just had the chance to read this while on a break from nana… first of all, i adore the art a lot🥹🫶🏻!! the outfits and everything were just so ahhhh!! really do love yazawa sensei’s sense of style♡.
for me, i read this in my mid-20s (i’m actually born on the same year this came out!😂) so i definitely think if i were to read this during my teens, i’d have a completely different opinion.
my thoughts after finishing in my mid-20s:
yukari and george didn’t end up together and i feel like that’s for the best. (totally agree with one of the comments where they said they brought the best in one another but ALSO the worst) ngl, i think their relationship is kinda toxic… obviously they’re in love but i dont feel like they feel comfortable and safe enough to be discussing important aspects of their dreams and future (like how george had told kaori about his dilemma and yukari had to hear it when they talk. from this, he seems more at ease with kaori and the look in his eyes was always softer with her.) george is so hard to read and sometimes he totally disregards (idek if he actually care but) her, saying he doesn’t care abt discussing her future, telling her to mind her own business, kicking her out, and etc. (if this is not toxic!) but yukari’s not any better, i feel like atp in their life, she still couldn’t get her life together (after running away) and may say and do things that seem selfish. and george prefers independent girl (which yukari is not) but LOVE. i get both their pov, yukari being raised this way and doesn’t have a goal and george whose dependent mother always say she shouldn’t have birthed him even if it mightve been a joke. tbh, i think they’d eventually break up and grew tired of each other if they were to still be together. if yukari decided to follow george to paris, she might come to regret throwing away her bright career and end up despising george. for george, he said it himself that yukari is the type of woman he can’t stand. so, what’s to say, he wouldn’t grow tired of her. ultimately, imo, i feel like it’s best for them to go their separate ways and grow (they couldve tried long distance too! but doesnt look like he’ll be back soon)
BUT THEY ALSO BRING THE BEST OUT OF ONE ANOTHER. george was the one who brought yukari into the modeling world—something completely new from her simple, boring life of studying. and she, his muse. totally would’ve loved to see them interact at the end (not even as lovers but just as friends is fine)🥲
my (probable) thoughts after finishing in my teens:
they should’ve stayed together!!! yukari should’ve followed him to paris and model there! (me: it’s not easy for a freshly debuted asian model??!)
and the ultimate endgame:
i’d say i’m quite happy with yukari and hiro. yukari actually confides in him throughout the end and he seems to give her genuine advice (in contrast to george). he doesn’t even get jealous of yukari still wearing george’s pieces he made for her but compliments her saying george’s design looks best on her.
towards the end, i’d say i see yukari’s character development and i’m here for it♡. but my fav character’s got to be miwako! she’s just soooooo cuteeeeeee!!! (read gokinjo monogatari, and i’m waiting to meet baby miwako!)
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