First I want to address why my enjoyment for this manga was a 7 while my overall rating was a 5, I've always been a sucker for depressing themes and this manga that I've randomly stumbled upon that came up from the latest update list and the cover art seemed somewhat interesting so I decided to give it a read(I don't usually search for manga with these related themes as I don't think it will be good for my heart).

When I first read this manga, it satisfied most of my cravings for something that has a darker theme, but after re-evaluating what I've read, I've come to realise how shallow all the characters were as they all had an obsessive complication with the protagonist, and the problem seems to have just been there with no real cause(As of chapter 47, the author may give us more insight in the future). An example of this causeless problem occurs when the "Main protagonist" tries to just "live" through his miserable life, and a side character(Aoe Nagi) decided that it was a good idea to pull him into depravity with seemingly no reason that would influence her to do so, as the character actually has no reason to do what she's doing while also showing no signs of anything that would've led her to do such things, as she's well off, has a good future, beautiful, plenty of characters seem to admire her, and if the author wanted to show something like the stress and struggles that idols can go through, he did not put any hints, explicit examples or anything related to how she would benefit by putting herself and the main character into depravity. Another example of this happening is when his teacher just suddenly decided to do things a teacher must never do to their student, as she fell in love with him because he's a young guy that wanted to commit suicide, and since she has so much money she can probably afford a young male illegally so the only unique quality the main protagonist has is the fact that he attempted suicide. These are just the few examples I found that were easy to describe in words as most characters also shared a problem that seemingly rooted from nowhere but difficult to describe as they were either a combination of their own causeless thoughts and the setting in which the author has placed them in or a combination of another characters causeless thoughts mixed with shallow emotions.

Another issue that I had with this manga was the lack of voice from the main protagonist, as he seemed to have just followed what life has put him on and just let it carry him. This was one of the bigger problems that I had with this manga as sure there are causeless problems as long as they're interesting it should be somewhat fine right? Well, yes, but no. This manga portrayed the problems in a style where none of the problems actually have any connections to each other or have a substantial impact on the main protagonist with a common goal(e.g convey a message to readers, express/emphasize the emotions evoked by the main protagonist), they just seemed to be multiple mini stories that had no real libkwith the main protagonist or each other. To go back to my point where the protagonist lacked a voice, there are countless moments in the manga where you probably thought the main protagonist could've actually been all the side characters that were telling the story, if our protagonist didn't have the most screen time, as the way the protagonist responds to the problems that arises seemed to have just been how a side character should've responded (following the emotions of all the other characters but his own and following the flow of story while the pace is actually set by the side characters, e.g when the story decided to cut off at him suddenly feeling better just because his teacher said it will be better), and he simply accepts it which just seemed like a job for a side character. We didn't get to hear his opinions or see his interpretation/point of view on any subject or matter we were just told by the side character that X happened and Y happened and the mood, flow and main voice of the story seemed to have been determined by the side characters instead of the main protagonist voicing his opinions on a subject, and how he the centre of all this mess who has the most control, just does nothing and sits idle while the side characters determined the pace of the story.

These reasons are mainly talking about the way this story was structured and how the pace of the story is mainly told and set by the side characters, how we don't get any real development into any of these problems and just chucked into them. However if you're still interested after reading this and looking for a not so deep story with a few dark/depressing themes be my guests and you'll probably enjoy it. However if you're more into the character development and natural progression most stories have, this just might not be your cup of tea, but at the end of the day you don't know until you give it a try except now I know this isn't deep and doesn't have good story but it still floats my boat.

Some positives and what this manga and author has done well on is the author's use of dramatic irony to create tension and suspense, his creative/unique situations/circumstances that he came up with, the great art that created mood for the manga and how we could see that the author had control of the tone for most of this manga.