@CommieJohnTeh
PTSD most likely, since he had to murder his classmates, and before that the whole other half of the class murdered and raped the other.
@CommieJohnTeh
100% PTSD along with a mix of disgust, hatred, and loneliness. Hes been through a lot of shit. Nearly killed a few times while having to kill others as well against his will. Now his only "companions" are tamed monsters and a girl who he seems to be just a bit uncomfortable around since now he struggles to trust anyone he cant fully control, especially humans.
@SifDoge Lily's the one that is slime but looks human most of the time.
@ChronicleKey well she does have that Hawkeye aspect to her, being a normal(ish) person fighting alongside outrageous kinds of people with "just" a bow and arrow.
I read the novel a few years back, and mostly hated it, except for Rose. I really liked her as a character, and I think I saw one of the novel covers having her with a more human look, so I was always interested to continue reading, but I had read all of what was currently translated at the time and hadn't gotten there.
How stupid does it get? because its already pretty stupid.
We'll see how much the manga skims over. The novel is more detailed. Its also a fair bit ahead of the manga on translations. The other thing that bugs me is the fact that they're purposely modernizing Gerbera's manner of speaking. She has a Shakespearean (Old English) sound to her if you go by the raws.