kou was a victim, narumi was a manipulator. futaba was partly wrong for agreeing to date kukichi but he tool her emotional distress as an advantage. kou is not some deranged sick male interest that has a slightly tragic backstory—the way he acts and distances himself is realistic. stop hating actual protrayal of mental illness to the media if you’re only going to put malice on the effects of it you don’t agree or romanticize. mentally unstable people are assholes sometimes. sometimes for a reason, never an excuse.
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