@Boof I agree with your view on the manga.
It bursts open a conversation about sexual and physical abuse that happens in families. How even a family that seems to be "normal" can just be faking it. I appreciated how the author depicted the different ways that trauma can manifest itself in people. Kamiya's sister became depressed to the point of becoming a hikkomori. While Ai's boundaries and perception of love became twisted as well as her penchant for violence towards others. The moral came across well: ignoring a problem doesn't make it better just significantly worse.
Although separating people from these environments and getting them help would have been a financial strain and scandal it would have been for the best. Just ignoring sexual abuse and violence done towards people creates people that cause even more heartache. In the case of Ai she murdered most of her family. She also became normalized to incestuous attention and thought that her love for her brother was romantic.
It bursts open a conversation about sexual and physical abuse that happens in families. How even a family that seems to be "normal" can just be faking it. I appreciated how the author depicted the different ways that trauma can manifest itself in people. Kamiya's sister became depressed to the point of becoming a hikkomori. While Ai's boundaries and perception of love became twisted as well as her penchant for violence towards others. The moral came across well: ignoring a problem doesn't make it better just significantly worse.
Although separating people from these environments and getting them help would have been a financial strain and scandal it would have been for the best. Just ignoring sexual abuse and violence done towards people creates people that cause even more heartache. In the case of Ai she murdered most of her family. She also became normalized to incestuous attention and thought that her love for her brother was romantic.
