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I really loved and appreciated this manga.
Its a beautiful[Art] depiction of Makoto, a boy struggeling with his gender identity.
The other two main characters each have their own struggles in addition to the love triangle between all of them.
One of them is Saki, a cheerful and energetic girl that presents the emotional opposite to Makoto. And in between the two Riuji Makotos Childhood friend.

Each, but espetially Makoto's story is depicted with realism and raw and unfiltered emotion I have yet to find again in manga.
The story is told in a rythm of happy and sad moments that drive the characters developement as well as provide ... the reader with catartic moments.

An overall 9/10, up until a specific chapter at the beginning of the last third, when one major struggle concluded*.
This conclusion eludes the setup of most previous chapters in a minor way, but is also not properly adressed in the ones after.
I truly respect the authors idea for their characters,
however from that point onwarts , my enjoyment was completly ruined.
This is however not a rational reaction by any means.
So please give this story a shot even if I personally have to drop it to a 7/10.

*The way i have written this review might give you a hint, and I would actually not be suprised for that conclusion to change during the translation process as it highly depends on a concept specific to japanese culture. Saying anything more would bring us into spoiler territory.