I have many conflicted feelings with this manga, like, honestly I think it really reflects Japanese specific views on r*pe and gender roles, it made me really sad because I've known people who also try to "love" their abusers, thats why I don't mind if is ambiguous in ots moral stance, because you can't really reach this people if you just say them "tjis is wrong don't do it because I say so" , the message of finding your own answe was the right one overall.
BUT i'm just human and theres some parts that made me so ANGRY, the main one is that most ladies were way to "nice" to that piece of crapa of a man/ human the friend's boyfriend was, if just ONE showed real anger towards him I think it would feel more fair, you can heal and not forgive too. Thats why I never thought my "favorite" characters would end up being the friend, the moment she became pregnant character development hit like a truck, she really did a 360, she even started to understand Misuzu, when she also "saved" her husband I got mad but then she expressed my exact thoughts, Is better if that trash keeps on living suffering EVERYDAY instead of the easy way ou (if he died i'd be happy too so is a win/win) but when it was revealed she "loved" him... nah, it dissappointed me, she has no actual reason to keep "loving" him.
I didn't like the romance either, if you can call it that, it was nice as a confusing phase in the middle, but it should've ended with the message that he is a kid and that kind of relationships will always be wrong and doomed, an adult should never, under any circumstance, date a minor, even less with trauma bonding and with an obvious power imbalance. Niizuma as a character is also weird, lol. I never really conected , but is sad him being abused wasn't as explored as the women's.
What happened to the model that was a student and "comfortable" with her body that ended up uploading nudes on twitter and the girl with the brother had no closure or explanation at all, well, Kana kind of did, but the story is so ambiguous (for me at least) that I got lost honestly, for a japanese reader may be easier tho, cultural differences.
Anyway , is a really interesting manga, but it falls short on handling the already taboo themes, and is kind of repetitive, and the whole "women are weak" can give unfortunate implications.
I have many conflicted feelings with this manga, like, honestly I think it really reflects Japanese specific views on r*pe and gender roles, it made me really sad because I've known people who also try to "love" their abusers, thats why I don't mind if is ambiguous in ots moral stance, because you can't really reach this people if you just say them "tjis is wrong don't do it because I say so" , the message of finding your own answe was the right one overall.
BUT i'm just human and theres some parts that made me so ANGRY, the main one is that most ladies were way to "nice" to that piece of crapa of a man/ human the friend's boyfriend was, if just ONE showed real anger towards him I think it would feel more fair, you can heal and not forgive too.
Thats why I never thought my "favorite" characters would end up being the friend, the moment she became pregnant character development hit like a truck, she really did a 360, she even started to understand Misuzu, when she also "saved" her husband I got mad but then she expressed my exact thoughts, Is better if that trash keeps on living suffering EVERYDAY instead of the easy way ou (if he died i'd be happy too so is a win/win) but when it was revealed she "loved" him... nah, it dissappointed me, she has no actual reason to keep "loving" him.
I didn't like the romance either, if you can call it that, it was nice as a confusing phase in the middle, but it should've ended with the message that he is a kid and that kind of relationships will always be wrong and doomed, an adult should never, under any circumstance, date a minor, even less with trauma bonding and with an obvious power imbalance. Niizuma as a character is also weird, lol. I never really conected , but is sad him being abused wasn't as explored as the women's.
What happened to the model that was a student and "comfortable" with her body that ended up uploading nudes on twitter and the girl with the brother had no closure or explanation at all, well, Kana kind of did, but the story is so ambiguous (for me at least) that I got lost honestly, for a japanese reader may be easier tho, cultural differences.
Anyway , is a really interesting manga, but it falls short on handling the already taboo themes, and is kind of repetitive, and the whole "women are weak" can give unfortunate implications.