*This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review and is suggested for mature readers.
Hira has a stutter and has been bullied for it. Now in the second year of high school, it continues with a group of boys led by Kiyoi, who make him do their school chores, buy them snacks, and fetch things for them. Hira lets it happen because he has a crush on Kiyoi.
I guess this is going to turn out that Kiyoi isn’t so bad, but for now, everyone but Hira and his mother (we don’t see much of his father) are so damn unlikable. And Hira is what the kids these days would call a simp; accepting whatever shitty treatment inflicted on him because he’s in love with Kiyoi, and it’s just so sad to watch. The poor kid is miserable, and Kiyoi is a jerk. I don’t even want them to get together. I want someone else to make Hira smile for once and stick up for him. And of course, there is some sort of secret Kiyoi is hiding from his douchbag friends. This volume is suggestive but not explicit. 2.9 out of 5.
