Wow boy, where do i even begin with this one. It was strange, but beautiful. There were many unexpected moments, i mean, i have both, moments of pure excitment when i couldn't keep myself from jumping out in the air, extatic about their development. This is a romance and you should keep that in mind when you start it. This is the mainly reason i started this one too. I never thought that i would be so glad seeing young kids being in love and their time together growing up. But the theme in this one is a little more than that. They may be kids, but life treats them as adults too. Good and bad things happen. some characters make mistakes, others prove themselves to be the best suportive characters that they can be. Honestly, i felt my heart tremble in their bad moments and jump about in my chest when it was good for them. I mean, i think you could never be wrong with this old romance stories, as they had the guts to show life as it really is. This was a very real setting, there could be real kids, young adults out there who go through this. All i can say to them is "Fight on, and never forget, numbers mean strength". What this manga portrays perfectly is that none of us can make it always alone. Sure there might be people out there who last longer than others, but that's just a matter of time. If manga and life have taught me something is that, when you can't do it, when it's just too hard to do it alone, ask for help. Maybe from 100 people, 99 will have themselves too much going on, or can't, or just don't want to help, but surely there is 1 person out there who will say "sure, how can i help?". And never forget that. Now the story, judging by the release year, you can't actually call it cliche. I mean this was even before that term applied to manga. So yes, i very much enjoyed it. The art style help the characters feel alive, i found myself almost crying sometimes with the characters. You can feel their emotion, and that's an actual hard thing to do. Bravo to the one who drew it all. For the writer himself, if it wasn't the mangaka, then, very good job sir, if it was him then... you are splendid author, as a human being that took the time to bring such a gem to the public. I could ramble about much more, but you have to read it yourself, and you will see that you will want to ramble a lot yourself. It's just that good. Now for reading this gem of a story and this review, thank you. May we meet again one day. Good luck in life, stay safe, and i hope you will never forget the day always comes after the night. For now dear reader, farewell.