When it comes to romance mangas, they gives me dis feeling of being somewhat insensitive, as if the characters in the relationship aren't humans. But this one, honestly, didn't gave me this vibe - could imagine the characters being real people, and most situations happening.
I've said about romances in general being insenstive and not threating the characters as humans beings, but what I've meant by that? A relationship isn't something that simple; two different people, with own lifes, tastes, morals, someday decide to verbalize they love for each other, and thus lead to a compromise. But, as I said, they have lifes of their own. The characters in an average romance manga seems as if they hadn't a life before meeting they partner, and since it usually takes places in school, it seems like they only exist there, thus the only times they aren't inschool are when they're on a date.
Tho, I didn't had this kind of feeling while reading it. Even if I did hate some characters, I can understand them. For those who already read, I'm not talking about Tazune, but about Doumyou. Gon' talk about both later on this review. Continuing, this applies especially to the main characters, whose has a great chemistry and are a great couple, but work as characters even without each other, since they do have individual dramas, and both are great developed. From now on, spoilers.
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Let's first talk about Tazune. I don't like him, even as a character, but I think that the author didn't wanted to just write a character that's just an abuser and end of line. He hitting his pregnant broom may conscious some people about abusive relationships, since this is NOT threated as something acceptable, what happens' that Midori was, at that time, dependent on him, and relevated dis; but as she has grown emotionally, she then verbally recognizes she WAS in a toxic relationship with him. I like his backstory, because it show us that people doesn't born as abusers, or turn into ones night-to-day; the patriachy, misoginy of japanese society turned him into an abuser, as he seems women as inferior to him. So as much as hate him, I have to admit his writing was of good use, since it, again, may conscious people and get 'em think about their own thoughts.I don't have much to talk about Doumyou, so I'm gonna ignore her and talk about Komari. One of the very few things I did NOT liked was that her screentime were so short. She's an amazing character and the way it reflects Momo's youthood and Midori situation is so greatly done, but I wished she had more appearences, since her drama is interesting. This also reflects on Tama's character, which I wished we could see more, since I myself think he could be a great character. Tho, I understand the reason why they both did not had much appeaerences.
Momo's an excellent character. This feeling of not fitting anywhere, of hiding who you are because society's gonna judge any different milimmeter you have, is very well writed there, and although it has a happy ending, it isn't always like that in real life, and this is when Midori's characters shines for me; her fear of being who she was made her marry someone that, even if at first was a good person (he wasn't a good person but anyway), wasn't who she wanted to spend her days with. She married Momo at the end, but this could have gone a totally different way. Now talking about their characters individually: Momo is 28 years old and lives with her mom, that isn't a bad person but is old, so she constantly asks when she'll get married and that she shouldn't spend her days studying, which reflects on what I've said before - Japanese society is especially misoginy, and women who goes into college are often see are "ugly", thus her drama isn't just about being a lesbian but also a woman. Now about Midori, her pregnancy wasn't something she wanted, since she was raped by Tazune; they had a sexual relationship, and he one-side decided that he wouldn't use a condom, leading her into the risk of non-condom sex without her consent, which resulted on her pregnancy. Her dramas are very sensitive, and developed on a way that puts you to think on your own past actions and thoughts, since her character is about a woman, a lesbian, a soon-to-be mother and a broom into a toxic relationship, on which the toxicity isn't just about hitting her, but also about words, words of abuse.
In conclusion, it's an excellent manga and a must-read for anyone who enjoys works who tends more to adults topics and themes.