I completely agree! I kept thinking “so is he gonna collapse now” or “I wish he would talk about his past with someone”!! It makes sense that traumatic issues like the sexual harassment he suffered at a young age is not addressed and/or talked about in Japan so it is not reflected in the manga. Despite this I was really frustrated because I wanted someone to understand him, but the reality is that he didn’t even understand himself. I loved the story and Sekine was a refreshing male protagonist to follow, but I wished that he didn’t have to suffer alone so much :(
same I don’t know what to feel but sadness for him
I've read this story a few times... I always find myself waiting for Sekine-kun to break/collapse at some point... I always wait for the moment in which he would open up to someone, anyone, about the amount of sexual abuse, manipulation and misunderstandings he has encountered since he was a kid... Or at least for him to understand the gravity of it all, how such events cause emotional trauma that marks you, forever, as a person, how it shapes how you interact with people... But, it never happens... It's as if some of his disassociating defensive mechanisms really stayed out, forever, to protect him... It's as if some experiences are better left in the past, with no re-processing... This way, the story is, perhaps, more realistic... And him being finally happy with someone who actually is able to treat him as a person and see through the cracks that show his sensibility, it's as if that is enough, healing will happen subtly, silently... But still, something about this story and the unresolved/unadressed trauma gets to me, it's just all I can think about..