THANK YOU! Please do not make fun of me, but I had to replace the Chiaki with myself to see how the story flowed. To be honest, it made a lot more sense then. I agree with you whole-heartedly when you defined their relationship. I didn't really worry about whether they broke up or not, I just wanted the girl to reach the conclusion that there are better guys out there! Ones that don't bite with their words and try to win back your broken heart with a few words that even my brother could tell me after reading my diary. Sorry for ranting, I loved the manga, but it just didn't strike "realistic" for me, you know? ╮(￣▽￣)╭
No judgement at all! I always project myself onto the MC when reading a manga- I think that's the attraction to reading vs watching a movie. For me, the difficulty is not pushing my personality onto the character too much and learning to just enjoy the manga objectively a bit. That being said, it just didn't make sense for someone to subject herself to this sort of mistreatment over and over again for the sake of being in a relationship. So I completely understand where you're coming from, especially with the brother diary comment since a ton of his lines sound like things guys spew when they're caught doing/saying something wrong and just need some crap lines to try and make things better lol.
This, my friends, is a grade A example of a toxic relationship. The only time they communicate is during a fight and the problems never seem to be resolved so much as the girl convinces herself to interpret her boyfriend's actions in the most convenient, loving way. He literally does and says whatever he wants, makes her feel like absolute garbage, and then kisses her or gives her a back hug and makes up for everything. The other 92% of the time, she's just a walking ball of insecurity and confusion.
Really, I spent every chapter from 3 on just hoping they'd break up, but I couldn't get past chapter 12. Saying he'd "call someone else" because she wouldn't let him strip her? ...uh what? That's not even okay as a joke! But, of course, he says he just did it to "test" her and she blushes, laughs, and strips. I'm so done! (╯°Д °)╯╧╧