Is there anyone who actually seeks out and is obsessed with No.6? Like, honestly? When I first found out about the show, I was hooked. Then I find out these two idiots were actually in love (No.6 introduced me to BL and fanfiction). When I tell you I was obsessed, I was not fucking around. I looked for the manga, I looked for the fanfics, I looked for things I didn't even know I was looking for. Thus came the novel. And guess what? You can bet your sweet little ass that I binged the whole translated 9 volumes PLUS the side stories PLUS the epilogue. I downloaded the anime ending, Rokutousei no yoru, (that name is a bitch to learn when you don't know a lick of japanese) before I started reading and listened to the instrumental version throughout all of No.6. I cried, I sobbed, I felt like my heart was ripped out of my chest, stomped on, put in a fucking shredder, then put right back. I love this novel, anime, and manga. It's my #1 favorite. Fuck, the ending was sad as shit but you know what? I loved it for that specific reason. The ending was unexpected af. That ending is also how reality is sometimes. You meet the love of your life but because of any circumstance, that happiness you feel of finally finding your s/o can be taken away from you just like that. This is also why I absolutely adored Banana Fish but that's another rant for another day.