Innocent - Vol. 4 Ch. 34 - The Scaffold's Love

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[acher13]

That twisting is really big oooff

 

[Somelonelyguy000]

I absolutely fucking hate Marie Like whenever there is a character I care about and they are dying unfortunately this absolutely fucking bitch is like there and feels her sick amusement the thing I hate the most is how her amusement is shown in such a passionate light whenever there's some other mf who feels good watching stuff like this it's shown in a very disturbing way but with Mary it's like "oh it's so good🤡🤓"and it's shown in such a beautiful way like just SHUT UP and go away at least don't feel amused at the death of this poor individual i understand why she is like this but dude I just can't stand her

 

[kisemi127]

Conceptually speaking Marie is supposed to represent the very definition of modernism and rebellion and should be analysed as such. I understand people might be put off by her sociopathy, and I do agree, she's a terrible person, especially so in Innocent Rouge, Sakamoto intended for her to be. She's diabolical, unapologetic and downright sadistic. I really don't think the author was trying to glamorise her sociopathy for viewing death as a beautiful thing so much as her just simply being, well, a sociopathic girl who happened to have grown up in the right household to fuel her interests.

She finds mutilation beautiful simply because she loves the adrenaline rush it gives her, and in the sequel, it's obvious that her desire to dismantle the system and punish the aristocracy took priority. Then again, we see her at the beginning of the manga peeking in one the torture room, practicing torture on her dolls and listening on her father's lectures- her whole character can spark a debate of whether it was nurture or nature.