spoiler free I was conflicted thinking if i should or not write a review about Asterism because i read the first half more than 2 months before reading the second half which i did in onesitting. But its mixedfeelings effects on me made the thought become clearer so here i am right now. Asterism or The Constellation of Us is not a story about two boys who fell in love starting off this. The boys love tag is more than right to be added what I mean by that statement is that it would be so wrong to say this is the main focus which is what i was expecting when I started reading that piece of work. It is a work that straights out reveals the ugly parts of people their fragile souls their mistakes their selfishness thats pretty much the human nature. The fact is during the first half I actually remember getting really pissed off with the characters. The development annoyed me I thought they were inconsistent characters with inconsistent behaviors the lack of communication everything made me struggle to keep reading it and im not referring entirely to a plot of miscommunication im talking about something that felt like a narrative plot hole for me. I actually still stand up for this thats why my score is not higher because i feel like some things could have been done better than they did of course my personal opinion. But the second half of the work specifically from chapter 60 things started to change because we reached a different part of the narrative the development started to change. And from that part onwards I started to get way more interested new stories were presented new backgrounds new everything which i wasnt expecting at all. Eventually I came to a point that I started to ponder several things of life there was a certain part of the work that i thought to myself with similar words that I cant stop crying because Im thinking about how it is impossible to simply brush off peoples mistakes and forgive everyone for their behavior and acts but nonetheless life is so fcking hard. Yes I cried in that part and in the end of Asterism thats the impact that it left on me. My anger towards the narrative lessened up a little because I started to look a bit more into the bigger picture. I started to think more that I didnt have to choose a side I didnt have to forgive certain actions of a character only because they had a sad childhood but it didnt mean I couldnt be sorry for them. Life is complicated as it is the more you blame the more that same blame weighs on you its difficult do breath when you try to judge everything all the time specially yourself. Thats a bit of what I learned reading this because why did these characters have to blame themselves so much have to fight so much just to find a comfort in their lives? A comfort that was taken by the very exact people who should bring them this comfort? I relate a lot to characters with a difficult life with their families and homes maybe thats why it was easier for me to forgive these characters for what theyve done. Because I look at myself and realize that Im not different from them I probably had the same twisted thoughts the same shameful acts towards the people I care about only because Im hurt as if it was an excuse. But sometimes its hard its hard to not pity yourself but thats not something you should blame yourself all the time for. The characters in Asterism the main ones constantly fought the society but one of their enemies was also themselves and they had to improve to be where they are but its rather impossible to improve alone because after all we do live in a society. As long as you survive there will be a moment someone will reach out your hand and help you but you also have to try hard to do something be it a realization a big feat or simply spoken words. Conclusion: Asterism brings such beautiful metaphors and analogies with it alongside with a beautiful full colored set of panels each more stunning than the other. Despite my irritation The Constellation of Us is a great work that is worth the reading but it is rather difficult considering the warnings the topics and of course the same feeling that there is an inconstancy my opinion so it might not be suited by everyone however if you are reading this I do think you should give a try here and make up your own thoughts and maybe you find out a thing or two about yourself or I dont know you realize something about the world that you failed to until now the important thing is to appreciate every single of it just like it is important to be kind to yourself.