Sleeps In Sunbeams's manga / #split personality(5)

Cleverly funny with such an original plot! Naru was naive and sweet and his other side was wonderful too. He not only provided many funny moments, but I loved how he embraced his ecchi time with his best friend and lover.

Doesn’t live up to the synopsis

This story is surprisingly sad. A dissociative identity disorder only arises from severe trauma, usually when you are young. I know he was being raped at school but his protector seemed well established and he had multiple episodes of memory loss. Just how many times had the poor guy been abused? And those guys were heroes in training who we saw rape him. Insta fail for them…

17-year-old Asahina Saki is worried that her serious and respectful boyfriend still hasn’t kissed her despite them dating for 3 months. But suddenly that concern seemed trivial when she realized that Hakushiro Yuusuke has a perverted side, and that side has a name; Shou. I thought that this was a fun, light hearted look at 2 distinct personalities coming to agreement over their love for the same girl, and at how she adjusted to loving them. Don’t take it seriously, it’s not a medical dissertation on DID, instead it’s lighthearted and an excuse for a 2 for 1 romance.

This was such an interesting delinquent story. Taichi attended an all boys high school that was full of rough and tumble delinquents. Oddly enough, they viewed this gentle crybaby (and pervert magnet) as their leader. Something that Taichi thought must be teasing, because there was no way he would fight. But how to explain his busted knuckles and bruised body? Turns out Taichi has an alter who takes over and destroys anyone who threatens him. When Taichi runs into the head delinquent of a rival high school, he finds not an enemy but someone who is fascinated by both sides of Taichi. Mitsuru Gunji, takes interest in Taichi and quickly chases after both alters. But what are his true motives? And can Taichi trust himself to someone who has more sides than he does? I liked the story very much. The author used D.I.D with a reasonable amount of respect without it being intrusive. We saw the terrible trauma that happened to the young Taichi that lead to the split, and the violent side retained aspects of a younger child while still always taking that protective role. I thought the dark Mitsuru was a good match for Taichi. All in all, very entertaining.