This is Kotomi Aoki’s new series. Honestly,
I’m not keen on reading this since I haven’t read Kanojo wa Uso o Aishisugiteru’s
ending yet. That seemed like an abrupt ending = I’m not inclined to read a new
series of something that has ended abruptly, and this series looked like a love
triangle based on the picture I saw.
Then, a group has been scanlating this. My curiosity
got the best of me. So, I checked out the latest chapter at that time which is
chapter 9. So, guy and girl is kissing. Guy confesses. Girl is crying. Oh...it
isn’t mutual, I thought.
Then, guy meets up with friend at his home.
Friend asks what happened. Guy asked to be punched since he kissed the girl. It
turns out that friend is the boyfriend of the said girl. Friend agreed to punch
him but he has to close his eyes first.
Obedient boy did as he was told. Friend grabbed
his collar and their lips are close to each other. Oh...kay, friend is most
likely gay and is in love with the guy. Then, friend gives him a light punch
and warns him not to do it again. Then, friend goes on a guilt trip over it.
Then, I start to get curious why the girl
is all bandaged up. The teacher seems to be on to something with the girl.
Texting her and offering to drive her home. Hm..love polygon? But from the
comments, the readers are having adverse reaction over the teacher...why?
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So, I ended up reading it from the start. So,
the series is indeed a love triangle with a twist. The other guy is gay and is
in love with the male lead. Due to circumstances, the friend, Hiyori went
steady with the girl, Niji.
Up to chapter 17, the male lead, Gaku has
been confessing to the girl. But the problem is, he is somewhat wishy-washy. He
confesses then pulls back saying that it is a joke, No, it is ‘forbidden’
because she is taken. If it weren’t for that, he misunderstands her reactions.
Niji also seems to be confused with her
feelings for Gaku. Before, it was the typical. Niji can beat everyone in judo
but then for some reason, she can beat Niji. Things change a bit with Niji when
she was sexually assaulted. Hence, the reason for the bandages.
The mangaka is tackling this issue as part
of the story. The PTSD Niji experiences due to the incident. Even if she is
good in judo, somehow her body isn’t reacting how she wanted it to. She starts
to get paranoid with people like say in the crowded train, is this guy
deliberately poking his phone on my chest? Is my skirt deliberately being lifted
up?
Then, there is dealing with others’
reaction to it. They would say she was asking for it because of how she was
dressed. Even with all that, is her non-negative feeling to Gaku’s advances
means she likes him? Things perhaps start to change when Gaku insist on being
her ‘bodyguard’ when she goes home.
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Then, there is a female classmate causing a
bit of trouble for Niji because she likes Gaku who obviously likes Niji. I find
this classmate slightly interesting with her dialogue of wanting to get a really
good boyfriend during high school while boys are still immature/not experience
with love because later on, they won’t pick someone ugly/not beautiful like
her.
Lastly, there is a manipulative intelligent
teacher who seems quite bored that he wants to fool/play around with high
schoolers. At first, it is apparent that he was the one who assaulted Niji.
Niji reacts to his laugh which is similar to the one who assaulted her.
And, the teacher’s hand is injured...and
she did bite the assaulter’s hand. Was it him? Then, the teacher acts really nice
to her and as if he knows what she’s feeling. He is an actor who does and says
thing expecting how the student would react. And, he keeps pushing it as long
as he gets away with it.
Hiyori is on to the teacher but
unfortunately, the teacher is one step ahead of him. He knows Hiyori is gay and
he likes Gaku. He uses that to blackmail Hiyori and makes advances on him in
the form of stolen kisses. Apparently, he was supposed to go to Tokyo
University but his recommendation was hidden that he couldn’t get in. He ended
up becoming a teacher.
By chapter 14, it is more or less, mutual
like between Niji and Gaku. But based on the circumstances before, they cannot
be together. The teacher is offering to help Hiyori get rid of Niji. Hiyori isn’t
biting into it yet. But who knows later on.
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Overall, I can ‘see’ the personalities of
Kanojo characters in this series. The characters here aren’t that likeable
being flawed and everything but because of the narration/thoughts, one can somehow
understand them and what drives them to do things.
What keeps me reading is wanting to know
what will happen next. It is likely that the two will end up together but there
will be obstacles. Will Hiyori take the bait? Until when can the teacher get
away with things? I do hope that the judo here can be used on that teacher or
perhaps, they can beat him on his own game.
From how things are, I cannot imagine how
it can be done. The teacher is really good. Pretty scary actually on how he can
psyche, manipulate and twist things to his favor. Until chapter 14, no one can
go against him. Ah wait, does Gaku stopping Niji from being driven away count?
^^;
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