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Dear lord...
Who is this anime for, really? If ypu didn't play the original visual novel, that this anine is (kinda) based on: I strongly recommend you skipping this obe and go play the game instead. It's so much better to enjoy the story that way and you will get the actual whole picture.
If you played the visual novel and want to see the characters move...go for it I guess. Unfortunately for all fans of the original BL game, you won't find any L in here. And since that was the main part of the story honestly, there is nothing much left. I ... addition to that you have basically all 5 different routs combined and pressed into 12 episodes. The characters have not enough time on screen to really connect to. You get basically a speed run of each route in one episode and a somewhat strange shift to the next one so the story can combine them all in one.
This anime reminded me of 90's OVAs tbh. Not much budget, not much story, not much character development. And it's kinda sad, since the actual game made me cry buckets on sone routes.
This is how NOT to animate a BL

After the anime got me hooked (watch it first) I had to read the the manga to know what will happen. Boy, was this a ride!
I didn't expect this manga to hit this gard tbh. I'm a grown woman now and just wanted some heart warming shojo. This manga made me feel a storm of different emotions. Soulcrushing , sometimes to the point where I was afraid to turn the page.
Yes, it dies have shojo tropes but it somehow felt realistic for the character to behave this way - although it made me angry. But that's how people are sometimes.
The little flashbacks to ... middle school times will make you fall in love with the characters even more. Touma just stole my heart.
Overall, this manga was not a simple light felt shojo romance. It made me feel miserable at times, it made me crush at the cast at times, it made me sad, it made me angry, it made me love it. It felt how life itself

I gave thus one a 10/10 after reading the latest chapter last night.
This is everything I want from a manga and more than I ever hoped to get from a yaoi. The story is interesting and all characters feel so real. The psychological drama, the beautiful art, the pacing - it's just wonderful. This story makes my heart ache in a bittersweet way. The only 'bad' thing is that it takes so long to get new chapters. But seeing the quality of the newest chapters it kinda makes sense. I rather her to take her time to develop the plot and hit us with ... it than getting the chapters pushed out weekly with no substance to them.
I will reread this one more than once for sure.
Highly recommend 🙏