What an interesting manga.

PROS:
- The art is beautiful and the characters are drawn with an absolutely stunning range of amazing expressions. It's wonderful how you can really get a sense for surprisingly complex emotions from the characters from the way they are drawn.
- The characters are likeable, interesting, multifaceted and do not always act in the manner you'd expect them to.
- The dynamic between Haru and Shizuku is really interesting. It's very refreshing to have a pair of characters who evolve in interesting ways together, and who interact in a variety of different ways depending on the situation. They're not always in 'love-love shoujo' mode to each other, and actually enjoy spending time with each other for their personalities and interests. It's nice for it to not always be blushes and sidelong glances.
- Great character growth on all fronts.
- This manga doesn't suffer as much as many others do from a sense of repetitiveness - although there were some instances where I felt material was being rehashed, the were relatively rare.
- I like how the side characters manage to have their own stories without seeming to take away from the main plot and characters.
- The plot definitely deviates from the typical shoujo narrative at many points. There are some aspects of the plot that are never fully explained, but are presented in such a way that you are comfortable with the level of insight you have.
- I like a lot of things about the last few chapters. I've never seen a mangaka present so much plot and emotion in a chapter that has almost no text. It was super interesting!

CONS:
- Although I understand why they were presented in the way they were, the ending chapters were a bit disjointed and unsatisfying. I think maybe breaking up the last chapter into two slightly longer chapters would have been more effective.
- Uhhh...that's honestly the only one I can think of!