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He showed off the marks on his face to his younger brother's almost-boyfriend? That's awesome. I love the MC.

15...

:( vomit man grew on me in just a few pages.

@Deb_T Yes, I did in fact know all of that. I said he "had a point this time" but that doesn't mean I wholly agree with his opinion. It's nice that you're passionate about it, though.

I actually like his (and her) character. They don't dress it up and say he isn't a jerk – it's all class and time period stuff. And – most importantly – it's not too contrived. Often, these tropes come hand-in-hand with bad writing. More like this, please.

Is this going to happen every chapter? Well, the interactions feel too artificial anyway.

I think she's less annoying than a guy who reads a book while defending against someone with a knife.

If I had a kid born around Christmas, I would definitely celebrate their half-birthday instead.

Oh, yay, she's getting that enmeshment is unhealthy – uh.

Japanese police do do reenactments... Including with rape victims, which is re-traumatizing as fuck.

this is what happens when comfort and terror come from the same place.

thank you, comments, for my shrill laugh

What? No. Don't resonate, fuck off.

ugh gross

Hey, now she knows about (some of) the bad things.

smooth as butter

I don't know, SotiCoto has a point this time.

Yeah, that's psychosis.

@SotiCoto It's simply depicting severe stress / trauma. He's having difficulty stating anything. While you wouldn't have the same response, this character and plenty of real people would. Not exactly fun reading material, but not stupid.

It's not that unrealistic. People having mental breakdowns act "irrationally", but there is an underlying logic to the way emotions work. Having been in and also witnessed people being under extreme stress, I don't think this is a bad depiction. This is fiction, so the narrative is more neat and...