But the story is (mostly) from the protagonist’s point of view. It doesn’t strike me as being too strange for someone like him to care more for her then for himself (or maybe he is just quite tired of having to care about his condition.)

I think (correct me if I’m wrong) ritchan feels as though the protagonist has forgotten he is dying, or maybe he’s too relaxed about it, which makes that point of the story feel arbitrary. Really, though, he knows he is going to die; he acknowledge it, accepts it, and that’s quite enough. There isn’t a need for him to constantly lamate about how the darkness in his heart is so deep and sorrowful; in fact it’ll probably spoil turn the story into a drama-fest.

But he still did realise and clashes with the effects of his illness on him (pachinko parlour thievery attempt)

Really, though, you need to realise that there are people who really don’t see death the way others do. He’s pretty much grown up in a place where no one bothers with him and he bothers with no one; I expect that will have at least some impact on how he acted towards the end of his life.

(I feel rather dazed so forgive my lack of clarity)

Don’t know if that makes sense hehe. ^^

Hmm, maybe that’s supposed to feel like that.

@choo & lanie-emon: yes the character design is really nice to look at but since this was inteded to be a minimalist novel, you won’t see much character images. This made it different from typical VNs. But that’s what I like about it.^^

@onyxx: lol, I like this kind of stories but some don’t really dig sad plots ^^