Krysroyce23's manga / #Psychological(3)

this was a relatively short story, but I connected a lot with the characters. Yuuchan was well developed as our maaain character and Rei's life was properly depicted and confronted especially when his father showed up. We dive deep into how his alters came to be as trauma responses. I don't think we went through all of them in the same depth but I also feel like that adds to layered reactions and needs. Like Flashy Jirou was present for like 5 panels total but most likely that's becuase he(Rei) didn't need to switch the burden off to him. While DID is very serious -I don't want to minimize that- and something that's still being understood by leading researchers, this comic allowed me to reflect on how I cope with trauma and my responses/ticks to certain situations. Nothing specific comes to mind atm, but I am aware of myself when I'm triggered and the particular self that is burdened inside me. Often it is the inner child and the emphasis on that Itzuki also reminded me of my inner child and how lonely she is/was. I need to tend to her as yuuchan did for ituki. I think as long as u approach this story, respectfully and aware of its technical shortcomings, it can be very lovely.

WOW excellent! I love this story and I love how it navigates through the subject of sexual assault and trauma. Specifically, how survivors navigate the world, experience it in all sorts of ways, and deal with the stigma that may come from being someone who speaks out. Surprisingly (and also not) the way people attempt to connect with, silence, boss around, gaslight, etc was much more uncomfortable for me to see. I love how connected this group of friends is and how quick they are to come to each other's defense. It would be easy to make a story that's messy especially with how the romance unraveled but that's not the case here. That being said, it all worked to make Lisa's trauma and heartache much more palpable. The characters themselves were all unique, multidimensional people with even their own cadence in my head. Oh also! the Voltaire reference throughout! wow! nicely done! Mango's bone poem/metaphor is an excellent extension of Voltaire's story and grounds the main conflicts in the story. From Lisa's mom's view of her future husband, the grandma's optimism for her son, Yoojul's father's assumptions about him, or Yoohin's initial understanding of Lisa. These are all realities we can see and feel, but they aren't as simple as we'd like to make them seem. We take common ideas or facts and put them together to make a reality we can understand which may not always be accurate. In the case of the mango bone, we note a hard bone-like structure in the mango so we assume the mango has bones because so many living things have bones. When that's not the case our reality is crushed and how we react and how we negotiate OUR truth with THE truth can vary.

Everyone believes they are right and justified as they push through their sin. TOUGH! wild story!