Sep 16, 2024
A mediocre, trope filled plot with nothing unique or very interesting.
Briefly: Girl, Aoi, ends up homeless. Boy, Akira, sees her alone in the park and invites her to live in his house, trying to help her become a more regular girl while hiding the situation from his parents, etc.
Shenanigans ensue? Well, not really. Practically nothing's happened after this, so far...
The girl has dyed blonde hair at the start and is mistakenly identified as outgoing and rebellious; the reality turns out to simply be a difficult home life and difficulty socialising.
Rather than propose the message that "You can dress how you like and still deserve to
...
be treated with respect if you do the same", the story instead goes with "You should conform to be viewed as 'normal', then people will like you more".
The MC is bizarre and frankly stupid; he knew the girl from years before and despite MANY clues, he only ever works it out after she tells him directly. He overthinks everything he does and says, and this is supposed to show him as "kind" but really comes across as somewhat calculating, borderline sociopathic. Since he always tries to take the path of least resistance, he almost never seems to do anything for himself, and just seems a hollow, uninteresting person generally.
The story occasionally drops in the notions that Aoi is somehow burdened by people's generosity.
It somewhat paints her character with an inability to take any kindness genuinely, as they repeatedly tell her they don't mind helping her, yet she insists that it's bad that she can't offer them anyhting. I can't work out if it's the story's message, suggesting to never trust altrruism, or if the character is just jaded from past experiences.
None of the characters display particular depth or growth. Aoi becomes less isolated and socially inept, but this is sort of forced by the other characters and indicative of "do this to be like us", regardless of her own preferred lifestyle.
All in all, not particularly well written, no interesting characters or story beats, but mercifully few chapters available at least.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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