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Nicely said. This manga really isn't for the faint of heart or those who want fluffy couples unless they're in for a rollercoaster.
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Nicely said. This manga really isn't for the faint of heart or those who want fluffy couples unless they're in for a rollercoaster.
I see some people asking so I'm going to explain.
The brutality and cruelty in this manga is what makes it beautiful. It's not meant to be pure or healthy. That's the entire fucking point. It's beautiful like two people desperately clasping hands in the middle of a hurricane. Holding on tightly as they're ripped apart. And yet, at the end, there's the chance for peace. An end to struggle.
Shakespeare? Chekov? Romeo & Juliet isn't beautiful in the real world either. There's nothing beautiful about dead teenagers who 'fell in love' in the throes of puberty. But it's beautiful in the story.
This is a story of a love founded on destruction. Fixation, obsession, desperation, longing. The kind of relationship where they can't survive apart. But it's also about society, psychology, parenting, survival and the nature of humanity itself. Deep and beautifully crafted.