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"The boy I liked has graduated"
He makes me feel absolutely sick. Why does he talk like an immature teen whose crush is gone, when he's 37 and the boy in question was literally underage?
I get upset that Hara never faces the consequences of his actions (from what we can see) as a pedophile and groomer. I wouldn't say the author romanticizes pedophilia, but wanted to depict as it can happen exactly like this in jpn society? Maybe she chose the route of not making it too complicated with clear-cut justice since life's not simply black&white and leaving the conclusions up to the reader. Or maybe she had a fantasy? I don't know and I don't blame her (as long as she doesn't support that shxt irl) but Hara's actions are so sickening to see. It was tough already to get through his interactions with Sajou, but this whole volume was excruciating, albeit still abit interesting.