The part abt him and his mother's life in the u.k hit rlĺy close to home. Racism against Asians in the UK, or even generally, is so normalised. Growing up as a visibly Asian child in the UK, you slowly start noticing how often you face these little microaggressions, and it'll slowly start building up inside you until you pop. It honestly gets a bit too much sometimes and emotionally overwhelming, and it's especially invalidating when it's so normalised, and considered a 'joke'.
I've faced racism not only from white people, but from black people too, even south asians. I live in a predominantly south asian and white town, but majority of the racism I face is from south Asians, and it can feel kinda frustrating to hear/see it from fellow Asians. (Not to say some white ppl in my town aren't also racist, they are, particularly the elderly, but their racism is targeted towards south Asians rather than East, and they always feel comfortable sharing that with me??? Like my guy, I grew up surrounded by south asian community, why would I agree with them???)
I could go on forever about racism in the UK and the edl and the reformers, ect. so I'll end it there.
Honestly, I don't rlly blame artist/adaptor for the rushed ending. Okay not 'blame' but I can understand if they were rushing it to get it over with, or if there just wasn't enough time to cover the entire story or something. The story was fine at the beginning, but kinda derailed from there, and it felt like like the chasing arc was being dragged on too long, and the ml didn't show much development of his feelings very well. That could also js be a fault of the adaptation and the og story was fine, but idk cus I haven't read it. (I'm writing this at 2am so my complaints/points might not make sense, or may be completely invalid by the time I wake up in the morning with a clear mind)
Idk if its the translation, or the og's dialogue, but it is rlly off putting. British ppl in the past and present don't say 'old chap' and 'bloody' that often, especially in the way that it's been used in some dialogue, like 'bloody turned on'. In what universe would I, anyone that I know, or anyone in the past, ever use the word 'bloody' during intercourse???











I'm a bit disappointed with how they rushed it quite a bit. I feel as though there should've been more chapters to actually allow the readers to slowly process the plot of the story rather than js shoving it all out in a couple chapters
I still enjoyed it, just that there seems to be so much wasted potential bcs of the pacing
You could try reading the novel? It's on my to-read list, so no idea if it's better.
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/choose-your-heroes-wisely/