A review by zoet
ひるなかの流星 5 [Hirunaka no Ryuusei 5] by Mika Yamamori

4.0

2022 review
I'm still frustrated with Satsuki in general because he always makes everything a joke. He's as confused and conflicted with the situation as Yosano is (as he should be, ugh), but the way he handles it isn't with maturity, it's this back and forth "I like you," and "just kidding."

if he were a couple years older than Yosano, I'd still find this really annoying, but the fact that he's so much older than her, he should know better. And yet, this frustration with him is the author's entire point to slowly get readers off the idea of Satsuki and onto whoever Yosano will be with next. I think even though the author dances around the teacher-student relationship trope (ick), they still acknowledge its forbidden element and in the end, the author knows they're not actually going to go there.

2018 review
I love sensei (Satsuki) but I also
HHATE HIMMM!

I hate guys and anyone in general who feel they have the right to make decisions for others. Stop lying to Suzume. That's why you just don't deserve her because you're not honest with her and you're not honest with yourself.