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A review by morthos
君を染める朝焼けに [Kimi wo Someru Asayake ni] by 海灯火
3.5
Feel kind of bad giving this a 3½ because it wasn't bad, per se, just kind of emotionless. I had four problems with this story that 3 of them can be summed up as: I couldn't feel what the author wanted me to feel from how it was being shown to me.
This might be because of the scan, but there's only so much we can blame on translation here. There were moments that you know you're supposed to feel sad or distressed or excited for them because you're seeing them go through that. I felt like I was supposed to feel something during Suguru’s dream, during the conversation about Yuuma, the kiss, and how Kengo handled it afterwards because the art showed me these moments were impactful but the dialogue didn't help me feel anything.
It felt more like a the lack of communication and low emotional weight created a disconnect for me. Like this one part, I really wanted Kengo to say more after kissing Suguru. A "sorry" is fine and all but I wanted something like how he understood what he did probably wasn't the best move knowing that Suguru still holds very strong feelings for someone else. I just wanted more talking that felt like something. Suguru bringing up the other person was probably the best “emotional weight" this story had but because the dialogue was lacking, it didn't match the strengths of the art leaving me feeling nothing.
This might be because of the scan, but there's only so much we can blame on translation here. There were moments that you know you're supposed to feel sad or distressed or excited for them because you're seeing them go through that. I felt like I was supposed to feel something during Suguru’s dream, during the conversation about Yuuma, the kiss, and how Kengo handled it afterwards because the art showed me these moments were impactful but the dialogue didn't help me feel anything.
It felt more like a the lack of communication and low emotional weight created a disconnect for me. Like this one part, I really wanted Kengo to say more after kissing Suguru. A "sorry" is fine and all but I wanted something like how he understood what he did probably wasn't the best move knowing that Suguru still holds very strong feelings for someone else. I just wanted more talking that felt like something. Suguru bringing up the other person was probably the best “emotional weight" this story had but because the dialogue was lacking, it didn't match the strengths of the art leaving me feeling nothing.