
i also liked the small, one-page snippet of the father’s physical abuse as a child. the father’s abusive past is not a means of justification toward his own abusive behavior, but it is the heart wrenching explanation as to why sakuma was put in the boxes. the father’s lines of “i won’t hit you. i’m different from him,” though it’s probably just what the translators used, imply the distance and dissociation the father was trying to put between himself and his own abusive father. it also showed us that he thought it was completely reasonable and rational to do what he did. he didn’t put sakuma in the box because he WANTED to mistreat him or be an abusive father, he did it because he actually treasured sakuma but probably didnt know how to navigate his anger (im assuming it was his anger) or displeasure in a healthier way. unfortunately, like many abuse victims, and like i said before, im sure he thought it a reasonable punishment or smthn because he wasnt *physically harming* his son, whom he treasured and thought important, as implied by the lines of “i’ll put important things in a box . . . so that i wont be able to break them apart.” (and honestly, the language he used when speaking to sakuma when he was putting him in the box, “thats right, i know you’re a good boy. you’re perfect, i know you’re perfect…” i don’t think he was being manipulative or anything when saying it, it seemed he genuinely believed that sakuma was a perfect, good kid).
on top of that, we were shown a little bit of the trauma inflicted onto sakuma’s older brother through their father’s actions, even if the trauma was a bit indirect in comparison (since we weren’t shown if his brother was ever put into the boxes too).
overall, very saddening story that i didn’t think was going to be so sad LOL. i was thinking it was just going to be something ridiculous and light, not so dark and deep. i really loved this story, it was so well written, AND the art is just so so good. (sorry for the essay LOLS)
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I'm so ignorant- (● ̄(エ) ̄●) is there a way to search for manga using multiple tags?
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not what i thought it was gonna be…