As an aroace, there were moments im Ashida's POV in this manga that hits too close to home for me. There's something scary and lonely about being in a relationship with people while knowing that you can't love them the way they love you or that you might grow tired of them and then inadvertently hurt them. I am in a long term relationship now, and there's not a day where I don't feel scared thinking that my feelings or the way I show my affection may be lacking or inadequate because I normally just base my show of affection on what I think a lover should do instead of what I feel. It's quite lonely when you desire and long to experience feeling romantic love in all its entirety but can only manage feeling some type of affection.
As an aroace, there were moments im Ashida's POV in this manga that hits too close to home for me. There's something scary and lonely about being in a relationship with people while knowing that you can't love them the way they love you or that you might grow tired of them and then inadvertently hurt them. I am in a long term relationship now, and there's not a day where I don't feel scared thinking that my feelings or the way I show my affection may be lacking or inadequate because I normally just base my show of affection on what I think a lover should do instead of what I feel. It's quite lonely when you desire and long to experience feeling romantic love in all its entirety but can only manage feeling some type of affection.