#deep clear

Oh man... I just read Deep Clear, and my emotions are all over the place (SPOILER ALERT from here on out). I miss the old style of Kodocha, and it was weird to see the characters in a more typical shojo style. I was really happy to see Sana and Akito married with a baby, but Akito’s worries about Sana giving birth made me sad. But everything turned out okay for them, so that’s nice. But the last part, with Naozumi... It honestly made me really sad. I hated Nao the first time I read/watched Kodocha, but with my most recent reread I understood him a lot better and came to love him and felt sorry for him. And in Deep Clear... Well, I’m really glad that he found a guy that he was happy with (and did not seem to be at all embarrassed by that fact), but... The fact that he’ll still always be in love with Sana and have some of that pain and darkness... I understand, but still. Naozumi deserves to be 100% happy, and I can’t believe it ended with that line.