Okay late to the party but here are my thoughts!
Ending Analysis:
So the gentian flower in the final chap title symbolizes, among other things, deep love and victory, so you could say it hints at both characters actually finding the love they wanted, even if both cases are delusions.
Mikoto...
Oh my gosh thank you for the beautiful translation!! I'm amazed at the effort, especially translating Emi's resume!!
I also feel for Emi; I couldn't work or focus on school for pretty much all of my twenties due to health problems, so I'm definitely familiar with the frustration and shame of...
The tone and look of the manga has become a lot more realistic and somber as its gone on. The early chapters while having the same nightmarish content had a softer and more bubbly presentation.
I like that the mood and character designs have been keeping up with the main characters increasing...
So this woman is an extreme masochist/sub? It seems like she was feeling very jealous of Makoto in the last chapter, I suppose she wants him out of the way.
But it also seems to me like the brother may have been hoping she would make Makoto jealous, or at least encourage him to return to being...
Man I am worried Shuichi will do something drastic. Now that he thinks he actually killed someone, he might not be able to resist going after Mikoto, the one he's been fixated on!
And Mikoto herself, poor thing. She has such low self esteem and no real sense of self. If you're into...
Thank you for translating!!
It seems like the crux of the story is how destructive overemphasis on social conformity can be. If your aren't crushed by it, you might be turned cruel by it. Or both!
Thank you for translating! This is such a unique manga, I am super into how all this disturbing content is presented like a slapstick 90's shojo, somehow that makes everything even more creepy and surreal!
Tbh this is a really boring arc. I was hoping to see something more done with the idol's depression but so far she's a really flat manic pixie and the pov character is so dull!