ni-ka-CHUUUUUUUUUU's manga / #child abuse(1)

Nemureru Hana

Complete | Ebihara Yuri | 2006 released

Honestly its not good. I like the direction they were going abut misunderstanding and such but it was extremely unrealistic. The uke is a victim of countless physical, sexual, and emotional yet his personality doesn't match that history. It made sense that he blames everything on himself yet he was more than willing to talk about his past (something I'm more than positive most victims of abuse can't easily do). I have absolutely no idea why the fiancee is completely apathetic to the uke. And..... I can't believe this story even attempted to cram a forced love story between the uke and seme. There is too many open wounds in their relationship for there to even have A HINT of romantic feelings for each other. Maybe down the road but that part of the story was so unbelievable. But even then, realistically, the seme would deeply apologize, and get the fuck out of his life. Actually, the only reason I would accept for the seme for not leaving is because he wants to help the uke understand his self-worth (and I guess he technically hints that at the end but like, I call bullshit). I won't even label this a romance because there is none of that. So to sum things up, this manga tries to take a very serious and realistic concept and does I really really shit job conveying it in an convincing way. You're supposed to feel sad for the uke (which I do) but isn't developed well enough for the reader to really feel for him, or even the other characters. There are also a shit ton of plot holes that I won't even begin to go over because it's not worth it. *sighs* So frustrating