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Story: 8/7 - Art: 8 - Character: 7 - Overall: 5
- MINOR? SPOILERS AHEAD.. NVM MAJOR SPOILERS OOPS

Ok so, if this was marketed as a hentai, overall this manga would get an 8 for being a damn good hentai. BUT NO, not a hentai which is, sad ngl so it’s a 5, but let me list some things down before we begin:
Shit in the story:
- Rape, Incest, Drugs, Mind control, more rape, lot’s of sex, cannibalism, murder, lolicon, shotacon, abuse, arson?. yeah. Shit you’d find in a usual hentai except arson.

Note that the artist is a professional hentai artist so yeah. Very detailed lol.
Before I ... start: It’s not gorey at all. It’s just graphic in a sex term, like rape abuse drug shit.

Story: 8/7
If you read this manga fully knowing what you’re getting into, it’s actually pretty good. The pacing is good and it’s coherent. The manga emphasizes on REVENGE FANTASY. MC literally drags his other party members to do revenge and rapes literally almost every one of his main female enemies. Even genderbent a dude just so that he’d get gangraped by people, while MC lit them all on fire. This is ‘great stuff’ as a hentai. The world is actually quite interesting, it doesn’t have the stupid guild and quest shit, and actually dives deep into the lore which is really surprising LOL. Full blast on warning though, if you treat this manga as a hentai, this shit is magical. BUT, once you treat it like an official shounen? manga, it’s fucking BAD. None of the characters are good people except for Setsuna, Blade, Iblis, and other side characters. MC, Freya, Norn, etc are fucking evil. It’s kind of refreshing to see straight up evil shits doing actually evil shit while putting on a facade of being good, but it get’s a bit repetitive as the story goes on when MC just beats the bad guys. Don’t get me wrong, a healer being OP is just straight up fantasy BUT very interesting. A lot of the powers is actually fresh and new in my opinion, and honestly, if there wasn’t any rape or revenge plot, I still think the story would be good or even better. But alas, we have an evil MC which is fresh to see. This story would be a 10/9 if it was a typical shounen story BUT the MC was evil and didn’t include a lot of rape.
Shit that personally turns me off: rape, incest, and practically any other hentai tag lol. Don’t get me wrong, mind control is cool when you turn a good person into an evil person because of angst reason, but everything in this story is just typical hentai fantasy play except for abuse which the MC mostly experienced.

Art: 8
Not a big fan of the art style but it’s okay and cute.

Character: 7
Everyone is just evil except for the ones I mentioned earlier. Recent chapters near 30’s show MC growing soft for his past enemies turned toys/sexslaves. The party bonding is cute which is kinda sad because Freya literally abused MC. Shit gets even worse when you realize he started getting abused and raped at 14, yikes man. Characters are still interesting though since we don’t get much literal evil characters. Some raped were ‘justified’ but not with Norn because she didn’t even rape/abuse MC also because she’s mad young. It’s cute seeing Freya and Norn interact with each other when they lost their memories and act like sisters again, but it’s depressing knowing both of them hated/feared each other and super fucking crazy @.@

Overall: 5
I give it a 5 because 1) It doesn’t market itself as a hentai 2) It’s REVENGE FANTASY(I’m a pacifist in real life and dislike revenge. I hate confrontation and prefer to appease people and stay in good terms) 3) It’s still rather interesting and a refreshing read. I like how fucked up it is but I get mad concerned when there are real people who actually sympathize and SUPPORT MC’s rapes and shit 🙃 . Anyways, it missed its potential as being one of the best hentais ever, so that’s a shame.

This is my first time writing a review so please bear this with me haha.
I personally believe that this is NOT a fetishization of abuse and suicide. The emotions are raw and the art only amplifies it. Do remember that the entire manga is 4 chapters long with an extra bonus one where it's just another cute flashback and you can practically read the entire volume within 40 minutes.

(Spoilers ahead? I'm not sure) Story&Character: 8 - Art&Enjoyment:10 - Overall: 9

Story & Character: 8 - I give the overall story and character(s) an 8 as with only 4 chapters you can really only do so much ... and it gives a great one throughout the entire run. We are introduced to the main character Tomoyo Shiino at the beginning just having a meal and hearing that her friend Mariko committed suicide. We are given flashbacks throughout the story that gives the readers the details between Shiino and Mariko's relationship. We are shown the beginnings between Shiino and Mariko where they start off in elementary school, then to middle school, then to high school, then adult life before and after Mariko passes. It's clearly shown that the love, whether romantic or platonic, between the two girls are true and strong between each other. We then notice that Mariko becomes obsessive sometime in high school and then develops the personality in which she loves/wants to make Shiino worry for her and to yell at her. I don't know how people can see this story as a fetishization of suicide in my opinion, as it gives a new insight to the change in personality between those who are abused and what could have led them to commit suicide. People like Mariko develop a twisted perspective and obsessive personality that makes them unable to really feel any emotions as they grow up. This can be seen when Mariko is obviously upset and crying when her dad beat her up during elementary and middle school, but sometime around the end of high school and adulthood she doesn't care anymore when she's beat up and seems to approach it as something she actually deserves and wants. Shiino on the other hand obviously cares about Mariko and still stays true to her love and friendship with her especially after Mariko's passing. OF COURSE THE CHARACTERS ESPECIALLY SHIINO ARE GOING TO BE CRYING AND YELLING, BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE UNSTABLE WITH THEIR MIND AFTER A LOVED ONES PASSING. Throughout the story, Shiino is the only one really crying and screaming besides Mariko's father though not as extreme compared to Shiino. This establishes the difference between Shiino and the rest of the world as she seems to be the only one grieving for the loss of Mariko(if you don't want to include her father). Shiino REALLY cared about Mariko and tried to make due with what they missed out on when they were younger and when Shiino was busy due to her job by taking her remains from her father and going out. There are several character interactions that I won't write since I don't want to spoil it for anyone.
- Reason why I'm giving it an 8 and not a 10 is because there are obviously more things that could have been added, and some parts become confusing in the story or are just unnecessary for it to become a 'perfect' read.

Art: 10 - The art is expressive and Waka Hirako is amazing at portraying raw expressions even while adding some humor in the mix.

Enjoyment: 10 - As I said, the story can be read entirely within 30-40 minutes. As a short story and a quick read, MY enjoyment rating is a 10 because it delivers emotions nicely and the art and interactions between the characters are great and albeit realistic. I think what also made the story enjoyable is its humor. There are times where topics about suicide and abuse tend to be fetishized by making the characters too pitiable, too sad, and the story being outright depressing to the point where the story becomes unbearable to read just because it focuses heavily on the sad part and not anything else. My Broken Mariko does a good job of adding humor and other emotions such as anger, confusion, love/compassion in the mix while staying true to the subject matter. The humor is added to lighten the mood and to make the depressing moments even more sad. The anger, confusion, and love/compassion etc. are added in a timely manner when they matter the most.

Overall: 9 - OBVIOUSLY this is not /the/ best manga there is especially when tackling the subject of suicide and abuse, but with all my heart I can definitely say that this is one of the best that I've read so far about the topic. I feel like a lot of people forget that depressed and suicidal people have more emotions that being sad and happy in the past. Not all depressed and suicide people are pitiable and empathetic, there are people such as Mariko who become unlikeable and tend to be one of the people you want to avoid. This story was refreshing to read due to it's content that involves more than the sad and negative tones often displayed in depressing manga. I'd give this a 10/10 just for the enjoyment alone and making me cry. The funny part is, the parts where I cried where also the supposedly funny parts in the story. Do note that this story isn't really supposed to be a manga that "teaches" about suicide and abuse, but more so on a different perspective/outlook about the effects it has on certain people. There are times where people REALLY want someone to be the bad guy where they feel nothing at all, and there are times where people want to show a different side of someone who is supposed to be a bad guy. This doesn't ruin anything but add on to how even if you feel remorseful about what you've done to a certain person and regret your actions, you can and will never be forgiven whether fully or partially as your past actions are too heavy and too sinister to even ignore.

Side note: This manga as well as several others are very personal to me as someone who is also suicidal and depressed. Even when there are people who love us and care about us, in times we just really don't care about anything but ourselves no matter how many times we're reassured with something. Even if we're having fun, even if nothing bad is happening, it still lingers in our mind. And it's only a matter of when and where that we'll actually go through with it. Not all depressed and suicidal people think and feel the same way. But as someone who is part of the 'category' that acts and behaves like Mariko, I can truly say that this is a great manga even with it's minor flaws (just like any other manga to be quite honest haha).