I have never seen a work of fiction capture what it is like to have a crush on someone so deeply and accurately as this one does. It's really special, in that way.
I love how this story pans out in the end. Really, the whole story is only meant to be a small chapter in the lives of our characters and they come out of it making each other better for the time spent with each other. A lesser mangaka would force the story to go in the way you might expect and would be an actually much less satisfying, not to mention awkward
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Oct 31, 2022
Sekine-kun no Koi
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I mean this with all the love and seriousness that goes into a topic such as this, but Sekine is the most autistic main character I have ever read in manga. The way he views the world and how he interacts with the people around him seemed to resonate heavily with a version of the autistic experience of navigating love and relationships (according to my understanding). Not in a silly and quirky way. Not in a tropey and stereotypical way. But in a frustrating and self-destructive way. Sekine would come off as a total creep weirdo if not for his earnestness and honesty at the
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