I disliked the philosophical discussion moments and side character moments, like when the professor and FMC discussed about morals in a family unit or when MC met the girl from his prep school who told him her story of not being wanted by her aunt. I don't think any of the side characters were all that well written honestly, and the speed of how quickly they opened up seemed a bit fast, such as the MC's prep school friend telling her past of being an almost-delinquent. I think the only one that was semi-intriguing was Shinjou, though that's moreso because I thought he made a nice counterpart to the MC. This novel has a lot of moments of introspective, internal monologue, which I think it tries to convey some "deep" meaning but comes across as a bit pretentious to me, honestly.
Now, all those complaints aside, I did actually still enjoy it overall. I like that it had both MC and FMC separately trying to address their feelings by going out of their comfort zones and interacting with others, and I enjoyed the ending of the two coming together and realizing that they still ultimately wanted to be together. The taboo nature of their relationship also intrigues me how the next volumes may develop.
Other small things I enjoyed include the parent teacher conference and MC bonding with his surrogate mother, some of the small slice-of-life moments of the two protagonists together (such as when they made and ate food together or how both wanted to ease the situation for the FMC's mother), and some small shifts in their status quo, such as Shinjou or the MC's best friend Maru learning about the relationship between the two protagonists.
Anyway, overall, it was enjoyable, even if some of the middling philosophical/college-based sections were less interesting to read. I intend to check out the next volume and like the developing romance, and I hope for more. (An anime or official license instead of this fan translation I read would be nice too in my opinion.)
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It felt kind of forced that each one found a tutor/guiding voice for their current situation. In the end the mc decided to take a gamble.
Given their upbringing it's interesting how they fall for each other due to their lack of exposure to other people. Perhaps it's common in high school or university crushes? Through university or work you end up meeting more people and so on. Although now days is it even possible?
Will I keep reading it? Yes.
In a scene it was talked about juvenile/ligh novels. What a self awareness! If you've read so far the novel has a simple plot, it's shallow and most characters are common anime archetypes. And Ayase's POV is a bit more explored but I don't feel that it's explored as deep as the mc. One chapter of hers was long but the rest were shorter or shallow.
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Puedo decir si temor a equivocarme, que la serie ha alcanzado un nuevo nivel en este volumen. No lo pude dejar hasta acabarlo, puesto que cada parte de la historia es necesaria para un final, sino epico al menos muy bueno.Y se agradece la continuacion de la historia, ya que uno no ya se pueda calmar, después de como lo dejaron el volumen anterior.
Volume 1 would be the best out of four. In this volume, FMC and Professor conversation is a bit forced and artficial likewise MC and Library girl. But the latter is more tolerable thou. I assume the plot transition for the ending is a bit rush and before then there were rooms to grow.
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