Eh ╮(￣▽￣)╭ idc what anyone says. I found the anime randomly one day and despite how horrible the ML treats FL, it was strangely adorable in some way IN MY OPINION. is it good? Faaaar from it but this manga & anime hold a place in mg heart and honestly, not everyone is perfect nor is every love story going to make sense but sometimes you gotta understand fiction is fiction. in the real world, horrible couple and calling the police. but here, Irie is just some dude that has always kept a mask to be the "perfect good person" and wasn't himself, which is far more sarcastic, blunt and mean but that doesn't mean he is a asshole with no heart (don't know how he turned out that way since his parents are very lovely).
It's subtle but you can see clearly the actions he does for Kotoko. He allows himself to be HIMSELF around her cause she's so far the only person iirc who has seen him be that way and accept him and still want to love him. Which is stupid and reckless of her, but she still wants him. Idk but it just reminds me a bit of enemies to lovers general theme where someone can see you at your absolute worse and still love you that way. That's the same way with Irie & Kotoko. Besides, with a man born with a high IQ, sometimes you need people like Kotoko in their life cause they are the ones that teach people like Irie to reconnect with themselves. Some people can't for the life of them express what's inside; all their actions and words will seem so mean and horrible but if you push aside all the words that don't matter, you will realize they still care in their own way.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ASSHOLE GOOD FOR NOTHING PIECES OF SHIT THAT DESERVE TO BE DROPPED-KICKED. We just gotta learn to distinguish them.
Eh ╮(￣▽￣)╭ idc what anyone says. I found the anime randomly one day and despite how horrible the ML treats FL, it was strangely adorable in some way IN MY OPINION. is it good? Faaaar from it but this manga & anime hold a place in mg heart and honestly, not everyone is perfect nor is every love story going to make sense but sometimes you gotta understand fiction is fiction. in the real world, horrible couple and calling the police. but here, Irie is just some dude that has always kept a mask to be the "perfect good person" and wasn't himself, which is far more sarcastic, blunt and mean but that doesn't mean he is a asshole with no heart (don't know how he turned out that way since his parents are very lovely).
It's subtle but you can see clearly the actions he does for Kotoko. He allows himself to be HIMSELF around her cause she's so far the only person iirc who has seen him be that way and accept him and still want to love him. Which is stupid and reckless of her, but she still wants him. Idk but it just reminds me a bit of enemies to lovers general theme where someone can see you at your absolute worse and still love you that way. That's the same way with Irie & Kotoko. Besides, with a man born with a high IQ, sometimes you need people like Kotoko in their life cause they are the ones that teach people like Irie to reconnect with themselves. Some people can't for the life of them express what's inside; all their actions and words will seem so mean and horrible but if you push aside all the words that don't matter, you will realize they still care in their own way.
AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ASSHOLE GOOD FOR NOTHING PIECES OF SHIT THAT DESERVE TO BE DROPPED-KICKED. We just gotta learn to distinguish them.
Reminder: THIS IS MY OPINION