you're interested in my reasoning for these points, then this is where I'll talk in more detail about them. your free time imo, this requires your full attention if you want to realize the small details which happen to a person post-trauma and how it affects their daily life because of it. behavior in front of him. So, nobody is safe in this story, not even us as audiences. I know some of us will end up thinking too much about the manga and start becoming crazy trying to figure out a way to put the pieces of the manga together in our minds.

Seichi Osabe is a young boy living in a rural Japanese town. He lives a normal life — friends at school, a Precocious Crush, and a loving mother and father that care for him. In particular, he has a very strong relationship with his mother Seiko, who dotes on him excessively and is very overprotective.I'm very much enjoying this manga atm, we've gotten a time skip where Sei is now 36 years old and it is set in the year 2017. It'll be interesting to see where Sei's life ends up by the end of this manga.

A few chapters later, you realise that not only did she try to kill Seiichi as a toddler, but the reason why she had thrown Shigeru off of the cliff was because she saw Seiichi's face instead of Shigeru's and that was why she had shoved him. As for the second half of the story, Seiichi's development has good ideas, but are ultimately half-assed. He goes from killing his cousin, and attempting to kill his mother in the courtroom, to becoming a depressed, hollow, shell of what he once was. I think this 180 in personality is an interesting idea that has a lot of potential, but one that needs more explanation as to how he got to this point. The only real info available as to how he got there is that he got put into an asylum and then let out, but we never get to learn what actually happened in the asylum, and are instead discouraged from thinking about it too much, because it's never brought up again. This level of blind acceptance was never asked of the reader before Shigeru's death. Anyway, with this version of Seiichi, the plot becomes very slow paced and depressing rather than tense and anxiety inducing, which isn't inherently a bad thing. It's making us really feel what a drag life is for the poor guy, but the conflicting messages scattered throughout the timeskip make it feel more like the author's stalling for time while he comes up with ideas on how to end it. I'll talk about these conflicting messages now Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. December 27, 1975. p.10. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 9, 2021 . Retrieved November 30, 2021– via worldradiohistory.com. The artists knows how to scene things and what moments to focus on to make the reader feel suspense and the lead characters inner turmoil This manga is it's own entity, the level of manipulation and psychologically breaking someone down is conveyed perfectly in this work. It will be a story remembered long after it's finished by those who dare to read it.

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Beauty Is Bad: Seiko is portrayed as eerily, emotionlessly beautiful to make her more terrifying. Notably, when Seichi sees the incident on the cliff through her eyes, Seiko is drawn a little older and more realistic, indicating that even outside of fantasy, Seichi's perception of his mother is distorted. Broken Smile: Seiichi's aunt gives one of these when she comes across her son on the trail after he was pushed off the cliff. She keeps smiling a creepy smile while assuring herself and those around her that the injuries will heal. The creepy and suspicious smile of the mother was impactful only because of the thrilling art style by the mangaka who must have poured countless hours into making them with pure precision. What a hardworking man he must be! I just can’t forget the art style of this mangaka. I can't describe the story too much, without spoiling things. But the general feeling you get is like waiting for the other shoe to drop. You know some horrible thing is going to happen. You don't know when, you don't know who it's going to happen to. But you know it's coming. The dread is overwhelming. There was a scene where a woman, in the distance, got off her bike and started running. That's it. And the context of the story was so terrifying, that I actually started saying, out loud, "Oh god, no, no, no, no, no..." Everything we do and everything we say in and of itself is false. We may think that everything is fine and dandy but deep down there's always going to be another side to the story. In this manga, we have that lesson taught to us in the most psychologically understandable way possible.

That's about it, I rate it a 10/10, obviously it's subjective and I don't want to imply that this is a flawless story; every manga has its shortcomings; but I think that its qualities are big enough to "forgive" them. Distant Finale: The final chapter is of Seiichi as an old man living a normal life, showing that he was eventually able to overcome his trauma to the point that he has largely forgotten his mother. Hedin, Benjamin (2004). Studio A: The Bob Dylan Reader. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-05844-1. Faux Affably Evil: While Seiko is very obviously mentally unwell, she's incredibly charismatic and everyone in the family still loves her. She's so good at hiding her dangerous nature that the only one who knows about her insanity is Seichi himself, and that's only because he was there to witness her going off the deep end.

One aspect deserving of particular acclaim within "Chi no Wadachi" is its unflinching exploration of the themes of manipulation and abuse. The narrative unapologetically confronts the most shadowed and unsettling facets of these subjects, effectively conveying the profound psychological torment inflicted upon their victims. This work undoubtedly resides within the upper echelons of manga horror, destined to resonate deeply with aficionados whose predilections align with the themes of manipulation and moral decay. Disproportionate Retribution: Shigeru seems to have been a brat who made fun of Seiichi, but did he really deserve being pushed off a cliff? Zinsenheim, Roy (November 26, 1988). "New Marketing Strategy Sees Music On New Stands" (PDF). Music & Media. p.11 . Retrieved February 26, 2023.

Seiko tossing her own nephew off the cliff, before turning around with a pleased smile on her face, as if to say "I did this for you". Hope Spot: There is hope that Seichi will recover from the trauma inflicted by his mother after she is taken into custody. That hope comes crashing down hard when Seichi himself succumbs to madness and pushes Shigeru off of the same cliff, this time resulting in Shigeru's death. Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002. Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2. Did Not Get the Girl: Yuko is married with children by the time Seiichi sees her again after the time-skip. While they both recognize each other, they choose not to interact.

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The story is about a young boy named Seiichi Osabe, whose mother seems to be lovely from the outside and a bit weird. She is overprotective of his son but has some issues, some gravely terrible issues of her own. Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1970s". Pitchfork. June 23, 2004. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013 . Retrieved January 11, 2013.