Reviews

At least to me, this is a story about being a teenager. Being a confused, horny, constantly terrified asshole who has no impulse control, understanding of yourself or others, that doesn't have the tools to not be shitty, while trying to figure your shit out. It's why the characters confuse any positive feelings be it admiration, enjoying control, wanting a connection, etc with wanting to have sex. And still have to learn things like you don't get to decide what another person is, it is not your job to protect other people when it is not your place, and that you can just leave a bad situation. So whether you like the story will entirely depend on how much you can handle teenagers and teenage thinking. And to a lesser extent if you are ok with trans people and women existing as actual people. I am someone who very much can, so I love this. While it is very much not a one to one to my life, I can heavily relate to a lot of the characters and events. Which makes it extremely enjoyable, and comforting. It has been really helpful for me rereading it after dealing with these things and using it to make sense of past events. Due to that it is also very upsetting. And be warned the specific pacing is slightly off. It is a tough read that I don't think most people would particularly like, but it is a manga where once it clicks it clicks.