Yea they are scum for not even trying to help clear the misunderstandings. They literally manipulate and use him for their own selfish benefits. Did not even bother with siding with him at all or clearing the misunderstanding. After everything that happened, they love him?! That isn't love, that is being a manipulator because they used him as a means to get popular.
This hits home for me SO hard. One of my best friends was accused of assaulting two girls in 9th grade. He insisted that it didn’t happen, but nobody believed him. He was expelled and arrested, his mother lost her job with the school district, and they had to hire an attorney for him, using money that could have gone to his little brothers Leukemia treatments. One of the girls later lost her nerve, admitting they both spread the rumor to see how much trouble he would get in. The family cam out in the end (they basically wrung the district dry for expelling him and firing his mom without even looking into it) but that incident changed him forever. Even with the recanted testimony, it took a while to clear everything up, and he still would sometimes have to deal with people who still thought he was that kind of person. He went from being outgoing to being very reserved, and it took *years* before he started trusting people again. Because of this I never take statements at face value, I hate reality shows because they’re so often centered around lies and manipulation, and HATE people who spread rumors. It destroyed his life, his parents lives, and very nearly LITERALLY killed his little brother. Anyone for spreads rumors, especially if they k ow they’re not true, should be fucking ashamed of themselves.
Is your friend at least better than he was doing then? Because i hate things like that, especially if they have no evidence and people believe them just because they're a girl. Of course you can correct me if im wrong tho i dont know the story
Yeah those stuff fucks you up. I was raped when I was younger, so due to this I have a really hard time being comfortable with sexual relationships when im dating someone. After my breakup with my abusive ex (with whom I never had sex due to the afformentioned reason) she started telling people that I had raped her describing it in an identical mirror to what had happened to me (because I had told her about it because I trusted her). I ended up finding out about it when one day as I was out shopping minding my own business, a random girl started screaming at me calling me a rapist and how I should just end myself. Learned the deeper details of her lies from some mutual aquaintences afterwards. After that happened I stopped going to school and wasn't even able to leave my home without puking out of stress for a while. So I fully understand your friend, it's really hard to trust someone after something like that. I'm doing better now though, I moved to another city because even with treatment it was still really hard to deal with the anxiety of running into her and I honestly don't think ill be able to date anyone unless someone manages to truly make me trust them, but outside of that my life has pretty much gone back to normal
Sounds normal just like western media lies about Palestina being a terrorist for the damn 75 years thousands of lives goes away every year and here we are just sitting in our home while reading comic book like nothing ever happened and US still fully support Israel
@@jesuscastro6007nahh man if the victim is a girl your already a culprit. Thats just how society work nowadays. Regardless of the evidence, people already have their conclusions. Ive seen many stories like this irl and lets just say most of them did not end well
I appreciate the way his character is portrayed. Its very different than a lot of other emo characters. He's emotionally numb, but not rude or unresponsive like a lot of emo characters are which is a good unique trait. And the way it shows his distrust in people affecting more than just his social life was a good touch that not many anime show. Edit: 2 months later and people still be challenging my use of the term "emo". I'm too lazy to change the term but petty enough to make this edit so SHUT UP ABOUT MY USE OF THE TERM I'LL USE IT HOWEVER I WANT TO.
Same bro . An incident happened with me they were all like "How could he hit a girl? " "That's a crime" And every girl in my class were like (to their friend who was the main reason for th incident) "don't cry he's just a delinquent"
@@bulthaosen1169 Yes actually to some extent. At one point she realized she had to get my dad to do it.......reluctantly. The reason? I was 17, i could already body her, she knew the only thing stopping me from doing anything was paying the bills, strictly throwing insults, and my dad.
Happened to me and I lived on a farm, had no idea what I was being blamed for, I'm anti social and do go out much except my chores on the farm, apparently some kids beat up this girl and someone claimed I was part of the group, all boys had brown hair....I had reddish brown sure but I was sick that day... Well my father dragged me to the barn, tied me to the post and beat me with a 2 by 4 for nearly a hour.... He got arrested cause his drinking buddy walked in on him beating me and called the cops, I was 5 years old when it happened... Had to be rushed to be the hospital. I'm 30 years old now and cause of how bad the beating was still effects me physically to this day, I actually have to use a cane to get around some days. Whenever I complain about my back or knees, people joke saying I'm getting old... Been saying this since I was 14, I just laugh with them. Haven't talked to my family since I was emancipated was I was 16.
When apologizing, ask yourself: Am I doing this to only make myself feel better? Or because the other person doesn't deserve to feel bad? Honestly, the most disgusting one to me is the mom. She had the most opportunities to figure out and fix things with her son. And every day she chooses to blame him without asking what happened.
Plus, it is so pathetic that she doesn't realize the consequences of false bad rumors how it can negatively impact a person's life. Especially she's an adult.
@@pikachumaster0518 What she did was neglect, a common form of abuse. She is now trying to right her wrongs. She is not giving him a simple apology. She is bending over backwards. I'm not arguing that it's easy form him. I'm arguing everyone deserves a chance to right their wrongs. This series seems like more of a power fantasy for the downtrodden than it is about healing or moving on. In other words it's a poorly camouflaged revenge story.
@@ancientscars What exactly had she done to right her wrongs, Including him? Because all that was, is trying to pretend that nothing happened. After all this time that was probably the first time she apologized for what she did
This story hits hard. Being a victim of betrayal, I could easily see why the MC chose his current lifestyle. Even the betrayal from a parental figure, I can relate.
Same, the part with the mother hit me hard. If nobody else, your parent should be the one person you can expect to have your back. If even they don't believe or listen to you, what are you supposed to do?
They literally manipulate and use him for their own selfish benefits. Did not even bother with siding with him at all or clearing the misunderstanding. After everything that happened, they love him?! That isn't love, that is being a manipulator because they used him as a means to get popular or not being hated by others. It made me sick to my stomach that one girl got popular because they thought mako assaulted her when it was only an earthquake and suddenly she says she only has romantic feelings for him which is disgusting.
I agree, they all loved him now like when did this pop up and how? And the nerdy girl she really thought he was assaulting her what did he do next touch her somewhere private he probably got up and moved so she can stand back up, after getting popular and the graduation someone literally had to tell her what actually happened and she knew there was earthquake.
I believe the breaking point for him was the betrayal of his family and how they believed the rumors going on about him, the betrayal of friends isn't as a cruel as the betrayal of family, it really shatters the soul and makes someone broken inside.
I think that is part of what is so heart wrenching about this story. It's like his step mother and sister had to have known for literal years that something was up by the way he was distancing himself from everyone. And it took them years to decide that maybe they should try to help? I understand that they feel bad in that situation, but I can't even feel sorry for them because dude is one bad day from ending himself.
That's not family. Just people who share the same blood. You can't call someone family if they don't even try to defend you from clearly baseless accusations, if only to spare their own credibility.
This family dynamic REALLY hit me hard it reminds me of how nobody would believe me and even if the truth was revealed I got NOT A SINGLE GOD DAM APOLOGY
Yeah you deserve better, but welcome to reality where nobody really going to apologize until it really is going to trouble them if they don't. I wish everything is better than this too.
Continue: Today I am 27 yo dude, on a job. But at least one of the 30 guys back in the day decided to added me through LINE last year and apologized for what he did back then.
I know this one. All the girls around the Mc basically ruined his reputation. His own family didn’t even believe him. The sister is really a terrible person. She revealed she lied about her brother hitting someone because she felt it was fun to mess with him but the one I hate the most was the girl who accused the MC of sexual assault when the Mc tried to save her from a library shelf falling on her and guess what she lied to get attention. The nerve of them coming back and asking for forgiveness.
Deceitful liars and traiters they are! This kind of bad situation for any man would decide to off themselves from all this pain and betrayal, but he has pulled through even if he must shut his emotions from everyone and focus on himself and his hobby.
It’s bad enough for someone betraying you, but to come back and pretend nothing happened after a long time, just deepens how little these traitors know what they have done. The past will never change.
It hurts, it still does. Those who haven't felt that pain will, I'll make sure of it, those that dish it out will get it right back and those that stand by will feel it too. They'll regret that they ever hurt me
The first girl, I can kind of understand. It was a misunderstanding with the bandage, and its not like she went out of her way to try and frame her. But everyone else definitely deserves to be shunned from his life.
@@VirtuesOfSinnah bro she choose to kept quiet despite knowing the truth. She is the same as others. Even after years she choose to kept quiet because of her selfishness
Yep my ex gf did that to me betrayed me then tryed years later after forcing me to dump her that I was the best she ever dated it made me sick I told the betrayer to get out my life for good.
suace is called No One Believed Me. If You Say You Believe Me Now, It’s Too Late reference to Shaun Huerta show my man some love, p.s i am sorry the world has done this to anyone who was in a similar situation to the mc... my condolences
I once was in this situation too, except my family actually sided with me, fortunately. It was the only thing that kept me from making a...very bad mistake. My family decided to transfer me to another school, but before that, when I had to say my goodbyes to the entire class, I, in a moment of anger, embarrassingly snapped right in front everyone. At that point, I just didn't care. All I thought was all the shit I went through because of those shit stains and I just couldn't contain my rage. So, I connect with the MC and praise him for being that patient for that long.
Sucks that you went through all this, bro. Did things ever get cleared out until you left school? Did they ever find out you were not to blame for anything?
@@Roddy_Zeh Never really made amends before I transferred. At that point, I didn't want to hear it. It was only a few years later that certain people called to apologize, either through phone or personally. Most of them teachers and my former principal for not trying harder to stop it. Those people were easy to forgive. Some of my classmates who kept quiet during that time. I don't know why I forgave them. Was I angry at them? Yeah, kinda. But I didn't really hate them. But the perps who started all that shit? Never apologized, the cowards. But at this point, I don't care what happens to them. I just want to forget those dipshits.
Kinda funny how those same people who betrayed him, didn't attempt amend their wrongdoings at the same volume. Why didn't the girls tell the people they know that they were wrong about Makoto? Why didn't his mom contact the girl's mothers to apologise to Makoto? Even the sister is jaded because in essence, she's no different. She dictates her actions and opinions based on heresay
Actually that's pretty realistic. No one wants to publicly out themselves as a shitty person. And EVERYONE with even a shred of empathy would feel shitty if they found out they contributed to ruining the trust, heart, and life of a kind innocent boy and turning him into a cold distant hurt and broken young man. Those girls probably didn't want to endure that backlash.
@@PerryKobalt dude if u think all woman are like that and if u think males cant be like that u are super foolish lol. also a lot of guys can be like that. if anything almost all the relationship I had were males treating me like that. does that mean all males are like that no
They all realise they hurt him but don't realise it was the sum of their betrayals that brought him to this point. You can't just fix this by trying to be nice, especially when so separated from the incidents that caused it with no way to go back and fix it. If any single one of them thought about anything but themselves they would have been able to help him then, but they're all too selfish.
This hit me on a personal level: I’ve been betrayed by friends and people I’ve dated, it got to the point where I became a full blown mute bc I was too scared to talk to people. Even now, I still need to be constantly reminded that people care about me bc of all the stuff I went through. As a result, according to my brother: I’m more difficult to talk to than someone speaking another language”
29:29 the amount of happiness I felt when he let it all out on her.. I can’t express it. Went through nearly the same thing with my family as this MC and I felt for him on a different level.
They ALL EXPECT that he would accept their apologies just like that? None of them, EVEN HIS OWN FAMILY did not believe him! If they want his trust they HAVE to do drastic stuff to even be given A chance
It's funny how they didn't even try to clear up the roomer*. They are still protecting their reputation. There apology means nothing and they don't care to actually stop people from talking bad about him. They just want to get effection from him again.
And how one of them had the incident in elementary school. And tried to make up in highschool. That was at minimum 3 years. At most mabey 6-7 which is too late for a apology
Ah yes, Betrayal. The closer the companion the sharper its edge, the more intimate the bond the deeper the wound, the more time spent the less likely to recover. And so on and so forth. Intentional or unintentional, it hurts all the same...
Been ostracized by society because I'm different (to be fair I have asperger syndrome which is high functioning autism) but being emotionally backstabbed by your own family members is different, and being betrayed by your own best friend when you're a naive fourth grader is also extremely painful and tormenting even till this day
@@amilcarsafeca7629some times the one who cause the pain covers it saying it was unintentional. That really pisses me off....like were they out of their mind doing such an act to someone....like take your responsibility bwtch
Each girl was at fault for this not helping him or telling everyone the rumors were false The one who started it he hurt in childhood she was afraid of being called a liar bullied or blamed for framing him and decided to let him take the fall The one with the glasses she knew he didn't but again let him take the punishment while she was blinded by her popularity and attention she got The step sister and step mother took this rumor at face value didn't bothered to listen excommunicated him for years the mother thought of reputation while the sister did believe he didn't do it tried to manipulate this situation to have him all to herself so tried to make him feel like he was the one in the wrong Even the princess of the class who tried to do the same thing probably Was expecting oh i forgive you but no after the punishment game can't trust even with her reputation Tldr these girls were blinded and feared being ostracized they let the guy take the fall and thought a few years they could all be friends but ruined it the moment they made him the fallguy The "victims" will never understand the accused and what they went through you think its easy for these people to live being labeled because of that people will think this is how the accused is as a person it takes time for some to think probably the rumors are wrong while others will not change their minds.
this shit hits me hard... false rape accusations ended my life and it took me far to long to realize that even after she admitted she lied, it didnt fix anything... because... theres no way to become a person again in this society/culture once that kind of shit happens... this whole thing... i would have stood in front of the class, and asked them to all fuck off and leave me alone, i want nothing to do with any of them, including the teachers, just leave me alone... anybody who didnt get the message would be informed in a verbose way, its best to just pretend i dont exist, just leave-me-alone...
Not all of those were that planned out. He was already being blamed by the time the childhood friend realized what happened but she was too shy to put herself out there to say anything, and the longer she said nothing, the more she feared taking his blame. Library girl had truthfully thought he was trying to force himself on her because she was too confused by the situation. Someone else claimed that the situation and she was at first hesitant to believe it only for the popularity she was getting swept her up till she completely forgot about what was true or not until the first day of high school when someone else admitted that they saw differently. (so f*ck that person) The sister had absolutely no reason to be acting like that. She wanted his attention all to herself but she hesitated to "eat the cake" she knew she didn't deserve, leaving him to be punished for the lies she added to the fire while the mother was blaming herself for "not teaching him right" instead of trying to listen to THE WORDS FROM THE PERSON WHO WAS THERE (doesn't matter if they're a child, at least try to understand them ESPECIALLY when they are yours) Still not good but can't say that they intended for the consequences that children just aren't equipped to handle. And not defending them either because kids are human too and men have their lives RUINED by the slightest lie, even after the truth comes out. (that's just how much power a woman has in this time of "equality")
it's not evil people who make the world a bad place. Because evil people is actually not that many. It's cowards. It's cowards who make the world a bad place. And there's way too many of them around. Most don't even know that's who they are.
The way the betrayers are all falling in love with him really makes me sick to my stomach. The GALL of those THINGS!!! I really like how the story shows how he's going through it because it seems more realistic than a lot of other mangas with this genre. I feel like there's a lot of hurt people in the world that would really enjoy this story and empathize with Mako.
This was a really good story, It's always nice to see authors taking into account how long it takes people who have been hurt by people close to them to ACUALLY heal rather than just having them accept everyone back into their lives like nothing is wrong, but having two characters like that and seeing both of their healing process differently come together really well
The thing is, He would of been the forgiving type in the past. What really set him off into the coldness is the *Repeated Amounts of Betrayals and Accusations.* If it simply ended it off on the first rumor and nothing more, he would of actually been a Sweet Individual who doesn't lock themselves out. However the Rumors kept hitting and hitting caused by people he trust. After receiving betrayal multiple times, that's when he locked himself out. *These Girls straight up belong to the streets*
@@tyshawnstubbs9315nah, don't litter on the street man. Take somewhere else. Also, don't forget his family is no good too except maybe dad. At least in my case when i get bullied in the past my family still back me up.
I like this story, mainly i like how the girls realize together that a simple "im sorry" wont cut it and they are at fault. The plot to make it up to him is a little misplaced, but seems to come from a place of genuine guilt. I also like how it sounds like his father supports him and is aware of his own mistake. And finally i like how he tells his step-mother how he really feels about her and instead of being angry she seems more shocked and unaware of just how much she contibuted to his negative growth. Its a nice grounded story about bulling and moving on.
I have been thinking for a while how the girls expected him to just forgive them after what they have done to him, and I finally realized why they thought so. From the point of view of each of them, it was "only a rumor", nothing else. If it was only one rumor, he wouldn't had turned what he is now. However, it was not only ONE rumor, but many of them. The accumulation of those rumors and heart breaking caused the MC to simply collapse and ruin his confidence in others. This is why each girl thought they could just ask for forgiveness. They didn't realize the sum of all of their betrayals would have break the MC (heck, I think they didn't even KNEW other girls have betrayed him until they talk to each other). So, when they realized how bad they messed him up, they knew they just can't approach him directly anymore, as he doesn't trust them. They need someone else to "fix him" enough so he could trust others again, and as such he is open to accept their apology, but more importantly, that he "return to how he was before and start trust others". As someone who was bullied by people in the past but have made peace with that, I kind of understand their view. If one of the girls who messed me up came to ask me for forgiveness, she will only ask for HER part. She will NEVER see the whole picture, and how she was only one of the parts that made my life miserable. From her point of view, it was only a small thing, but from MY point of view, she is part of the whole problem. That is why they are surprised when the bullied one wont forgive them. From our PoV, is like they are asking for us to forgive EVERYTHING, which is VERY HARD to do so.
Exactly, you need to realize that your past mistake made a huge impact on your friends, and they only way to fix it is by telling people that the rumors are false or anything that could fix your friendship. But if you think a simple apology can fix it, you're dead wrong.
The best atonement is to be better person, to do better. But that doesn't mean you can still fix things with the same person. Part of being an adult is accepting: that there are things... once fxxked... can never be unfxxked. Do better, yes. But with someone else. And stop bothering a corpse.
This kind of people make me sick. Framing them, ruining their reputation, spreading false rumors, then try to apologize out of nowhere and thinking they'll get them back instantly... Please. They're only fooling themselves. Things like this happened to me at my previous job. They put me through so much trouble, pranks, false accusations and more, and when they found out that I was getting ready to quit, they all apologized, thinking that showering me in kindness and promises of gifts would get me to go back. I refused them by saying nothing they could ever say and/or do would ever make it right. They ruined my life and I lost a lot of friends due to a "prank." I'm never going back there. Ever.
Ouch! This hurt to listen to but loved every moment of it too, I really felt bad about how stigmatized the main MC was after those events in his life, but it's completely understandable, not even able to open himself up to his family because they wouldn't even hear him out was especially painful, if I was in his position I'd have likely turned out the same if not violent just to live up to people's expectations
I was in this situation when I was bullied through middle school because of my social awkwardness. I think what stopped me from completely distancing myself from everyone was my father. He only know I got into fight (retaliation against the bully) but he didn't scold me for that. He asked me for my side of the story and trust me unconditionally and deal with the school without letting me know what they said. Our relationship is not perfect, but he is a splendid father
my mum always said to be polite and ignore it my dad's instructions were clear if they hit you first i don't care what you do to them as long as it's below hospital level injuries all that matters is you take care of yourself cus the teacher's sure as hell won't.
I'm pretty sure the one hit the hardest when realizing how hurt he had been was his stepmom. Sure the three girls felt remorse and didn't intend for things to get so far, but they knew early on that what they did was wrong, and the one who fake confessed knew as she was doing it, so they were complicit. His stepmother thought she was doing what was best for him, and it wasn't until she realized just how broken he was that she understood what her mistake of not trusting him meant. Each betrayer had their sobering moment of realization, but it was his stepmother who truly broke. I do give his stepsister credit for what she did in that moment though. She showed her conviction in making amends by understanding what he needed and breaking her own heart so he could have it. I think that's why he patted her head. For the first time since her betrayal she showed a genuine act of selflessness towards him. No fake apology, no requests to put it in the past, no brushing it off. Just a clear understanding that her, their mother, and the other girls screwed up bad, and he wasn't going to get better while they were still around. I could care less about the other girls getting forgiveness, but as much as I doubt it, I at least hope his stepmother and his sister are able to make amends with him. Also, does anyone else feel like this is a sort of anti-harem. It almost seems like if it weren't for the back to back betrayals this could have easily been another light hearted rom com.
Love how the mc called his step mother out on her not believing him in the past, knew not to get her involved in publishing negotiations and got approval from his father, and planned to leave home when necessary if she thinks he’ll cause trouble again, even though her lack of support is what became part of the hollow husk he ended up becoming
Those girls dare have the audacity to walk up to him, thinking a simple "I'm Sorry" is going to make everything better. I completely understand Mako's reluctant to talk to the girls in his life. How can he forget the trauma those girls have done? This is why I hate rumors and misunderstandings and jumping to conclusions without any valid proof. They can ruin someone's life and shatter their world view.
They probably didn't know how bad they had hurt him till he responded to them, keep in mind it was the collection of betrayals that made him how he was and not just one of them, he would probably forgive them if it had just been one betrayal and he wouldn't also have spiralled so far down, nor the there would be that many rumors, and that they were children when those happened.
@@xrosslegends1279 He's kind of person who is unforgiving, not even to himself. He cannot be friends with those who oh-so-very-easily forgive themselves. Different species, cannot mix.
Yeah I've caught everything in that video, and I've had my own personal issues with bullys and other selfish people who pretend to be your friends and end up manipulate and betraying you in the end.
When someone hurts you and they feel a little bad about it, they think an apology wipes it all away. The bully that repeatedly punched you and tries to pass it off as "we were just kids" years later. "You're fine now, so all is forgiven." No. You are apologizing to make yourself feel better and it's not sincere. Then people expect you to forgive. It's the ultimate insult.
Damn. This hits too hard and its heavy. I could really understand and sympathize with the MC. The part even his own parent didn't believe him really hit the nail. They didn't even him the time to speak. It's a lesson to any parent or future parent to always listen to your kids and hear them out. It's a good thing the MC confronted her mother about the problem.
While that is true that a parent should hear what the kids side of the story is, any good parent worth their salt listens to both sides of the story and judges from there. The biggest mistake anyone makes is they listen to only one side of the story and refuse to hear anything else. It makes people easy to control.
@@NetMoverSitan It's also worse when they keep on doing it and never bothering to look into things more, much less get the other party's side of things.
@@NetMoverSitanwell thay all did one mistake and were kids mc isn't in the right here going in your life expecting people to never make mistake and never move on is just stupid
Literally. Like what's the point of "celebrating" if she didn't went to see his middle school graduation in the first place. Especially, she was never bothered to listen his side of the story to begin with. And then, she cried like a f**king b**ch because Makoto plan to leave the house.
@@KIJHK Classic manipulation tactics from garbage women. I've seen it before and it's at that point most sane men just walk away to show it isn't working.
This story is interesting, I'm glad he didn't open his heart immediately, cause after being betrayed so many times I'd be abnormal if he opened his heart easily, I also like how he didn't forgive the girls easily cause they not only ruined his entire social life but also his personal life. The plot seems promising, hope it stay as such.
My mother had a favourite child and she always believed him over me and when I was about 10, I exploded when someone ticked me off. Ever since that day, I have never been the same and tried to become better but nothing has worked. I accidentally vented all of my anger onto the people I love the most and this was when I realised that I had snapped. This story is really relatable to those whom have been betrayed and broken.
I had coworkers play a prank on me with a fake love letter of a woman I hung out with at a conference. I was thankful I doubted is 80% but the other 20% wanted to try and call the number. I ended up asking another coworker they hate for causing drama because I could ironically trust her to not be involved, she backed me up even identified the hand writing. What crushed me the most is it was a one coworker I suspected involved but half my coworkers I considered friends. Hell the number given was one of their female friends they got involved to play me. I blew it off there to not stir the pot but angry driving home all I could think of is I what I would have felt if took it seriously. This was highschool bullshit that drove nerdy kids like me to suicide across the country when I went to school. Honestly I managed to forgive one of them because we work too closely to hold a grudge, the rest I can't look at the same way anymore
I'd say not because pomeko had it rough too, not as rough as our boy but she still had to suffer, the true moral is that "we are victims of our own circumstances"
Really great story, this one👍👍A few things were overdone and too generic (some characters and their reactions) but the themes it explores (Japan's social/culture issues and loneliness), it does them very well. Plus, I really like how it got a happy (somewhat convinient) ending.
People tell you all the time to let go of the past as if it's easy. It's NOT easy, but they just don't get it at all. The narrator was right though; as Onerepublic so eloquently put, "It's too late to apologize. It's too late". Also, your son isn't being uppity, he's scarred and you had a hand in believing others over him. Update: Just finished it. Gotta say, I was pretty satisfied with how things turned out. The way Mako is written is very realistic and relatable. And the way he managed to make amends with all the girls who had scarred him didn't feel too superficial to me. Though the inclusion of Nanako felt a bit superfluous. Cause like, at that point, it honestly felt like Mako was 90% numb at that point, like right close to the edge. Still, at least she was mentioned at the end, didn't want that loose end to go unresolved, so that was good. I especially love how, in the end, he was finally healed on the inside, and of course, as cheesy as it sounds, found love
Honestly, I’ve never been betrayed, but I’d reject all the girls who’d confess to me just because I don’t think anyone would actually like me. I’m a first year university student.
honestly, you right. girls of your age are easy-going so it might take absurdly much time to figure out if they're actualy interested in you or just playing with you. i know a girl who toyed with her boyfriend for two years because he had a "curious personality"! you better focus on your study and dont let hoes to ruin your development
So his mom doesn’t listen to him, his dad isn’t home at all, he’s constantly misunderstood by students and teachers alike because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and a group of girls literally crushed his self confidence as a prank. I’m quite frankly amazed he didn’t get Isekai’d by truck Kun or Isekai’d himself. 👀
I remember reading at least a part of this, and the thing that really burned me up was that the females never seemed to fully realize what they'd done, and made no effort to clean up his reputation. Sure, to some extent they did apologize, and to some extent they did realize they had hurt him, and their current attempts to "fix" things weren't going to work, but they seemed to waffle between feeling bad for themselves for what they'd thrown away and being upset with him that he refused to return to normal after their apologies.
Or: once you baked the cake, you can never get the eggs out of it again. Just like once you put someone in a bad head place, you can’t just make it go away magically by saying „just don’t be sad“
@@TheGosgosh Giving someone that advice is like telling an asthmatic "Just breathe". Like yeah, it's good advice, but it's really not helpful in any way.
Couldn't stop myself from crying a little towards the end, when the sister seems genuinely remorseful for maybe the first time. I wanted to say "Why? Why now? Why do you only care now, when it's too late? Why is it always like that?" (And, unspoken: I thought you were better than that.) Some very relatable feelings in this one. I'm sure there must be at least some personal experiences being channeled.
Why now? Because seeing the damage done can take a long while to sink in, especially when -- like the sister and the mother -- you've spent so much time rationalizing away your guilt for being a part of that damage. When he explained to his mother, "I don't trust you not to sabotage me," in that emotionless way, it made it very clear to both of them that he had long since written the two of them off. If the words had been filled with anger, or sadness, it would imply he stilled cared enough that reconciliation could have been a possibility. But that wasn't what we saw. How badly must you damage someone that you love and who loved you for them to simply give up on you like that? How thoroughly must you fail for them to go beyond anger or sadness or hope and wind up at apathy? His sister couldn't understand until he laid it out for the stepmother. "My faith in you has been completely and irrevocably destroyed."
Makoto's stepmother had no f*cking idea what she was talking about when she said to him that she didn't doubt him because she thought that she didn't teach him right. The AUDACITY.
Man, the amount of gaslighting and toxicity... They didn't even APOLOGIZE TO HIM, and even if they did, to think that a mere apology woyld suddenly fix all the crap he went through and his tainted reputation is laughable and disappointing. No apology will ever undo what the MC went through, he would need way more than just an apology to make it right by him.
In 8th grade, I got accused of being a school threat. I'm autistic, and my school is very.. southern. Thankfully the teachers at my school love me, since I was literally the only one there who cared about school, so they actually investigated My mom pulled me from the school due to the incident and several other incidents of bullying from other students, which caused me to literally give up on making friends.
Hay I've had belly issues to in the schools that I've been to. The real issues I had were the fake promises that I was given by the school staff. Every time I got bullied they would tell me the exact same thing that, " they're going to do something about" but in the end nothing was done resolve my bullied problems. And so I got tried on its so I let to find a better one. So that's why I'll never trust TUSD schools again.
“ a person is like a glass, it can hold water and the water for the person is joy, you can pour some of the water out the glass, or take away someone’s joy, now the glass can be filled back up, but once you break that glass. It will never hold that joy again” -random wise ahh quote I came up with
The only way to repair the glass again, is by repairing it shard by shard, piece by piece, only then can a broken person be finally happy again. Damn Bluesalot, good comparison.
Man, the family was the worst. The mom immediately believed all the accusations and the sister actively contributed to them. Its frankly amazing that the mom did not realize anything was her fault until he flat out told her to her face how her actions essentially broke him, and even called her out on her pathetic excuse with the truth: it was more convenient for her if he was a failure in her eyes. The sister did at least come to the realization that she did something unforgivable and actively tried to help her brother heal in the end. She also rightfully realized that they could never actively get him to forgive any of them; they were too late, and the only way they can get any absolution is if he personally decides to grant it.
You can't truly blame them man... They were but newly met step parents.. his father was a workaholic which may be one reason why his mother easily believed what her daughter told her. I mean most children don't lie to get attention but lie to escape attention
Yeah he simply became shut in because of it. I would've turned out vastly different. I would become increasingly angry and with anger I become self-destructive. If I had lived that dudes life I would've become one of these problem people who will beat and bully people.
@@gendoruwo6322they didn't even realized what they have done wrong. Because as soon as something happened to them when getting involved with him, somehow they got recognition from people at the surrounding. Their excitement over being recognized by other people turned it into ego, which they didnt want to let go. They were happy with how their lives turned out but they completely forgot the relationship between them and the guy. So they thought that they have everything and didn't feel like losing anything. When they realized the main guy didn't talk to them anymore, they wanted to try talking to him again after all the rumours are "dying out". But yeah, they didn't realized how bad the guy suffered in exchange of their happiness.
As someone who has a friend who was victim to a rumour, Nah, they ain't glazing. It's been years since that incident, and my friend grew up to take offence to any slight insult because of how badly it impacted her life.
yeah that is true, but it is like an unstable equilibrium. If you are not careful, one small poke can break that demeanor. They think they are like a fort but one right push and everything will break down like a tower made of pack of cards. You can see that in his behavior when he chides the girls at school gate, or when he randomly lashes out at others. A narcissist will take advantage of this to manipulate the victims surroundings and hurt them again.
this is why I never believe anything anyone says about someone I haven't personally gotten to know. I was the proverbial punching bag of my school from elementary all the way to high school. I was treated like crap by bullies, and if I ever tried to defend myself, I would be accused of trying to hurt others. It got so bad that I was suspended simply for trying to get people to stop harassing me. The worse part, I have a short temper due to hyper sensitivity making things more annoying to my senses than a normal person, and freakishly strong for someone who doesn't workout. At one point, one of my bullies set me off, throwing my stuff onto the floor, and flicking me in the back of the head so many times I lost it, and I lifted the entire table she was sitting at over my head yelling at her to knock it off, before slamming the table back down properly where it was before. She lied to everyone, even my best friend at the time's mom, that I threw a table at her for no reason, and I got suspended, and no one believed my side of the story. a year later, she tried to accuse me of SAing her in the middle of class, and the only reason I wasn't expelled on the spot is because I cut off her carefully crafted excuse, to verbally assault her pre planned argument, on how it was physically impossible for me to have done so facing away from her, with my hands above my head, trying to get past her and the wall while she refused to move away for me to get through. But I still got in school suspension for that bullshit.
I've watched this video until the end and didn't realize I had tears coming down my face because it reminded me so much of certain events in my life. I didn't realize that I was crying because it reminded me of all the rumors, betrayals, false confessions, and many, many fights that I went through in my life. It's hard it's very hard to heal from things like that, but I tried to do my best, but concerned scars don't leave you that easily and it may never heal because of the damage left behind. But at least I try to do my best to move forward, and it hurts sometimes because you never know what is waiting for you around the corner. So whoever is reading this I hope what's waiting for you around the corner is some light of happiness in your life and can guide you to something better, like a person or Hobby or even a pet but anything that would drive you to heal you from your pain and wounds from your past, so I like to leave off with this I hope anybody reading this that I hope you have a wonderful, beautiful, and safe day or night wherever you are. And that I'll be rooting for you, and I hope that the healing process for you in your life has started or has already begun. Maybe, just maybe, I'll finally start healing myself.
Never thought I would cry like this and feel my body just weep. Hearing the trouble the man went though even with his step mother, here I would have thought there was one person in the beginning to be on his side, but all of them not and just now trying to get him back. And the only one he trust happens to be someone who dealt with the same backlash, it just shows in my eyes those on the outside don't understand what happens to people on the inside.
WOW, the audacity of the girls to say that they love the mc and trust him after all the those things they did to him. they dont deserve forgiveness. all those rumors that started because of the girls and they didnt even try to tell the truth. they made the mc lose his self his trust his confidence his self esteem.
They also had the audacity telling the MC to forget about the past and move on and yet, they are the ones who caused him to become emo in the first place.
Cold and closed off protagonists. I definitely need more of these. Their struggles are far more interesting and their thought processes are far more mature, if not a little paranoid though that is warranted.
I can definitely relate to what the MC went through because I suffered a similar scenario. When I was a junior high student, I got accused of something I didn't do and as a result I got suspended from school because of the accusation and slander. I was a bit of a loner even in the early years of high school. Plus I'm sure that those girls that accused me of harassment never bothered to apologize and tell the truth.
This story is another great one and hits you right in the feels. Need more like this. Hopefully, those 2 eventually become a thing after all the pain and bullshit they deserve it.
It's bliss to have a reflective memory, it gives me a good reason to continue this strangely happy isolative behavior. Many people tend to say to never dwell on the past, but the past is what shapes a child. If you grow up in the wrong environment in any way shape or form, that will be reflected onto their adulthood in their mental, verbal, and physical attitude as well as tone. Neglect/abuse, being bullied, having no sense of belonging, a dysfunctional life in general, anything goes in this reality.
I had the same “ask you out as a joke” thing happen to me twice and man it’s been years and I still distrust people who say they are interested in me. It really fucked with my self esteem and gave me real trust issues.
They didnt betray him. They squeezed the life out of him. When one loses the most important humanities, trust, emotion, affection, etc, they become a husk. Incapable of expressing what they no longer have. These people deserve retribution in full. Feeling dehumanized to them would only be fair. And yet they have the nerve to expect him to express humanities? Its a miracle hes still alive if not without a murder charge.
I always loved this and I reread it multiple times.I find it so ignorant how every single of these people ruined his life by either not clearing up misunderstandings and or Blatantly Not even giving him a chance to explain himself.They Had no right to try and be in his life again and its disgusting that they thought it would be ok to just try to walk back into his life with no apology or anything
And their apologies are bullsh!t. Like, they have to wait until Makoto tell them what's going on with him that they ended up realizing what have they done to him and apologize? What a f*cking joke. Nah, Makoto did the right thing to give up on them and ignore them.
@@KIJHK Facts,Even his own mother who just believed what people told him without even asking him first about his side,and When I think back I don’t think the mother ever told the father about the situation cause I’m sure he would’ve been pissed at her
Ooh, not gonna lie, that raised my blood pressure. In a good way though I guess. Fortunately he hasn't and doesn't seem to want or even consider forgiving ANY of the people who wronged him. He shouldn't either. Though he was feeling kind to his manipulative little sister and I think that's too much, she's a toxic hypocritical little gremlin who purposefully tarnished his character to his family just so she could monopolize him. Even a single headpat is too much for her, they all deserve nothing but his apathy.
3:21 You can't really blame the guy. He had been betrayed by his "friends", other girls, and even his own family. And she had every chance to talk to him, but she chose not to, I wouldn't trust anyone either I wanna see this be an anime
Its been seven years since I was falsely accused of rape despite not going beyond kissing I have never approached a woman again even in college a group of beautiful women invited me to their party but I declined to not let history repeat itself again and it did to someone else (glad I declined in the first place)
This story reminds me of the only time I have ever seen pure hatred in a man's eyes. A falsely accused of man was being released after 15 years when the woman came forward thay she lied and was being praised for her bravery, his lawyer was straight up holding his arm
they says forgiveness help the victim, but that is false, it helps the abuser, help them find solace, dont do that, but dont get caugh on on that, that gives them power over you, just forget them , live your life and you will be wise and less naive; live and learn
Gotta to relate with this one, spent half of elementary school being bullied by the entire girls. Got bad enough that I can't trust a girl just because they'll group up against me. At least my parents believed me, used to have boy bullies but we reconsiled in the end, and we became bros. The girls never even attempted to apologize.
15:59 "They have a mental breakdown." Me: Welp. They are the ones who causes their own mental breakdown. So that's nobody's f*cking problems since they were the ones who threw Makoto under the bus in the first place for selfish reasons. 🤷♂️
MC here is an ideal human being. It's best to not get emotionally involved with people and only limit interaction to things that are related to work or profession.
I'm pretty sure that's called being an incel. MC is not in a state of the ideal human being but the opposite one wracked by emotional trauma stunting his growth and was just able to make himself better by opening up to someone he can truly trust. The ideal human being can make deep and meaningful relationships by making the right decisions and emotions when faced with obstructions for example betrayal etc. This way a human can make an ideal and meaningful life without regrets.
@@uncanny3637 not wanting to be in a relationship makes a man incel now? But if a woman doesn't want to be in a relationship, she is strong and independent aye? Incel definition: "a member of an online community of young men who consider themselves unable to attract women sexually, typically associated with views that are hostile towards women and men who are sexually active." At what point is he hostile towards women? He is not interested in having personal relationship with people and decided to only communicate as long as its work related stuff. He is not obligated to form emotional bond with a woman, just like how a woman is not obligated to form emotional bond with a man.
@@uncanny3637did you even know the definition of incel, I think you are a man haterw the MC just simply want to spend his life in serenity without those bitchs
Wtf!? You called this an ideal human being? Bro has been traumatized, depressed his whole life and has a difficult time to overcome it to the point that being numb to his emotions is the only way to cope in it . If you see this as a badass trait or a cool way to live, you need a fcking therapy.
The fact i was called weirdo because i trust no one is like a trophy for me i have never been betrayed but to this day none of my friends know about me whenever one of my friends think he knows about me a lot i make him realise how less he knows about me it gives me pleasure to see people faces when they realize they don't even know 5% about me i always tell them never tell me about yourself i might betray you.
What really annoys me is that while the girls acknowledge that they did MC wrong, they still don't actually address the root of the problem: his bad reputation. They basically conclude that since love-bombing him isn't working, they'll just support his relationship with Anri. Umm, here's an idea: how about taking responsibility for the bad rumors and telling the truth?? Sure, it's high school now and the students are different, but clearly the bad rumors followed him. They could easily at the minimum make a social media post admitting what they did. But they won't, because they still want to protect their reputations at the expense of MC's
Sadly, this seems to be a common trait for women of many, many different cultures. If we don't start holding women accountable in the same way we hold men accountable, this will only get worse.
Honestly it probably wouldn’t have been so bad for him if it wasn’t for his stepmom and sister making him feel like an outcast even in his own home. Like, I’m not for parents think their children are little angels who could do no wrong, but at least hear the boy out. And how the story presents itself, it’s almost like the mother only becomes interested in reaching out to him when he wasn’t causing “trouble” and became withdrawn.
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"The axe forgets, but the tree remembers."
Damn. That one cuts deep.
Literally
Yes
Is that a pun?
😂
Noice pun
This is why I hate assumptions, misunderstanding and miscommunication. Being blamed for something you didn’t do easily ticks me off.
Yeah, I remember that kind of shit show. The worst part is never even feeling secure in your own home.
Too right mate!!! That sh*t ticks me off.
The crippling isolation by everyone close to you really sinks in.
Agreed
My boy they will deliberately misunderstand you to avoid facing their own shadow.
The nerve of these people to ruin his reputation and his school life to then expect him to accept them back like nothing ever happened...sheesh.
Mother I could get, the sister shouldn’t be forgiven, and he should just space away from drama in general.
@@iamyourmaster2565the mother the worst one
@@iamyourmaster2565 Honestly, I'd just keep my distance from every single one of them. Call me paranoid, but better safe than sorry.
You made your bed now you have to lay in it.
Yea they are scum for not even trying to help clear the misunderstandings. They literally manipulate and use him for their own selfish benefits. Did not even bother with siding with him at all or clearing the misunderstanding. After everything that happened, they love him?! That isn't love, that is being a manipulator because they used him as a means to get popular.
“For a man who is emotionally closed off, he’s one smooth operator.”💯💯💯💯💀💀💀💀
dayum thats a clean line
It's easy to lie when you have nothing to lose
Daym he's one smooth criminal because he's stealing all the hearts
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I swrrrr I would have grinded to become a strong scary dude
This hits home for me SO hard. One of my best friends was accused of assaulting two girls in 9th grade. He insisted that it didn’t happen, but nobody believed him. He was expelled and arrested, his mother lost her job with the school district, and they had to hire an attorney for him, using money that could have gone to his little brothers Leukemia treatments. One of the girls later lost her nerve, admitting they both spread the rumor to see how much trouble he would get in. The family cam out in the end (they basically wrung the district dry for expelling him and firing his mom without even looking into it) but that incident changed him forever. Even with the recanted testimony, it took a while to clear everything up, and he still would sometimes have to deal with people who still thought he was that kind of person. He went from being outgoing to being very reserved, and it took *years* before he started trusting people again.
Because of this I never take statements at face value, I hate reality shows because they’re so often centered around lies and manipulation, and HATE people who spread rumors. It destroyed his life, his parents lives, and very nearly LITERALLY killed his little brother. Anyone for spreads rumors, especially if they k ow they’re not true, should be fucking ashamed of themselves.
Is your friend at least better than he was doing then? Because i hate things like that, especially if they have no evidence and people believe them just because they're a girl. Of course you can correct me if im wrong tho i dont know the story
Yeah those stuff fucks you up. I was raped when I was younger, so due to this I have a really hard time being comfortable with sexual relationships when im dating someone. After my breakup with my abusive ex (with whom I never had sex due to the afformentioned reason) she started telling people that I had raped her describing it in an identical mirror to what had happened to me (because I had told her about it because I trusted her). I ended up finding out about it when one day as I was out shopping minding my own business, a random girl started screaming at me calling me a rapist and how I should just end myself. Learned the deeper details of her lies from some mutual aquaintences afterwards. After that happened I stopped going to school and wasn't even able to leave my home without puking out of stress for a while. So I fully understand your friend, it's really hard to trust someone after something like that.
I'm doing better now though, I moved to another city because even with treatment it was still really hard to deal with the anxiety of running into her and I honestly don't think ill be able to date anyone unless someone manages to truly make me trust them, but outside of that my life has pretty much gone back to normal
Well your supose to be innocence until other prove against it and a testimony is not supose to be enough to make you a perpetrator
Sounds normal just like western media lies about Palestina being a terrorist for the damn 75 years thousands of lives goes away every year and here we are just sitting in our home while reading comic book like nothing ever happened and US still fully support Israel
@@jesuscastro6007nahh man if the victim is a girl your already a culprit. Thats just how society work nowadays. Regardless of the evidence, people already have their conclusions. Ive seen many stories like this irl and lets just say most of them did not end well
I appreciate the way his character is portrayed. Its very different than a lot of other emo characters. He's emotionally numb, but not rude or unresponsive like a lot of emo characters are which is a good unique trait. And the way it shows his distrust in people affecting more than just his social life was a good touch that not many anime show.
Edit: 2 months later and people still be challenging my use of the term "emo". I'm too lazy to change the term but petty enough to make this edit so SHUT UP ABOUT MY USE OF THE TERM I'LL USE IT HOWEVER I WANT TO.
Much more realistic too, it really mirrored parts of my life and really caught how I feel for betrayal and how I cold shoulder traitors for life.
Is being numb really equate to emo?
Or to sum it up, he has actual reasoning for being an emo.
He is not emo though , just closed off and very reserved .
he is tho
“The axe forgets, but the tree remembers” im never gonna forget that one… I related to this story so well, left me in tears
Never gonna forget it just like a tree?
Can’t wait till it becomes a anime
Shut the duck up and thug it out
@DagDog97 How are you holding up now
dido
The way this character was written was so good. The discipline and courage this guy took was so inspiring.
“Stab the body and it heals, but injure the heart and the wound lasts a lifetime.”
― Mineko Iwasaki
Damn
Of course it lasts a lifetime, you killed a man!
@@Cartoonedits-z9cwhat lol
That’s some tough words
@@Silent_Lazer oh i know
As someone who's been betrayed and disbelieved by their mother before, this one hit me hard.
Did it involve getting beaten? Cause that's what I got.
Same bro . An incident happened with me they were all like "How could he hit a girl? " "That's a crime" And every girl in my class were like (to their friend who was the main reason for th incident) "don't cry he's just a delinquent"
@@bulthaosen1169 Yes actually to some extent. At one point she realized she had to get my dad to do it.......reluctantly. The reason? I was 17, i could already body her, she knew the only thing stopping me from doing anything was paying the bills, strictly throwing insults, and my dad.
Same
Happened to me and I lived on a farm, had no idea what I was being blamed for, I'm anti social and do go out much except my chores on the farm, apparently some kids beat up this girl and someone claimed I was part of the group, all boys had brown hair....I had reddish brown sure but I was sick that day... Well my father dragged me to the barn, tied me to the post and beat me with a 2 by 4 for nearly a hour....
He got arrested cause his drinking buddy walked in on him beating me and called the cops, I was 5 years old when it happened... Had to be rushed to be the hospital.
I'm 30 years old now and cause of how bad the beating was still effects me physically to this day, I actually have to use a cane to get around some days.
Whenever I complain about my back or knees, people joke saying I'm getting old... Been saying this since I was 14, I just laugh with them.
Haven't talked to my family since I was emancipated was I was 16.
When apologizing, ask yourself: Am I doing this to only make myself feel better? Or because the other person doesn't deserve to feel bad?
Honestly, the most disgusting one to me is the mom. She had the most opportunities to figure out and fix things with her son. And every day she chooses to blame him without asking what happened.
Thats why the father left her
Ok
If I would apologize I’m gonna try my very best to say “you don’t have to forgive me, I just want to say I’m sorry.”
And those are the questions that those girls, his sister, and his mother should have been asking themselves before going to him
Plus, it is so pathetic that she doesn't realize the consequences of false bad rumors how it can negatively impact a person's life. Especially she's an adult.
The stepmother really think that her stepson will forgive her by having a breakdown, crying and apologizing? How pathetic.
Yes, let's not give anyone a chance to make things right ever.
@@ancientscars what she did to him was abuse a simple apology cant fix that
@@pikachumaster0518 What she did was neglect, a common form of abuse. She is now trying to right her wrongs. She is not giving him a simple apology. She is bending over backwards. I'm not arguing that it's easy form him. I'm arguing everyone deserves a chance to right their wrongs.
This series seems like more of a power fantasy for the downtrodden than it is about healing or moving on. In other words it's a poorly camouflaged revenge story.
@@ancientscars What exactly had she done to right her wrongs, Including him? Because all that was, is trying to pretend that nothing happened. After all this time that was probably the first time she apologized for what she did
@@ancientscars does she deserves the chance ?
This story hits hard. Being a victim of betrayal, I could easily see why the MC chose his current lifestyle. Even the betrayal from a parental figure, I can relate.
Same here
Same. Big time.
this is why I shut myself away from others
Here here
Same, the part with the mother hit me hard. If nobody else, your parent should be the one person you can expect to have your back. If even they don't believe or listen to you, what are you supposed to do?
They literally manipulate and use him for their own selfish benefits. Did not even bother with siding with him at all or clearing the misunderstanding. After everything that happened, they love him?! That isn't love, that is being a manipulator because they used him as a means to get popular or not being hated by others. It made me sick to my stomach that one girl got popular because they thought mako assaulted her when it was only an earthquake and suddenly she says she only has romantic feelings for him which is disgusting.
Ikr. That pisssed me off
I agree, they all loved him now like when did this pop up and how? And the nerdy girl she really thought he was assaulting her what did he do next touch her somewhere private he probably got up and moved so she can stand back up, after getting popular and the graduation someone literally had to tell her what actually happened and she knew there was earthquake.
Mistreating trust undermines the wellbeing of love. No mutual respect? No mutual relationship.
Shit got me fvcked up too some people have some serious nerve. 💀😂
Women☕️
This is called “Nyanja and Pomeko- even if you say you believe me now, it’s too late.”
life saver thank you so much
Nyanta*
Nyanja and Pomeko
I believe the breaking point for him was the betrayal of his family and how they believed the rumors going on about him, the betrayal of friends isn't as a cruel as the betrayal of family, it really shatters the soul and makes someone broken inside.
Indeed, it can be the difference between breaking, and surviving.
I think that is part of what is so heart wrenching about this story. It's like his step mother and sister had to have known for literal years that something was up by the way he was distancing himself from everyone. And it took them years to decide that maybe they should try to help? I understand that they feel bad in that situation, but I can't even feel sorry for them because dude is one bad day from ending himself.
But what if your friends are the family
That's not family. Just people who share the same blood. You can't call someone family if they don't even try to defend you from clearly baseless accusations, if only to spare their own credibility.
This family dynamic REALLY hit me hard it reminds me of how nobody would believe me and even if the truth was revealed I got NOT A SINGLE GOD DAM APOLOGY
you deserve better man
Yeah you deserve better, but welcome to reality where nobody really going to apologize until it really is going to trouble them if they don't.
I wish everything is better than this too.
Well back in my elementary and middle school days, I've been bullied by the whole class. It was 1 vs 30
Continue:
Today I am 27 yo dude, on a job.
But at least one of the 30 guys back in the day decided to added me through LINE last year and apologized for what he did back then.
@@scarletfoxfrostnovember3407 props to you man to be able to surpass that it must have been a trauma
I know this one. All the girls around the Mc basically ruined his reputation. His own family didn’t even believe him. The sister is really a terrible person. She revealed she lied about her brother hitting someone because she felt it was fun to mess with him but the one I hate the most was the girl who accused the MC of sexual assault when the Mc tried to save her from a library shelf falling on her and guess what she lied to get attention. The nerve of them coming back and asking for forgiveness.
Deceitful liars and traiters they are! This kind of bad situation for any man would decide to off themselves from all this pain and betrayal, but he has pulled through even if he must shut his emotions from everyone and focus on himself and his hobby.
Frfr
Agreed it's Disgusting there's no forgiveness for any of those actions it's Unforgivable
Mmhmmm, good to see characters get their comeuppance for their toxic behavior
@@travzac619 Yeah
It’s bad enough for someone betraying you, but to come back and pretend nothing happened after a long time, just deepens how little these traitors know what they have done. The past will never change.
It hurts, it still does. Those who haven't felt that pain will, I'll make sure of it, those that dish it out will get it right back and those that stand by will feel it too. They'll regret that they ever hurt me
The first girl, I can kind of understand. It was a misunderstanding with the bandage, and its not like she went out of her way to try and frame her. But everyone else definitely deserves to be shunned from his life.
@@VirtuesOfSinnah bro she choose to kept quiet despite knowing the truth. She is the same as others. Even after years she choose to kept quiet because of her selfishness
Yep my ex gf did that to me betrayed me then tryed years later after forcing me to dump her that I was the best she ever dated it made me sick I told the betrayer to get out my life for good.
Most people choose to speak the words of death... Than the words of life
Makoto learned a really important lesson...
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Yup
he has no enemies
@@nam-dm1ut 🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿
... agreed
one at all
suace is called No One Believed Me. If You Say You Believe Me Now, It’s Too Late reference to Shaun Huerta show my man some love, p.s i am sorry the world has done this to anyone who was in a similar situation to the mc... my condolences
You're legend thx
tysm
Actual hero 🙏
Why are titles nowadays so long? 😅
Thx legend
I once was in this situation too, except my family actually sided with me, fortunately. It was the only thing that kept me from making a...very bad mistake. My family decided to transfer me to another school, but before that, when I had to say my goodbyes to the entire class, I, in a moment of anger, embarrassingly snapped right in front everyone. At that point, I just didn't care. All I thought was all the shit I went through because of those shit stains and I just couldn't contain my rage. So, I connect with the MC and praise him for being that patient for that long.
Sucks that you went through all this, bro.
Did things ever get cleared out until you left school? Did they ever find out you were not to blame for anything?
That's rough buddy
Vegeta: Something inside me just snapped. I didn't care anymore!
Yuji : At that moment, the words spilled out from so deep within my gut that everything else that I believed in felt like a lie...
@@Roddy_Zeh Never really made amends before I transferred. At that point, I didn't want to hear it. It was only a few years later that certain people called to apologize, either through phone or personally.
Most of them teachers and my former principal for not trying harder to stop it. Those people were easy to forgive.
Some of my classmates who kept quiet during that time. I don't know why I forgave them. Was I angry at them? Yeah, kinda. But I didn't really hate them.
But the perps who started all that shit? Never apologized, the cowards. But at this point, I don't care what happens to them. I just want to forget those dipshits.
Kinda funny how those same people who betrayed him, didn't attempt amend their wrongdoings at the same volume. Why didn't the girls tell the people they know that they were wrong about Makoto? Why didn't his mom contact the girl's mothers to apologise to Makoto? Even the sister is jaded because in essence, she's no different. She dictates her actions and opinions based on heresay
Actually that's pretty realistic. No one wants to publicly out themselves as a shitty person. And EVERYONE with even a shred of empathy would feel shitty if they found out they contributed to ruining the trust, heart, and life of a kind innocent boy and turning him into a cold distant hurt and broken young man. Those girls probably didn't want to endure that backlash.
True
@@Mixinnitupwomen ☕
well i doubt it can be fixed plus if they go public with it it will just bring more attention to him and his past
@@PerryKobalt dude if u think all woman are like that and if u think males cant be like that u are super foolish lol. also a lot of guys can be like that. if anything almost all the relationship I had were males treating me like that. does that mean all males are like that no
They all realise they hurt him but don't realise it was the sum of their betrayals that brought him to this point. You can't just fix this by trying to be nice, especially when so separated from the incidents that caused it with no way to go back and fix it. If any single one of them thought about anything but themselves they would have been able to help him then, but they're all too selfish.
This hit me on a personal level:
I’ve been betrayed by friends and people I’ve dated, it got to the point where I became a full blown mute bc I was too scared to talk to people. Even now, I still need to be constantly reminded that people care about me bc of all the stuff I went through. As a result, according to my brother: I’m more difficult to talk to than someone speaking another language”
I can understand you're pain and situation
Im kinda the opposite if people attack me i strike back by ignoring all type of communication
Do u know which chapter did it end
@@red_Zepjust checked
The video ends on chapter 9, as of writing this comment, there are 19 chapters
@@N0M4OFFICIALm
It irritates me how peeps can say i believed in you this whole time, when they didn't have the courage to stick up for them
If I was him I would say if you weren’t there when I was struggling but there when I am okay I don’t need you or your help
"I throw you under the bus because I believe in you: i believe you would survive."
would anyone buy that?
I couldn't agree more
They didn't believe in you there just saying it to look good that's it
@@gendoruwo6322 bro thats goku
Imagine mentally abusing someone for years and expecting them to forgive you. No one could blame him for closing himself off.
BRO its 12 Midnight. CHANGE YO PFP DAWG
@@LightSeerzKing What are you afraid off?
@@arthurx1859 wym? That pfp looks kinda unsettling.
@@LightSeerzKingthat’s what real human look like bruh
@@ErdemtugsCthat's what i look like 🗿
29:29 the amount of happiness I felt when he let it all out on her.. I can’t express it. Went through nearly the same thing with my family as this MC and I felt for him on a different level.
They ALL EXPECT that he would accept their apologies just like that? None of them, EVEN HIS OWN FAMILY did not believe him! If they want his trust they HAVE to do drastic stuff to even be given A chance
It's funny how they didn't even try to clear up the roomer*. They are still protecting their reputation. There apology means nothing and they don't care to actually stop people from talking bad about him. They just want to get effection from him again.
And how one of them had the incident in elementary school. And tried to make up in highschool. That was at minimum 3 years. At most mabey 6-7 which is too late for a apology
@@333333joshuayour right if they REALLY like him tell everyone the rumors were false and they’re the ones to blame or try to fix everything.
You are right, but still it’s their fault. It’s a really sorry fix it. Tell everyone the truth.
They need to leave Mako alone and move on with their lives since nothing will change.
Ah yes, Betrayal.
The closer the companion the sharper its edge, the more intimate the bond the deeper the wound, the more time spent the less likely to recover. And so on and so forth.
Intentional or unintentional, it hurts all the same...
That is what we call wise
Attachment, like any social phenomenon, can easily be messy and stressful to sanity.
Been ostracized by society because I'm different (to be fair I have asperger syndrome which is high functioning autism) but being emotionally backstabbed by your own family members is different, and being betrayed by your own best friend when you're a naive fourth grader is also extremely painful and tormenting even till this day
Well written, thought I'd have to disagree on that last part. When it's unintentional, it hurts just a **little** bit less.
@@amilcarsafeca7629some times the one who cause the pain covers it saying it was unintentional. That really pisses me off....like were they out of their mind doing such an act to someone....like take your responsibility bwtch
Each girl was at fault for this not helping him or telling everyone the rumors were false
The one who started it he hurt in childhood she was afraid of being called a liar bullied or blamed for framing him and decided to let him take the fall
The one with the glasses she knew he didn't but again let him take the punishment while she was blinded by her popularity and attention she got
The step sister and step mother took this rumor at face value didn't bothered to listen excommunicated him for years the mother thought of reputation while the sister did believe he didn't do it tried to manipulate this situation to have him all to herself so tried to make him feel like he was the one in the wrong
Even the princess of the class who tried to do the same thing probably
Was expecting oh i forgive you but no after the punishment game can't trust even with her reputation
Tldr these girls were blinded and feared being ostracized they let the guy take the fall and thought a few years they could all be friends but ruined it the moment they made him the fallguy
The "victims" will never understand the accused and what they went through you think its easy for these people to live being labeled because of that people will think this is how the accused is as a person it takes time for some to think probably the rumors are wrong while others will not change their minds.
The sister and the library incident girl are the worst ones.
this shit hits me hard... false rape accusations ended my life and it took me far to long to realize that even after she admitted she lied, it didnt fix anything... because... theres no way to become a person again in this society/culture once that kind of shit happens...
this whole thing... i would have stood in front of the class, and asked them to all fuck off and leave me alone, i want nothing to do with any of them, including the teachers, just leave me alone... anybody who didnt get the message would be informed in a verbose way, its best to just pretend i dont exist, just leave-me-alone...
Not all of those were that planned out. He was already being blamed by the time the childhood friend realized what happened but she was too shy to put herself out there to say anything, and the longer she said nothing, the more she feared taking his blame.
Library girl had truthfully thought he was trying to force himself on her because she was too confused by the situation. Someone else claimed that the situation and she was at first hesitant to believe it only for the popularity she was getting swept her up till she completely forgot about what was true or not until the first day of high school when someone else admitted that they saw differently. (so f*ck that person)
The sister had absolutely no reason to be acting like that. She wanted his attention all to herself but she hesitated to "eat the cake" she knew she didn't deserve, leaving him to be punished for the lies she added to the fire while the mother was blaming herself for "not teaching him right" instead of trying to listen to THE WORDS FROM THE PERSON WHO WAS THERE (doesn't matter if they're a child, at least try to understand them ESPECIALLY when they are yours)
Still not good but can't say that they intended for the consequences that children just aren't equipped to handle. And not defending them either because kids are human too and men have their lives RUINED by the slightest lie, even after the truth comes out. (that's just how much power a woman has in this time of "equality")
@@lunarshadow5584 There’s a story quite similar like this but it’s a web novel
it's not evil people who make the world a bad place. Because evil people is actually not that many.
It's cowards. It's cowards who make the world a bad place. And there's way too many of them around. Most don't even know that's who they are.
The way the betrayers are all falling in love with him really makes me sick to my stomach. The GALL of those THINGS!!!
I really like how the story shows how he's going through it because it seems more realistic than a lot of other mangas with this genre. I feel like there's a lot of hurt people in the world that would really enjoy this story and empathize with Mako.
This was a really good story, It's always nice to see authors taking into account how long it takes people who have been hurt by people close to them to ACUALLY heal rather than just having them accept everyone back into their lives like nothing is wrong, but having two characters like that and seeing both of their healing process differently come together really well
The thing is, He would of been the forgiving type in the past. What really set him off into the coldness is the *Repeated Amounts of Betrayals and Accusations.*
If it simply ended it off on the first rumor and nothing more, he would of actually been a Sweet Individual who doesn't lock themselves out.
However the Rumors kept hitting and hitting caused by people he trust. After receiving betrayal multiple times, that's when he locked himself out.
*These Girls straight up belong to the streets*
@@tyshawnstubbs9315name?
@@tyshawnstubbs9315nah, don't litter on the street man. Take somewhere else. Also, don't forget his family is no good too except maybe dad. At least in my case when i get bullied in the past my family still back me up.
@@littleboss2006 *nah, don't litter on the street man* SHIT, you are the beast! Thanks for the word connection.
I like this story, mainly i like how the girls realize together that a simple "im sorry" wont cut it and they are at fault.
The plot to make it up to him is a little misplaced, but seems to come from a place of genuine guilt.
I also like how it sounds like his father supports him and is aware of his own mistake.
And finally i like how he tells his step-mother how he really feels about her and instead of being angry she seems more shocked and unaware of just how much she contibuted to his negative growth.
Its a nice grounded story about bulling and moving on.
I have been thinking for a while how the girls expected him to just forgive them after what they have done to him, and I finally realized why they thought so.
From the point of view of each of them, it was "only a rumor", nothing else. If it was only one rumor, he wouldn't had turned what he is now. However, it was not only ONE rumor, but many of them. The accumulation of those rumors and heart breaking caused the MC to simply collapse and ruin his confidence in others.
This is why each girl thought they could just ask for forgiveness. They didn't realize the sum of all of their betrayals would have break the MC (heck, I think they didn't even KNEW other girls have betrayed him until they talk to each other). So, when they realized how bad they messed him up, they knew they just can't approach him directly anymore, as he doesn't trust them. They need someone else to "fix him" enough so he could trust others again, and as such he is open to accept their apology, but more importantly, that he "return to how he was before and start trust others".
As someone who was bullied by people in the past but have made peace with that, I kind of understand their view. If one of the girls who messed me up came to ask me for forgiveness, she will only ask for HER part. She will NEVER see the whole picture, and how she was only one of the parts that made my life miserable. From her point of view, it was only a small thing, but from MY point of view, she is part of the whole problem. That is why they are surprised when the bullied one wont forgive them. From our PoV, is like they are asking for us to forgive EVERYTHING, which is VERY HARD to do so.
Extra context, cool.
Exactly, you need to realize that your past mistake made a huge impact on your friends, and they only way to fix it is by telling people that the rumors are false or anything that could fix your friendship. But if you think a simple apology can fix it, you're dead wrong.
Perfect analysis. 👍
nah they def knew because the rumors were known by everyone including them
The best atonement is to be better person, to do better.
But that doesn't mean you can still fix things with the same person.
Part of being an adult is accepting: that there are things... once fxxked... can never be unfxxked.
Do better, yes. But with someone else.
And stop bothering a corpse.
the actual nerve of these girls to let him suffer and expect forgiveness. All 5 of them don't deserve forgiveness
This kind of people make me sick. Framing them, ruining their reputation, spreading false rumors, then try to apologize out of nowhere and thinking they'll get them back instantly... Please. They're only fooling themselves. Things like this happened to me at my previous job. They put me through so much trouble, pranks, false accusations and more, and when they found out that I was getting ready to quit, they all apologized, thinking that showering me in kindness and promises of gifts would get me to go back. I refused them by saying nothing they could ever say and/or do would ever make it right. They ruined my life and I lost a lot of friends due to a "prank." I'm never going back there. Ever.
Ouch! This hurt to listen to but loved every moment of it too, I really felt bad about how stigmatized the main MC was after those events in his life, but it's completely understandable, not even able to open himself up to his family because they wouldn't even hear him out was especially painful, if I was in his position I'd have likely turned out the same if not violent just to live up to people's expectations
Likewise
I would probably go ballistic in this situation and my mental health would be non existant
If it were me it would probably be a blood bath of ether my own or everyone else’s depending on my emotional state and mentality
Sometimes people make the monster, sometimes the monster makes itself, this is clearly a case of the former.
Remember, villains are not born. They are made.
I was in this situation when I was bullied through middle school because of my social awkwardness. I think what stopped me from completely distancing myself from everyone was my father. He only know I got into fight (retaliation against the bully) but he didn't scold me for that. He asked me for my side of the story and trust me unconditionally and deal with the school without letting me know what they said. Our relationship is not perfect, but he is a splendid father
my mum always said to be polite and ignore it my dad's instructions were clear if they hit you first i don't care what you do to them as long as it's below hospital level injuries all that matters is you take care of yourself cus the teacher's sure as hell won't.
I'm pretty sure the one hit the hardest when realizing how hurt he had been was his stepmom. Sure the three girls felt remorse and didn't intend for things to get so far, but they knew early on that what they did was wrong, and the one who fake confessed knew as she was doing it, so they were complicit. His stepmother thought she was doing what was best for him, and it wasn't until she realized just how broken he was that she understood what her mistake of not trusting him meant. Each betrayer had their sobering moment of realization, but it was his stepmother who truly broke. I do give his stepsister credit for what she did in that moment though. She showed her conviction in making amends by understanding what he needed and breaking her own heart so he could have it. I think that's why he patted her head. For the first time since her betrayal she showed a genuine act of selflessness towards him. No fake apology, no requests to put it in the past, no brushing it off. Just a clear understanding that her, their mother, and the other girls screwed up bad, and he wasn't going to get better while they were still around. I could care less about the other girls getting forgiveness, but as much as I doubt it, I at least hope his stepmother and his sister are able to make amends with him. Also, does anyone else feel like this is a sort of anti-harem. It almost seems like if it weren't for the back to back betrayals this could have easily been another light hearted rom com.
I ain't ready allat💀
Love how the mc called his step mother out on her not believing him in the past, knew not to get her involved in publishing negotiations and got approval from his father, and planned to leave home when necessary if she thinks he’ll cause trouble again, even though her lack of support is what became part of the hollow husk he ended up becoming
Watching the stepmother having a breakdown and crying was so satisfying to watch.
Finally, something not cliche, good plot, good art style, very enjoyable overall
Also very relatable
Also very realistic
Also very
Depressingly realistic, but at least it ends on a hopeful note. So many of these stories in real life end in death... ⚰
@@wolfehologram3539 Honestly the most realistic, happy they figured things out before getting to that point.
Those girls dare have the audacity to walk up to him, thinking a simple "I'm Sorry" is going to make everything better. I completely understand Mako's reluctant to talk to the girls in his life. How can he forget the trauma those girls have done? This is why I hate rumors and misunderstandings and jumping to conclusions without any valid proof. They can ruin someone's life and shatter their world view.
They probably didn't know how bad they had hurt him till he responded to them, keep in mind it was the collection of betrayals that made him how he was and not just one of them, he would probably forgive them if it had just been one betrayal and he wouldn't also have spiralled so far down, nor the there would be that many rumors, and that they were children when those happened.
@@xrosslegends1279
He's kind of person who is unforgiving, not even to himself.
He cannot be friends with those who oh-so-very-easily forgive themselves.
Different species, cannot mix.
@@gendoruwo6322 Exactly!
Yeah I've caught everything in that video, and I've had my own personal issues with bullys and other selfish people who pretend to be your friends and end up manipulate and betraying you in the end.
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When someone hurts you and they feel a little bad about it, they think an apology wipes it all away. The bully that repeatedly punched you and tries to pass it off as "we were just kids" years later. "You're fine now, so all is forgiven." No. You are apologizing to make yourself feel better and it's not sincere. Then people expect you to forgive. It's the ultimate insult.
I think this is more like jumping someone for 10 years and once they get up you say” it was just a prank bro”
Damn. This hits too hard and its heavy. I could really understand and sympathize with the MC. The part even his own parent didn't believe him really hit the nail. They didn't even him the time to speak. It's a lesson to any parent or future parent to always listen to your kids and hear them out. It's a good thing the MC confronted her mother about the problem.
While that is true that a parent should hear what the kids side of the story is, any good parent worth their salt listens to both sides of the story and judges from there. The biggest mistake anyone makes is they listen to only one side of the story and refuse to hear anything else. It makes people easy to control.
This genuinely made me cry. No one, less a child should be treated and isolated like that.
and they are and they grow into adults and are told worse things. Nobody cares. Not even you.
Anyone can make a mistake once, but to make the same critical error over and over again is nothing short of deliberate.
@@NetMoverSitan It's also worse when they keep on doing it and never bothering to look into things more, much less get the other party's side of things.
@@NetMoverSitanwell thay all did one mistake and were kids mc isn't in the right here going in your life expecting people to never make mistake and never move on is just stupid
@@-DA-ONE- justice is a contract, once broken, it's difficult to mend, if it's at all possible at all.
15:25 “but in the immortal words of onerepublic; it’s too late to apologise”
HAD ME ON THE FLOOR 😭😭😭😭
Bruh narration
this should be the top comment next to the axe one!
@@plinkplinkfizz thanks cuh
No too much
@plinkplinkfizz no you dumb dumb
The fact that the mother didn't believe him then expected him to celebrate with her was just stupid.
Literally. Like what's the point of "celebrating" if she didn't went to see his middle school graduation in the first place. Especially, she was never bothered to listen his side of the story to begin with.
And then, she cried like a f**king b**ch because Makoto plan to leave the house.
@@KIJHK YEHA like how b**chy must you be
@@KIJHK Classic manipulation tactics from garbage women. I've seen it before and it's at that point most sane men just walk away to show it isn't working.
This story is interesting, I'm glad he didn't open his heart immediately, cause after being betrayed so many times I'd be abnormal if he opened his heart easily, I also like how he didn't forgive the girls easily cause they not only ruined his entire social life but also his personal life. The plot seems promising, hope it stay as such.
Do you know where I can find this book or whatever it is please
My mother had a favourite child and she always believed him over me and when I was about 10, I exploded when someone ticked me off. Ever since that day, I have never been the same and tried to become better but nothing has worked. I accidentally vented all of my anger onto the people I love the most and this was when I realised that I had snapped. This story is really relatable to those whom have been betrayed and broken.
Hey man, I hope ur doing well.
Watdafak u got same story as mine
Damn...that's heavy...
This hits way too close and it reignited my anger
i had a friend like this, they moved away due to a school misunderstanding, but he's doing alright now
Keep your fire burning brighter.
I had coworkers play a prank on me with a fake love letter of a woman I hung out with at a conference.
I was thankful I doubted is 80% but the other 20% wanted to try and call the number. I ended up asking another coworker they hate for causing drama because I could ironically trust her to not be involved, she backed me up even identified the hand writing.
What crushed me the most is it was a one coworker I suspected involved but half my coworkers I considered friends. Hell the number given was one of their female friends they got involved to play me. I blew it off there to not stir the pot but angry driving home all I could think of is I what I would have felt if took it seriously.
This was highschool bullshit that drove nerdy kids like me to suicide across the country when I went to school. Honestly I managed to forgive one of them because we work too closely to hold a grudge, the rest I can't look at the same way anymore
Same. I genuinely saw red during some parts of the story due to it being too relatable.
Anime watchers are so cringe yall not shit😭
Moral of the story: ''Women are born but Men are made''
The best comment so far
I'd say not because pomeko had it rough too, not as rough as our boy but she still had to suffer, the true moral is that "we are victims of our own circumstances"
@@razubanmore like, we are victims of the mistakes of others
*"LIFE! IS! PAIN!"* -Krieg, Borderlands 2.
Doctor: Congratulations it's a Woman!!
Really great story, this one👍👍A few things were overdone and too generic (some characters and their reactions) but the themes it explores (Japan's social/culture issues and loneliness), it does them very well. Plus, I really like how it got a happy (somewhat convinient) ending.
I like the lesson all of these people around Makoto are learning: you can choose your mistakes but you can't choose the consequences.
People tell you all the time to let go of the past as if it's easy. It's NOT easy, but they just don't get it at all. The narrator was right though; as Onerepublic so eloquently put, "It's too late to apologize. It's too late". Also, your son isn't being uppity, he's scarred and you had a hand in believing others over him.
Update: Just finished it. Gotta say, I was pretty satisfied with how things turned out. The way Mako is written is very realistic and relatable. And the way he managed to make amends with all the girls who had scarred him didn't feel too superficial to me. Though the inclusion of Nanako felt a bit superfluous. Cause like, at that point, it honestly felt like Mako was 90% numb at that point, like right close to the edge. Still, at least she was mentioned at the end, didn't want that loose end to go unresolved, so that was good. I especially love how, in the end, he was finally healed on the inside, and of course, as cheesy as it sounds, found love
Honestly, I’ve never been betrayed, but I’d reject all the girls who’d confess to me just because I don’t think anyone would actually like me. I’m a first year university student.
SAAAAAAAMMMMMEE
same
honestly, you right. girls of your age are easy-going so it might take absurdly much time to figure out if they're actualy interested in you or just playing with you. i know a girl who toyed with her boyfriend for two years because he had a "curious personality"! you better focus on your study and dont let hoes to ruin your development
Same
Lucky you
So his mom doesn’t listen to him, his dad isn’t home at all, he’s constantly misunderstood by students and teachers alike because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time, and a group of girls literally crushed his self confidence as a prank. I’m quite frankly amazed he didn’t get Isekai’d by truck Kun or Isekai’d himself. 👀
He's not weak like u who will kill himself
Truck Kun is busy rn
Well it seems like the dad atleast doesn’t believe in these rumors and is proud of him but yeah truck-kun would have a field day with him
He was too nice to them imo although only being polite was a way to avoid their ire
Honestly, if I was in that position I might of isekai'd myself
I remember reading at least a part of this, and the thing that really burned me up was that the females never seemed to fully realize what they'd done, and made no effort to clean up his reputation. Sure, to some extent they did apologize, and to some extent they did realize they had hurt him, and their current attempts to "fix" things weren't going to work, but they seemed to waffle between feeling bad for themselves for what they'd thrown away and being upset with him that he refused to return to normal after their apologies.
one of life's biggest lesson is: You cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Or: once you baked the cake, you can never get the eggs out of it again.
Just like once you put someone in a bad head place, you can’t just make it go away magically by saying „just don’t be sad“
sources
Where did u read It?
@@TheGosgosh Giving someone that advice is like telling an asthmatic "Just breathe". Like yeah, it's good advice, but it's really not helpful in any way.
Couldn't stop myself from crying a little towards the end, when the sister seems genuinely remorseful for maybe the first time. I wanted to say "Why? Why now? Why do you only care now, when it's too late? Why is it always like that?" (And, unspoken: I thought you were better than that.)
Some very relatable feelings in this one. I'm sure there must be at least some personal experiences being channeled.
we are forgetting she tried to manipulate him
Why now? Because seeing the damage done can take a long while to sink in, especially when -- like the sister and the mother -- you've spent so much time rationalizing away your guilt for being a part of that damage. When he explained to his mother, "I don't trust you not to sabotage me," in that emotionless way, it made it very clear to both of them that he had long since written the two of them off.
If the words had been filled with anger, or sadness, it would imply he stilled cared enough that reconciliation could have been a possibility. But that wasn't what we saw. How badly must you damage someone that you love and who loved you for them to simply give up on you like that? How thoroughly must you fail for them to go beyond anger or sadness or hope and wind up at apathy? His sister couldn't understand until he laid it out for the stepmother. "My faith in you has been completely and irrevocably destroyed."
Makoto's stepmother had no f*cking idea what she was talking about when she said to him that she didn't doubt him because she thought that she didn't teach him right. The AUDACITY.
Man, the amount of gaslighting and toxicity...
They didn't even APOLOGIZE TO HIM, and even if they did, to think that a mere apology woyld suddenly fix all the crap he went through and his tainted reputation is laughable and disappointing.
No apology will ever undo what the MC went through, he would need way more than just an apology to make it right by him.
In 8th grade, I got accused of being a school threat.
I'm autistic, and my school is very.. southern. Thankfully the teachers at my school love me, since I was literally the only one there who cared about school, so they actually investigated
My mom pulled me from the school due to the incident and several other incidents of bullying from other students, which caused me to literally give up on making friends.
hope you get better. well not like im one to talk with my paranoia and trust issues.
Hay I've had belly issues to in the schools that I've been to. The real issues I had were the fake promises that I was given by the school staff. Every time I got bullied they would tell me the exact same thing that, " they're going to do something about" but in the end nothing was done resolve my bullied problems. And so I got tried on its so I let to find a better one. So that's why I'll never trust TUSD schools again.
You were like 13 ain’t no way they genuinely thought you would bring a gun for no reason💀💀💀
@@jocelynuy2922 false accusations mate.
@@emiliotrees2933these guy’s are fucked up man, you didn’t deserve that shit, they done and did you dirty.
“ a person is like a glass, it can hold water and the water for the person is joy, you can pour some of the water out the glass, or take away someone’s joy, now the glass can be filled back up, but once you break that glass. It will never hold that joy again” -random wise ahh quote I came up with
🗣🔥🔥SPIT SENSEI
The only way to repair the glass again, is by repairing it shard by shard, piece by piece, only then can a broken person be finally happy again.
Damn Bluesalot, good comparison.
Man, the family was the worst. The mom immediately believed all the accusations and the sister actively contributed to them. Its frankly amazing that the mom did not realize anything was her fault until he flat out told her to her face how her actions essentially broke him, and even called her out on her pathetic excuse with the truth: it was more convenient for her if he was a failure in her eyes.
The sister did at least come to the realization that she did something unforgivable and actively tried to help her brother heal in the end. She also rightfully realized that they could never actively get him to forgive any of them; they were too late, and the only way they can get any absolution is if he personally decides to grant it.
You can't truly blame them man... They were but newly met step parents.. his father was a workaholic which may be one reason why his mother easily believed what her daughter told her. I mean most children don't lie to get attention but lie to escape attention
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@@helloguys9412 Bro , Japan's work culture is workaholic , you can't blame him for that
Dude tanked a whole ass supernova(his reputation in the beginning)and he is still standing.
The duality of man.
Yeah he simply became shut in because of it. I would've turned out vastly different. I would become increasingly angry and with anger I become self-destructive. If I had lived that dudes life I would've become one of these problem people who will beat and bully people.
"Nyanta to Pomeko: Imasara Shinjiteiru to Iwaretemo Mou Teokure da" Here
What chapter does this video end at? I'm gonna see if this is on Mangadex...
@@KimPossibleShockwave Chapter 9
Legend
Thank you. :)@@CaptainMomi
ah i read this
they should have kept this story going
I love this story it's so refreshing to an MC actually not forgive people ruined his life and the girls that ruined his life feels regrets
The MC is 100% in the right. All the people who betrayed him are only being selfish because he is not paying attention to them anymore.
they are afraid to lose him?
don't they realize they have lost him long ago?
@@gendoruwo6322they didn't even realized what they have done wrong. Because as soon as something happened to them when getting involved with him, somehow they got recognition from people at the surrounding. Their excitement over being recognized by other people turned it into ego, which they didnt want to let go. They were happy with how their lives turned out but they completely forgot the relationship between them and the guy. So they thought that they have everything and didn't feel like losing anything. When they realized the main guy didn't talk to them anymore, they wanted to try talking to him again after all the rumours are "dying out". But yeah, they didn't realized how bad the guy suffered in exchange of their happiness.
alr u glazing too hard bro
As someone who has a friend who was victim to a rumour,
Nah, they ain't glazing.
It's been years since that incident, and my friend grew up to take offence to any slight insult because of how badly it impacted her life.
@@fishoreoAnd those traitors expected Makoto to forgive them like nothing happened....
I relate more than I ever should to the MC, and find his closing off and pushing people away to be extremely rational.
Same it's kinda scary how much o can relate to the mc and how much we were similar even when he found himself someone he can trust
yeah that is true, but it is like an unstable equilibrium. If you are not careful, one small poke can break that demeanor. They think they are like a fort but one right push and everything will break down like a tower made of pack of cards. You can see that in his behavior when he chides the girls at school gate, or when he randomly lashes out at others. A narcissist will take advantage of this to manipulate the victims surroundings and hurt them again.
okay edgelord. ew man
this is why I never believe anything anyone says about someone I haven't personally gotten to know.
I was the proverbial punching bag of my school from elementary all the way to high school. I was treated like crap by bullies, and if I ever tried to defend myself, I would be accused of trying to hurt others. It got so bad that I was suspended simply for trying to get people to stop harassing me. The worse part, I have a short temper due to hyper sensitivity making things more annoying to my senses than a normal person, and freakishly strong for someone who doesn't workout. At one point, one of my bullies set me off, throwing my stuff onto the floor, and flicking me in the back of the head so many times I lost it, and I lifted the entire table she was sitting at over my head yelling at her to knock it off, before slamming the table back down properly where it was before. She lied to everyone, even my best friend at the time's mom, that I threw a table at her for no reason, and I got suspended, and no one believed my side of the story.
a year later, she tried to accuse me of SAing her in the middle of class, and the only reason I wasn't expelled on the spot is because I cut off her carefully crafted excuse, to verbally assault her pre planned argument, on how it was physically impossible for me to have done so facing away from her, with my hands above my head, trying to get past her and the wall while she refused to move away for me to get through. But I still got in school suspension for that bullshit.
Dude, I felt so much sympathy for him, I literally cried. I can't believe people were so rude.
This deserves an Anime. Or atleast a movie, considering it only has 19 or so chapters.
Considering how shitty anime is now probably
Where do you read this on bro
@@Gannibz Mangakolot or something. It's been a while
I've watched this video until the end and didn't realize I had tears coming down my face because it reminded me so much of certain events in my life. I didn't realize that I was crying because it reminded me of all the rumors, betrayals, false confessions, and many, many fights that I went through in my life. It's hard it's very hard to heal from things like that, but I tried to do my best, but concerned scars don't leave you that easily and it may never heal because of the damage left behind. But at least I try to do my best to move forward, and it hurts sometimes because you never know what is waiting for you around the corner. So whoever is reading this I hope what's waiting for you around the corner is some light of happiness in your life and can guide you to something better, like a person or Hobby or even a pet but anything that would drive you to heal you from your pain and wounds from your past, so I like to leave off with this I hope anybody reading this that I hope you have a wonderful, beautiful, and safe day or night wherever you are. And that I'll be rooting for you, and I hope that the healing process for you in your life has started or has already begun. Maybe, just maybe, I'll finally start healing myself.
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.' -Marcus Aurelius
Isn't that right, Momo?
Never thought I would cry like this and feel my body just weep. Hearing the trouble the man went though even with his step mother, here I would have thought there was one person in the beginning to be on his side, but all of them not and just now trying to get him back. And the only one he trust happens to be someone who dealt with the same backlash, it just shows in my eyes those on the outside don't understand what happens to people on the inside.
WOW, the audacity of the girls to say that they love the mc and trust him after all the those things they did to him. they dont deserve forgiveness. all those rumors that started because of the girls and they didnt even try to tell the truth. they made the mc lose his self his trust his confidence his self esteem.
Cowards belong with cowards. Cowards does not deserve a true person.
They also had the audacity telling the MC to forget about the past and move on and yet, they are the ones who caused him to become emo in the first place.
Cold and closed off protagonists. I definitely need more of these. Their struggles are far more interesting and their thought processes are far more mature, if not a little paranoid though that is warranted.
Amazing how people think apologizing will make a difference.😒
Because apologizing is just talking. And talk is cheap.
I can definitely relate to what the MC went through because I suffered a similar scenario. When I was a junior high student, I got accused of something I didn't do and as a result I got suspended from school because of the accusation and slander. I was a bit of a loner even in the early years of high school. Plus I'm sure that those girls that accused me of harassment never bothered to apologize and tell the truth.
This story is another great one and hits you right in the feels. Need more like this. Hopefully, those 2 eventually become a thing after all the pain and bullshit they deserve it.
It's bliss to have a reflective memory, it gives me a good reason to continue this strangely happy isolative behavior. Many people tend to say to never dwell on the past, but the past is what shapes a child. If you grow up in the wrong environment in any way shape or form, that will be reflected onto their adulthood in their mental, verbal, and physical attitude as well as tone. Neglect/abuse, being bullied, having no sense of belonging, a dysfunctional life in general, anything goes in this reality.
I had the same “ask you out as a joke” thing happen to me twice and man it’s been years and I still distrust people who say they are interested in me. It really fucked with my self esteem and gave me real trust issues.
When you've been scarred that deep, you find it both impossible to forgive and make new friends especially if it was in your childhood
Add a curiosity do you know which Monday this is called or what this is called
@@nathaneskell4177Nanya and Pomeko
That’s one of the titles after translating. It should help track it down.
They didnt betray him. They squeezed the life out of him. When one loses the most important humanities, trust, emotion, affection, etc, they become a husk. Incapable of expressing what they no longer have. These people deserve retribution in full. Feeling dehumanized to them would only be fair. And yet they have the nerve to expect him to express humanities? Its a miracle hes still alive if not without a murder charge.
This story is far to close to realistic then it should be in any world with sympathy and deep thinking
Well, in real life I don't think they'd realize they were wrong or try to apologize so there is that.
@@florinbelghiru3631 In real life, they would just forget about it and if they are reminded they would just say that they dont care.
@@animelovermusicalworld8169 Yeah, that's how I imagine it too.
In real world they wouldn't even care and the boy would stop socializing or stop caring after 2nd or 3rd time.
they would only think about their ownself but not the whole situation ... that's real world =_=
I always loved this and I reread it multiple times.I find it so ignorant how every single of these people ruined his life by either not clearing up misunderstandings and or Blatantly Not even giving him a chance to explain himself.They Had no right to try and be in his life again and its disgusting that they thought it would be ok to just try to walk back into his life with no apology or anything
And their apologies are bullsh!t. Like, they have to wait until Makoto tell them what's going on with him that they ended up realizing what have they done to him and apologize? What a f*cking joke.
Nah, Makoto did the right thing to give up on them and ignore them.
@@KIJHK Facts,Even his own mother who just believed what people told him without even asking him first about his side,and When I think back I don’t think the mother ever told the father about the situation cause I’m sure he would’ve been pissed at her
Ooh, not gonna lie, that raised my blood pressure. In a good way though I guess. Fortunately he hasn't and doesn't seem to want or even consider forgiving ANY of the people who wronged him. He shouldn't either. Though he was feeling kind to his manipulative little sister and I think that's too much, she's a toxic hypocritical little gremlin who purposefully tarnished his character to his family just so she could monopolize him. Even a single headpat is too much for her, they all deserve nothing but his apathy.
3:21 You can't really blame the guy. He had been betrayed by his "friends", other girls, and even his own family. And she had every chance to talk to him, but she chose not to, I wouldn't trust anyone either
I wanna see this be an anime
I have no words to describe how good of a idea that is!👌🔥
This seriously is such a good story I'd love it if this was a anime.
i totally agreed to have this adapted to anime!
It's easy to see why he hardened his heart when he's been surrounded by monsters his entire life. What a relatable character!
YES! a relationship without a pushed plot to be together! A genuine development is so rare nowadays!
I hope they make an anime for these and I would actually watch it 5 times over
Absolutely.
Yh but they prob have made some but idk but yh i would do the same thing
WHATS THE MANGAS NAMW
fuck it I'm using Google lens
nvm i saw it
Its been seven years since I was falsely accused of rape despite not going beyond kissing I have never approached a woman again even in college a group of beautiful women invited me to their party but I declined to not let history repeat itself again and it did to someone else (glad I declined in the first place)
This story reminds me of the only time I have ever seen pure hatred in a man's eyes. A falsely accused of man was being released after 15 years when the woman came forward thay she lied and was being praised for her bravery, his lawyer was straight up holding his arm
Bro I've heard such stories before. It makes me think how I would feel if I were in such a position
they says forgiveness help the victim, but that is false, it helps the abuser, help them find solace, dont do that, but dont get caugh on on that, that gives them power over you, just forget them , live your life and you will be wise and less naive; live and learn
Gotta to relate with this one, spent half of elementary school being bullied by the entire girls. Got bad enough that I can't trust a girl just because they'll group up against me. At least my parents believed me, used to have boy bullies but we reconsiled in the end, and we became bros. The girls never even attempted to apologize.
15:59 "They have a mental breakdown."
Me: Welp. They are the ones who causes their own mental breakdown. So that's nobody's f*cking problems since they were the ones who threw Makoto under the bus in the first place for selfish reasons. 🤷♂️
MC here is an ideal human being. It's best to not get emotionally involved with people and only limit interaction to things that are related to work or profession.
I'm pretty sure that's called being an incel. MC is not in a state of the ideal human being but the opposite one wracked by emotional trauma stunting his growth and was just able to make himself better by opening up to someone he can truly trust. The ideal human being can make deep and meaningful relationships by making the right decisions and emotions when faced with obstructions for example betrayal etc. This way a human can make an ideal and meaningful life without regrets.
@@uncanny3637 not wanting to be in a relationship makes a man incel now? But if a woman doesn't want to be in a relationship, she is strong and independent aye?
Incel definition: "a member of an online community of young men who consider themselves unable to attract women sexually, typically associated with views that are hostile towards women and men who are sexually active."
At what point is he hostile towards women? He is not interested in having personal relationship with people and decided to only communicate as long as its work related stuff. He is not obligated to form emotional bond with a woman, just like how a woman is not obligated to form emotional bond with a man.
@@uncanny3637did you even know the definition of incel, I think you are a man haterw the MC just simply want to spend his life in serenity without those bitchs
Wtf!? You called this an ideal human being? Bro has been traumatized, depressed his whole life and has a difficult time to overcome it to the point that being numb to his emotions is the only way to cope in it . If you see this as a badass trait or a cool way to live, you need a fcking therapy.
@@uncanny3637 Nope. Why trust when the inevitable comes? You will ALWAYS be betrayed.
The fact i was called weirdo because i trust no one is like a trophy for me i have never been betrayed but to this day none of my friends know about me whenever one of my friends think he knows about me a lot i make him realise how less he knows about me it gives me pleasure to see people faces when they realize they don't even know 5% about me i always tell them never tell me about yourself i might betray you.
What really annoys me is that while the girls acknowledge that they did MC wrong, they still don't actually address the root of the problem: his bad reputation. They basically conclude that since love-bombing him isn't working, they'll just support his relationship with Anri. Umm, here's an idea: how about taking responsibility for the bad rumors and telling the truth?? Sure, it's high school now and the students are different, but clearly the bad rumors followed him. They could easily at the minimum make a social media post admitting what they did. But they won't, because they still want to protect their reputations at the expense of MC's
Yep they don’t deserve any forgiveness whatsoever and that’s gonna stay that way
Sadly, this seems to be a common trait for women of many, many different cultures. If we don't start holding women accountable in the same way we hold men accountable, this will only get worse.
And they littleraly didn't do anything to support the relationship between Makoto and Anri.
Honestly it probably wouldn’t have been so bad for him if it wasn’t for his stepmom and sister making him feel like an outcast even in his own home. Like, I’m not for parents think their children are little angels who could do no wrong, but at least hear the boy out. And how the story presents itself, it’s almost like the mother only becomes interested in reaching out to him when he wasn’t causing “trouble” and became withdrawn.