Kitanai Kimi ga Ichiban Kawaii
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It was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Terribly tragic, but beautiful all the same. Every character in the series was so believable. Two many eccentric people in one place and everything comes crashing down. Everything about this manga was perfect, which is as I say in all my reviews, just bare minimum. None of the characters behave out of character, there's no plot holes, and the narrative is consistent in its themes, motifs, and meaning. I would've preferred if this stayed as just us going through Airi and Hina's daily life. It would've been a much more enjoyable manga, but I think that the direction it went ... it made perfect sense and was reasonable. My favorite parts are two things. First is that the irrational behavior that our heroines engage in is established to be within their character long before they actually start acting that way. Second is that Hina is never shown to actually enjoy what happens to her inherently. Masochism in anime is often portrayed as some perverted desire which is inherent to the person. Hina is portrayed distinctly as a person who simply wants the attention more than she dislikes being abused. That makes their relationship feel realistic and adds to their chemistry.

PS: there are only 26 chapters. The rest are subchapters.

I have never reviewed a manga before, and I probably will not do it in the future. I want to give a warning to those who are suffering from severe depression or PTSD due to past relationships or similar experiences such as myself to avoid reading this manga. It is a very dark and depressing story, and there is no warning on the page, which is strange. However, some people in the comment section are warning potential readers, and I wish I had read them before starting the manga. Now, I am going to read some cutesy Yuri to get this out of my mind ... lol.

I can always enjoy a disturbing story, I'm extremely open to that as a concept or exploration, but this didn't feel right in many levels.

I have to begin with how much I hated "Kitanai Kimi ga Ichiban Kawaii". Let's begin with how the story fails from the very beginning. A pair of students make a fetish bond where one suffers while the other enjoys the sadistic moment, with ever-increasing stakes as one day they're both caught. WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS AT SCHOOL? LET ME TELL YOU WHY, PLOT. If the story cannot happen without the stupidest of setups, you failed horribly. Sure, they justify ... with how "the danger" makes it exciting, well then why is it when they're caught, it's the end of the world? Stupid characters, making terrible decisions; that's the whole story. People wanting the worst out of a situation because "love", "fun", "care", "cute". This plot was terrible, so, why read it? That's on me, I got challenged to finish it, and I don't ever back down.

Okay, so we got a terrible setup, are the characters worth following? No, not really. A bunch of manipulative girls that want fun out of a horrible situation, and they aren't even compelling to watch. From start to finish, idiots, all around stupid people that have so many solutions to every problem at the top of their hat, and they can't for the life of them think about that in particular, leading to a nonsensical ending. Since the beginning of the story focuses on the disturbing sadism, you don't get attached or interested, you just feel gross all over, and that never lets up, but was the beginning necessary to set the stage for the rest? I don't know.

The art is one of those aspects that makes it feel even worse. I've read a very disturbing story in the past, but the art style was in line with what was shown. Presentation is important when showing these themes, and a story with cute drawings and designs, doing so many horrifying things, creates a violent whiplash that makes a reader feel terrible for even looking at this. That aspect created a self-hatred for even considering continuing to the next page or chapter, and I wasn't actually motivated to do it, this was a rage read.

A terrible setup, with a gross presentation that makes one question the idea of just reading it. Did I enjoy my time? Absolutely not, I don't ever wanna remember this story, and I write the review to look back and think how something can get worse. If the writing was good, every aspect could've been forgiven, since now it feels earned to feel wrong, to feel disturbed. The story doesn't justify itself very well and as so, I can say this was a terrible experience but, I appreciate the attempt to tell such a distressing thing.

I feel like a 3.4/10 for this final score, and please, don't read this, enjoy something else.