Strobe in the Dark

I fell in love with this Bl. The plot, the art and the characters are absolutely cute. The story seems to be a cliché because of the childhood friend theme but it's a cliché well done. I was impressed by how it was realistic not like some BL which the subject of homosexuality is not developped. I love the fact that Arata hides his feelings for Shoutaro because of the fear of what other people might think.He's not only protecting himself but also protecting Shoutaro. I think the art is the main factor for the cuteness of the story, especially the faces: you can tell justby looking at their faces what they are feeling. This is a really great manga. I had so much fun reading the sweetness of the story. Since this is a shounen-ai, there’s no explicit scenes shown which can disappoint some yaoi fans. But I think what’s more important here is that, the story is told with great care and the relationship feels true. Sincerely, just read it and you'll understand what's a masterpiece.

saw that there werent many reviews for this so thought i might help people out! the story is only 5 chps + 6 extras that are small 4-komas, side story of the other friends, and other developing relationship moments of sawa x arata. very easy quick read with each chp being 30-40 pages. the art is what drew me in first ;) the hand-drawn art style is really natural and light, everyone has a different character design -no same face syndrome. the photography film unraveling with plot points, the contrast of light and dark -very nice metaphor! story wise and character development -very wholesome! the authortakes time to actually realistically show each of their feelings esp with anxiety, fear of rejection, fear of societys homophobia, internal homophobia /being in the closet etc. I really appreciate how the author actually has them communicate this to each other and learn to grow from these fears together. honestly COMMUNICATION WAS KEY TO MAKING THIS GOOD plus the wholesomeness of the couple -their faith, respect, and love for each other was too pure T.T OVERALL give this a read -its totally worth it!

this was such a nice manga to read. nothing special, but it was very nice and enjoyable. all of the characters were absolutely loveable. from the main couple, to the other 2 side characters. the romance worked and the light hearted comedy balanced it well. i honestly can't believe on how well they made this work with such little amount of chapters. it was (i think)originally a one shot which was already nice on its own which says a lot on how its going to be with 7 chapters. i can't really comment on the mlm/gay struggles part and how well they portrayed it since imnot mlm myself but i have a friend who is, and he said that it was very much accurate. he felt like, i quote "it was actually me being the main character" definitely give this a shot. it only has 7 chapters so even if you dont like it you wouldn't waste a lot of time