To be honest a few things could take the rating down a bit, said things being Akihiko and Haruki's relationship development (I simply can't get behind it for multiple reasons, one being how fast it was) but everything else was so good and well done that I'll keep the high rating.

Ugetsu's storyline is absolutely a punch in the gut for me. His relationship with Akihiko is probably one of the most layered ones I've ever read and that says a lot, the emotional depth, the unhealthy aspects of it, the very human aspects of it, the love, because they sure love each other a lot... And just how sad it is that Akihiko don't know of said love? That everything that Ugetsu felt and thought of him were kept hidden behind walls and pain? When Akihiko was talking about how he was only a friend with benefits, I wanted to scream and when he said that he couldn't love Ugetsu anymore because it hurt too much, I wanted to cry. Between these two there was, is, so much love and so much pain...

Also, I hope we get much more of Ugetsu eventually and I'm very interested in his budding friendship with Mafuyu. They sure understand each other in way no one else around them does, so it's nice to see them help each other.