You got that absolutely right! I agree! The ending doesn't seem right. Though I sort of like it but I don't really like how it ended. Like something is missing and we are very curious about what will happen to them after they graduated. Since Hayato has awakened his inner monster, and even if he said "goodbye, dear monster." we can clear see that Hayato is not 100% settle with his feelings. Also, Yuki finally showed his true feelings but he is also still in a state of confusion and trauma. Realized it or not, Yuki is still in trauma. That's why the story is still hanging (in my opinion). Putting the sad tragedy as the ending may be the right way to end the story but... As Hayato and Yuki seem to be able to accept each other despite the hidden trauma that they actually deny, I think a good ending is a good choice too.(⌒▽⌒)
This is a pretty good story as a psychological twisted romance type thing. Although the ending just being completely happy was kinda oof I wish the author committed to the psychological horror part of it and give it a more bleak ending. Hayato was pretty good at creeping me the fuck out but also being kinda? sympathetic because from his perspective he has nobody expect his brother. The scene where he was interrupted by his classmates on the phone and his brother said sounds like your having fun and he had a panic attack basically because he realized that he could connect with others but chose not to like that was a good moment for the character.
Yuki didn’t have a lot of character probably because this was pretty short and was written with a happy end so he kinda got simplified. But he was still a strong character up until the end where he just gives in.
I don’t hate this but I definitely didn’t read it as unironically romantic, that’s why I think the ending was bad because it had a nice everything fine we all made up even tho my brother silenced everyone who ever talked to me. Again I just wish the author had more chapters or something to flush out that ending so it feels more like a tragedy cause it’s supposed to be? Like we should look at these two fucked up kids, brothers at that, causing trauma and rape happening and see it as bitter with little bit of sweet to make it readable.
Anyway I just overanalyze things aha this was more for my own thought dumping