As funny as the term 'Cakeverse' sounds, I honestly think the concept is so good. It's full of morally grey characters who are constantly fighting their instincts, which makes everything so tense and complicated. It kind of gives Hannibal vibes with how messy and layered it all is, and I’m so here for it.
I hate when people with zero critical thinking or literacy read a story that obviously requires it. Like, sorry, but Haruki not believing a guy who’s been a freak since the very beginning of the story makes perfect sense. Y’all are out here saying, 'I can’t believe he trusted a guy he’s known for two days over his friend,' but that’s the same friend he’s been wary of since day one for being weird, mysterious, and dangerous. I don’t get why y’all are acting like Haruki hasn’t been trying to connect the dots between Shirayuki and the bully’s disappearance. Like, yes, when someone makes a valid point about a completely mysterious situation, people tend to believe it. Haruki was bullied, and nobody ever did anything to stop it. Of course, he wouldn’t believe someone did it for no reason when an entire high school didn’t do anything—that makes more than perfect sense. Everyone is blaming haruki but nobody is talking about the fact that this wouldn’t have happen if they didn’t have a toxic one sided friendship with only haruki talking about himself while shirayuki isn’t giving a single clue about his life
Everyone supports victims of abuse until they aren’t the perfect victim anymore and it’s soooo weird…
Was Haruki right in this whole matter? No, of course not. But this could have been avoided if Shirayuki hadn't been so weird and had communicated a bit more. His sister warned him about Shirayuki, another guy warned him, and Haruki himself wasn't sure about him. When he asked Shirayuki, he didn't say anything. And you know what they say; silence is an answer.