Raise wa Tanin ga Ii: Analysis (Part 1)
So, I started reading this manga last year by Konishi Asuka and DANG! I cannot get enough of it - it’s TOO good!
I have been reading and re-reading this manga for the past couple of days since it has been recently updated and OH. MY. GOD… one of the best manga I have read in terms of story and characters (plus the artwork is amazing!!). The addiction has begun once again.
I highly recommend reading this manga and you should read this as soon as possible!!
SPOILERS under the cut as I need to get this analysis, findings and ramblings about the manga out of my chest cause I cannot to take it anymore. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
This post is just me noticing things in the manga that have not been discovered yet so bear with if I am wrong cos this is pure entertainment for me :D
It is indeed the Love Triangle from Hell
So Kirishima is definitely a weird but interesting character cause he is SO fucked up but also very endearing due to how sort of ‘gently’ treat his side chicks and especially the way he acts around Yoshino as a ‘crush,’ I suppose (I think it’s more complicated than a crush but we’ll go with it for now…).
He’s been called a scumbag, trash, disgusting, manwhore, dangerous, masochistic, two-faced (see Chapter 8 for this) etc. I could go on but man there is not enough words, and there is no word, to describe him completely so I understand why Yoshino struggled to explain him to Hotei. One of the things we know about him is his stalker-like behaviour with Yoshino and this is glaringly obvious now since the update of the new chapters.
In chapter 16.2, Kirishima has a discussion with Nao about Ozu’s plan in trapping both him and Yoshino in a place that was set up. Nao argues that Yoshino is on her away as she sent her a message but Kirishima disputes this:
(Lol, he made a new clone phone! XD)
Apparently, Kirishima would know the text messages that has been sent to her. He confidently insists that any contact to Yoshino, he would know immediately,. This made me realise that on chapter 10 when Yoshino received a text from Shouma about him eating parfait/ice cream and then she replied, ‘you should be studying!’ Kirishima made a scary face from the ground floor after what seemed to be PE class. Yoshino of course noticed the expression he made.
(His face gave me chills bro… he’s probably thinking bloody murder!! about Shouma)
Before the latest chapter came out, it made me wonder, what the heck?! It’s like he’s got super vision or something!!!! How did he know Shouma texted her?? But this explains it I think…. (FYI: he is a VERY jealous guy, apparently)
But honestly, Yoshino is SO clever cause she asked Nao to contact her via her tablet instead cause she knew that Kirishima would clone her phone again! She freaking outmanoeuvred Kirishima with that and she definitely deserves a round of applause.
Now with Shouma, I can sense some romantic feelings from his side to Yoshino but it seems that she does not reciprocate this at all as she sees him as ‘family’ only. She frantically explained that they are family to Kirishima when he threatened to murder him at the thought of her and Shouma are dating.
For Shouma however, he wants Yoshino to come back to Osaka and is quite loyal and obedient towards her. As Shouma caught the first train and leave for Tokyo, Yoshino asked him what he would die for and he pointed at her, before breaking the serious atmosphere but pointing out bread crumbs on her hair. When he got on the train and Yoshino confessed it made her want to go back to, he gave her a full hug which surprised her slightly. Also, in an extra chapter, he said he loves her home-cooked meals and got dumped as a result of saying that out loud in front of his ex.
In the recent chapters as well, he keeps trying to convince her to leave him alone, if he (Kirishima) dies, it is his own fault.
And THAT’s IT for this part!!
This was just a nice kind of dynamic insight to the relationship between Yoshino, Kirishima and Shouma cause they are C-R-A-Z-Y!! hope you enjoyed reading, should be out soon before my boost of energy and obsession runs out for this manga hahaha! :D