Boku Wa Mari No Naka
Yet another example of Oshimi Shouzo's mastery in starting a twisted story and ending it in the most cliche sucked up way. I should have a serious talk with this guy one day, he is shotting his best creations in the head with those endings URGH! Anyway, this one is "weirdly" twisted, definitely more geared towards the Ecchi end of the spectrum than psychological in the beginning, but as the story progresses, the psychological color becomes more visible and, unfortunately, the story becomes more predictable because you realize this is not fantasy or supernatural narrative. It is just real life (which is great) and so the number of answers to the mysteries are limited. I think he could do much better towards the ending but at least it was not as disappointing as Aku no Hana (I can't get over that one yet, I feel personally betrayed by author lol), so I give it a better rating (although I felt Aku no Hana's first arc in a spiritual level and it would have been among my top fav of all time if he just ended it in the first arc).
Winter Woods