It's rough on the reader when you have to kill off a wonderful somebody just to see the uke make out with two hot semes. Apart from that, the tragedy was completely believable given the danger of the sport, and there was adequate foreshadowing. Sentimentality always leaves a bad taste because it's pat and lessens or cheapens the experience of grief as it were, so I could've done without the diary scene. Was it really necessary to go through that? Couldn't we have just heard about how much Chiharo loved Yuki and hoped he would find happiness?
It's rough on the reader when you have to kill off a wonderful somebody just to see the uke make out with two hot semes. Apart from that, the tragedy was completely believable given the danger of the sport, and there was adequate foreshadowing. Sentimentality always leaves a bad taste because it's pat and lessens or cheapens the experience of grief as it were, so I could've done without the diary scene. Was it really necessary to go through that? Couldn't we have just heard about how much Chiharo loved Yuki and hoped he would find happiness?