Okay but srsly tho, Maria isn't even being a bitch she's just telling what she experienced with him and how terrible it is. i guess she's also trying to just warn Yohan about how much of a red flag Helbert is
yeah but then again she and helbert dated for 3 years and her conversation with Yohan was not just about how sex is with him, first or second chapter literally stated that Maria broke up with him because how cold he is or how disattached he is to Maria not to mention Maria experienced (the terrible relationship not the sex) what Yohan probably is experiencing rn she said it herself that she had the same illusion i guess she could just relate to Yohan maybe trying to warn him
But isn't her advice suspicious, though? Helbert (God, I can't keep typing this ugly name) isn't indifferent to the MC (LOL forgot this name but I remembered Helbert). I get the feeling she's jealous. Seeing how much of an asshole the rich guy is, he probably never gave her much attention except at their dinner table, but now he's bringing a male version of her to the hospital himself and taking him shopping, things he should have done for his wife but never did. It feels like she's thinking, what does this new version have that I didn't? A dick?
Also, what other warning could be a bigger warning to the MC that Oga Helbert himself? The maniac is a walking red flag with an angry bull charging towards it. If MC didn't realise that, I don't think Maria's shallow words would be much help. I'm just against her because she lied about something, and now it's hard to believe anything else she said is honest.
what exactly did she lie about tho? Yes, maybe the sex thing a lie (could not be too cuz Helbert literally mentioned something about Maria's body when he is comparing her to Yohan) but other than that what else exactly? i don't think anyone's ex would come up to the person their past lover THEY BROKE UP WITH and say "hey that dude's kinda red flagged be careful" when she literally dated him for 3 years and knows what he's kinda like and ESPECIALLY HOW EVERYONE SEES HELBERT ALONE ACTS TO YOHAN i wouldn't blame Maria for telling Yohan that Helbert is kinda of a bad person to be with, and plus i don't think anyone's ex would be jealous of someone who took away a bad person from their life all i know that she's probably warning Yohan because at this point my guy is freaking blind if he's not seeing red whenever he looks at Helbert, i mean yeah some people might think otherwise but Maria is kinda smart and is happily married to a guy that treats her right
come on don't do her like that, Maria didn't gets the attention she needed from her new husband, I don't think she'd be jealous about it since she's getting so much love from another person and plus she looks really inlove with the guy shes with now (She looks really smart too i don't think she'd be jealous to a guy just because he's getting treated by Helbert I MEAN COME ON THEY DATED, SHE PROLLY KNOWS WHAT HE'S LIKE TO YOHAN TOO AND THINKS THIS IS THE MOST KINDEST THING HE COULD EVER TO A GUY THAT HE LIKES (also don't he bring her to shopping too? i kinda read it he brought Maria to that one store Yohan and him went shopping too)
The author did a great job of not sexualizing this series as much as possible even though Haru's job is a brothel worker, they made it pretty realistic and focus on how the sex worker job is serious just like any other job and the people who works like this are humans too (i love Haru's personality and how well she is written. Also i bawled my eyes out like theres no tommorow after what happemd Shequaraso)
The author did a great job of not sexualizing this series as much as possible even though Haru's job is a brothel worker, they made it pretty realistic and focus on how the sex worker job is serious just like any other job and the people who works like these are humans too (i love Haru's personality and how well she is written. Also i bawled my eyes out like theres no tommorow after what happemd Shequaraso)










But not in a bad way, like oh shes such a "emotionless sociopath" but more of medical diagnosis? She can still feel pity and sadness even happiness and satisfaction but she clearly lacks empathy and guilt, i theorized this when reading and how she doesn't feel bad for chan-hee being bullied before and instead wanting to be left out of trouble (not even a poor him) and only feeling pity for him when she actually interacted with Lua and intervened, she might think that she feels empathy towards him but instead its more of a twisted sense of justice to be wanting to avenge him but when you think about it its more of her wanting to punish someone who deservesit because they are bad. Her tendencies are more likely fueled by her mother enabling this sort of behavior by making her "act" and her learning how she can manipulate others (even her father) with acting. Though i still think she can change for the better and learn to be genuinely kind, her views on people especially to whom she considers bad and her powers might give her a hard time.
yeah I getchu, I'm a psych major interested in personality disorders and that's how I feel as well, although I'd say she's more psychopathic than sociopathic since sociopathy is genetics + environment (and with the current known backstory, I'd say it's unlikely for to have developed sociopathy), while psychopathy is genetics (eg; someone can be born a psychopath but can't be born a sociopath) ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶
I mention unlikely bc usually sociopathy is developed in an environment that the body starts to develop a lack of guilt or empathy either due to convenience such as stereotypical rich billionaires may find it more convenient in their lives to abandon empathetic feelings so they can fuel their own ego, or as a coping mechanism, a person who's been abused as a child stops feeling guilt towards people to protect themselves, etc etc etc, insert many other ways someone can become a sociopath
I also agree with your last sentence, I'm rlly hoping there's redemption for her- cause it's like, even if psychopaths and sociopaths have a hard time feeling guilt + empathy, there's been psych studies showing that psychopaths/sociopaths can do so with intentional practice (also even if she never gets to the point of being able to experience empathy in the comic, I rlly hope she can learn a more diverse set of values :,D cause she's very much going down the death note route, and we all know Kira did not end up too happy at the end)