Wow. That was really intense. I have been reading this manga non-stop since I started it a month ago. There were times when I felt like crying and I have definitely sworn a couple of times during the course of reading it from over active emotions brought out when I was dragged into the story. I loved how all of the different characters had their own little side stories that gave you the satisfaction and turmoil that most shugo manga do. What makes this one special is that in the midst of all the side plots are those life changing questions that just get thrown at you over and over again as the main characters are put through a plot line that would tare you heart out and keep it beating just to hear you scream. There were times of bliss and epiphanies but at the same time moments where madness crept so close and infected the characters you had come to love so deeply. Wow... I wish they had ended it with a group picture of all the couples but maybe that is too cleche, this story was great and it concluded well. I think the ending moment could have been better but maybe the story was just to great for one image or word to do it justice. I hope you read this manga and feel what I did or something similar just push through it looks long but once you've started in there is no going back, you need to know the ending and its worth it, every stroke.