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….this book was lovely, and of course it made me cry. It was wise to read this during the summer season, as I felt truly immersed in the vignette of classmate-I-get-along-with-kun’s and Sakura’s time together. The author wove a successfully touching story.

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This deadass had the scene where they pin each other to the wall in THE anime way and the throwing on beds in THE anime way.

I wanted to feel for the characters but also, some moments were so utterly embarrassing that I couldn't. Also, this is not how real people behave or interact with each other.

Some lines simply did not translate well to a real context. While reading this I felt like this was an alternate nonsensical world resembling our own and I tried to stay close to that. No person, regardless of how super quirky they are, says "mister" or "miss" to everything as a vocal tic and no person refers to other people like "my classmate who I only tolerate" as a stand in for their name.

Yes once yes twice but it becomes outright JARRING when it's repeated so many times.

It truly felt like an anime painstakingly transcribed onto page. It feels too detached and too careless at times for me to actually connect with an objectively sad situation that Sakura is in.

Also, the manic pixie dream girl trope where she falls for the every guy kills me inside.

Also, if the main characters would have had any other character traits that aren't "brooding and apathetic" and, respectively, "outgoing and joyful" so that they're opposite and if these traits wouldn't be mentioned SO MANY TIMES in case we forget, maybe I'd treat them like actual people more than I'd treat them as cardboard cutouts made to vaguely resemble characters.

Thanks to my friend who made me buy it ironically