I just finished Cherry Magic vol 2 and it got me. I was saying that I wanted more than vignettes, but Kurosawa’s thoughts are just too cute and too kind. And Adachi is super relatable to me. He has a low opinion of himself, but being able to hear Kurosawa’s thoughts challenges him to try to see himself in a different light.

But there are so many parts that are adorable. Adachi gets sick and Kurosawa comes to check on him. When Kurosawa’s sister suggests he say over to watch over Adachi, Kurosawa literally imagines a whole life for them together, shopping, sleeping, going to work, and for a split second he’s in bliss before he’s brought back to reality berating himself like "omg you’re just potentially staying the night not moving in, calm down." And then he helps Adachi back to bed and when he lays down he looks really cute and Kurosawa is like “oh no he’s so cute what do I do” but then he cuts off his own thoughts by imagining another him slapping himself like SHUT UP HE'S SICK LEAVE HIM ALONE. But Adachi hears him think all this and he’s slowly learning to love himself by Kurosawa’s love for him.

I wish these volumes were longer! Now I’m probably gonna watch the live action because this is just adorable.

5/5 learning to love yourself stars.