The last arc with the heroine`s mother (little spoiler here, i`m sorry) was also extremely powerful, imo.

The character drama here also feels amazingly cliché-free, and the way it tackled the usual shoujo tropes was truly refreshing without never being annoying. The drama never feels forced, it never felt too light nor to dark either. It`s a really genuine manga, with very genuine characters dealing with very genuine issues, both romantic and familiar. If i had to summarize Taiyou no Ie in a single word, it would be 'genuine'. Luckily, a few days ago, i decided to give it another try and i`m honestly quite happy i did it, because i had a blast reading it! A very good and compelling story about family and love that has way more to it than what meets the eye. flawed initial impression, which led me to drop it instantly.

That and the fact that i was kinda tired back then of annoying love triangles and shoujo/shounen romance tropes (still am), so i really didn`t feel like reading it based on my Ain`t gonna lie, my first impression was quite bad, mainly because of the art and the fact that the heroine looked way too young and i didn`t like the age gap between the two main characters at all. Very, very good shoujo manga (also worth noting that this was my first completed shoujo too!) from beginning to the end. Such a nice manga! Honestly, there`s very little i would change in this story.

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