8.0/10 Psychologically broken lead characters and the romance genre aren’t commonly mixed when it comes to mangas, but when it is, it’s a fresh change of pace from the usual “silly” and light-hearted rom-coms. That being said, it’s much more difficult to pull off without offending an audience or two, because of such sensitive topics being discussed throughout the manga, and in this case, predatory sexual assault is the heliocentric topic. I’m not one to be bothered or dramatic oversensitive topics, but if you are, then I would stop while you are ahead as the plot revolves around that while the mc tries to seek closure.The characters in this manga are no less than great, with each one of them being understanding, absurd, realistic, or idiotic while given ample amount of screen time to really understand them. Their introductions aren’t forced or unnatural nor is their personality, while still possessing the high school kid mentality that authors tend to forget.

The plot is where it gets chaotic as it’s wholesome at one point, but as the reader, you know something will go wrong at one point, but you just don’t know when. It’s not bad per se because it delves down into the psyche of the characters and adds a mysterious lore to the storyline, but a slower approach to develop relationships and to further flesh out the plot points before the twist would’ve created an even greater cathartic moment.

This manga is splendidly done by the author by being able to balance out the amount of wholesomeness and psychological drama that comes with the trope. At times, it may get out of hand, but the well-developed characters keep the manga from spiraling down an inescapable rabbit hole.

Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired & A Huang Teizan Original)
10 – God’s penmanship
9 – Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 – Instant bookmark
7 – Entertaining
6 – Good to pass time
5 – Why are you reading this?
4 – Bad.
3 – Typical garbage.
2 – My head hurts.
1 – Retirement is a thought.
0 – “Did they even give you a story?!”