Quick Coloring That Took Around An Hour Each :3!

AUUGGGH AHHHFGGG AUUGGGH HANAKOU AAUUGGGG

And they say romance is dead…

I will never not be obsessed with this cover art.

I honestly think this is the volume in which Kou is actually starting to realize and grapple with his feelings for Mitsuba (ex. the scene where mitsuba smiles and it gets him blushing) even though we don't know it bc obviously bro hasn't said anything out loud about it.

And NEITHER of them are winning the idgaf war like Mitsuba is talking about some goddamn fish and acting like he isn't going to ask this guy to wipe him off the face of the earth in an hour. And the way they're standing so close. When I first saw this I thought Mitsuba's arm was around Kou. just LOOK at gayass Kou over here. he wants that stupid pink thing so bad and he is not sure how he feels about that.

I have volume 20 facing cover-outwards on my shelf above my desk (see below) and a major perk about this is that whenever I'm sitting there either getting pissed off at my homework or at project sekai, I can look up and remember the great victory to mitsukou nation that the nightlife arc was

HOLYMOLY

WELCOME BACK ALBEDO

Speed running this art, my happiness cannot be contain. I'm giddy rn

I love this scene, Hanako playing along with Nene's fantasies about the play, while also depicting his true desires to make her feel like the princess she always wished she was.

Here's a TBHK title card coloring i did a while back. GOD I will never in my life be normal abt this series.

so dramatic for no reason

I LOVEEEE HOW WE CAN SEE HOW DIFFERENT THEIR HANDS LOOK. mitsuba's looks more refined and round while kou's look bigger and more square-like?? I really like these details in tbhk, you can see that kou's hands are more rough and strong looking, while mitsuba's looks fine and kinda feminine, it's a little detail but I love it so much

And to think that Nene actually got a kiss on the forehead from Hanako.

But we couldn't appreciate it because we were too busy trying not to feel angry at Hanako for locking Nene in the tower. ^_^

The painful love

Nene's dream is to be loved by someone, because she was always mistreated by boys…. she gave up her life, "her marriage" to save her best friend, and she will give up all of that if she is by Hanako's side , these are all just details, it's not about marriage, it's about her loving him.

He's a ghost, he can't get married, he can't have children, he can't grow old with her, he can't even leave school, she won't be able to introduce him to her parents, she won't be able to meet his family, no one can see him . All Nene has is the great love she feels for him, and what wins over Hanako most is her desire to stay.

One of the forms of love, regardless of whether it is friendship or romance, is for someone to "stay" for you. Someone chooses to be by your side, even with your story, your past, your hurts and flaws. Nene stood by him, even when no one else did, and this contrasts greatly with his relationship with Tsukasa.

Tsukasa wants to leave, yes, to save Hanako, but Hanako doesn't want to be saved, he wants to be forgiven, he wants to be loved, he wants the people he loves to stay. So, when Nene went after him on the far shore, even though he scolded her, he couldn't hold back any longer. Because she did all that because she wanted to be with him, when not even the person he loves most, Tsukasa, had decided to leave.

She is the only person who wants to stay by his side without thinking twice, no matter what she has to do, she will be there. Even now, even going back in time, she still remembers him, remembers the desire she had to see him in the audience watching her in the play.

It's ironic, because Nene wanted a handsome boy for everyone to see, she wanted to use the boys as a trophy, not to show off, but to show the boys who were mean to her that someone can love her, even with this "flaw." "superficial and futile.

But in the end she fell in love with a ghost, the ordinary boy who is not popular, who no one can see. That was something I loved about the construction of the story, how Aidairo didn't give Nene what she wanted, but what she needed.

To be loved by the boy who finds her "flaw" attractive, to be loved by the boy who protects her, who listens to her, who is there for her. Being loved by the imperfect boy who has his own story and who makes mistakes, who is not the prettiest guy in the class, but who truly loves, no matter how much he tries to hide it, no matter how mysterious he is.

He is afraid that she will find out about him, because he doesn't want her to leave, almost like a silent request "please don't go.." Hanako is a boy who seems to have been abandoned a lot, maybe it only happened to Tsukasa, but even Let it just be him, Tsukasa is the love of his life, not in a romantic way, but he is the person he loves most, and he is gone.

The love between these two is tragic, but true, seeing how the two complement each other, even with the "flaws" and mistakes they make. It's an intense, true love, a continuous struggle between being together or separated by destiny.

Yes, destiny, it is he who is manipulating everything, their destiny is not to be together, but they are fighting against it, even if they have to break the world.

And, I hope, they break the world together with Tsukasa. Because he loves Amane, because he didn't want to leave him, but he had to, it was the only option, because he loves Amane so much that he wants him to live and be happy, even without him.

But for Amane, there is no happiness without Tsukasa, and now, there is no happiness without Nene either.

I love Hanako’s reaction to young Nene. Him being directly told I love you makes him emotional as he’s not really been told that in his life, besides from Tsukasa.