Bloom into You, Vol. 6

Ooh, my new city's library has the concluding volumes of this sweet romance. First up, we finally have the fuuuuuuulllll performance of the long-gestating play, which is just too, too on the nose, but it serves its purpose, launching us into the finale with increased momentum.

Penultimate book tomorrow!

4.5 stars.

I really wanted to give it 5 stars, once the play was finished, but the ending of the volume didn't really satisfy me... Although it's a good "cliffhanger" to the next volume, I don't like it that much. Well, at least, if I were Yuu, I would've waited with telling Touko my feelings. Yet she told her right away... and although I usually love it when characters just tell how they feel, without waiting forever and maybe missing their chance, I somehow don't like it in this volume. Hmm...

Well, either way, the chapters with the play definitely deserved 5 stars. And yes, I did say before that it's so cliché to make a play that is basically just the life of the main character (or reflects their inner life), and while I still feel show more that way, it doesn't change the fact that the play was very well-written. I even got pretty teary towards the end.
Hm. Could be perhaps how relatable it was... I mean, if I ever end up waking up in a hospital with amnesia – absolutely no memories of my life before I woke up –, I could probably never find out my "real self" either. Literally every person would tell me something else. Which, thinking about it, is quite sad actually, but yea.
It's fine.
I don't find it that bad, to be honest, actually. show less

The play is SO boring, but this volume is redeemed by some actual plot development after that story arc is finally over. Fingers crossed for a strong finish to this series.