After getting sent to live with a distant relative, Ui’s days of doing everything alone are finally behind her.
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What’s the series about? (chapter one spoilers!)
After her mom passes away, Ui’s home life becomes suffocating. The thought of cooking, doing laundry, or even washing a dish after getting a glass of water, it is all overwhelming for her. On top of that, she also has exams to study for, and a busy father who is rarely home. So, he calls in a favour with a distant relative to try and give her a new sense of normalcy.
Against her wishes, Ui is kicked out of her father’s house and is instructed to go live at her relative’s house. Upon arriving at her new home, she is met with her two new roommates: a kind elderly woman who would be care of her from then on, and Rin, the moody teenage lodger. While the grandmother is more than happy to take Ui in, Rin quickly berates the grandmother for taking a strange girl in—it’s not like they have a huge house and fortune to share with her.
Ui understands her presence in their house is sudden and not exactly welcome, but as she has no choice but to live there, she tries to take up as little space as possible. To her, this means skipping breakfast and eating prior to coming home. Sadly, this has the opposite effect than she intended, as Rin scolds her for not giving notice about whether she would be home to eat supper. Though he doesn’t exactly understand why she’s there, he isn’t so cold as to not make enough for her to eat.
Of course she can’t go on living like this. Thankfully, as Rin begins to understand her circumstances, he attempts to help her get situated. He tells her that she will never be able to settle in if she keeps trying to not be a nuisance. So, instead, why not be a nuisance who also contributes to the house?
My thoughts on this chapter (spoilers for chapter one)
I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t the biggest fan of Rin when he was first introduced. I wonder if the grandma has a history of letting complete strangers into their house, only for Rin to have to kick them out when he gets home? That’s the only thing that would excuse the way he treated Ui when they first met!
I’m interested in learning more about his circumstances as the story goes on—there has to be a reason he lives with the grandma, right? I get the feeling that perhaps he grew up with her, and that’s why he was initially so protective over her and the house. Or, it could just be in his tsundere nature, who knows.
Although he was rather standoffish at first, there are layers to him! I think he’s just protective of his territory, so he had his guard up when he first met Ui. Throughout the chapter he slowly starts treating her better and better, and when the grandmother finally reveals the reason behind Ui’s move to him, he takes a more proactive approach to helping her. While he could have been a bit nicer, I do think it’s what she needed to hear.
As for Ui…I just feel so bad for her. Clearly both her and her father are still deeply grieving the loss of her mother, but why can’t that be something they do together? His busy work schedule means he can’t do much to help make their house feel like a home, so I do understand why he sent Ui away. The second she makes contact with the grandmother she gets a flashback to back when her mother was alive, so it’s clear right from the beginning that this is what’s best for her…but I just can’t forget about her dad. I really hope he comes by to check in on her from time to time. He would have to be even more lonely after sending Ui away, right?
While this had a much more melancholy atmosphere than what I’m used to, I’m not complaining! While there is a lot of sadness, the focus is on becoming happy and living life. It’s never so sad that it’s overwhelming, and it was really nice to watch as Ui slowly started coming out of her shell—by the end of the chapter she was speaking up about what she wanted to eat for breakfast! She’s already making such good progress!
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