A slice-of-life premise told in 3 loosely connected tales, all centered in a small cozy Torunka Café located at a downtown area in Tokyo serving delicious hand-ground coffee that personally brewed by the owner. It was similar to any comfort or healing fiction that I have read previously but with nothing that punchy and go less dramatic than I expected despite its sentimental and heavy emotional theme that revolved around one’s unresolved feelings, of love, loneliness, loss and grief.

The first story really struck me bit underwhelming as I followed the brokenhearted Shūichi, the café’s part-timer upon meeting Chinatsu Yukimura; a customer who claimed to be his lover on their previous lives. I was concern as much as Shūichi and I think the sort of pushy romance on the earliest part making me bit annoyed throughout. Foreseen lovetale but even after knowing all the backstories, it was still did not entice me as much.

It was quite heartwrenched to follow Hiro’s longing and his regrets on the second story; bit draggy on the exploration but loved Ayako as I also lost my dad due to cancer so Ayako’s POV about her mother drowned me a bit into my own flashbacks. I did not fancy Shizuku much since from the beginning but the last story of hers did grasp my interest on its loss and grief observations. Getting a glimpse on the café’s backstory with expected love mess for Shizuku, Ogino and Kōta; was waiting for Shizuku to realise but I digressed with how she decided to resolve on her feelings at the end.

Frankly not on my top to recommend for a cozy, healing or slice-of-life read but if you’re fine with a minimal, easy to predict premise or really fond with a café-centered plot (with catsss!) then I think you might enjoy the read much more than I do