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Wait wtf why does the teacher have his own manga dafuq
Keep in mind that the setting is the ‘90s, so that’s probably why things didn’t turn out the way we wanted them to. I bet even if the boys had told anyone what the teacher did, no one would’ve believed them. Kirino also has a logical ending based on the context of their setting. Circumstances like having different moms with different ideas of who they are played a huge role in who they turned out to be. Mishima would’ve probably ended up the same as Kirino if his mom hadn’t supported him from the start.
I like this a lot. I like how it focuses on queer friendships rather than the romance that’s typical from BL (although I do wish we’d seen more of Yumeno and Mishima).
Some things I don’t like:
1. Kirino’s ending. Would he have truly been happy living a lie? I know in real life there are people out there who lives the way he does but still.
2. The teacher. So what he got away scot free? Should’ve been stoned. I also don’t like how it feels like the story has this narrative of him being a pedophile is because he is unfulfilled as a gay man. The side stories just pissed me off I did not want to see him again unless it was him getting thrown into jail.