@HecticHooligan i think you are misinterpreting how teenagers are, there sure are a lot of egoistic and unsensitive people but its not a majority or at the very least there are some good person, but if the manga is a mirror of what happens in japan in general they are just a bunch of degenerates and disgusting people but personally i've seen bullying and there was always people to stand up to defend them and in most cases i was in the ones who stood up because i was bullied as a kid and i know its shit. people who doesnt do anything are partners in crime, if the school really did nothing i sincerely pity the poor kids being bullied in japan, what a fucking shit hole
what i think is completely unrealistic in this manga is that literally the entire fucking school was making fun of the person and was still fucking laughing when the person died ??? like wtf, if its really the case in japan they all fcuking need to be jailed, thats why i say that the characters are too rigid, robotics, non empathic and unrealistic.
the themes of this manga are realistic, everything else isn't.
concerning the rape arc, they are just a bunch of retards to not have gone to the police because those people that are capable of act like that are completely devoid of any empathy will most probably do it in the future and indirectly if you don't signal them you are complice of their next acts. and honestly its just stupid from the author to even create a female character that act like that (three or four timing i don't remember and don't care), its just forced drama that feels off and its the overall thought i've about the manga "Forced drama", im not against drama at all when its well done, here it just feels rigid and robotic, i can't even feels bad for the characters since they all are shit in some ways.
i never said the themes weren't good, i said that they are turned in a mediocre way that just make it looks disgusting and unrealistic. sorry but there is nothing realistic in this, if thats real life for you or your experience in japan then i feel sorry for you but in my case im 23 years i've been throught bullying and seen bullying too and that was never to this extent nor even close.
just try Great teacher onizuka, it tackled way better the bullying theme, Relife was good but this is not and i will not change my mind.