Y'all gonna hate me for this but Itsuki is the worst person here lol
It takes two to cheat. It takes one to end a life. And dude has clearly been throwing his wife around long before any affair happened, such that she has internalised obedience to him
I'd take relationship trauma over a...
Fuk, that makes sense.
I also feel like the story isn't so much about cheating as how Mahoro never confronted the flaws in the people around her, and now it's crashing on her all at once, making her feel like her world's turned upside down. When in reality, it's actually kind of always been...
This is the real turn off. "Divorce" carries so much real world legal baggage and paperwork.
(Other readers) Expecting everyone to casually act like the realities of going through a divorce suddenly doesn't matter in a setting closely mirroring modern life is absurd. Even more so when it's done...
Eh, if you don't think race-based xenophobia isn't usually real you need to read more pre-modern history. Even pre-Christian Roman commoners have been racist to Roman citizens from other parts of the Empire.
It is a stretch.
Although, it takes 21 days to develop a habit. MC was a dog for two months until he found Inari.
So IMO it is just enough if you suspend your disbelief.
To those who think she did it because Kyosuke thinks she gained weight:
Hori clearly states that she did it because she did not want to be the same weight as her boyfriend. It's not a matter of being fat.
"invention"
In other words, something that is discovered, learned and/or created.
Which means there was a time when it did not exist, and it could be lost.
Congratulations, you've played yourself.