A review by mymessytbr
Blue Spring Ride 09 by Io Sakisaka

3.0

Toma seems like a good guy but I don’t like that he’s lowering himself to trying to date Futaba while she clearly still has feelings for Kou. You can’t force someone to want you back and I’m honestly annoyed that Futaba is stringing this poor dude along. Tell him straight up no and let him move on.

One of my biggest gripes with manga (but maybe this is a cultural thing? Or is it a teen thing?) are characters inabilities to be honest and say how they really feel. They drag out having difficult conversations for fear of rejection or fear of hurting someone’s feelings. I really wish this wasn’t such a common trope in these high school series.