what a well written psychological thriller! i don’t want to call this a romance, nothing about this is romantic, but it tackles manipulation incredibly well. i can’t help but find that Katou had more of a sad ending than a happy one, sure, he’s living well and protected, but he became so isolated from everyone he can only depend on the only one who knows him better than himself. Oda is doing everything in his power to make sure Katou has no one else to rely on except himself (i.e he’s happy to know Katou has no friends as well as learning about the death of Katou’s mom). Oda is clearly obsessed with the idea of having Katou all to himself at the expanse of making him lose all social cues and streetsmart.
not only does it pictured emotional isolation and manipulation well, but the same with rape. it’s not graphic, it’s not played out to be sexy, just a simple implication that Katou probably hasn’t consented from the lifeless look in his eyes and as well as that one panel “his roots are sinking deeper into me” depicting Oda literally trying to morph himself onto Katou’s body.
what a well written psychological thriller! i don’t want to call this a romance, nothing about this is romantic, but it tackles manipulation incredibly well. i can’t help but find that Katou had more of a sad ending than a happy one, sure, he’s living well and protected, but he became so isolated from everyone he can only depend on the only one who knows him better than himself. Oda is doing everything in his power to make sure Katou has no one else to rely on except himself (i.e he’s happy to know Katou has no friends as well as learning about the death of Katou’s mom). Oda is clearly obsessed with the idea of having Katou all to himself at the expanse of making him lose all social cues and streetsmart.
not only does it pictured emotional isolation and manipulation well, but the same with rape. it’s not graphic, it’s not played out to be sexy, just a simple implication that Katou probably hasn’t consented from the lifeless look in his eyes and as well as that one panel “his roots are sinking deeper into me” depicting Oda literally trying to morph himself onto Katou’s body.
it was a good read, i liked it