I'm usually not big into romance stories but this is one where the leads get together at the start and the rest of it is them figuring things out which is definitely a refreshing change of pace

The mangaka summed up their thesis best

"Love looks like this bright shining thing, but in real life, it's like the pill bugs under the rocks.

In the places where the sun doesn't reach, there's a part of it that just festers, right?

Not including the depressing bits just because your want your fiction to be idealized is a little bit of a waste, don't you think?

Anyway, I'm on the side of the pill bugs!"

uh also if be warned there is some emotional manipulation and sexual trauma in the series so if that's your X card better to stay away