Lauvil's manga / #dark(17)

This was a dark story. It was quite heavy to read, yet I couldn't put it down. It portrayed the negative aspects of being a woman in a patriarchal society in a very raw and pessimistic way. Yet the story was a about healing and learning to love and trust again, and the ending was hopeful in low-key way. The characters were very well rounded. No one was obviously righteous or perfect. They all had good points and flaws. Even the most "evil" character wasn't 100% bad. He was just broken on the inside. Not that it excuses his actions; He still hurt people and no reason is good enough to justify that. But it shows that people aren't just black and white. I'm not a big fan of student-teacher romances, because that can never be an equal relationship. But I kinda liked these two, actually. I still think it would've been better if they weren't student-teacher, but they worked well together. Their relationship didn't seem unbalanced, as they both had their struggles and things they could help with and teach each other. It was a really beautiful and ugly story at the same time. I highly recommend it.