rainydays's manga / #tragedy(16)

anthology with a variety of genres, ranging from topics on the psyche, trauma, starting over, and absurdity. loved the first story, liked the second, head empty for the third, and dying inside for the fourth lmao. at least this author has range.

ilya wants freedom from his lover, but soon realizes that he wasnt the first, nor will he be the last of kis kind. spooky and tragic, love the art and imagery.

a terminally ill zhishu finally decides to leave his cheating partner of two years in an attempt for a peaceful departure from this world. ooooh i hate this shit, made me sob like a fucking baby with no reprise. the origin of my absolute abhorrence towards cheating. just whump upon whump upon whump, i didnt care much for the doctor, just wanted zhishu to be happy for once and the sad thing is that happiness only came with his death. NEVER reading this again cause it just fills me with dread to think about.

aishas life is thrown out of bounds after her father dies and her step mother & brothers take control of the home. the art is cool but very jarring at times, I think it matches the dark atmosphere really well. characterization of each family member was great, though I feel like the romance was rushed in the last chapter.

child predator christ is revisited by the traumatized man he groomed as a child, throwing his life straight into hell truly a fucked up read, i feel bad for literally everyone except for christ. wish there was more for the ending, though, that felt a bit anticlimactic.

miho kills her girlfriend miho after she says that she wants to break up honestly interesting in execution (pun not intended) with the way miho has a two sided convo by herself, but it was too short to make any other impression.

after surviving an accident, hiro feels like there is something off about her girlfriend, sana, who saved her. didnt expect that twist! this has a good basis for an interesting comic but it ended just as things were getting good.

janet is a hired killer who learns what love is after she meets the lonely jeanne. the two want a happy life together, but fate has other ideas. i loved this, wish it were a full length manhwa. the ending was bittersweet (aka depressing asf), but i enjoyed the art immensely and the plot for what was presented.

megumi has feelings for her classmate ukyou, and finds out that ukyou has been killing her bullies. cmon, thats it??? i understand why megumi did what she did but it couldve been amazing at the end with them both pursuing her feelings, but this just made me sad!

after meeting maya at the family vacation home, reina's life starts to fall apart as the past to her family's fortune is revealed. super melodramatic and cinematic, from a storytelling perspective i think the ending was fitting but on a personal level saddening. i think this was a very interesting read but the reveal to them actually being siblings (expected given the setup, but an odd choice nonetheless) really put a damper on it.