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Never Good Enough · review

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Top reader Aug 16, 2023 · 2 min read
6 /10

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This review may discuss plot details.

I am a big fan of CTK, especially "Midnight Rain" captured my heart with its older, rough masculine romance. I rarely get these outside of bara/geikomi or fanworks. "On Doorstep" was also a good one. However, I am not sure about this work, and it quite frankly left me bamboozled and waiting. The topic of brother complexes is ever-present, yet never fully explored, some bits of self-harm for attention and stalker behaviour are thrown in - and yet I find nothing to grasp at. Who are these people and why are they the way they are? Even if they sometimes outright state their emotions in innermonologues, I still find myself asking "...ok?"
And I think this is the shortcoming of why this doesn't resonate with me, I don't really get why characters do the things they do, except "because plot". I feel like this manga was cut short, especially, when a big family confrontation rolls around, where verbal and physical violence was used: happens completely off-screen. The father, who played a big role in both brothers' lives, is never seen.

Overall, this manga is presentable, with a unique theme, but it ultimately falls short, literally. I expected more from CTK, and I will wait for the next work.

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