This must've been fate. I don't know why I picked this book up from the store in the first place, because I never shop in that section, but I'll take that as a sign, somewhere in my heart I have an inkling of why this happened.

It felt like a part of my life was looking back at me from the book. I felt seen, and there were many moments when I could relate to the main characters - Sakura and [The Boy Who I Get On With Well]-kun. It was quite tantalizing to never find out the boy's name, but at the same time, it was kind of a doorway for me to relate to the character a lot more. Quite frequently, I found myself thinking, "Oh, I thought that too. I felt like that. This is so real," and so on.

I think this book gave me some kind of relief for what I've experienced. Near the end, I cried pretty often. All of it just felt so familiar, and I was genuinely heartbroken. Plus, the plot twist.. AAH, I slammed the book closed and just sat appalled on my bed. Because what the fuck, why don't you just rip my heart right out of my chest while you're at it?

All in all, this is a great book to get an insight into people's lives who are young and dying, while they're so full of life and desperately want to live alongside the power of friendship & love. <3

i’m hurting. i’m in pain. for some reason i didn’t cry my way through the last hundred or so pages—instead i was hit with sadness full force as soon as i closed the book.

i love this story and it’s character and it’s clever yet amusing dialogue and realistic characters and gut wrenching lessons that i was taught. i just. love this. so much. (although the translation was a bit chunky and confusing at times i still loved the LN as much as the manga/anime/live action. no matter how this story is told it always packs the same punch). 

okay bye go read this LN or read the manga or watch the anime or the live action. just go do it!!