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What an insightful comment. The use of words is beautiful.
SAY IT LOUDER !!
My head and heart were truly full after reading this. It was a pleasure to be able to share my thoughts, and I hoped that by speaking, some people who may have misconceptions on the author's intentions will see the light.
MAN MY HEART HURTS T_T
This is good.
I say this from an unbiased point of view. It brings to light the ever discussed topic of the lack of black and white in modern society, and it's endless shades of grey. A lot of pedophiles are child victims, and while this does not make it okay, nor forgivable, understanding someone is not the same as approving their actions.
I understand them. I understand the pain that has led to their actions. Their trauma, their fears, their desperate clinging onto the idea that they are okay, because the opposite reality is 10x scarier than they are to eachother. I understand them and the mangaka allowed me to understand them, and I think that's wonderful.
This manga did not romanticise pedophila like some people here are saying. It showed that it was ugly, that it ruined lives and turned them inside out. It showed that the scars were permanent and painful to bear, and sometimes you couldn't bare them. It was raw and it hurt to read; I cried and I grimanced; I asked why and I answered my own question with another question.
Is this what the world looks like?