this was so sweet and cute! 

The scene at the hotel was so cute with the little ghostie! Also loved Mio’s dad reveal?!

I was a little unsure about this series after reading the first volume, but this one was great & actually expanded on the things I was waffling over in the first one! Yuriko describes herself as ace, and in the first book I felt there was some conflation between aro/ace—but I wasn’t gonna nitpick because I can’t assume my perception of sexuality/identities is the same everywhere in the world obvi. However, i think this volume did a really good job of talking further about different sexualities, both distinguishing them and recognizing that they can overlap and converge in many ways. I think there’s less of a focus on labels here than there is on recognizing the many myriad ways people  experience/don’t experience sexual and/or romantic attraction. With that as a foundation I think the series is doing something very beautiful about showing a different type of relationship that I don’t usually get to see. (I will definitely be pointing to this manga the next time anyone is asking for examples of queer platonic relationships). I really enjoyed the conversations the two of them had as they navigated their marriage & it was so heartwarming to me. I also appreciated the discussion on BL, I thought that was interesting. 

Gotta process, so for now all I really need to say: 😭💛🖤

1/5/24 reread: This is really THE kagehina soulmatism volume…you just cannot outdo the doers. It’s still wild to me that we never get the final look into Kageyama’s character until the second to last volume—and even more so that I never knew til I was reading it that there was a missing puzzle piece to be found all along—but this volume is such a beautiful full circle on Kageyama’s “king of the court” title & and culmination of everything that’s been built by Hinata crashing into Kagayema’s life, Hinata’s final “I’m here,” and Kageyama articulating that he doesn’t feel alone playing volleyball anymore; he finally found that “someone stronger.” Also can’t neglect complimenting my man Atsumu eating up the rest of the court with his serves (he does know how to /serve/ after all ✨)