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It may have been on a whim, or said out of convenience. Yet, for a person who always goes at his own pace, and is never attached to anything…To choose the place where I am…That makes me so happy. Like a cat who has slowly warmed up to you. Slowly. However, I was honestly moved. By the time I noticed, it had extended beyond feelings for a friend.

Nagisa Furaya has a way of writing the softest, sweetest yet angsty romances in such few chapters. "All About Ocean Blue" follows Mizushiro Ren and Makihara Kai who have been friends since middle school. They found themselves in the same class throughout the years and when it’s time to join high school, Ren follows Kai to his school where they are unfortunately put in separate classes.

There’s this running joke where Kai and Ren would roleplay a bl drama when with their other two friends but for Kai, those scenes are not a joke. He’s had feelings for Ren for a long time but hides them to maintain their relationship. The pining! It was so angsty! When Ren got a girlfriend and Kai cried as he wrote to him a congratulatory message broke my heart. I don't like how the author made it seem like they were horrible people for breaking up with their girlfriends when they realised they'd fallen for the other. Their relationship was so beautiful to read about. He was his ultramarine. He was his everything.

You are my life. My world is incomplete without you. Even if someone else were here, I hate it if you’re not the one next to me. So…So, don’t say it was a mistake to fall in love with me.

giorginav's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.25

morthos's review against another edition

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lighthearted

3.0

I can't believe this isn't the lowest Nagisa original on my list. I kinda found myself bored with this one and it was around this time where I noticed Nagisa likes writing 1 thing and that's slow burn high school romance love confessions... But this one with the weird "is it gay to do gay shit with your bro" thing that they call a "doing a bl" and see it as a joke.......... What? This whole story had me cringing so bad. I'm actually afraid to read this again once the official translation comes back but because I know that they're gonna call it and I had the thought of it.