Never Hollowed By The Stare

Irony Distance – Torita Chizu

I have a cat. A selfish, beautiful grey cat.
Few years have passed since I met a classmate with zero ability to make a living, Yuito, during high school.
Kotarou, who was attracted by Yuito’s mysterious and fleeting aura, has been gallantly taking care of him since then.
The spot beside Yuito, who gets close like a stray cat, is warm and vexing, making it hard for Kotarou to leave him alone
This complicated and smoldering feeling, is not just some friendship.

Irony Distance is a romance that started during high school and continued years after. It is an attempt to make laziness look sexy, and you can guess from the get-go that the relationship between Yuito and Kotarou is unhealthy.

But the manga paints warm fuzzies over everything by comparing Yuito to a cat. It’s also lucky that he’s not an asshole, just seems to lack the ability? motivation? who knows, to take care of himself. And, he’s pretty, so he automatically pinged Kotarou’s protective vibes.

Overall, this one-shot is good enough to pass the time because the storytelling is actually done well. But I can’t get behind the romance for obvious reasons.

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