reconnect

Never read the novel but the art looks amazing!
Reminds me of The Foul.

I have a feeling this will def be a guilty pleasure of mine

So I’ve always really liked this manga, and I’ve been following it since it was like 10 chapters or something, and I liked the characters. Kurose always got a lot of hate, but I understood him and didn’t expect him to warm up to Mugi and change who he is immediately.

Now, we’re 64 chapters in, and to quote another person’s comment who described what I felt very well - “Kurose’s lines are always unsatisfactory…”

I don’t dislike him, I actually rather like all our characters, but lately it feels like the mangaka is not doing a good job of displaying character growth and helping us as readers connect emotionally with the characters. Their love and affection feels so shallow, I can’t put my finger on it as to why that is. Maybe it’s because the arcs are too short and feel rushed, but I don’t know really.

I’m not seeing any growth in Kurose, and Mugi is growing too much, past independence and into the territory of having no respect for herself. I really hope we start seeing some better treatment for Mugi soon, and for the two to really connect, not just with each other, but with us readers. Somehow, it almost feels as if they lack chemistry together. I think she had more chemistry with the piercing senpai at this point.

Anyway, I’ve always really liked this manga, although it definitely is more of a guilty-pleasure cliché shoujo manga for me, so I don’t want to see it fail to live up to my expectations. It still has potential, so I’m hoping the mangaka will really start giving us the connection and relationship Mugi and Kurose deserve to have.