I feel like the mangaka did a poor job in depicting this man's story. She also didn't include any of the really meaningful moments described in the interviews such as him discovering his sexuality or his coming out to his mother after a failed suicide attempt. He also mentioned crying in the shower for a couple of hours after being rejected by the guy he tried to give a present to. Would it have been that hard to add even just a panel to depict that? I'm assuming that moment is supposed to show us what triggered his determination to never let himself fall for a straight guy again but she skipped the part where you can actually see just how broken he must have been over it. Also, I wish they'd gone into more detail about that year long separation. I don't know, maybe it's a cultural thing and it's just not enough for someone like me who's not Japanese/from Japan/a conservative parent from Kyushu to really understand. But, oh well, the interviews gave me the impression that they've been together for a long time and that they're happy so I'm happy for them.
I feel like the mangaka did a poor job in depicting this man's story. She also didn't include any of the really meaningful moments described in the interviews such as him discovering his sexuality or his coming out to his mother after a failed suicide attempt. He also mentioned crying in the shower for a couple of hours after being rejected by the guy he tried to give a present to. Would it have been that hard to add even just a panel to depict that? I'm assuming that moment is supposed to show us what triggered his determination to never let himself fall for a straight guy again but she skipped the part where you can actually see just how broken he must have been over it.
Also, I wish they'd gone into more detail about that year long separation. I don't know, maybe it's a cultural thing and it's just not enough for someone like me who's not Japanese/from Japan/a conservative parent from Kyushu to really understand.
But, oh well, the interviews gave me the impression that they've been together for a long time and that they're happy so I'm happy for them.