he calls her a dog because he treats her like dog shit
lmao accurate depiction :))
basically onaga is a conventional cute girl with everything going for her and she should be happy as she says in the beginning, but we clearly learn she isn't and instead she feels hollow because everything in her life is "good' but monotonous. She doesn't have any real passions or close relationships, and is shown staring silently at the functional families and friend groups that sit at her job.
Kawashibara is the exact opposite, he is not conventional at all and a social pariah but he has the one thing she doesn't; genuine passion and a clear soul whenever he dresses up in girls clothes and does girly things. Onaga lives vicariously through Kawashibara's happiness by providing him with girly things like makeup and clothes. She enjoys being responsible for his happiness and can find purpose by delivering these small joys to him.
When she learns that he wants to confess to somebody and actually move forward with his life instead of staying her plaything, she lashes out and says that she was the only reason he got thus far; and that she is the harbinger of his happiness and without her it's impossible.
obviously he gets rejected and now onaga can be his deity once again and she wins in the end ig
I love you
No, I think it’s more like she likes him and lashed out because she realized it was dumb of her to assume he’d be looking for that in her. I think she is possessive and bored with the monotony but especially after reading all of this author’s works I get the feeling that the girl is a specific persona that reflects the author. I think that this one him is viewing the life of a queer/trans woman through the lenses of the woman he has/desires inside of him.
If you have the time to read his other work he has an ongoing theme of similar looking women who disassociate from life and take on this perversion of human psychology. It’s always a disconnect between body and spirit and the more I get to reading his works the more I come to understand that it’s not just some shallow fantasy about sex and control, it’s usually a complex mix between the psychological effects of life, living and death within a person who doesn’t belong in their own skin(or in regular society).
As I read his works they all feel very personal and connected to one another, like a continuation of his own psyche. I think it would be hard to see what any of his short works elude to unless you took the time to read some of his longer works and read into some of his personal background.
I think the easiest one to see this from is his work “inside Mari”. I’ve just finished reading “trails of blood” as well and it is… disturbing but real.
Ps.. ik you posted this like a year ago, I just needed to say this bc i think all the comments that I see are slightly misguided. Yours sounded the closest to what I am thinking atm.
I stopped at chapter two and I don’t even wanna know how they managed to stretch this shit out for 147 chapters honestly props to them
Just see the most recent chapter, it's like a completelly different manga
Your loss LOL
after like 25 chapters or so the ml has a complete switch to a panicked adorable loser cause he gets so down bad and then spends dozens upon dozens of chapters making up for it, both self aware that its fucking wrong lol. the story completely changes into them being their own people and they barely have any sexual scenes for a good long while
I actually really like this manwha specifically becuz most average drama webtoons would make onyu and cheri fight and have friendship rifts constantly but they truly care about each other and their bond transcends any messiness from ilmi and her pussy parade because of the implicit trust they have in each other. Maybe they will have a big fight in the future but I'm glad it hasn't happened cheaply in the story yet.
Most webtoons would also have Cheri just be an evil shallow popular girl trying to make herself look good by sticking to Onyu but her character is much more layered and complex than that and their friendship is genuine.
My guess for Cheri's past is that she either got bullied or was a bully at her old school (based on the way she reacted to bob girl telling them she got bullied for her weight before) and that she got plastic surgery to escape from it and obsessed with the way she looks (which would explain her ed). Or it has something to do with her mysterious family. Or both.
its cool that they have diverse characters but the writing is sloppier than the make out seshes and the pacing is shittier than susumu's snowboarding
really really good up until she graduates and goes to high school and then it gets really weird, tropey, and unrealistic. Should've stopped at the middle school graduation ending with a time skip where we see that she managed to find her way and ended up happy in the end without dragging the plot and making her love interest a trashy playboy
The author really had to wrap that shit up quickly but it was still good ヾ(☆▽☆)
Ahahahahaha win the lottery badaboom done
i feel actually so bad for naho like this is psychological horror /TДT)/
Cyuuutee I lowkey wanna spin off with lesbian wife pov too lel
THAT’D BE COOL. i want a mangaka that dabbles in all the lgbtq+ shit.
True and the author has good way of portraying bi characters so I feel like they can pull it off
FINNNALLLLY Mamoru will be the jealous one for once. Sometimes every girl being dickwhipped for the ML and fighting MC for him gets a little tiring