Itsuka Fukushuu Suru Sono Tame ni - Ch. 37 - Bullying is something I'll never forgive for the rest of my life.

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This was a good take, he realized that the girl in front of him is different person and cannot take his revenge on her.

This is good, as he can now slowly leave his revenge mission behind (since there is no point anymore) and focus on building a better life onwards.

"If you have capacity to do good..." she was a kid back then, and kids can do very evil things that comes to haunt them later in life if they are emotionally good person. That is called maturity as you grow, one you expirianced now by apologizing for hitting her despite what she has done to you previously.

"My life is ruined..." man you are 15-16 at best, average lifetime these days is around 80. Your life has just started and best years (20's and 30') didn't even start yet. If he starts focusing on building a good life now (especially with someone caring like she is now) by the time the two of them hit 30's they will be as happy as people who never expirianced bullying.
While that is a nice sentiment, it is also naïve. Sure he could and is likely to live for decades, she fucked him up mentally during some of his most important years of life. He can't simply get over that (especially since it consumed most of his life already). There is a reason why child abuse is taken so seriously and viewed as heavily damaging.

A quick aside but she isn't really caring, rather most of her actions stem from both the guilt of her past actions and the "kindness" he showed her. I am sure she won't be as cruel as she was as a kid but she isn't as altruistic as you think.
 
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While this is worth celebrating, there's still the issue of what's he to do with all of that pent up frustration and resentment. Obviously it's not just going to go away and taking it on her, whether physically or sexually, won't do much good since it'll just eat at him more especially since she's changed.

So either he's going to self-destruct or he'll take it out on the other bullies. That's my guess.
 
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Honestly, while some may deride the protagonist. He's honestly realistic. How can you forgive someone who tormented you that long? How can you, after spending so long building this idea of revenge in your head, just let that go? You want the bully to stay the same, so you can make them have their comeuppance. That's the story.

But, he didn't get anything. He didn't get that satisfaction.

It's not fun, nor satisfying to get his revenge on her, because that's not his bully anymore. And she accepting his hatred is just another form of pity to him. He didn't get a "I got revenge on my bullies, and now my life is cool" moment, someone else did it for him, and he didn't even get to see the pleasure of seeing his bully get bullied in return. Another group of bullies got involved, left his life for years, and now his bully is remorseful, due no part of his.

He feels cheated out of his revenge, but can't bring himself to do anything about it, because neither he, nor his bully, are children anymore. The one he wants revenge on is that bully from his childhood, but that girl only exists in his memories.
The biggest problem bullied ppl face is the feeling of loss of agency. Taking revenge is about getting your agency back, proof that you are now in control of your life.
 
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We can see at the end of this chapter, he turns on the light. It's like a change from darkness to light, something similar to A Silent Voice when Ishida comes out of the dark tunnel. I hope this is a change. You don't need to forgive the bully, just respond with your own kindness.
 
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ok now what ?

romance or just end like that well either way is fine i guess
 
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From the looks of it she was bullying him for a really long time but its nice that he finally vented it all out which will make starting over more satisfying imo.
It at most seemed like a grade. Maybe two. When they were extremely young. I know it stays with you to a degree but.. ninja grow up.

At least now it seems he's gotten enough get back to move on. Hopefully that involves both of them stomping those bullies out, but I guess that's wishing for too much.
 

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