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Apr 05, 2025 (PST) | Total Reviews: 6

poorly-written stalker apologia

This review contains spoilers. There's a marked tonal shift between the first 75% which leans into an interesting and well-illustrated psychological horror, then the last quarter that just turns the story into a twee melodrama.

Even putting aside that Tsutako faces few repercussions for her actions apart from a slap from Azami's mother and the disappointment of her friend, the sub-plot of the doppelganger who hit Azami with the car just vanished in the middle of the story. There was so much buildup to who hit Azami, this guy who's essentially Evil Azami threatening her, her threatening Evil Azami back, then ... nothing.
It led for a pretty unsatisfying ending.

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Dec 22, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

正直最初は

Honestly, at first

正直最初はストーカーかよヘヴィなネタだな、ぐらいしか思ってなかったんだけど、起伏もしっかりあり段々惹き込まれていき、後半は一気に読みきった。絵柄が小綺麗でポップな感じなのに、心理描写になるとなかなかドス黒くメリハリもあるし、中盤は主人公の心理が斜め上でサイコパスだなと面白がっていたが、終盤はその心理が判らないながらも共感を感じるし、実は、いわゆる一般的なイメージのストーカーというよりかは、ある種の危険なほど無垢で、頭は賢いのに、恋愛という、ある一点の感情だけが全くコントロールできないという、ある意味誰しも感じる(ただし、もの凄ーくとがっているが)心理描写が深くしっかり描かれていて、ハッピーエンドが嫌いな自分が珍しくハッピーエンドに終わって欲しいと思ってしまった。一風変わっているが、とても良い作品だと思う。

To be honest, at first, I only thought it was stalker or something heavy, but there were plenty of ups and downs, and I gradually became drawn in, and I read the second half all at once. Even though the pattern is small and has a pop feel, it's quite dark and sharp when it comes to psychological depiction, and in the middle stage, I was amused that the main character's mentality is oblique and psychopath, but in the final stage, I feel sympathy even though I don't understand that mentality, and in fact, rather than being a stalker with a so-called general image, they are dangerously innocent, and have a smart head, in a sense, that only one point of emotion, called love, can't be controlled at all ( However, the psychological depiction was deep and thorough (although it's extremely sharp), and I unusually wanted my self, who doesn't like happy endings, to end in a happy ending. It's completely unusual, but I think it's a very good work.

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Sep 09, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

嘘でも愛、ストーカーも愛、それぞれの愛

Love even if it's a lie, love for stalkers, love for each

This review contains spoilers. 主人公の蔦子は２０年来ストーカーとして追いかけて来た莇が交通事故で記憶喪失になったことを知り、自分たちは恋人だったと嘘をつきます。その嘘から始まる本物？の恋の物語です。蔦子の愛のためには、「なんでもやるわ！」の迫力にゾワっとしますが、それも愛の形です。それだけ人生の中で打ち込めるものがあるのだから・・・変わったホラー系の恋愛が好みの人にお奨めの作品です。

This review contains spoilers. The main character, Tsutako, learns that she lost her memory due to a traffic accident that she had been chasing as a stalker for 20 years, and tells a lie that they were lovers. the real thing that starts with that lie? It's a love story. For Tsutako's love, “I'll do anything!” I'm horrified by the power of, but it's also a form of love. There are so many things you can put into your life... I recommend this work for people who like unusual horror romances.

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Jun 27, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

最終的に落ち着く

It finally calms down

This review contains spoilers. どう見て良いか分からない漫画だったけど、なんか気になり最後まで読んで、ハッピーエンド?!になりよかったのか…蔦子のことは理解しがたいところも多いけど、分からなくもないところもある

This review contains spoilers. It was a comic I didn't know how to watch it, but I was curious, read it until the end, and had a happy ending?! I wonder if it was good to be... there are many things about Tsutako that are hard to understand, but there are also places I don't understand

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Nov 22, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

狂気なまでの純愛

Pure Love Until Madness

This review contains spoilers. あくまでフィクションと言えるだろうかストーキングは確かに悪だが自分が絶対にストーカーにならないと言い切れる人なんて何人居るだろうか恋は盲目って言葉が恐ろしい位に表現されてる作品だと思うでもストーカーはダメ絶対！

This review contains spoilers. I wonder if it's just fiction, stalking is certainly evil, but how many people can say they'll never become stalkers? I think it's a work where the word love is blind is expressed in a horrible way, but stalking is absolutely useless!

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Dec 10, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

続きが気になる

I'm worried about the continuation

面白いです。狂気の沙汰ですが、ものすごく純愛だったりもする。一見ありえなさそうですが恋愛ってそんなものかもしれないです。

It's interesting. It's crazy, but it's also extremely pure love. At first glance, it seems impossible, but maybe love is like that.

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Aug 17, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

新感覚

A new sense

決して王道ではない主人公の恋愛。でもあまりにも真っ直ぐで一途なその恋を気づけば応援してしまう。闇の部分も可愛い表情も、作者の表現の振り幅も広くて面白いです。

The protagonist's love affair is by no means royal. But if you notice that love that is so straight and unwavering, they will cheer for you. The dark part, the cute expression, and the author's wide range of expression are interesting.

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Mar 19, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

泣けるストーカーヒロイン

Crying Stalker Heroine

主人公の女の子はストーカーヒロインなんだけど、一つ一つ読んでいくと泣けてきた。写真繋ぎ合わせた初ツーショットとか、切ないし。叶わないって思いつつストーカーしてるから一般的なストーカーとは違う気もするけど（一般的なストーカーは自分が相手に好かれてるって思い込む）、自己評価低い系のストーカーヒロインなので、純愛が届いてくれ！と応援してしまう。まぁ、実際にやられたらドン引きだけど（笑）

The main character, the girl, is a stalker heroine, and I started crying as I read them one by one. Like the first two-shot with the photos connected together, it's sad. I'm stalking while thinking it won't come true, so I also feel like it's different from a typical stalker (typical stalkers assume they're liked by their partner), but since she's a stalker heroine with a low self-esteem, pure love can reach me! I cheer them on. Well, it would be a no-brainer if they actually did it (laughs)

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Mar 07, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

異質な純愛物語

Heterogeneous pure love story

This review contains spoilers. サスペンス要素、ホラー要素、謎解き要素、人間ドラマをふんだんに盛り込んだ純愛物語。最新話で純愛に泣かされました。いよいよラスト佳境に入ってきそうなら雰囲気ですが、目が離せません。

This review contains spoilers. A pure love story with plenty of suspense elements, horror elements, mystery solving elements, and human drama. I was made to cry by pure love in the latest episode. If it seems like we're finally entering the final phase, it's an atmosphere, but keep an eye out.

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Feb 11, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

なんかね

Something

良い！読んでいてそう思う。読んで良かった、続きも気になります。

good! I think so when I read it. I'm glad I read it, and I'm curious about the continuation.

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Dec 12, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

冷静なストーカー

A sober stalker

実際やられたら怖いけれどさ、こんな可愛い子にストーカーされたらちょっと悪くないような気もする。。。

It would be scary if it actually happened, but I also feel like it wouldn't be a bad idea to be stalked by such a cute girl...

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Aug 06, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

ただ一人だけを想ってきた一途な女純愛

The only woman who thought of only one person was pure love

This review contains spoilers. 小学生からずっと好きな人一筋でその人に認識されてなくても、他の誰かに身体を許すこともなく思い続けてきた一途な女。身持ちも固い。これこそ真の純愛ですわ。他の男と付き合ったりした時点でそれは純愛ではない。血の涙をながしながら諦めてた子供の頃からの片思いが、現時点では不確かな物とはいえども叶うっていう展開が良い。今までを取り戻すように、女が色んな事に幸せを感じてるのをみるのは微笑ましい。死ぬまで手が届かないと思っていたら、思わぬチャンスが転がり込んできて、今度は一歩も引かないっていう覚悟がよく伝わってくる。ここまで一途に惚れられてんだから、男の器をみせて真実を知っても彼女を受け入れて欲しいね。難しいだろうけど、彼女の気持ちは本物だから、ストーカーの恋でも実る奇跡のラブストーリーをみせて欲しい。そんで妥協ではない愛し合う二人が結婚してたくさん子供をつくって普通に年を取っておじいちゃんおばあちゃんになっても夫婦仲良しで、逝くときも、たくさんのかわいい孫や大きくなった子供達に囲まれながら、布団の上で愛する伴侶に手を握られて大往生して欲しい。こういう一途な女にはそんな小さな幸せがたくさんある人生を歩んでハッピーエンドを迎えて欲しいね。

This review contains spoilers. She is an unruly woman who has always liked her since elementary school, and has continued to think without forgiving anyone else her body, even if that person hasn't recognized her. It's also hard to hold. This is true pure love. It's not pure love when you're in a relationship with another man. It's a good development where an unrequited love from when I was a kid, which I had given up while shedding bloody tears, comes true even though it's uncertain at the moment. It's smiling to see a woman feeling happy about so many things, as if she were recovering from what she had been until now. If you think you won't be able to reach it until you die, an unexpected opportunity rolls in, and your determination not to take a step back this time is well conveyed. I've been absolutely in love with her up to this point, so I want her to accept me even if I know the truth by showing off a man's skills. It may be difficult, but her feelings are real, so I want her to show me a miraculous love story that comes to fruition even in a stalker's love. So I want two people who love each other without compromise to get married, have lots of children, get old and be good friends as a couple, and when they pass away, they are surrounded by lots of cute grandchildren and grown children, and when they pass away, I want them to be held by their beloved partner on a futon and die. I want this kind of carefree woman to live a life full of such small happiness and have a happy ending.

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May 16, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

すごい

uncanny

表紙が目に付いたので読みはじめましたが、、色々な意味で面白いです

The cover caught my eye, so I started reading it, but it's interesting in many ways

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Feb 14, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

この作品ヤバい！！

this work is dangerous!!

表紙イラストからしてヤバい！と思ったんだけど読んだらなおさらヤバかった！！主人公だけど、これ、主人公でいいの!?って感じ。怖いんだけど、たまに入るギャグのコマとかが可愛くて……ツボ。続きが気になる作品です。

It's dangerous starting with the cover illustration! I thought, but it was even worse when I read it!! It's the main character, but is this OK to be the main character!? That's what it feels like. It's scary, but the gag frames that come in once in a while are cute... pressure points. I'm worried about the continuation of this work.

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Jan 28, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

続きが気になる！

I'm worried about the continuation!

こういう感じの作品、作風がかなり好きです。続きを楽しみにしてます。

I like this kind of work and style quite a bit. I'm looking forward to the continuation.

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Nov 10, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

こわおもしろい

That's scary

This review contains spoilers. ずっとあざみくんのことが好きでストーカーしてきた蔦子ちゃんの、ホラーな恋物語、ですかね。かわいいコマと狂気入ったコマのギャップがすごい。菫にもあざみくんのお母さんにも常軌を逸しかけてるところを隠さないところがいっそすがすがしいかも。こわおもしろくてどうなるの？って惹きつけられるまんがです。

This review contains spoilers. It's probably a horror love story about Tsutako-chan, who has always liked Azami and stalked her. The gap between a cute frame and a crazy frame is amazing. Maybe it's even more refreshing that neither Mori nor Azami's mother hide the fact that they are about to deviate from their normal path. What happens when it's scary? It's an intriguing manga.

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Sep 19, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

はじめは狂気で最後は普通

The beginning is crazy and the end is normal

はじめは狂気ですごいマンガだと思い読み進めましたが、最後は普通のマンガで終わってしまって残念です。こういうとき、大手の出版社だと担当さんが助言したりしてもっと良い作品に仕上がるのかなと思いました。

At first, I thought it was a crazy and amazing manga, but it's a pity that I ended up with a normal manga at the end. At times like this, I was wondering if the person in charge gave advice at a major publishing company and it would be possible to make a better work.

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Sep 16, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

こわい

I'm scared

This review contains spoilers. 絵とタイトルに惹かれて読みはじめました。はじめからイかれてる。ときどき、ハッとするシーンに引き込まれる。でも最近サイコ系ストーカーもの増えてますよね。これがそうとは言わないですが、あまりいい傾向ではない

This review contains spoilers. I was drawn to the picture and the title and started reading it. I've been crazy since the beginning. Occasionally, I'm drawn into a scene that makes me feel surprised. But recently there has been an increase in the number of psycho stalkers. I'm not saying this is the case, but it's not a very good trend

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Jun 11, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

意外と良かった

Surprisingly good

This review contains spoilers. ストーカー賛成とかではないですがこのお話のストーカーさんは共感持てる部分があり面白かったです。ですが犯人が男主人公と似てる部分に関して何か双子とか何か巻き起こるのかと思ったのですが何もなかったので少し残念なところではありました。

This review contains spoilers. I don't agree with Stalker or anything, but the stalker in this story has parts I can relate to, which was interesting. However, I was wondering if something like twins or something would happen with regard to the part where the culprit is similar to the male protagonist, but since there was nothing, it was a bit disappointing.

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Jan 21, 2021 (PST) | Translate to English

「つまらない普通」ではないところが良い

Things that aren't “boring and normal” are good

倫理的には宜しいわけではないが、物語としては普通の退屈な発想を覆すものになっており、楽しめた。どこかで見たようなものに、最近は飽きてしまっていて、この作品のように、「普通」の角度以外から世界を見せてくれるものは新鮮で良いと思った。倫理観とか、現実にこのようなことがあったらダメに決まってるんだということはわかるが、物語は新しい視点を提示してこそではないかと思う。

It's not ethically good, but as a story, it overturns normal boring ideas, and I enjoyed it. I've recently gotten tired of things I've seen somewhere, and I thought something like this work that shows the world from a perspective other than a “normal” angle is fresh and good. I understand that it is determined that it would be useless if something like this happened in reality, such as a sense of ethics, but I think the story only presents a new point of view.

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