I have been rereading this over and over since 2019. Its my favourite shounen ai, from the art style to the plot its just beautiful. Some people seem to forget that stories like this are supposed to invoke sad and negative emotions, and that stories aren’t always supposed to have everything resolved in them with angels for characters. If they did then they wouldn’t really be realistic. Rating the story down because it made you cry or because you didnt like that there were difficult scenes doesnt make sense. If thats your reason for rating it low dont bother to write a review in the first place and go and read some confirmed fluff. Ive cried over and over from this story myself. Yes the characters are complicated, even criminal, their personalities twisted, a guy bullying the buy he likes or not knowing how to approach a difficult situation happening to someone he cares about. Yes there is sexual assault. There are people like that, and those are real experiences that people go through. And twisted situations with twisted people do happen. The story gets more dark as you learn more about the characters, which is why the beginning is fluffy because you know nothing about them yet. This story is supposed to be complicated and angsty. Thus the only warning i would give is that if you dont like angst or those are triggering topics then dont read this! Otherwise read this with an open mind because the characters and their approaches to relationships are interesting.
I have been rereading this over and over since 2019. Its my favourite shounen ai, from the art style to the plot its just beautiful. Some people seem to forget that stories like this are supposed to invoke sad and negative emotions, and that stories aren’t always supposed to have everything resolved in them with angels for characters. If they did then they wouldn’t really be realistic. Rating the story down because it made you cry or because you didnt like that there were difficult scenes doesnt make sense. If thats your reason for rating it low dont bother to write a review in the first place and go and read some confirmed fluff. Ive cried over and over from this story myself. Yes the characters are complicated, even criminal, their personalities twisted, a guy bullying the buy he likes or not knowing how to approach a difficult situation happening to someone he cares about. Yes there is sexual assault. There are people like that, and those are real experiences that people go through. And twisted situations with twisted people do happen. The story gets more dark as you learn more about the characters, which is why the beginning is fluffy because you know nothing about them yet. This story is supposed to be complicated and angsty. Thus the only warning i would give is that if you dont like angst or those are triggering topics then dont read this! Otherwise read this with an open mind because the characters and their approaches to relationships are interesting.