At the beginning Ill be honest the story threw me off a bit. The rhythm felt a little uneven like it was trying to sprint before it had even finished tying its shoes. I had to stop a couple of times and recalibrate just to sync with the pacing. But once everything started to settle and the plot found its own heartbeat it grew on me in a way I genuinely didnt expect. The atmosphere shifted the narrative pieces clicked together and suddenly I was way more invested than I thought Id be in those first confusing pages. There were definitely moments where the tone leaned pretty hard into that edgy territory which made me roll my eyes a bit at first. And Mika yeah Mika had phases where he was a really annoying teenager stubborn dramatic emotionally messy. But somehow that ended up being part of her charm. As the chapters rolled on those flaws made her feel more real like a real teenager would deal with the loss of a close friend. Hibino though. Hibino had me from the very beginning. Theres just something magnetic about him his personality his soft heart the way he carries himself even when everything around him is falling apart. He doesnt force your attention he earns it. He was the character I kept looking forward to the most and every scene with him just made me like him even more. He grounded the story in this warm steady way that balanced out the chaos around him. By the time I reached the ending it all hit surprisingly hard. The emotional payoff was beautiful not in a cheesy or forced way but in that slow cathartic way where you feel the characters have actually grown suffered learned and healed in ways that matter. The character development is honestly one of the strongest aspects of the whole story. Watching each of them navigate grief confusion fear and acceptance from their own angles was powerful. The narrative doesnt treat death like some dramatic plot device it treats it like a complicated intimate experience that hits every person differently. And the art seriously the art carried so much weight. It wasnt just pretty it amplified everything the emotions the tension the quiet moments the chaos. Some panels stuck in my head long after I closed the chapter just because they captured something raw and honest. Overall its absolutely worth reading. It surprised me in the best way and even with its uneven start and the occasional dramatic spike the story has a lot of heart. I loved how it approached loss and mourning from multiple perspectives giving each character space to express their own version of grief. By the end it felt less like a story and more like an experience one that stays with you a little longer than you expect.