isn't very complicated and is pretty much what you would predict it to be in the summary, but that doesn't matter because the focus is on the characters. You can see that the love between Niina and Atsurou is heart-warmingly strong. She tries her best to be there for him while Atsurou is inexplicably drawn towards her even when he is constantly mourning the loss of Chitose.
Hajimari no Niina is like a cool breeze on a hot summer day - refreshing and liberating - and makes you believe in the power of human emotion again. It really touched me and I'll gladly give it a rating of 10.
