Getting in my two cents before the flood of outrage and review bombs. I think it’s “okay”. It depicts a very uncomfortable and disturbing situation in a somewhat authentic -if still exaggerated- fashion (minus the end of chapter 2) with the fairly standard “anime character dealing with something secret” attitude from the female MC, however, I personally view its depictions of the FMCs actions in relation to the MMC as quite well depicted (relative to manga) considering the very real and grounded situation the author has put her in.
However, from what I’ve seen from some of the comments before me, it seems to devolve quite horribly into something I (purely from what I’ve read in comments) what would equate to a “Ijousha no AI” situation in terms of storytelling/character actions. I won’t go into more detail for the sake of spoilers *and* because I’m sure the main grievance from both of them will become apparent in the following chapters anyway, but I will say I think the hate for this will eventually be warranted, but not for the reasons I’m sure many will have after reading the first two chapters and then dropping it out of anger.
So I will probably continue this series for a time to at least give it a *real* chance in spite of the fact it seems it will only get worse than the “okay” I already see it as, though I’m not sure I’ll be able to finish it given the aforementioned comments.
I think it’s a shame that 99% of series like these can’t make use of their more “extreme” elements to actually make a compelling story and/or characters and almost always seem to use it as pure shock value or, even worse, use it in a “””light””” manner by having it -essentially- be a “just another horrible thing” that a character has happen to them that’s “made them who they are” (like a lot of shitty creepypastas, if anyone’s into those) I think the only series I’ve read so far that’s had a subject matter in a similar vain was “Hige o suru” or “I Shaved, then I brought a high schooler home” (think I spelled that right) but that had a wholenother’ shitstorm in relation to it that I’d rather not get into, It’s a good series (so far) though I would honestly recommend it.
P.S My Statement about “authentic depections” was purely for the first chapter until the very end of the second. So don’t think I’m calling anything that happens after that “authentic” or “realistic” unless I make another comment about them in the future.
To anyone insane enough to read all of this, thank you, and I hope I did a decent job in conveying my own personal stance on this series so far.
Edit: some words and sentence structure.