Honestly, I think readers have started forgetting what actually happened, and I also feel like the author is trying to minimize it now. They’ve had multiple conversations about it—Nanjo literally heard him out three different times—but somehow they still never properly address the manipulation and everything else that happened. Every time the ML admits that what he did was wrong, he starts crying, and this has happened like four or five times at this point. I understand that he suffered and that he feels guilty, but eventually it starts feeling like the story is asking us to focus more on his pain than on what he actually did.
At this point, the situation genuinely feels like someone cheated on their partner, got caught, and is now crying and begging for forgiveness while the conversation keeps revolving around how terrible they feel. Yes, the ML suffered too, but that doesn't automatically address the harm he caused. And that's what bothers me about the way the story is handling this now. Around chapters 33–34, when he was attempting suicide, the story felt genuinely heavy and serious. But now it feels like the heavier topics that actually needed to be addressed are being toned down instead of properly confronted.
And the frustrating part is that the author had plenty of opportunities to do this. They had multiple conversations where Nanjo could have actually explained how the manipulation affected him from his perspective, rather than the conversation repeatedly becoming about the ML's guilt. Nanjo also had every right to decide that he didn't want to continue the relationship. He had the choice to walk away. So I don't think the story necessarily needed to force forgiveness or reconciliation just because the ML regrets what he did. I just wish the author had allowed the consequences of those actions to be properly acknowledged instead of gradually softening everything because the relationship is now supposed to be romantic.
Honestly, I think readers have started forgetting what actually happened, and I also feel like the author is trying to minimize it now. They’ve had multiple conversations about it—Nanjo literally heard him out three different times—but somehow they still never properly address the manipulation and everything else that happened. Every time the ML admits that what he did was wrong, he starts crying, and this has happened like four or five times at this point. I understand that he suffered and that he feels guilty, but eventually it starts feeling like the story is asking us to focus more on his pain than on what he actually did.
At this point, the situation genuinely feels like someone cheated on their partner, got caught, and is now crying and begging for forgiveness while the conversation keeps revolving around how terrible they feel. Yes, the ML suffered too, but that doesn't automatically address the harm he caused. And that's what bothers me about the way the story is handling this now. Around chapters 33–34, when he was attempting suicide, the story felt genuinely heavy and serious. But now it feels like the heavier topics that actually needed to be addressed are being toned down instead of properly confronted.
And the frustrating part is that the author had plenty of opportunities to do this. They had multiple conversations where Nanjo could have actually explained how the manipulation affected him from his perspective, rather than the conversation repeatedly becoming about the ML's guilt. Nanjo also had every right to decide that he didn't want to continue the relationship. He had the choice to walk away. So I don't think the story necessarily needed to force forgiveness or reconciliation just because the ML regrets what he did. I just wish the author had allowed the consequences of those actions to be properly acknowledged instead of gradually softening everything because the relationship is now supposed to be romantic.