This review is a bit difficult for me to write, because I had high hopes for the ending but instead I didn't get exactly what I had hoped, but not a horrible ending either. To begin, the story is very good. The author was not afraid of having the main character looking bad. The maturation of characters is refreshing to see, and the innocence and kindness that comes later in the manga is pure. A plot that right's wrong's in the past is great, and this one was written quite well. The ending is where the plot loses points. It's an anticlimactic story, but that's kind of on par with the slice of life genre, but the whole manga is slowly building to what readers thought would be a large confession with a happily ever after ending, but we didn't get that.

The art is great as well, although some faces Shoko makes is hard to read. But in terms of background art and such, pretty great.

Characters are fantastic. Nasty characters are really nasty, and I like that. The author didn't shy away from going all out, even to the point where I asked myself if I was going to even cheer for Shoya when he got into high school lol. Some of Shoko's reactions are a bit odd, and difficult to really understand but I guess that was a way the creator kept her sort of mysterious.

The enjoyment of the overall story was very good, I couldn't wait to read the next chapter because I thought it would end up a romantic ending and I live for those lol. Unfortunately I never got it, but the possibility of feelings coming forth was enough for me to keep wanting more.

Overall, its a good book. Very heavy at times, and tearful, but in the end it did a great job and telling a great story.