i love this, very realistic and believable.
i must even say that i had almost exactly the same experience somehow with shima. i can really relate to him. *sigh*
but back to the manga. it was very emotional and really dramatic. i love how opposite the characters are and the past that really shook them that made them behave that way. the story is very sweet and subtle and just filled with emotions that are needed to be released!
but i didn't like how it ended! because they were stuck in a long distance relationship(LDR).
LDR is a very hard relationship a lot of bad things can happen if they were to be in a misunderstanding. i wish that the manga artist prolonged it and made their relationship more stable

... Last updated on April 23rd, 2012, 8:50am

Okay so this is the first time I've ever appreciated a Yaoi this much. Probably because I've never really read Yaoi, and the few that I've read were just smut. Now I want to read more, keke.

First of all, this is the second time I've read this. First time my rating was around 7. But now I think I can understand more of it or well, see it in a away I haven't been able to before.
I really like the characters. Shima might be my favourite character of all time, his reactions, expressions, everything. I also like Togawa, how he is sarcastic etc. Story was allright. I also like the artwork a lot, I think the manga-ka is really good at drawing expressions. I don't really care about the drama, since it was not like one of those stupid-yaoi manga's that made no sense - like
"I love you, I've always loved you..." "Oh yeah. Me too." "Then lets have sex and be happy forever."
I've been reading a lot of those these days and I am not happy about that. anyway, this is one of my favourites now. Don't know if that'll change though. but It's definitely worth a try.

I love this author! She's amazing! I love the characters and the story plots, I love the art and the expressions that are drawn (i cried when Shima did in this one, it really touched me) It was an awesome story and i also loved the extra story with onoda and deguchi!! It was funny and cute at the same time!

The reason i still rate it 7 is even though i thought it was awesome it was kind of predictable.. But i don't know why i loved it anyways and i love this author too!

... Last updated on January 5th, 2012, 12:10pm

Bitter-sweet story.
I loved it, I love pretty much all the works from this author, some of which really make me want to cry. This one
And, I really wish both of them would adopt a child, already. If Shima agreed to it, they would make such a cute family. And Tagawa would definitely make a great father. <3

... Last updated on November 21st, 2011, 5:58pm

This lovely story is special. Why? Because it stayed with me. The first time I read it, I did not like it but I went back again for some reason and suddenly saw the beauty. A hidden gem.

With the amount of melodrama in this manga, I didn't expect it to end so soon...it felt like there were more juice to squeeze, more dimension in a character to explore but was left unexplored after one problem-solution plot....it was good, but it would've been better if it extended more for a bit and squeezed out the remaining potential of the characters and their relationships.

It was a decent reading. Good drawings. The plot was banal, characters were boring and boring was also the manga itself, because of its slowness. It was also a little too depressing, to me. But... it wasn't horrible. Give it a try if you have free time and/or if you want to read something not too complicated.

... Last updated on March 24th, 2014, 9:20am

Author takes her time to build up the characters and storyline. Although the boxing can be confusing, she makes it up with her down-to-earth speeches. Artwork takes some time to get used to but once you get familiar, she'll take u into her world. Can't get enough of Yoneda Kou's masterpiece!

.............. but the story is unbelievably perfect. Not 'Epic' as in out of the box or unique, but perfect, and so so realistic. Everything wrapped up nicely. Interesting characterizations. Love this to bits.