Well, it's basically....the plot is secondary to the yandere factor, it's an accidental creation caused by the existence of the yandere. The mindset for reading this is kinda like this, I need some yandere. Like, how sometimes you feel like reading a manga with a shota seme, or a Yankee uke. The story matters less than the fact that the focus is on the type of character you feel like seeing atm.
better than seeing a bunch of big boobies
smashing each other to get some loser dick
you see the production of japan nowadays had very low standards (〜￣△￣)〜
dang thats straight for the heart. but the manga is definitely self-gratification, which i think is for the best since at least they're doing what they love (as fucked up as it is) and other people can tug along for the ride (the art is amazing for one)
The example I can think of that I agree is just for the sake of edginess is the teacher guy, but other than that, I think the story is done pretty well. At the very least, it does a good job of being frightening, which is it's objective as a horror story.
I should clarify a little. It's dark, but a story about a yandere should be dark, and the author usually does a good job of making the story dark without it feeling edgy like other stories I've read (re: mahou shoujo site, DEAD tube).
The main problem is that the author sometimes goes too far with the characters' hidden dark sides at times, like with the aforementioned teacher guy, Sato's aunt, and the crazy boss Sato blackmailed.
Isn't it interesting that the adults of this story are the most unreliable people with such dark and perverted kind of 'love'. Those children, who were brought up with those people, confronted by their ideals, slowly being corrupted and driven into madness.
Sato was empty to begin with, but because her aunt forced her beliefs on 'love' on her, she wanted to see it for herself, making her realize day by day that she cannot have it.
This is like one of the generic tropes on how someone became Yandere. Never experiencing love and suddenly having the rush. But I think there's more to it. How she was obsessed with keeping her "in a cage" at the beginning, but now wants to live with her as equals.
extremely. and the way it expands its characters in ways it makes no sense is baffling. oh well, maybe im biased bc still pissed. it got me invested sure but the writing is subpar at best. amazing art though
extremely. and the way it expands its characters in ways that makes no sense is baffling. oh well, maybe im biased bc still pissed. it got me invested sure but the writing is subpar at best. amazing art though
Its like the mangaka just wanted to be dark and brooding just for the hell of it. It feels pretentious. it doesn't really open up any ideas or opinions or perspectives at all. its just a bunch of crazy yanderes obsessing about this kid. At first you'd think its like a weird and cool manga, but after a while it just becomes, "oh, she's crazy and kills people? ok. oh, dark backstory? ok. oh, murder? ok." IT is fucked up, sure. but, so what?
This is what I sometimes hate about japanese manga/novels, they have this annoying fixation with the character instead of the plot. sure, the character does something cool or goes somewhere mysterious, but does it actually contribute anything to the overall development of the story? Most of the time, japanese mangas have a lot of filler chapters that just drag the story on to the point that it becomes a hassle to read.