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The ones who manage to be consistent from start to finish, especially with their characters. You know, I always feel like the best stories, the ones that really leave a mark on you are those that end up being greater than the sum of its parts. At the end of its run, it managed to turn into something great and clearly one of the best romance manga i`ve read. With such a great final arc, not only it gave a fantastic sense of completeness to the development of pretty much every single character in the cast, but also made the overall theme and even the main duo`s dynamics all the more significant and poignant. To become special and all the more worthy. It was also the ultimate "puzzle piece" in Mao`s development as a character and in her relationship with both her family and Hiro, and it finally gave, in my opinion, the necessary balance and impulse that the story needed to be more than just good. The way the author handled the whole deal was superbly done and even a bit surprising given how realistic and deeply emotive it was. 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.