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A review by timefliesaway
After We Gazed at the Starry Sky, Vol. 2 by Bisco Kida
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Well, that was a wild volume, especially the last chapter...
The whole time, the vibe I've been getting is that they will break up soon. I could barely relax, constantly dreading the moment of the dramatic breakup.
But it never came. Quite the opposite, they got even closer each chapter. (Not a spoiler, I'm doing you a favor! If you know they won't break up, I'm sure you can enjoy this a little more.)
I'm a bit confused on that part, tbh.
I'm not sure what exactly the problem was. Probably the fact that they're taking things way too fast? Moving in together, after dating for maybe half a year (which we haven't seen much of, cause the author keeps doing time-skips), barely stayed over at one another's places, then there's another time-skip, and then even getting engaged and married on the SAME DAY. Also don't even get me started on the way the engagement happened... It was... odd.
And also the lack of emotion on the characters. I often couldn't tell what the author's been trying to convey. At some scenes, I thought a character was about to cry, but then they say they're happy. In another scene, I thought they were scared, but they said they like it. And sometimes they just have a stone-face where I don't know at all what's gonna come.
The energy feels like bottled up emotions, which Tougo's friend also mentioned/hinted. Tougo was about to confess something, but the friend interrupted him.
Regarding the scene that comes afterwards in the chapter, I guess he just wanted more intimacy with Subaru and didn't know how to communicate that without a lil alcohol? But still, I would've liked to know what exactly it was, cause that gave me an uncomfortable feeling.
Also didn't like the drunk sex scene, even though it was more or less consensual.
Akari got a boyfriend out of nowhere. Literally 2 chapters ago she's been "praying" for a boyfriend, and then, boom, 2 chapters later, she's engaged to someone. We did get to see him in the bonus chapter, but still, wth?
Subaru's been treated like a child, especially in the beginning. (Tougo went out for a few hours, leaving Subaru alone, thus resulting in Subaru hurting himself, and Tougo drove him home. Then told his parents, while Subaru was sitting a few feet away, what happened.)
Feels like the author forgot that Subaru is an adult with a job.
On the good parts:
I love the healthy and sweet relationship of Subaru's parents.
We finally got to see a bit of Tougo's life as well – him meeting up with friends and also introducing Subaru to his dad. (And the dad's cat!)
It's cool that they moved into an accessible apartment, where Subaru doesn't have any limited mobility and can freely move around without anyone worrying that he might hurt himself.
Since volume 3 is the last one, I will read that too, but overall a bit of a disappointing read. Feels almost like the author just wants to get this series done, hence the amount of time-skips.
-19.07.2024
The whole time, the vibe I've been getting is that they will break up soon. I could barely relax, constantly dreading the moment of the dramatic breakup.
But it never came. Quite the opposite, they got even closer each chapter. (Not a spoiler, I'm doing you a favor! If you know they won't break up, I'm sure you can enjoy this a little more.)
I'm a bit confused on that part, tbh.
I'm not sure what exactly the problem was. Probably the fact that they're taking things way too fast? Moving in together, after dating for maybe half a year (which we haven't seen much of, cause the author keeps doing time-skips), barely stayed over at one another's places, then there's another time-skip, and then even
And also the lack of emotion on the characters. I often couldn't tell what the author's been trying to convey. At some scenes, I thought a character was about to cry, but then they say they're happy. In another scene, I thought they were scared, but they said they like it. And sometimes they just have a stone-face where I don't know at all what's gonna come.
The energy feels like bottled up emotions, which Tougo's friend also mentioned/hinted. Tougo was about to confess something, but the friend interrupted him.
Regarding the scene that comes afterwards in the chapter, I guess he just wanted more intimacy with Subaru and didn't know how to communicate that without a lil alcohol? But still, I would've liked to know what exactly it was, cause that gave me an uncomfortable feeling.
Also didn't like the drunk sex scene, even though it was more or less consensual.
Akari got a boyfriend out of nowhere. Literally 2 chapters ago she's been "praying" for a boyfriend, and then, boom,
Subaru's been treated like a child, especially in the beginning. (Tougo went out for a few hours, leaving Subaru alone, thus resulting in Subaru hurting himself, and Tougo drove him home. Then told his parents, while Subaru was sitting a few feet away, what happened.)
Feels like the author forgot that Subaru is an adult with a job.
On the good parts:
I love the healthy and sweet relationship of Subaru's parents.
We finally got to see a bit of Tougo's life as well – him meeting up with friends and also introducing Subaru to his dad. (And the dad's cat!)
It's cool that they moved into an accessible apartment, where Subaru doesn't have any limited mobility and can freely move around without anyone worrying that he might hurt himself.
Since volume 3 is the last one, I will read that too, but overall a bit of a disappointing read. Feels almost like the author just wants to get this series done, hence the amount of time-skips.
-19.07.2024