I loved the characters and their depth in this story. Kengo’s oblivion to his love for H...

I loved the characters and their depth in this story. Kengo’s oblivion to his love for Hide for all those years and him being constantly reminded that Hide’s behavior and willingness of abuse is due to the fact that Hide didn’t view himself as worthy of true love bc of his past with Kengo. And especially that scene where Hide and Kanazawa were meeting up to finally break things off was probably one of my favorite scenes bc it showed us Hide’s thought process and true feelings. Do I think Kanazawa is absolutely a piece of shit for beating Hide? Yes. Do I think no matter what the situation is, you shouldn’t resort to abusing someone? Yes. I truly dislike Kanazawa for abusing and then trying to gain sympathy from Hide but that scene where they talked things out made me.. idk how to explain it, it just made me feel bad for both of them. The fact that they truly did love each other and the fact that due to insecurities and miscommunication they were in a situation like that was unfortunate. Another scene that stuck out to me was when Kengo and Shibuya had sex for the first time and Kengo was explaining how he never loved Shibuya but only started dating her bc his most important friend told him to and he believed that Hide must be right with whatever decision he makes whether it’s for himself or for Kengo. I truly did love this story but one part that I guess didn’t sit right with me was the situation with Shibuya’s abuse. I do understand where Kengo was coming from and I don’t think he was wrong in the way he treated her, he’s in a relationship and his ex who happens to be married was snuggling up on him so he took the measures to get her off and to establish the space between them he didn’t treat her with the same warmth or familiarity he would’ve if he was still her boyfriend. And although Kengo thought that her husband was upset bc of her flirty personality to other men I feel like he shouldn’t have said it the way he did. I do think her behavior with Kengo was inappropriate since it was obvious Kengo was uncomfortable but regardless she was still the victim, even if her husband didn’t like the way she would behave with other men it should never resort to violence, they should’ve talked it out and if like the author suggest, she’s prideful and doesn’t want to admit her wrongs that’s still not reason to lay your hands on someone. At that point they should’ve just divorced. So yes I believe what Kengo did was right in terms of his behavior, he even gave her connections and advice in case shit went south but the way he worded his intentions came off as victim blaming which made me slightly uncomfortable.