Responses
I agree with good ending >>>>> bad ending, there are some points where I just can't handle the angst bc I'm about to have a mental breakdown hahah
I keep reading this story bc I want to know what happened since I read the sequel and the story -despite how cruel it is- is good, so I have to endure the pain (/TДT)/
Some of the readers seem to think this is some kind love story between Rogi and Akitora... It is not. Akitora never ends up with Rogi -as it is shown in the sequel, which was published before this one-.
This whole story is for us to know about Rogi's past and how he becomes the man he is nowadays, with his daughter and that pet guy.
We're not going to see a cute love story. This world and characters are fucked up and, even if there is some romanticization, this plot is still toxic and disgusting -at some points-.
Sadly, these characters' lifes are not healthy at all so we can't expect them to be all nice and good. They're just trying to survive in a very grotesque environment; it is obvious that if your whole life is based on violence and survival, you're not going to be a sweet angel.
In a way, I like how dark this is because we're so used to read yakuza stories where it's all about hot guys with bad temper in high school who fight bad guys and yet never face the consequences of being a member of the fcking mafia, but then Jealousy shows us that this is some shitty world and it's not a 'look my hot bf is fighting for me heheh'.
That said, I just want them to be happy ╥﹏╥