"wherever miwa went, she built a cage around herself. that’s the kind of person she was."

when i was reading the main series, it struck me that the relationship ann had with her mother was similar to the relationship i have with mine—i felt that my mum is also “weak”, and because of that, sometimes i’m also scared. but seeing the brief glimpses of miwa’s character in this volume, it turns out that i’m a lot more like her than i thought.

this series is, more than anything, thought-provoking. i can see myself going through the same struggles these characters did. we were introduced to ann’s mother at the low point in her life, and i forgot that once, she was also a teenager. it makes me question if one day my life would turn out that way too—whether the vibrant days of my youth will fade away into dull, monotone ones.