That's Not Love Manga Reviews (P.2)

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Jul 21, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

今井夫婦が表紙‼︎

Imai and his wife are on the cover ‼ ︎

今井夫婦と、紫と茜の若き日が詳しめに描かれる今巻を興味深く拝読。今井夫がずるいばかりの人間かどうか、今後を見守っていかねば。

I read with interest this volume, which details the Imai couple and Murasaki and Akane's youth. We must keep an eye on the future to see if Imai is a sly person.

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Jul 21, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

続きが気になります！

I'm curious about the continuation!

面白かった〜。現在と過去、大人の感覚と子どもの感覚が入り混じっていて、漫画の世界に入り込めました。人生は望んだ地点からはやり直せない、でも手を取るチャンスがあるなら…で茜のとった行動に拍手したいです。女の子から大人の女性になっていく、いろいろが細かく丁寧に描かれているところが今の自分にはまりました。

That was interesting~. The present and past, the senses of adults and the senses of children were mixed, and I was able to enter the world of comics. I can't start life again from where I wanted it, but if I had a chance to take a hand... I'd like to applaud Akane for her actions. The fact that various details, from a girl to an adult woman, are drawn in detail and carefully has become addicted to who I am now.

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Feb 02, 2023 (PST) | Translate to English

いま必要なテーマが正面から描かれてる

The theme I need now is drawn from the front

This review contains spoilers. 未成年とおとなの人権に関する問題を、リアルに描いてくださっていて本当に素晴らしい。意欲的かつ稀有な作品。未成年への性的な加害って、フィクションでは、いつでも一見して「身勝手で、暴力的な、キモいおじさん」が加害者になりがちですが、このお話ではそうじゃないというところでまずハッとします。ほんと当たり前だけど、キモいハァハァおじさん相手でなくても、「おとなと子供」の性的関係=即・加害なんですよ。同意年齢13歳って、改めて、やはり狂気だと思います、我が国…。許されない・美しい若い二人の恋愛、なんて一昔前なら美化されかねないエピソードが、被害者をこんなにも傷付け、被害者の人生に強く影響を及ぼしてしまったこと。おとなと子供の違いを、改めて突きつけられます。「恋じゃねえから」ですよね、まさに！肖像権についても、いくら「美しく」「芸術的に」描かれて社会的に評価されたとしても、明らかに自分がソースになってるイメージを脅かされること、プライベートで相手を信じて明かしたことを許可もなく勝手に開示されること、それがどれほど、ひとの心を踏みにじる行為か、ということも、グレーな部分、モヤモヤ感もひっくるめて丁寧にリアルに描かれており、緊迫感があります。当然の怒りを、加害者からも社会からも、当然のこととして受け止めてもらえないもどかしさ…。作者様と作中の女性たちの闘いをずっと応援しています。少しでも多くの方に読んでもらいたくて、あまり書かないレビューを書きました。

This review contains spoilers. It's really wonderful that they realistically depict issues related to the human rights of minors and adults. An ambitious and rare work. When it comes to sexual harassment against minors, in fiction, the “selfish, violent, and gross old man” always tends to be the perpetrator at first glance, but I'm first surprised by the fact that this isn't the case in this story. It's really obvious, but even if you're not dealing with a creepy huh huh old man, the sexual relationship between an “adult and child” = immediate harm. The age of consent is 13, once again, I think it's insane, Japan... The unforgivable romance between two beautiful young people, an episode that could have been glorified a year ago hurt the victim so much and had a strong impact on the victim's life. The differences between adults and children can be confronted once again. “It's not love,” right? Exactly! As for portrait rights, no matter how “beautifully” and “artistically” they are drawn and socially evaluated, there is a sense of urgency that they are clearly threatened by the image that they are the source of, and to what extent disclosing what they believe in and reveal in private without permission is an act that tramples on people's hearts, and the gray parts and sense of confusion are carefully and realistically drawn. The frustration that natural anger is not taken for granted by both the perpetrators and society... I've always supported the fight between the author and the women in the story. I wanted as many people as possible to read it, so I wrote a review that I didn't write very often.

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Aug 25, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

壊せばいい

Should I break it

この話の進行する友人はそんなセンシティブな問題なら伝えなければいい。黙っておけよ。墓場まで持っていけよ。女の偽善は見苦しい

Friends who are going on with this story shouldn't tell them if it's such a sensitive issue. just shut up. Take it to the graveyard. Women's hypocrisy is unsightly

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Jun 30, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

やはりペコ先生は偉大

After all, Peko sensei is great

ペコ先生は全部持っていて、毎回これはすごい話だと思わせられる。特にこの作品は非常に難しいテーマをうまく形にしてる。昨今よく取り沙汰されるようになった性加害が主題でありながら話は単純ではなく、とても繊細な部分が争点になってる。主人公のキャラ性も大変よい。リアリティがあって妙に暗くて見てて辛いんだけど、変わろうとする懸命な姿が可愛く、寄り添いたくなる。ここからどうなるんだろう。ペコ先生なので加害側にも救いがありそうな展開を予測しているけど。なんにせよ楽しみです。

Peko sensei has them all, and it makes me think this is an amazing story every time. In particular, this work nicely shapes a very difficult theme. Although the subject is sexual harassment, which has been discussed a lot recently, the story is not simple, and the very delicate part is a point of contention. The character of the main character is also very good. It's realistic and strangely dark, and it's hard to watch, but the hard work of trying to change is cute and makes me want to snuggle up. I wonder what will happen from here on out. Since it's Peko sensei, I'm predicting developments where the perpetrators are likely to be saved. Either way, I'm looking forward to it.

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Jun 18, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

深く考えさせられてとても面白いテーマ

A very interesting theme that made me think deeply

他人と共有する思い出、記憶の共有の複雑さ。それを公開することによるコミュニケーションの復活と破壊。テーマは芸術を舞台にしていますが、現代の最も重い難しい問題かもしれない。

Memories shared with others, the complexity of sharing memories. Reviving and destroying communication by making it public. The theme is set in art, but it is probably the heaviest and most difficult issue of our time.

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Jan 14, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

共感性が高い

Highly empathetic

若い頃の自分やもう会えない人にすがったり、とらわれることって誰にでもあってそれぞれの葛藤がこれでもかと細かく描かれてて良かった。大人にってから一歩踏み出すのって若い時の何倍も足が重くて、自分を変えたい人や諦めている人への作品だと思った。

I'm glad that everyone is drawn in detail about who they were when they were young or when they are stuck with someone they can't meet anymore, and even this is a matter of detail. Taking a step forward after becoming an adult is many times heavier than when they were young, and I thought it was a work for people who wanted to change themselves or who had given up.

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Mar 06, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

ハラハラ

Halahara

人間模様がハラハラとしてしまいました。こういうストーリー展開は先が読めず、ものすごく気になりました。

The human pattern has become jarring. I couldn't read ahead about this kind of story development, and I was really curious.

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Jun 22, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

問題提起

Raise an issue

いい作品ですね。モラルを問われるし、今自分の持つ考えを揺さぶられる。何がよくて、何が悪いのか。私たちは本当にわがみにそれが起きないと相手の立場に立てないのか。全体的に吐き気がするけど、読み続けなきゃと思ってしまう。

That's a great work. My morals are questioned, and my current thoughts are shaken. What's good and what's bad? Are we really not able to stand in the other person's shoes until that happens selfishly? Overall I'm nauseous, but I feel like I have to keep reading.

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Feb 20, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

1122よりは良かった

It was better than 1122

この作者の描く女性は結局核心に迫らずで終わる印象なんだけど、今回は逃げずに描いてくれるのかしら？大人が子どもをグルーミングで勘違いさせて性加害することの罪をきちんと描いて欲しい

I have the impression that the woman drawn by this author ends up not getting close to the core, but I wonder if they'll draw this time without running away? I want an adult to properly depict the crime of misunderstanding children by grooming them and sexually harassing them

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Jan 31, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English

色々、考えさせられます

It makes me think a lot

深い、ある意味、重い、色々と考えさせられる作品です。未成年者に対しての大人の（恋愛・性的な）関わり方のインパクトを知って欲しいです。

It's a deep, in a sense, heavy, and thought-provoking work. I want you to know the impact of adults (romantic/sexual) relationships with minors.

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May 11, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

話題の作品

Popular works

Twitterで話題の作品ったので読みました。なかなかこれまで取り扱われなかったテーマで、今後の展開が楽しみです。

It was a popular work on Twitter, so I read it. It's a theme that hasn't been handled easily until now, and I'm looking forward to future developments.

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Apr 25, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

絶妙な気持ち悪さ

Exquisite disgust

毎回、この作者さんの作品はどんなテーマなんだろうと思って読み始めます。そしてどんなテーマでも読んでいるとぐいぐいと引き込まれます。今回のテーマは遠い昔の恋と友情なのでしょうか。まだ一巻読了時点では謎が多いのですが、すでに引き込まれているし続きが気になります。会話が、ハッと心を掴まれるセリフがちらほらあって、作者さんの頭の良さを感じます。

Every time, I start reading it wondering what kind of theme this author's work is about. And when I read any subject, I'm really drawn in. I wonder if the theme this time is love and friendship from a long time ago. There are still a lot of mysteries when I read volume one, but I'm already drawn in and I'm worried about the continuation. The conversation is full of heart-grabbing lines, and I feel how smart the author is.

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