What happens when you try and hold together bonds that are already broken? This is a series about relationships both friendships and couples how they form and how they break apart. The struggle to break whats already been broken. The complicated emotions that come when the people you love dont seem to love you back. The relationships in this manga are messy and thats why I love it so much. Its messy but it never felt poorly executed to me. We have a tightknit group of friends Kako Taisei and Yuna a trio that has been together since elementary school. However they arent quite as tightlyknit as Kako thought. When Taisei got into an accident Kako who liked him visited him regularly when he was unconcious. However during his recovery Yuna leads Taisei to believe that she was the one who stayed by his side while he was in the hospital. The two begin dating and Kako meets a mysterious boy who knows what was really going on at the hospital. Unlike other short series I think the pace and the amount covered fits the length. I actually found myself comparing it to Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka. The two series are both three volumes long and they cover heavier topics with the same amount of lead characters. However unlike Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka this one never felt like it bit off more than it could chew. I felt like all the themes that it wanted to cover were handled successfully and it explored all the characters and motivations well even if Uina did seem a bit messy. Kako I suppose is just a normal girl. Shes quiet and girly and shes nice to everyone. I could see her labeled as a bland selfinsert type but she does have distinct character flaws like her lack of selfawareness which resulted in Uinas betrayal. She didnt recognize how Uina was hurt and felt left out or that she was worried that Kako was only friends with her out of pity. Theyve been friends since childhood and she hasnt once noticed the signs that her friend is hurting. She exists in her own little bubble and isnt aware of how her feelings for Taisei pushed her best friend away. However she isnt anywhere near a bad person or someone contemptible. Shes the type of character you can root for. She tries to protect the ones she loves by taking on everything by herself and Im proud of how she handled Uina in the end. Sometimes its best to step away from the people who hurt you and cut them out completely. Uina on the other hand is a mess. She seems to have a lot of issues and she does many horrible things. Uina clearly has a lot of abandonment issues. She was isolated at school and Kako made her feel left out a lot throughout their friendship and Uina doubted that they were even friends. She wants to recreate their childhood bond but in the way she wants it. In a way she wont be left out or ignored. Shes obsessed with both Taisei and Kako wanting to control them both. She starts off wanting Taisei because Kako likes him but soon that evolves into her trying to recreate a version of the friendship where Kako takes her place as the thirdwheel. Its difficult to grasp what shes doing and her motivations all the time since I dont think she even always knows herself. So much of her behavior is coming from a very negative emotional place and it feels like shes just trying to exert control over others. Shes a super complicated character whos often contradictory in the sense that people often are instead of how Koushiro from Sora wo Kakeru Yodaka had such confusing actions where you dont even know which part of him is real. Yuna may be a twofaced bully but she has a lot of raw genuine emotions so you know where she stands even if she makes spontaneous emotionally charged decisions at times. Shes a horrible person but shes easily the most fascinating out of all of the characters. The two male characters unfortunately were not as complicated as our female characters. The more complex of the two is Ayato the boy who Kako meets and offers to help her get revenge on Uina. Hes also obsessive just in a different way. He never tries to control Kako but he tries to insert himself in her life. He was also isolated as a child due to unfortunate circumstances and hes trying to escape his family legacy and his past. Kako was able to touch his heart through her natural kindness offering him light when there was none. She showed him love when no one else would. Fortunately his relationship with Kako does not end up as onesided since they both are able to rely on each other. Taisei on the other hand is pretty bland. He has some traits like being easily swayed and attached to the past friendships he had with the two girls but he felt more like a plotdevice since he took the backseat to the other three characters. Hes the nice easy to sway guy. The art is very appealing. Its got the strong classic shoujo vibes and for some reason it reminds me of a combination of the Heroine For Hire and It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love artstyles except its blobbier than either of those. The color pages are super nice to look at. This felt like such a polished series. Even though it was short it felt like everything it wanted to cover was covered. I just wished Taisei got more time to shine and that we had gotten to see more of the characters friendship before Uina told the lie. I wanted to see them interact and see if there were signs that something was amiss. Either way this was super enjoyable. If anyone likes messy friendship drama with bullying and messedup characters this story is for you. I was so invested and it felt so complete.