In case you didn't know, if you care about someone, you should leave them while they struggle, disappear in a war-torn country, read their letters but never write back, be secretly in contact with your family and theirs but forbid anybody from even telling them you're alive, then swoop in eight or so years later, long after they've solved all their issues on their own, to declare your love and kiss them without permission.
Or at least that's what this series would have you believe.
I'm not quite hate-reading it, but the twists and turns are just so bizarre and the characters so unbelievable it's hard to put down. A car-wreck in a manga form, if you will.