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There's something special about this kind of uncomfortable story.

Yes, I got into it because the premise was disturbing. It seems like such an interesting plot description, and something not many could even DARE to touch upon. Not in the “this is a disturbing manga” category, I've read a fair share of those. This one feels much rawer.

It's a situation loads have thought about. “What if somebody was the cause of a family member's death?”, to which many would answer, “I'd kill them” without much of a second thought. What about afterward? What comes after the crime, after harming that which ruined your life? Well, the ... manga starts there. The MC decided to kill his sister's rapist in front of his little daughter. Twisted to no end, questioning everything about the event, and questioning if authorities should've put their hand there. It questions killing for vengeance, and the things that happen after are EVEN more interesting.

These people are linked forever, whether they like it or not. We go from such a tragic event, and such a challenge to the readers, to how both the MC and the little daughter develop something you can't just describe easily. Both need each other to live, to exist within the face of the earth. An objective, they cling to the idea that they can survive if they have each other, even if each of them believes they took everything from each other.

I loved this manga, not just for how it tackles its events, but how people unpredictably, but logically react to the surrounding situations. The feelings of guilt, suicidal tendencies, symbiosis, purpose, forgiveness, SELF forgiveness. It's a small manga, which could be made into an incredible animated film. While writing this, I felt the manga might've been a little overdramatic with some scenes, but man… you can't just assume these people can be that rational. This event marked their lives, and they're willing to die at any point if something changes in a single day. Living day to day, wishing for an answer to live or die in that day. How could I even begin to comprehend the implications of that? Well, I ed well-lost memories. Memories I thought were gone.

Every character was perfect, and each event they lived through makes sense at every point. It got a little too shocking at times, reminding me that even after I've read so much disturbing stuff, there's still whiplash for an implication that goes far from what I expected.

Little mention on the art. Reminded me of Chainsaw-Man in its kind of… sketchiness? With so much beauty at the rawest points of emotion. The portraits of people suffering from the aftermath of an action. Their face, the perspective around them warping as they realize, it's always about realizing. There's so much meat in this small story.

This manga truly brings out emotions I couldn't describe. As I was seeing the characters evolutions, I felt something beyond the scope of the manga. Something I felt with “A Silent Voice”, and “Three Days of Happiness”. The willingness to change, and the power to look at yourself and agree, for once, that you wish to see the sun rise tomorrow, even if you didn't feel that a day before.

Watching characters bounce around their will to live was very upsetting, and a reminder to allow ourselves to be happy, even if we blame ourselves for other's unhappiness.

9.4/10. What a ride, and so quick too.

I did put recommended, but this manga isn't for everyone. As you can tell from the synopsis, it's quite dark with the themes of sexual assault, suicide, murder, guilt. etc. The manga itself has very raw art, not in a bad way. It's kind of reminiscent of old chainsaw man art with thin lines and rough sketches.

There is a lot of emotion packed into the manga, but it feels very blunt and shoved in your face, instead of slowly developing into something that could make you shed tears. Not that it can't, but at the pace that the manga goes, it's just like watching ... a tragedy, something that goes by too quick to cry over. It isn't such a bad thing though, as it can convey many emotions through these very broken characters, which are all suffering from some issue, and they're all interconnected in some way. The MC was actually surprisingly mature, and is very satisfying to watch through his actions, always trying to bring about something better for the characters around him, while also having to deal with his own struggles, but I can't say much about the other characters without spoiling. Overall the characters and themes are great, and there is a lot of emotion.

The pacing sometimes feels like it's holding it back, with pretty short chapters, moving onto the next thing before we get to fully digest the current situation. I really do like this manga though, and I think it's quite underrated, and I hope it gets more readers, since I want to see the manga continue and how the characters will develop, which I think is the best part of the manga, the characters. They are all connected through one tragedy, the effect it has on all of their separate lives being the focal point of this manga, and how they will move on from it and grow as people and try to live, as a family.

I do hope the mangaka doesn't focus too much on adding random details about the tragedy that started, the whole manga. As much as people might be curious, I feel after chapter 13, we don't need any more random lore about it, and we would rather deal with the problems, instead of creating more. I do want them to start working on living normal lives instead of dwelling on the past. After all, the whole manga itself is a tragedy, full of broken characters trying to piece themselves together, through interacting with each other and atoning for each of their sins. I think the manga has a lot of potential going forward, if it goes in the right direction.

When I read the summary of this story, I was quite captivated by it and figured it would be another amazing dark manga which covered some adult themes and hopefully a story where we see a person overcome such horrible difficulties.

The crime he committed and the reason behind it was covered too fast and the moment you take a second to think about it, it just doesn't make any sense. It left me feeling like the author just half-assed it.
While there are only a few chapters so far, they move at a really fast momentum, not giving much time to process the things that are ... happening.
Not many chapters out there, so there's not a whole lot to say about the characters so far.

However, the art is quite good, fits the story quite well.