Tensei Shita Ore ga Kawaii Sugirunode, Aisare Kyara wo Mezashite Ganbarimasu - Vol. 1 Ch. 3

[BolzanoBozen]

Ngl, this made my eyes tear up.

 

[jmgaling0924]

PLEASE NOT INSEKI
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[Willie29]

did they forget about their second son?

 

[irrile]

Tf what
End with 3 chap?

 

[feha]

"to be continued"? shouldn't it be "the end"?

 

[Pokari]

Hell naw fuck this "happy family" bs they still abused a child

I agree. I do however respect that, it if were rather less glib, this could have been a serious story about a family coming together and healing against all odds. It checks out: The mom that's hurting the child out of jealousy and grief at her husband's cheating, but who isn't wholly evil as much as in a very bad place and making bad decisions. The son that's picked up on it in the wrong way and is following suit, lashing out in misery at everyone, even the victim. Meanwhile, "because the father got raped" is about as an excusable reason for his horrendously bad handling of the situation as we might imagine—yeah, we do make it really difficult for men to process and talk about any of that healthily. Okay.

Instead, where it falls apart is trying to sell that they were "Actually good people all along, just a little misguided" (not to mention people who can do a full 180 on a dime and be supportive, without that being, uh, creepy). The abuse here is only really potentially-sympathetic if we properly embrace them being truly broken people, both self-destructive and lashing out and hurting others in the circumstances they find themselves in. The healing should be long, hard, and never quite perfect (though that imperfection can be embraced) to be believable. At least that's how I feel.