Sunny, Vol. 1

I guess I was expecting more... cohesion, narrative... something.
I want to say something like this was a ‘shaky three'. Then I think about all the great moments, Haruo sticking up for another kid and discussing his complicated feelings about seeing his mom, talks about crushes, the funeral for a cat and the fear of being abandoned (in general and in death). But then I'm annoyed at not understanding so many things about the story; the character Taro, is he a kid or an adult? Is Shosuke Junsuke's little brother? What is the nature of The Star Home? What's with the smoking and (easy access to) porn?

I mostly understand the car, when I was a kid my cousin and I used to love to play in the family car. Would we have played in the car if it didn't work? Most likely. But why is there a car that doesn't work—and there doesn't seem to be any plans/means to fix it nor does it seem to belong to anyone— at The Star Home? It's like in their yard, how did it get there and why? It's the thing that the series is named after, it's treated as important as it's a frequent setting but also unimportant as we don't know anything about it.

I wouldn't say any one is the MAIN character, but also it seems like some characters are focused on more than others.

Not sure if I'll continue reading this.