I cried after reading chapter 5.3
Family support is so important.

I'm so happy it has a good and hopeful ending for a gay couple and a boy struggling so hard to accept himself.
Biggest reason I'm so happy about the ending is, ppl who are different needs hopeful stories like this to keeps going bcz it's so hard for others treat u good when u are different, so Im so thankful to this work and hope it gives hope and strength to ppl who need help.

Heartwarming autobiography of an author. Sometimes sad, sometimes happy, but very realistic. And with a happy ending!

Really touching, wholesome, and heartfelt. This is such a palette cleanser and reminds you what realism is - autobiographical manga should be more and more common. It's a wonderful medium (however I'd like to read the essay as well!!)

I can't count how many times i cried reading this. Sometimes I saw myself in Ryo, sometimes I was just crushed by the weight of his own feelings. And what's most important - this manga showed world from LGBT person's point of view. It wasn't sexualised but also wasn't excessively innocent. Just perfect. If I could I would give this manga to every person that is against us just because they don't understand us. I wish it was compulsory reading in schools.
I love it for the bottom of my heart

These are the real experiences of a real, living person and it's fascinating to hear Nanasaki's Journey through his life and the ups and downs that come with it. The vulnerability that comes with telling people about your poor decisions and all the pain that accompanies that is commendable and the artist did a nice job conveying emotion in their drawing. Unfortunately, the manga can't cover the full scope of the essay in depth and it feels like there is a lot to be read within there so I can't give this a perfect 10. The incompleteness weighs on me a little.

I was very happy to see Ryousuke and Ryousuke together and in general, it seems like Nanasaki has a lot of wisdom regarding LGBT in Japanese society and was able to reflect on his experiences thoughtfully.

And I'll echo everyone else here, the Yeboi team really enhanced the reading experience with detailed endnotes to fill in the gaps left in the original manga.

This is so beautiful. There were times where I laughed relating, smiled from how wholesome it is, and at the brink of ugly tears. The moment I can, I'm snatching both the book and manga off the shelves.

welp i teared up almost every chapter

i think im glad that they made a manga out of the essay because i feel like it is more accessable to all and easy to read (especially for visual readers like me), though if given the accessibility, i would love to read the whole essay. but the translation team gave excerpts from the essay in each ends which is a huge huge help and more enlightenment for the story because there was more to it than in the manga.

also, as someone who dont know what will my future life be, this gave me some courage that life gets better soon and i shouldn’t give up. that there will always some people who will accept you wholeheartedly. this manga will be always be my safe haven and i will always come back here if i needed some courage. i still have lots to say but cant really express much… but give this manga lots of love because through ryousuke’s life, it will give you much hope and courage

... Last updated on September 13th, 2021, 3:22am

Such a heartfelt story, I truly cried many times.

It was refreshing and added an edge of weight and hope that this was based on a true story by a gay man living in Japan. As a BL loving fujo, I love reading BL and even have some favorite tropes, but at the end of the day, it's a fictional story with characters who don't exist. Obviously I know that real gay men live in Japan, but there is something so real, human, and pure about reading a true love story without any of the common tropes. I want more of this! This is only but ONE voice of someone living in Japan, I'd love to hear more journeys from others, straight from the person themselves, no fictional interpretation by a straight mangaka needed (although I am also forever grateful for those mangaka, absolutely no shade intended).

Huge thanks to the Yeboi team for making this story available to an English speaking audience!

It is a pity that this manga is unknown. It is the telling of a true story that made me cry but shows that even in Japan you can live without having to hide. I'm happy for him!