I'm a bit disappointed with this work. It's not that I dislike the characters, but the plot doesn't explore enough of the relationship between the characters as much as I would like, rather it only meets up when external problems intersect with home life. I guess the friends are roommates, but i feel it would've been more meaningful to show moments that truly cemented their friendship and how they navigate interpersonal stuff around the house more. Because Shio and Eika do not get in relationships, it seems as though their lives do not have as many major events or plot focus, unlike Shuuko and Mii, who become involved with dating and concern themselves with the questions and considerations of that aspect of their lives. Shuuko is interesting because her relationship ends up being situated as something non-traditional, in that she and her friend are not romantically inclined, nor do they engage with each other sexually, but join together purely for their love of food and giving each other space to speak about themselves. I feel like if the work explored this earlier, and perhaps was shared across the lines of Shio and Eika, there would be a balance to the heavily hyperromantic drama of Mii. IMO, Shio and Eika seem the most mature and adult like in terms of concerns and demeanor, whereas Mii is very childish — her expectations and ideas are very high school oriented, almost pueril. It doesn't help that her and her love interests also look younger than the rest of the cast. Shuuko strikes me as autistic and doesn't realize that she is. I finished this volume wanting more — they all move away from each other, Mii gets married, Shuuko moves in with her friend, Shio goes abroad, and Eika pursues her job. In a way, they all changed (Eiko and Shuuko worried the most about remaining stagnant), but also the change seems to culminate in what was already true for all of them, they just couldn't admit to themselves that it's what they wanted. Was living together holding them back? Idk. I wonder if they would be able to realize themselves if they hadn't let go of living with each other.