the issues i had at the end of the last volume were mostly handled well and I do appreciate this manga's effort to look at a lot of different angles on disability topics. what i don't appreciate is that the two leads refuse to communicate in a way that's satisfying to read! i'm fine with miscommunication to an extent in romance manga, it's a part of the genre, but it has reached absolutely ridiculous levels in this series and has become so frustrating. let's hope the next volume they actually attempt to speak to each other instead of going days or weeks without saying a word to the other (not even texts?????).

i wish the gay aspect of the relationship was handled with even 1/3 of the same interest the disability parts were - there's a lack of introspection on the part of the characters to the point they haven't even named what they are to each other. they exist in a bubble of their own making and neither seem to even be interested in reaching out to gay community or speaking to other gay people. it hasn't even been brought up! i know the original intent of this series wasn't for it to be BL and I feel you can really tell as the series goes on. the mangaka seems incapable of thinking of the gay relationship in a societal way as she does the disability aspects. these two might as well be the only gay men to ever exist in all of japan with the way they act. and i know this is also a convention of the genre, but i feel there have been real strides in a lot of modern manga to talk about these things in a more interesting and thoughtful way (i've seen it mostly in yuri where the two main characters aren't adrift in a sea of straight friends but rather have other gay/bi/etc friends + are aware of how society views their gayness and have thoughts and feelings on it!). with how thoughtful this series can be, it feels like a huge miss for that not to extend to the sexuality of the main characters.