Okaya is starting to remind me of the main character from "Brutal: Confessions of a Homicide Investigator", especially with that seen in bed with those papers which I would assume are written by the Maria's son.
while i can understand where you drawing the comparison; them both being psychopaths and this specific scene where he decides to play the “hero”, it kinda just ends there. like okaya is lwk just trash who decided his obsession with kiritaka was worth doing all those shitty things, whereas the mc from brutal is basically dexter.
Idk Dan has someone he is in love with to the point where he was given his diary he framed every page of it and hanged them around his room, and if he had a crazy mom like okaya does he probably would be just like him. Dan to me feels like a serial killer who targets ppl that are bad ( either they killed or not ) like if he saw you kick dogs in the neighborhood congratulations there a 50/50 chance u will get VIP seat to watch the exorcist with him. While Dexter targets ppl who already committed murder. and i do agree Okaya is trash i hate him because about his feelings to Maria's son or even care to understand his ideology of he ain't gonna change it.
So sorry to be the bringer of bad news but dan is puree evil. He isnt the antagonistic hero archetype whos going around satisfying his twisted urges on scum of society. If u read trace youll find Dan's backstory.. its pretty heavily hinted that he wirh his friend group bullied their classmate to grape his own sister and then drive him to suimcide and murder of entire family+ tampering of evidence and burying of the case. Brutal dan is trying to collect "good karma" in hopes of reuniting with this high-school friend he keeps mentioning which coincides pretty much with trace Dan's lore....
Yah i know i didnt mean to describe him as a repenting saint. I don't personally like the archetype of serial killers that kill ppl like them to either satisfy their killing urge or probably hidden agenda. Im starting to dislike Brutal, since at first for me personally I could see the art and story paint Dan as not a hero but u just watch a sociopath being a sociopath and then the new art gave him a Handsome face and even when he kills it feels like the artist trying to romanticize him to the audience or whatever. It just feels like im looking at serial killer smut or something ( ̄へ ̄)sorry if half what I said doesn't make sense.
Im sure like 70% that person is lying to Maria but 30% he might be telling the truth since he was with okaya's dad i assume. Or he could be playing on both sides and ready to switch to whatever side that will win, like if Maria chances to kill Okaya's mom are higher he will help her but if she can't, he will probably just help his cheif to kill Maria. And who knows
"if it were me I would have never done that to you" said by the guy who get her family killed and delusionally believe it's not his fault (=・ω・=)
( ik shitting on him is getting a lil too old but man I still find it funny and to add on he pisses me off)
Also wtf with that I didn't do it cause we are friends or something, make him sound like he saying if she ain't gonna be with him she better let him know so he doesn't waste his time or something.






Idk whose foot is that at the first page but I have a feeling Hyo might come to aura farm on Mymo's ass.