I found this manga like two years ago but didn't read it, so i'm really late with this review.
It felt like i'm the only person who hasn't read this, so i just kinda half-jokingly decided to read this. And in the end i just couldn't stop reading this...
And that wasn't because it was good. No, the opposite it was BAD but i still just couldn't defeat my curiousness. So i read and read until it was over, it took me about 2 hours. I started this in midnight and finished at 2 am.
It was definitely one hell of a experience.
I'm not gonna give any specific rating on story,art,character and enjoyment for this manga. Because i feel like it's the right thing to do with this manga.
The story is very sad, i think that's what we all can agree to. From the beginning to the near end, i thought this manga was just made to be grose and brutal without any good story. Like pretty much all hentai (except vanilla) i've watched.
But i took me quite long to understand that this story is actually pretty interesting and also realistic. I really think that the life of a prostitute with bad circumstances wouldn't be far away from this. At the end of the series i really felt bad for Saki from what she had to go through.
In the end, your own decisions are always the most crucial thing.
I really feel like the all the characters were just meant to be hated except Saki whom i just couldn't hate. Saki claims herself to be a weak person and in the end, she really was. You can see that she was almost like brainwashable, from the start to end. But if she would've not been so naive and made the right decisions she obviously wouldn't be that weak of a person. I gotta say one more thing about the characters. Her mother... what a wise person. I gotta say if i would have a 16 year old son and he would have intercourse with my wife... Of course i would beat the shit out of him. I don't know if Saki's dad ''raping'' Saki was his somewhat plan to get rid her or just wanting to claim his daughters virginity to him (which he failed, was too late) because his wife wasn't virgin when they had their first time. But anyway that was the moment that i almost stopped reading but.... nope i decided to just move on.
The artstyle was pretty good not gonna lie. I respect Shindo L as an artist but not because of this work...
My enjoyment changed quite often during the time i read this manga. I would describe it as a horrified yet curious experience. This one really reminded of school days but with opposite gender and a bit more extreme. Although Makoto had sex just for fun and Saki did it for money and i guess fun as well. By curiousness i don't mean it's exactly good because now i really start to question my own life decisions by deciding to read this manga.
Overall i still can't give this a good rating. For everyone thinking this one is a masterpiece i strongly disagree. Story was decent, but i really didn't want to waste 2 hours of my life for this. But i already reached the point of no return before i realized it so i just couldn't stop.
What we all learned? Don't fuck your dad, don't do drugs, don't sell yourself, wear protection and always remember to hide the money you pick up from the locker (You know :D)
