I love this series. You can really feel the soul of the Mangaka through the story telling and the artwork. There are some panels that have a splash of magical realism to highlight certain feelings, which was just a cherry on top. Opened a floodgate of tears in the end.

Volume 1

A quiet, but powerful slice-of-life series about gender, coming out, coming of age, found families, and how to be a good friend and supporter.

It starts off right away with our main character Tasuku who plans to take his life after being pushed out of the closet by classmates. He is distracted by this mysterious woman, and meets a group of people who become his safe haven.

This story is so subtle, but very powerful and emotional. You can feel the soul of the mangaka in these books as you are pulled along this journey, seeing the lives of these people who hang out at the drop in and help renovate old buildings.

Trigger Warnings: Homophobia, Homophobic Slurs, Talks of Suicide, Brief Suicide Attempt, Being Disowned By Family

Volume 2

This volume focuses on Misora, a middle school boy who likes to dress like a girl at the drop in. The conversation is explored around what his gender identify is or does it have nothing to do with gender?

This volume also shows how good intentions can still be harmful. How friends and loved ones can hurt us, whether intentional or not.

Trigger Warnings: homophobia, homophobic slurs, molestation of minor

Volume 3

Tasuku's crush starts spending time with the group, toeing the line of friendship and flirtation.

We get pov and backstory from another group member Utsumi, who runs into a classmate from high school. Utsumi has moments of being a people pleaser to his past classmates, all while being tosses backhanded, "well-meaing" comments. Utsumi is a trans man, and he is deadnamed and told that being trans is a mental illness.

Trigger Warnings: homophobia, homophobic slurs, deadnaming/misgendering, transphobia, internalized homophobia, bullying

Volume 4

All the tears were shed! It was a slow build, and the dam broke here in volume 4.

We get backstory on Tchaiko, an older gentleman that enjoys classical music and coffee. Through him we learn about the very mysterious Someone-san. Haru and Saki's relationship is outed to Saki's family leading up to their wedding at the triangle house.

Such a heartbreaking and satisfying conclusion! This series has characters and conversations about so many different members of the LGBT+ community. There is also talk about how finding your label can be gratifying and help one not feel so alone, but then there are people who don't want any type of label and don't want to be put in any type of box.

Trigger Warnings: homophobia, homophobic slurs, hate crime, cancer, being outed