But empathy means jack shit if you don't like them. Yea you could empathize with them, which is important and good. I feel that given the opportunity, Mugi, Ecchan, or Hanabi, would immediately hop into the arm's of their first love.Īlmost none of the characters were likable. I feel that no one in this manga had any meaningful character development. They'd make a little progress, show a sign of moving on only to hit a wall, give up, have a little emotionless sex and go back to a world of self pity. I'm not going to argue with the disturbing fetish that is netorare.Īnother issue with the character in this story is that the characters has this nasty little regression habit. Either that or he's a masochist who want's to be cheated on. It's one thing to love someone despite their faults, but to love someone with seemingly no redeeming qualities is just ridiculous. He doesn't know enough about her to love her. That's not an answer, why does he want to make her happy, why does he love her. Why would he willingly commit to being a cuckold? "To make her happy". The only thing he knows for sure, is that she's a pretty face. Everything he knows about her is total bullshit. What does he love about her? Think about it. Specifically Kanai's (and Mugi's) love for Akane. On the other hand a lot of their actions and emotions feel completely unjustified and frankly illogical. And Mugi and Hanabi's sexual solace in each other while unhealthy, is understandable.
Characters felt like they could be real people, they were relatable and all but one felt competent.Īlmost all of us can relate to loving someone who won't love us. Next the character, this is a double edged blade. This is the only aspect of the manga I have very concrete positive feelings for. Mengo's greatest achievement in Kuzu No Honkai was definitely her art. Each of the character's design feel unique and somehow colorful. I adore Yokoyari Mengo's art, it's very well done. But I just can't, and here's why.įirst and foremost I'd like to praise the superficial, the art. I want to like Kuzu No Honkai, I really do. With little hope of their feelings being realized, these two students face a challenging predicament: cope with and move on from their lust, or become further entangled in their web of unrequited love. As a result, Mugi and Hanabi find solace in each other as victims of the same pain. Now teachers at the same school, Kanai and Minagawa begin to show an interest in one another. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, who used to be his tutor when he was younger. Hanabi is in love with Narumi Kanai, her new homeroom teacher who is also her childhood friend.
Unbeknownst to friends and family, however, there is a side to their love veiled by hidden passions: their true affections lie elsewhere, and they use each other to physically sate their unreciprocated feelings. They are the envy of their classmates, and it is easy to portray them as the classic example of high school sweethearts. Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya are two high school students who appear to have the ideal relationship. It comes in many forms, yet each one shares the same debilitating feeling of inconceivable longing. The music teacher that Mugi is in love with.EditSynopsis Unrequited love is a tragic circumstance with no simple resolution. Hanabi’s older childhood friend who becomes her homeroom teacher in high school. Hates her name and prefer to be called “Moka” She’s also went to the same elementary school as Hanabi. Mugi’s childhood friend who has been in love with him after learning the form of “prince” and “princess” and has been trying to act and look like one ever since. Hanabi’s only friend who she called Ecchan, Sanae is in love with Hanabi after she saved Sanae from a train molester. Hanabi has been in love with her childhood friend Narumi, affectionately calls him “Onii-chan”. As these two lonely souls spend more time together, they decide to use each other as a substitute for the one they truly love, sharing physical intimacy with one another in order to stave off their loneliness.Īnother high school student who is in love with the music teacher Akane.Ī freshman when she met Mugi, now 17 years old high school girl. Through a chance meeting in the hallway, he encounters Hanabi. Mugi was tutored by Akane in middle school, and has been in love with her since then. However, Narumi is soon noticed by the music teacher, Akane Minagawa, and a relationship begins to blossom between them, much to Hanabi’s dismay. Hanabi has loved her childhood friend and neighbor Narumi Kanai for as long as she can remember, so she is elated to discover that he is her new homeroom teacher. But in reality, they just share the same secret pain: they are both in love with other people they cannot be with. To the outside world, Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya are the perfect couple.