pluckaduck's manga / #Student x Student(32)

if the story showed the gravity of the ramifications of the bullying and ostracization mc suffered (instead of just social anxiety), it would've been better. if the mc was more resistant and his struggles to trust ml were shown more, instead of being swept along easily by the ml, the romance would actually be cathartic. this is just a shallow attempt at a "misunderstanding" plot type of story. should've dropped it by the first chapter.

first chapter was good, but quality went downhill. it falls short of three important aspects: haruki's character. his character in the first chapter was good and relatable, but then after that he gradually just becomes a victimized tool for the revenge porn. the pacing is awful; the revenge was speedrunned and it wasn't cathartic at all cuz the ml dealt with them very easily. given how horrible they were to their victims like haruki, it would be better to explore in depth their characters and the psychological aspects (such as reona). that last was the shock value. it's simply not gory, or disturbing much. this goes hand in hand with pacing. the individual plot points were good, but i felt the author didn't have enough time to develop them, so we got a shallow piece of work like this.