it has been an honor serving with you, fellow slow-burners
their relationship, the timing of the confession- the pacing on this story is just *chef kiss*
I hate mangas with uber unrealistic background characters just to amp up the drama. It ruins plot immersion.
You're telling me that a bunch of teenagers who witnessed this fucked up event didn't record anything? I saw a shitload of people near a bank robbery trying to film for clout. You're telling me no one in that huge group of people fell all over themselves to describe everything that happened in sordid detail on social media? Like literally no one in that friend group would be a normal person who'd be like, "I don't know this dude that well, but I did see some random hobo looking guy run up and stab a classmate. So him getting doxxed instead of that violent stranger doesn't make sense."
And idk wtf are the dumbass policemen even saying? I don't know what weird law gymnastics they have in Japan but what happened fulfills all legal elements for self defense, which also allows someone to respond with the same level of deadly force when attacked unprovoked. No body?? The guy isn't caught so there's no case, he stabbed him in the stomach???? Why are you saying this?? Why are you trying to establish a case against the victim??? Who gave you your license???? FELLAS. That's when the whole 'we'll set up a watch on you, since you were recently attacked by a possible stalker who is still at large' police thing happens.
50% has so much potential for a good psychological manga, but 50% seems like on the verge of collapsing with plotholes.
The only thing that can possibly save this is the Unreliable Narrator trope.
That is what manga is about. It’s the literal definition. not all manga have to be realistic.(〜￣△￣)〜
that's the laziest justification i've read lol, as if mangakas and authors didn't take paid days to do plot research. it's the authors obligation to maintain the reader's suspension of disbelief by providing just enough of reality to make the fictional elements take on life in the story. this is particularly important for psychological horror, where the thrill comes from the surreal possibility of it happening irl.
For manga, it has to be visually simulating enough with an insane plot to be interesting, but it also has to trick your senses into believing it. That's why FMA worked as well as it did, because aside from fantasy themes, disabled and war veteran struggles were also researched by the author.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SUFFERING THIS DELICIOUS SLOW BURN WITH YOU
WE NOW HAVE A HOMERUN
relationship with purple dude wasn't developed that well nor did it allow for any deviations & having him star as the True MC now would look soo forced and OOC
child abuse is so fucking disgusting
and like, b did you just gLARE at gallahan? you have no right
duke ML is at 0 : hasn't really done anything concrete & we only got info from og novel
butler ML : ya boi at -10 for treating FL like that, idc if he has some underlying reason or whatever, but he knows she's a noble & the BS that girls have to deal with. the absolute disrespect... i can't. ur at the bottom rankings for now
knight ML : 95 this man is a treasure. -5 for hiding his identity but it's understandable considering her ties with the duke