I want so badly to like this series. In it, Sasaki and Miyano are adorable, and their growing relationship is a lot of fun. That said, this story skips around so much in a way that I'm not sure it should have been put into a single volume each time, but instead might have been better served by a web-only format. Further, the characters feel hard to grow close to because of the random time skips without much indication of what's when (other than a small timeline at the beginning of the book).

Some scenes that feel integral - Sasaki and Miyano going to the bookstore together for the first time - are completely left off of the page and instead are left to your imagination. But as readers, I feel we'd love to see that journey play out.

Further, there is so much discussion of tops and bottoms and stereotypes in BL, and not in a critical way. The book seems wholly focused on simply making light of Miyano's BL addition, as he spends the entire time denying his sexuality and praying nothing BL happens to him. While closeting does exist, especially in a culture like Japan that has, historically, been quite homophobic, the constant "bottom this," "top that," "you look like my favorite bottom, oh my god don't touch me, I like girls," vibes makes it harder to root for the characters overall.

I'm going to give this one one more volume to win me over, but at this point, it feels like the series may be a DNF for me.