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[Read all▲▼] We Were There (manga) [Rating▲▼] Very good [Comment▲▼] 
Nana enters high school and falls in love with Yano. Yano seemingly is perfect, he's handsome, popular and smart, but it quickly becomes apparent that he has Serious Issues. His mom is a flake and had him out of wedlock, his first love cheated on him and died. This colors his dealing with Nana and I could see that this relationship was a trainwreck in the making. I couldn't stop reading no matter how frustrated I got with the series.. The characters are very nuanced and well written, but this is a melodrama, so they often made poor decisions. The pacing is slow, I just wanted them to get on with it already. I hated yano, His reasoning for what he does is piss poor and he really could have done with some psychiatric help. I'm frustrated with Nana for not moving on after he dumps her. Five years is a long time, realistically, people generally move on. The romance didn't quite work for me as I couldn't buy them getting together after the time skip. On the whole though, the writing was solid. People do make mistakes and make bad decisions, usually they are not rewarded with a happy ending though.
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