pluckaduck's manga / #Mature(13)

surreal and absurd, reminiscent of how dreams progress in bizarre directions, meander, without any proper conclusion. the simple and almost "cute" art style also adds to the uncanny feeling you get from reading the stories. the stories are quite dark, but there's no recurring theme, or offers any philosophical introspection. it's just creepy and sometimes gratuitously violent, like bits of a dream you've barely grasped. it's akin to something spawned from the deepest parts of our subconscious from childhood days, reflecting the sadistic curiosity and innocently cruel side of children. and cats.

the artstyle made it hard to get thru at first, but it's delivers raw and intense scenes so well. both of the main characters are so so flawed but it's also hard to hate them. at first, i enjoyed their dynamic, which was bitter toxic woman x woman who seems forgiving and would do anything for her beloved. but it turned out it wasnt like that at all. i mean the black-haired woman is incredibly cold, rude, bitter, stubborn, and selfish, but the woman with unrequited love left her gf of 10 years and threw away her future just to have sex with her. she's so thoughtless, tactless, and stupid, and when shes unable to burden the weight of being a runaway murderer, she lashes out hard. she lived a generally happy life, so she was unable to cope, and admitted herself she didnt have black-haired's strong will.