#Tsurenai hodo Aokute Azatoi kurai ni Akai

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manga : Tsurenai hodo Aokute Azatoi kurai ni Akai

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Tsurenai Hodo Aokute Azatoi Kurai Ni Akai

tomomi

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Man I love manga

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Tsurenai Hodo Aokute Azatoi Kurai ni Akai - by Tomomi (9/10)

The best yandere stories do not have the label on them. A story has to be a story to be engaging. Seeing obsession develop is a million times more fun than watching some guy with a knife say the same cliche lines. This one is different. It deals with gender identity and sexuality. It's about a non-binary person (?) and a young man who is insatiably curious.

Arata is annoying. He's "too much". When he gets interested in something he rips it apart. He's the kind of guy that believes in local legends. He's the weird kid down the street that believes in ghosts. He will eat weird things like bugs, because he wants to know what buggy foreign dishes taste like. He's an adventurous guy at heart, and everybody knows he's weird.

He can't hide it. He doesn't even try to.

He's obsessively curious. He doesn't care about things like consequences or danger. I think he is a "problem child", but he's not violent. He is just very Not Normal. Is he evil? No. Definitely not. His obsession with learning and knowing things is kind of innocent when you think about it, but he is way too passionate. He is a very unique protagonist.

I thought this was going to be funny. The comedic timing in this panel is unreal. It made me laugh twice, but then I got punched. This is a very dark series. It's not something you should read if you're not ready to think. I had to grapple with some of the tough ideas the author presented.

Arata starts obsessing about a person, not a thing, for the first time. That person is Hayami. Hayami is the school beauty, but they wear pants sometimes. Their "true gender" is a secret. Everybody wants to sleep with Hayami. Men and women have been lured in by Hayami's undeniable beauty. Usually, this would be a joke. Sexy crossdressing characters are sort of common in manga. Hayami is supposed to be a temptress that Arata fixates on, but that doesn't really happen.

Hayami invites Arata into a bathroom. A couple of boys notice how weird Arata looks. Hayami is his current target. He can't look away. Hayami is The Thing he is Obsessed With, and he doesn't know how to deal with that feeling. Hayami isn't a thing that can be researched, and Hayami is very secretive. Arata loves tearing into secrets.

Hayami makes a deal with Arata. Hayami is also interested in Arata, but in a different way. Arata sees Hayami as a challenge to unravel and study. Hayami seems to sort of have a crush on Arata, but they are very reserved. It's clear that Hayami's status as an exotic sex symbol has affected the way they view themself.

Hayami offers sex. Arata almost has sex with Hayami, but he stops. He realizes that this is some sort of test. If he really wants to learn about Hayami he has to resist. He has to be patient. Hayami is pleased. They kind of start dating. Hayami basically tells Arata they can't have sex for a whole year. If Arata is willing to wait that long they can be together, and Hayami will tell Arata everything he wants to know.

Arata's feelings for Hayami are not very healthy, but everyone else treats Hayami like a sex object. If they do become a couple after a year I think that would be nice. Arata doesn't seem to explicitly care about Hayami's gender. He has just found "a person" that he's curious about, instead of an object or a local legend. Arata's unhinged curiosity is better...than being a fetish treat for one of their admirers. Arata is kind of Hayami's best option.

It's pretty clear that the other students in school fetishize Hayami. That has really affected Hayami. It's implied that Hayami doesn't care about their own gender, but everyone else does. Hayami is even willing to date Arata as a man or a woman if they make it through one sexless year.

Arata is new to love. He can't differentiate between obsession and a crush. He's shocked when Hayami appears in his house. His current obsession is now mutually obsessed with him.

That was unexpected.

It's hard to tell who the yandere is, but it doesn't matter. Obsession is the core theme here.

There's some (totally consensual) blood kink stuff in this because yes of course Arata wants to taste Hayami.

Isn't that what you're supposed to do when you're curious, and you want an answer?

(Hayami's gender identity may not be genderfluid or non-binary. They have not come out, even though they do crossdress in public. We may find out by the end, but we may not.)

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Today's Beauty-Marked Beauty is: Mihai Hayami from Tsurenai Hodo Aokute Azatoi Kurai ni Akai!

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Tsurenai Hodo Aokute Azatoi Kurai Ni Akai

tomomi

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Tsurenai Hodo Aokute Azatoi Kurai Ni Akai

tomomi

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Tsurenai Hodo Aokute Azatoi Kurai Ni Akai

tomomi

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Tsurenai Hodo Aokute Azatoi Kurai Ni Akai

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