Haimiya-senpai wa Kowakute Kawaii - Ch. 47

[HaxtonFale]

I came to say the same as many above: I'm very happy with how Haimiya's state is depicted. No one is pressuring her, but they're trying to show support by cheering her up because the nurse did a banger job of explaining her condition and they're all good kids.

 

[NukaColaClear]

Damn, this chapter hit REALLY close to home for me. This chapter actually made me stop and go “oh wait, shit, this might actually be me.”

Up until about two years ago, I spent the better part of most of my young adult life, middle school through university, clinically depressed (by my third year at university it got to the point where I didn’t necessarily want to die, but just didn’t want to live anymore). When you get stuck in your own head on things, it’s almost impossible to stop yourself from spiraling.

For me, I had good friends and family who (once I actually stopped bottling everything up and actually opened up to people) were able to get me to make a number of extremely large life decisions (dropping out of university, cutting certain people out of my life and trying to rely on/trust certain people more, switching a bunch of different medications, completely changing my career path from white collar work to blue collar), and to be completely honest it was and is a massive pain in the ass to actually make a lot of those changes and follow through with them on a daily basis, but in the end I’ve felt a lot of those changes ended up being worth it. There are still bad days or even weeks here or there, but there have been many more days where I’ve gotten to experience fantastic things thay I never would have been able to do if I had continued to live my life the way I did.

Sorry, there wasn’t really much more to this anecdote other than that this chapter had a very real portrayal of depression/anxiety that I haven’t seen done well in many other pieces of media, so I apologize if this has come off as some random mf on the internet rambling. Mental health is a very hard thing to discuss in a nuanced way, and I’ve felt the last several chapters of this manga have done that (at least to me) in a way that feels tangible and relatable to real life. Hopefully Kurose and Haimiya are able to continue be there for and support each other through their rough patches, and I hope we can continue to see them enjoying their lives and youths to the fullest

 

[riloh]

I know manga characters have their own style and often only have a passing resemblance to actual human anatomy, but do manga artists actually spend any time studying anatomy or going to art school? Because I honestly wonder how it’s possible that so many of them fail to understand how legs and feet work. Bottom of page 1 has Haimiya walking from left to right, with her right leg closer to the viewer, which means we should be looking at a right foot, which has the big toe on the left, farthest from the viewer, and the small toe on the right, closest to the viewer, but we got the opposite. Right leg that ends in a left foot. I see this error all the time and I just wonder how it’s possible that nobody noticed or cared.

 

[Magnus_Prime]

This is one of the things I like about manga; no matter how lighthearted or silly the premise, it can turn serious in a heartbeat.

 

[Sk3lator]

Should always consult with a professional, but sad n wholesome she has caring and supportive friends.

 

[Arkfall]

Especially with antidepressants, they tend to numb you so when you start feeling better it's more noticeable, you reduce the medication to feel more again, forgetting that it also causes you to feel the bad stuff more again. It's incredibly common for people to think it's no big deal until the negative emotions start to overwhelm them again, undoing a lot of their good progress.

It depends on the antidepressant. Some can make you feel numb and others really only target the bad stuff. But for those that are emotionally blunted, yeah, it's a vicious cycle. You really should not stop taking your meds. Talk to your doctor first

 

[Umbrum]

I am honestly impressed a japanese author is actually giving clinical depression an actual serious depiction.

Seems like an unfair statement, I feel like there are many that do make a pretty good job of it.

 

[DarkeLourd]

I hate to interrupt the feels but someofyourtypesetting on page 5 looks alittlebitsquished together.

 

[Yeager2149]

It hurts to know what both kurose and haimiya are dealing with i can relate to. Kurose, fear of failing those who wants him to succeed. Haimiya, suffers from depression because she lives alone and had no friends so she was on medication. Stopped because of kurose and those she made friends with but now fears that they're gonna go soon. I PRAY that the nurse gives kurose haimiyas address to check up on her, at this point of the story, they both need each other's help to heal and to get back up.

 

[Retro68]

I can't tell if we're depicting depression or severe anxiety

Having G.A.D. myself, I feel it's closer to clinical depression disorder rather than anxiety. (For those that wish to know, GAD is Generalized Anxiety Disorder)

 

[Just_a_rock]

What a Beautiful, emotionally charged and subtle chpt. Good writing👍

 

[ezzhead]

I can't tell if we're depicting depression or severe anxiety

What about yes

 

[ezzhead]

Don't hang me or anything but I really like seeing crippling depression and stuff in fiction. I just like when characters are really fucked up. Sorry.

 

[lolfacesayshi]

No matter how low or deep inside you feel, don't do anything that you might regret later on.

 

[Arkshol]

did we really need this drama bs? first the MC going full vietnam memories pulled out of author ass and now the FMC got crippling depression/anxiety with barely build up to it whatsoever