otakulys's manga / #coma(2)

The entire time I was reading the five chapters that are currently translated, I was waiting for a moment when I'd stop hating the main character. He's selfish, pushy, manipulative, self-pitying, rapey, and cruel, and it didn't seem like that was going to change. I really, really WANTED to like this manga because the art is gorgeous, but I didn't see how it could possibly wrap up in a satisfying way. However, I somehow thought it was only six chapters long total, but it's ten. I looked through the raws, and though I can't read the dialogue, I think some of the things I was desperately hoping would be the case are actually what's happening here. So I feel fairly confident giving it five stars, rather than the two stars I'd have to go with if certain things were never fully addressed.

Yeah, this author writes fucked up stuff exclusively, and this is definitely one of those. Most of his stuff isn't on this site, and I guess I understand why, but even with how sick and twisted his work tends to be, I kind of like it somehow. The art can be weird, but most of the time it's kind of pretty. I like that he has a lot of bisexual elements to his work, too. Buuuuuut, he's super fond of children being tortured and raped, etc. so you have to be able to stomach that to get to the rest of it. Sort of an enigma here, and I really don't know why I'm drawn to him. Usually this sort of thing would gross me out and upset me too much. I don't even know.