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I don't know how to feel about this. It's beautifully crafted, complex, nuanced and all that. But, I can't digest how asami would've felt, like I just can't. A woman as awesome as her deserves a guy who will stay loyal to her till the end. They make it seem like she was incredibly important in akitora's life too but like, MC is his soulmate at the end of the day. How bad must it have felt to know that the man you married and had a child with and resonated so fucking well has someone else s his soulmate. That's just ughhh. I started skimming from ch 12 till the end cuz it all got so convoluted and annoying as fuck ngl. Still, asami deserves so much fucking better, she's the best character in all of this, I need justice for her. All the men around her are absolute trash.
Also, can't believe they brushed off the rape part, like sure this manga is all about fucked up people and embracing that fucked up ness but it's still a weird asf choice. If it was like 5-10 yrs after their separation I'd have understood but it was 24 years after it, MC matured for sure since he already had reika. No reason to suddenly become deranged.
Ig thats a plot hole cuz the previous manga came before this and they mangaka probably didn't realize this manga would get so good and all the characters would fleshed out so well until they actually wrote it. But the disgusting actions of the previous manga can't be taken back now so they just ran with it i guess.