This is a quality manga this is one that has a good probability of tugging at your heartstrings. What I did not like: The series really did not need an expository explanation for its time travel mechanism. Time travel always gets much lamer when talk of parallel universes paradoxes and physics gets more than a brief mention. The ultimate explanation for how the group achieves their time travel in was so hokey that it momentarily jarred me out of a really moving part of the story. If you are working on a time travel story in which the science of the time travel is not directly related to the plot please your characters dont need to actually cite physics technobabble. They can just be confused and accept that miracles are happening. Also see Netflixs Dark for another example of poorly handled time travel exposition that distracts and weighs down the story with nonsense. Kakeru and Naho could have used a few more character quirks. The series could have also fleshed out Ueda a little bit more. It seemed like she was also in a bad mental place. What I did like: +Sadness ruminating regret and familial depression are fortunately handled in a much more sensitive and measured manner than the time travel mechanism which is obviously much better than if vice versa were the case. This series will stick with me because of how grounded and sensible Kakerus struggle with his mental health felt. It felt so real that Kakeru kept having setbacks that his friends had to strive so fervently for Kakeru to be able to realize small improvements. It also felt much more lifelike that the series did not culminate with Kakeru being ultimately cured. Yes the group is able to change the future and +Especially in the last volume I think the series beautifully delivers the wisdom that we will always have regrets and demons to work through. And ultimately who is to say that one future is better than the other? I will read Orange: Future soon to see if it provides a nice coda. For the time being I will wrap up by saying that Orange concluded with a feelgood warmth that felt earned through the hard work of friendship and love. It was not saccharine. The pacing was well done and the characters had believable arcs. This is a rewarding lifeaffirming work. Love and cherish your friends people. PS: Ive seen this compared to A Silent Voice in terms of subject matter and am now curious about how closely or differently they tackle the portrayal of mental health issues. I previously was not interested in a A Silent Voice because I read some reviews mentioning issues with muddled plot uninteresting and generally unpleasant characters and a disappointingly slim portrayal of deafness but would be curious if anyone here has read both Orange and A Silent Voice and has things to say about their juxtaposition.