jnsky's manga / #Psychological(18)

Sex friend who was really a classmate in love with MC pretends to be MC's unrequited love in order to get his affections. MC forgives him once he realizes he did it out of love. Love triangle is Seno --> MC--> Hakushima --> Brother's wife Hakushima walked into traffic because of his love for his brother's wife. Both Seno and Haku felt that people did not like them for who they are as a person. Seno learns to be himself and that he can receive love for being himself. Both Seno and MC also felt that without their 'shell', no one would love them and it wouldn't matter if they were gone. I enjoyed reading this even though I was spoiled by knowing that there was a twist. I knew then that "Hakushima" really was Seno, but I enjoyed it anywas because then I could see the red herrings.

Somehow, I tend to enjoy those things that I initially think I wouldn't enjoy at all, and this manga was one of them. I thought it would be some generic shoujo but it's actually so much more than that. I'm only 3 volumes in but I'm really enjoying it so far.

I wanted to throw my phone out the window after reading the first few chapters because it felt like torture porn, but I stuck with it to see if it'd actually go anywhere and I sure am glad I did! What seemed like torture porn turned out to be a highly suspenseful turnpager full of twists and turns. I binged read it over two days and look forward to reading it again so I can catch all the foreshadowing - this might be one of those series that gets even better the second time around!

Good read but the translation was clunky and unclear at times which lessened my enjoyment.