Picture of Tears - Vol. 1 Ch. 5

[MangaDex]

 

[dokidoki]

wtf......are you fucking serious......this is a 6 ch series WOWWWWW man that fucking blows almost as much as no one knowing the actual Riko and using her as a superficial popular girl.....I feel bad for MC but wow this ch also mad me feel bad for Riko

Seriously tho, I'm so mad cause this series had ALOT of fucking potential and its gona end in 1 fucking chapter OTL

 

[Akikako]

my theory: they are the same person.

 

[Symuri]

Thanks for the update, I actually just read the raw today, and voila, you upload it now XD

I read it kinda different, though. More than the guy, Riko is questioning all the people who love her. She says the one who hates her, is the one who understands her.

It's somehow reminding me to yagakimi.

Spoiler

When touko said she hated herself, and how can she love someone who loves something she hate

 

[lnomsim]

Already the end? That was quick...
Somebody can recommend something similar?

 

[Moodyz]

This will either end up some psychological mindfuck where they're both the same person.... or she'll set fire to the whole school.

 

[exxp]

@lnomsim How about End of Goldfish Kingdom?
https://mangadex.org/title/15868/end-of-goldfish-kingdom

 

[lnomsim]

@exxp
Thanks for the suggestion, but looks like the translation has been dropped, last chapter was 2 years ago.

 

[Serenata]

I feel so in the dark with this manga XD how could it end in one chapter?! hopefully not tragedy!!

 

[shelliana]

I think Koike's first name is Fumito, not Bunjin.

 

[Legionary_Hunter]

Wait what? Goddamn, I was really liking this one.

 

[justforthelulz]

This better not be one of those, "and then Riko was a _zombie figment of Sae's imagination" endings.

 

[sleepyknight]

*distills koike kuns essence to obtain 100% simp extract* anyway seems like were headed the yuri route now

 

[pants]

Damn, i was hoping this would be longer
Also, FUCK Koike, he deserves to be left out in the rain(literally)

 

[aleigh45]

This manga is somewhat similar: https://mangadex.org/title/19736/nanairo-kakumei

It's about a girl that tries to escape from her crazy, obsessive best friend.

 

[runrin]

i'll push to try to pick up whatever this mangaka does next, so if you're sad its almost over, i'm sure this is just the start of a great career. there's also a one shot version of this we might also do.

also, @shelliana , you're probably right. we changed it.
@symuri , you're also probably right. we also changed it.

whoops.

 

[shelliana]

@lnomsim I second @aleigh45's rec of nanairo kakumei though it is a lot more frustrating than this manga.
As far as the Goldfish Kingdom recommendation goes, the other mostly completed manga by that author, Imitation Crystal, are all really good. They're kind of similar to this one in how they explore not-always-pleasant but interesting relationships between the characters.
You might also like Abe Tomomi's works; this kind of story would fit right in with her works.
Also @runrin thanks for the corrections and your hard work!

 

[runrin]

@shelliana , aww you're welcome.

also, i really love the final three pages of this chapter. the spread with her walking across two pages is great, and the reflection as she is reflecting...

 

[Symuri]

You can read this and Nanairo kakumei without any frustration if you wear Kodama Naoko yuri glasses, though. XD

 

[suchtla]

@lnomsim
Hmmm I can’t think of any really similar ones, but maybe you’ll enjoy these:
https://mangadex.org/title/785/waters
https://mangadex.org/title/20305/haru-no-noroi
https://mangadex.org/title/12149/hoshi-no-ponko-to-toufuya-reiko

And basically everything done by this group has this level of weirdness:
https://mangadex.org/group/125/lovely-strange-dark

Also, don't be afraid of reading Nanairo kakumei lol. I know lots of people kinda hate it but in my opinion it's pretty interesting.