The new haircut, the new house! This feels like the start of an amazing new chapter. Glad to see Kiyosumi all happy again, and I hope Ushio will still be a major part of their band.
I'm quite pleasantly surprised that she came out and confessed in such a short amount of time! I admire how the author doesn't drag out most misunderstandings and secrets for too long.
I love how they have such natural, fun banter as friends, and you can feel the moments of uncertainty where they're trying to push the boundary to something more. This is such good writing and really beautiful art.
Illumination is by far one of my favorite Yamashita Tomoko BL pieces. It doesn't end in a happily ever after, but we get significant character development, and it explores the questioning of sexuality and aro/asexuality.
I like the idea this story is going for, though I feel the doctor character is totally miswritten for drama. In addition to giving out personal medical information (and defending it), he doesn't mention any risk at all to his research subject/patient, which is wholly irresponsible. I mean, it's...