I'd initially given this a low rating, but didn't want to give this a review because I often prefer to write reviews based on really giving them a chance. But after stumbling upon it on MAL again, I realized why I didn't find this worth a thorough read.

I'll admit to doing something I usually never do when reading anything -- I skipped ahead in parts. What you won't know about me is that I'm a book worm who feels a sense of pride in sticking something out. But this manga made me want to skip ahead. Too much of it felt unrealistic, even if I knew it was a manga supposedly hinting at the supernatural.

Later on I did read a synopsis of the plot, to at least understand the story and possibly where the author was coming from. But in the end, I felt like the story had a crass ambiance with a plot that was both predictable and an end that didn't mesh with how the character was behaving.

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When I read enough about the story to feel like skipping ahead, reading up toward the ending disappointed me. All I'll say is that I feel this poorly represented someone with a mental illness. Split personality disorder is pure fiction. I have family who works in mental health, one of the few who truly care, and I've had various disorders explained to me. While part of this is personal bias, with hating to see misconceptions being furthered in fiction by acting like this is really how trauma or stress can manifest, I really do feel that this could have been executed in a better way.

Beyond that, trying to find a connection with the story was difficult. I understand the desire to write about a teen with struggles and stress, with parents who are too blind with their own struggles to pay attention to how their own child is feeling. But trying to read through it all felt like a disconnect. And parts of it were very predictable.

I could have boiled it down to a girl who chose escapism like so many other teens, and chose to throw a bit of a tantrum in the process. Nothing really happened in her life to cause such drastic trauma (that I recall, it wasn't a short manga, mind you), that she'd more likely acquire Dissociative Disorder (not multiple personality disorder). Did her parents beat her? Was she bullied at school? No, she woke up one day and literally didn't want to be herself. No reason or cause for trauma.

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Overall, the rating I gave, I tried to be fair with since there clearly was an effort put into creating a complex story. A bit of mystery with breadcrumbs left to lead the reader to the discovery of truth. I just don't feel it flowed that well, and it felt very easy for me to figure out where it was going. Knowing it and not caring for alleged multiple personality disorder as a plot device both soured the story for me, given that the ending left me feeling as if something horrible and heavy should have happened to cause her to behave like this. No one simply snaps without cause.

To those who raved on about this, I'm sorry for ripping apart something you liked, but I don't just simply leave a low review without finding what I feel is a good reason to leave a low review. I felt like it was trying to be edgy, when mental health isn't something to be edgy about.