Ai to Noroi - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - Curse

[MangaDex]

 

[Nosebleed]

This marks the end of volume 1, and the conclusion of Aiko's middle school era.

Next chapter will be the extras which are a long interview between Fumi Fumiko and Asano Inio (yes, the one who wrote Oyasumi Punpun) about this manga and their life backgrounds, which serve as inspiration for their works.

Regarding this chapter, it really hurt to see such a young girl have such nihilistic emotions towards the world, and the worst part is there's no way I can blame her. Aiko is literally all alone. No friends, no parents, not even God to save her, they all let her down. She prayed and hoped so hard that Matsumoto or someone, anyone, would just cleanse the filth around her, but everyone turned out to be cut from the same cloth. A trauma that is still weighing her down 20 years later in the present, like an unkillable curse.

Next volume will about Aiko's high school years.

 

[EchoGirl]

Gosh i remember 'atheist' teens shitting on christianity just to be edgy back in the day, i can't imagine a whole school brainwashed by a cult like this

 

[retrocognition]

The part where she came back to school and the freckle faced girl was trying to act like some beacon of morality made me sick. Man, its like the entire school was fooling her into thinking she was the odd one out even though it was a fucking cult.

 

[Darkchung]

Didn't have it nearly as awful as the author did, but the cult shit, the gaslighting, and the two-faced worm behavior is all too painful and familiar. At least I didn't go home and get regularly sexually assaulted by a parent.
On a basic empathy level and as a fan of her work, I'm glad she made it.

 

[silverpetricof]

Holy chin Batman...

Thank you for the translation (I'm interested in that interview with the two of them. I've been watching Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction this season and have been enjoying it a lot. So, in addition to Fumiko, I'm curious as to what Inio has to say regarding their work and experiences).

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Kek, cant really expect someone else to do your edgy dream, you gotta do it yourself.

 

[Mbrwn]

I want to save her ( ⁠༎ຶ⁠ ⁠෴⁠ ⁠༎ຶ )