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From the creator who brought you notable works such as The Flowers of Evil, Happiness, and Inside Mari, comes a new suspense drama centering on the theme of a toxic parent. Dive into this latest thriller by master storyteller, Shuzo Oshimi.
Seiichi’s mother loves him very much, and his days pass with placid regularity. School, friends, even the attention of his attractive classmate Fukiishi. Until one terrible summer day, that all changes…
Shuzo Oshimi (The Flowers of Evil) delivers his most u...
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(4.69/5)I'm writing this review while I'm at volume 9 and it can be considered a review to up to that point.
I privately considered 押見修造 to be rather overrated, but this manga has completely turned me around on him. His visual language, the way he lingers on the smallest details and uses it to pace the scene, it's incredible. The same story from another artist, might not even hold my attention. Just for that I will give it easily 5 stars. The art here to me, is more important any other aspect. All man
I enjoyed this series even though the psychological trauma the main character goes through, the whole time I was thinking this kid needs some therapy.
It gets more difficult as the setting changes. In the juvenile detention centre terms like 弁護士 repeat. Medical terms can be specific but they only show up once in hospital.
A big note is that like a few of 押見修造 other works it features 群馬弁 which confused me at first.


Warning beforehand: This manga has no Furigana. The text is usually very easy to detect for tools like YomiNinja's MangaOCR, though. For the most part, the sentences are extremely simple and you will find lots of art-focused panels with the occasional "はあ"s to give you some breathing room, as is typical for Oshimi's works. Apart from one backstory-heavy volume towards the end, you will fly through the pages. Whether that's motivating for you or a negative because you don't get as much text expos