meh

It’s always disappointing to see something with such a unique concept and style start conforming to cliche and lose some of its artistic charm. I really liked it from the beginning, and it eventually just became boring and typical. There was some really good potential with the characters and could’ve had an interesting psychological development, but eventually just started focusing on the sexual relationship in a wildly unethical situation. It feels like both characters take advantage of each other nonstop, and I get that there’s a power imbalance and fucked up dynamic from the start, but instead of addressing that, they literally just have sex. It’s disappointing. I admit I’m unfamiliar with the story, since I read it a while back and haven’t been keeping up with it that much, so if someone disagrees with me I’d love to hear about why. I lost interest the moment they started having a sexual relationship, it felt awkward and kind of out of place to me. I get that there was sexual chemistry beforehand, but it didn’t feel like the characters themselves were in a place to act upon it. I could be wrong, though (like I said, I’m unfamiliar with it). I guess I’ve been gutted ever since the art style changed, it was one of my favourite things about it.