Naoto's father is having major money problems, and he can't even get money from his relatives. Naoto's father's girlfriend has been relegated to the "don't want" division at work thanks to the revelation that she's a bad "other woman." Naoto's father's girlfriend's sister (I should've just given them names, this is so awkward ;P) is harassed for being the sister of the bad "other woman" and getting all the money and indulgence from Naoto's father that he'd withheld from his own flesh and blood. She ends up a little messed up in the head. At one point she shows up at the Shinomiya house to tell them that she hadn't set her childhood friend on Naoto as had been rumored. Naoto tries to tell her to just go away, but she ends up collapsing from the mid-summer heat. He and she (and Yuuta) end up at the hospital, the sister because she'd collapsed and Naoto because he'd broken her fall and had been slightly hurt. Yuuta can't believe Naoto had gotten hurt protecting the sister, but Naoto tells Yuuta it'd been so sudden and he'd just acted. Their father's girlfriend shows up and thanks Naoto for helping her sister. She doesn't know who they are. Yuuta and Naoto clues her in and aren't very nice to her.
Sayaka is being harassed by the media and is full of resentment that she's being harassed while her younger brothers are being protected by Masaki. She likes to seethe a lot.
Naoto's father finally figures out how to make lots of money to pay his debts. He'll write a book revealing his side! It creates another furor. Masaki manages to shut the media up by telling them off (he manages to shut many people up by coldly speaking the truth, and his charisma makes people unwilling to fight back especially since he's actually right), so they don't harass him or his brothers. Sayaka is harassed again. She shows up at Naoto's school to talk to him. They don't talk much before she gets really mad at Naoto (for nothing much, she's just really frustrated and annoyed at the world and at Naoto in particular) and smacks him hard and runs off. Naoto's friends are awed by Sayaka's powerful personality and amazing beauty. Because of this incident Sayaka is written off as someone needed to be kept around from Naoto's book, not to mention Yuuta's and Masaki's. Yuuta tells Sayaka off when she calls. He's been told all the family secrets by Masaki (and he knows the big one about Naoto and Masaki's relationship that she, who'd left the house a while back, doesn't know about) and he has a better clue about everything, including Masaki's motivations. Sayaka had expected to be confronted by Masaki and is full of mixed emotions when she realizes Masaki won't confront her. That she's been cut off.
In the meantime, the other Shinomiya relatives are having a hard time of it after Naoto's father's book comes out. He not only bitched about his married life, he bitched about his childhood, dragging the rest of his family through the mud. He's full of resentment and frustrations and angst and pain. Volume 5 has excerpts from his book that are gag-worthy, the dude is such a tool. Naoto's father is delighted by the sales and the money he's making. He plans on writing another book. His girlfriend asks him to set the record straight about her sister in the book as well. They are interrupted when Naoto's grandfather and uncle show up. They'd hired a detective to track the two down. He has no patience with them as they hadn't helped him out when he'd needed it. Naoto's grandfather is so mad he stabs Naoto's father with a handy paring knife. They both end up in the hospital as the grandfather also collapses.
Okay, how awesome is this last development? Every single bad thing that happens (except for the rape and incest between Naoto and Masaki) becomes BIG NEWS. I can't wait to read the next volume to find out how bad things will get!! Also, the father is so seriously deficient in human decency/shame it's hilarious. I wish the author tried a little harder to make him more complicated instead of an entitled selfish jerk, but oh well. Can't have everything, right?
What I've come to really enjoy the most are the relationships between the significant characters. Masaki and Naoto by themselves aren't as interesting, per se, because Masaki is the typical gorgeous, possessive Yoshihara seme who only cares about his uke (though I do like it when he acts more like a loving big brother than a possessive seme because loving big brothers are ♥). But his interactions with the press and other family members in regards to Naoto (and Yuuta) are fun to read. He's just brutal in how he cuts down and shuts up everyone, including his grandfather. At one point their paternal grandfather grouses about Naoto getting himself attacked and opening the whole can of worms. This sets Masaki off and he tells the grandfather off (fairly civilly but very firmly), which makes the grandfather mad and forbid him from coming over to the house again. Masaki is a-OK with never visiting the house, and won't bend to his grandmother's entreaties to let bygones be bygones.
Masaki, Naoto, and Yuuta are a fascinating trio. Yuuta had totally rejected absolutely everyone for a long time, until the bad things started happening. Masaki is very frank with Yuuta, saying that he really doesn't need anyone other than Naoto and that Yuuta will have to choose to make something of himself. He isn't always going to be under Masaki's protection. Yuuta comes to realize that Naoto's regard for him is what keeps him in the "protect" category for Masaki. He starts to engage with his brothers, and his sharp tongue is fun (as it's not directed at me). He's just as brutal (but more cheeky) than Masaki, and as he's the only one who really talks to Sayaka he gets to say all kinds of stuff to her. Good times.
Naoto's relationship with his friends are also great reading. His friends have strong personalities and a good sense of right and wrong that jive well with Naoto (and Masaki and Yuuta). They provide a different kind of support for Naoto (I loved how they yelled at the teachers when they first asked Naoto to effectively babysit Nogami).
Naoto's father is having major money problems, and he can't even get money from his relatives. Naoto's father's girlfriend has been relegated to the "don't want" division at work thanks to the revelation that she's a bad "other woman." Naoto's father's girlfriend's sister (I should've just given them names, this is so awkward ;P) is harassed for being the sister of the bad "other woman" and getting all the money and indulgence from Naoto's father that he'd withheld from his own flesh and blood. She ends up a little messed up in the head. At one point she shows up at the Shinomiya house to tell them that she hadn't set her childhood friend on Naoto as had been rumored. Naoto tries to tell her to just go away, but she ends up collapsing from the mid-summer heat. He and she (and Yuuta) end up at the hospital, the sister because she'd collapsed and Naoto because he'd broken her fall and had been slightly hurt. Yuuta can't believe Naoto had gotten hurt protecting the sister, but Naoto tells Yuuta it'd been so sudden and he'd just acted. Their father's girlfriend shows up and thanks Naoto for helping her sister. She doesn't know who they are. Yuuta and Naoto clues her in and aren't very nice to her.
Sayaka is being harassed by the media and is full of resentment that she's being harassed while her younger brothers are being protected by Masaki. She likes to seethe a lot.
Naoto's father finally figures out how to make lots of money to pay his debts. He'll write a book revealing his side! It creates another furor. Masaki manages to shut the media up by telling them off (he manages to shut many people up by coldly speaking the truth, and his charisma makes people unwilling to fight back especially since he's actually right), so they don't harass him or his brothers. Sayaka is harassed again. She shows up at Naoto's school to talk to him. They don't talk much before she gets really mad at Naoto (for nothing much, she's just really frustrated and annoyed at the world and at Naoto in particular) and smacks him hard and runs off. Naoto's friends are awed by Sayaka's powerful personality and amazing beauty. Because of this incident Sayaka is written off as someone needed to be kept around from Naoto's book, not to mention Yuuta's and Masaki's. Yuuta tells Sayaka off when she calls. He's been told all the family secrets by Masaki (and he knows the big one about Naoto and Masaki's relationship that she, who'd left the house a while back, doesn't know about) and he has a better clue about everything, including Masaki's motivations. Sayaka had expected to be confronted by Masaki and is full of mixed emotions when she realizes Masaki won't confront her. That she's been cut off.
In the meantime, the other Shinomiya relatives are having a hard time of it after Naoto's father's book comes out. He not only bitched about his married life, he bitched about his childhood, dragging the rest of his family through the mud. He's full of resentment and frustrations and angst and pain. Volume 5 has excerpts from his book that are gag-worthy, the dude is such a tool. Naoto's father is delighted by the sales and the money he's making. He plans on writing another book. His girlfriend asks him to set the record straight about her sister in the book as well. They are interrupted when Naoto's grandfather and uncle show up. They'd hired a detective to track the two down. He has no patience with them as they hadn't helped him out when he'd needed it. Naoto's grandfather is so mad he stabs Naoto's father with a handy paring knife. They both end up in the hospital as the grandfather also collapses.
Okay, how awesome is this last development? Every single bad thing that happens (except for the rape and incest between Naoto and Masaki) becomes BIG NEWS. I can't wait to read the next volume to find out how bad things will get!! Also, the father is so seriously deficient in human decency/shame it's hilarious. I wish the author tried a little harder to make him more complicated instead of an entitled selfish jerk, but oh well. Can't have everything, right?
What I've come to really enjoy the most are the relationships between the significant characters. Masaki and Naoto by themselves aren't as interesting, per se, because Masaki is the typical gorgeous, possessive Yoshihara seme who only cares about his uke (though I do like it when he acts more like a loving big brother than a possessive seme because loving big brothers are ♥). But his interactions with the press and other family members in regards to Naoto (and Yuuta) are fun to read. He's just brutal in how he cuts down and shuts up everyone, including his grandfather. At one point their paternal grandfather grouses about Naoto getting himself attacked and opening the whole can of worms. This sets Masaki off and he tells the grandfather off (fairly civilly but very firmly), which makes the grandfather mad and forbid him from coming over to the house again. Masaki is a-OK with never visiting the house, and won't bend to his grandmother's entreaties to let bygones be bygones.
Masaki, Naoto, and Yuuta are a fascinating trio. Yuuta had totally rejected absolutely everyone for a long time, until the bad things started happening. Masaki is very frank with Yuuta, saying that he really doesn't need anyone other than Naoto and that Yuuta will have to choose to make something of himself. He isn't always going to be under Masaki's protection. Yuuta comes to realize that Naoto's regard for him is what keeps him in the "protect" category for Masaki. He starts to engage with his brothers, and his sharp tongue is fun (as it's not directed at me). He's just as brutal (but more cheeky) than Masaki, and as he's the only one who really talks to Sayaka he gets to say all kinds of stuff to her. Good times.
Naoto's relationship with his friends are also great reading. His friends have strong personalities and a good sense of right and wrong that jive well with Naoto (and Masaki and Yuuta). They provide a different kind of support for Naoto (I loved how they yelled at the teachers when they first asked Naoto to effectively babysit Nogami).
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