pluckaduck's manga / #Twisted(22)

when u end up rooting for the bitchy classmate antagonist u know it's a badly written story. ngl the added drama with her feels completely unnecessary to the overall concept. there's no reason provided why the girl end up this twisted, or why she fell for the father. she's disgusting, but the author clearly likes her so everything goes her way without repercussions. and the dude's so fcking bland. it fails to deliver bc it should've been a story about how uncomfortable he feels around his stepdaughter and how he tried to avoid her, but ultimately failed to do so bc she's crazy. but nooo, he's a passive and dense idiot.

the stories were intersting, tho not necessarily enjoyable. the mangaka just created short stories out of various unconventional ideas and tropes that elicit angst... and yall just call it "brilliant, realistic, etc"? yall, it doesnt equate to story execution. the downside of short stories is that there's not enough space to flesh out the charas and give nuance to make readers actually feel, and this story encapsulates that; while it's psychological, i don't understand the motivations of the old men-- why not just confess and stop draggin people into your mess? and the ending-- are the three in a poly relationship or smth? the dark-haired old man's confession of love feels very abrupt. and random