We often forget the things we did in the past, especially during our infancy and childhood. It's perfectly normal and most of them are shallow. In the translator's notes, Fukano's friend's name means shallow field and I think he represents those details in our childhood that seem ordinary. Fukano, on the other hand, experienced something traumatic with Ms. Nakama, hence his name meaning deep field. Traumatic experiences are often, if not, always ingrained into someone's memory regardless of age. They hold a huge part in someone's important memories. People may move on from them, but they won't forget.
Regarding Ms. Nakama's name, I think her role was to help Fukano remember things by letting him experience something he won't forget, hence being a "friend" to him.
Oh shit I didn’t even think about that. I kinda read it straight forward in that he had been drugged or something and had repressed trauma from Ms. Nakama and he ended up forgetting things. But, the other way around where she was trying to help him makes sense too. In fact it makes more sense, adding the extra detail of their names is interesting as well.
Just to add onto how I believe this theory now. It isn’t totally unrealistic for him to finally break and remember that incident but the teacher’s lack of reaction to him fighting back and the fact that he didn’t remember any repressed memory while in the situation makes me think Ms. Nakama was trying to help him. Although lady you could get him to a doctor or something lol it looks like he has some sort of psychological thing going on if his memory is that bad lol. Aaaa I love stories that give you the room to draw your own conclusions
Fukano was sexually abused by Nakama-sensei. she wasn't trying to help him, she systematically abused him. That's why he used to forget everything: from writing own name to his interactions with Nakama-sensei. when the abuse stopped, he got his memory back.
Words cannot describe how I feel about this manga, but one thing's for sure, it's a pleasant feeling. I kinda noticed that Hiro really likes Shiro from the start, so even though Shiro may be at fault for being a sadist, Hiro just let him be. About the ending, I think that Shiro most likely left his girlfriend. It may be insensitive, but heck, at least he's honest with his feelings now.
No wonder the art style looks familiar. The author who made this is the same as the one who made The Orc Bride. The manga's on myreadingmanga though.
Just wanna share some info...Bestiality, zoosexual activity and/or zoophilic porn is LEGAL in Japan.
I think the title was meant to be ironic. We mostly, if not, always judge characters based on their appearances and our basic background knowledge about them first, before getting to know their true intentions. For example, demons are always regarded as bad and humans are always the victims or the "good".
Unless you read the entirety of the story, you won't really know how the plot progresses or how the characters develop. This manga is quite similar to Shiki, by Fuyumi Ono. It makes you think who the real heartless characters are.