so sad.

What do you mean, "He did not mean to abuse him. " every abuser has or intends to have a reason, but that does not make it right or excusable, the character should stop feeling guilty and go to ask forgiveness, but of course is a hard healing process, I hope the author solved it well

In the means of taking it out om him. It is not on purpose but with rage and a bad day the line is much easier to cross. When you have a bad day it is easier to say mean things and hurt the other persons feelings then later you feel like shit. Yes abuse is bad and taking your shit out on other people is inexcusable. I did not say him feeling bad would make every thing right.

I get what you're trying to say, but Yumi being the abused party, it's probably healthier that they just go their separate ways. Maybe it would help to know that Kan-chan is okay(er) now, but past that I don't think they could really be friends again with all that baggage and trauma.. it'd just hurt them both, I feel like?

True, but isn't it a load off your heart when you are forgiven? They not need to become best friends. I just want them both to feel better about what happened and move foward with their lifes. Get over the trauma of the past in order to move foward.

Yeah, going through what Yumi did is traumatizing. Even if he did apologize he would still feel guilty because what he did is unforgivable. Maybe he can move forward but not feel lifted from his guilt. It's really one of those "forgive, but never forget."

Kan chan may be one of the most positive example of how an abuser is trying hard to find his way out of the dark.
Now I understand there's nothing that would justify Kan abusing Yumi, but I think most people should go back and read chpt 3 in Sabita Yoru Demo Koi Wa Sasayaku. Here they would realize that Kan KNOWS he has a problem. He KNOWS he is an abuser, thus he asked Yumi to leave before he could become any worse and hurt him even more. Even though it isn't the proper apology that everyone is looking/criticizing him for, people should understand how realistic this is for a character. You CAN'T be an abuser one day and say sorry the next, you've got to suffer through the guilt which is exactly what he's going through now

If I were in Yumi's shoes, I wouldn't want to meet my abuser anymore. Hello? He almost choked me to death! You could see his demon eyes during the scene. Just one more flipped second and Yumi would be a guy inside a photo frame on the altar.

I know Kan-chan knew he had a problem and was brave enough to make the decision to separate from Yumi because he knew he was past the point of even justifying what he was doing. But it still seems like it would be a lot to expect the person abused to be able to continue having contact with their abuser.. like even if they met to clear the air, I feel like that would make more sense as a one time thing.

Yeah, they don't need to be friends or anything (and as much as I'm sure Yumi doesn't hates Kan-chan it wouldn't be healthy if they remain as friends), they just need to forgive and then move on in order to continue with their own life.