Hellerstern's manga / #dark(54)

As expected from a Harada's work, there is a traumatic experience for the main character (Momo) but it was a softer story then her others. And when I said that, I'm talking about how Yata and Momo got together. I think the story could have ended on the first volume. The second one was not necessary in my opinion.

This story was really well written. It is bebasically when a serial murderer meet a crazy psychopath. In a way Alex, the serial killer, was less deranged than Clark, the reporter, to me. Like how he managed to make a murderer fall in love with him, manipulated him into trusting him and then killed him at the end to get revenge for what he did to Oliver (The one he loved), was just wow. I was not expecting the end at all. The writing was impeccable. I still feel a little sad for Oliver's murder. He was just trying to get Alex to change and to become normal, but Clark plan to make Alex love him had to back fire and bite him in the butt. Anyway, I really liked the story.

It was an interesting story with a lot of plot twists and a lot of disturbing scenes. There was lost of ups and downs with how this story was writing and some things that didn't make that much sense, but it was nonetheless enjoyable. I actually didn't think this story will have this much smut. It was A LOT. The character that make me feel sad the most is Jinyoung. He really went through a lot in this all s hit. It was heartbreaking to see him being violated all the time and losing his mind. I really wasn't annoyed with Sid for what his was doing to the guy, but I was more scared a disturbed by him. At the end, everyone got their happy ending (even the bad guys) but anyway it was an interesting journey. Side not the author draws bodies parts in a really detailed way.

This is the story that made me the most emotional so far in my reading journey. I cried so much of anger, pain, frustration, sadness, disgust and so on. The author really made feel so much emotions and made me think about so much things with the deep theme of peer pressure she presented in this story. When she said she wanted to write about conventionally trashy people, I didn't expect it to be this bad. Everyone in this story's damn school needs to go to therapy. Mob mentality is scary. Everyone was psycho or becoming psycho because of this damn game. So many people had so much darkness in their hearts it was unsettling. Maybe expect Atsumu since he was so kind and naïve but almost he strayed from the right path cause of Kuze. What was too much in this story was the rape. It's really too much almost unbearable considering the characters are all children (15 to 16 years old). Every "couple/pair" portrayed (except one) in this story was toxic, Azusa and Karino in particular. The only couple where love emerged naturally without manipulation or anything was Tatsumi and Senzaki. Their love for each other was in a way "pure" even though they were the most weird couple. I also like the couple Atsumu and Kuze even though they started with Kuze manipulating Atsumu, but when they opened to each other their relationship took a new turn and didn't feel toxic anymore. Anyway, there's one character in this story I despise above all and not forgive no matter what and it is freaking Eno. The guy needed to pay for everything he's done. In fact, all the people that went along with Eno's fuckedupness needed to pay. The ending of this story was ok but not satisfying enough for me. To many things were just wrong, too many people were traumatized for life. And too many didn't pay for what they did. I don't think I'll ever forget reading this story. I'm still crying while writing this review and thinking about everything. In conclusion, this story was twisted and vile beyond anything and so well crafted. Some things could've have been improved to make it better though. But still, I liked and hated reading it. Thank you Ogawa Chise.