So split on this. On the one hand, there were some super adorable moments that really made me WANT to love it. And, I'm not gonna lie, I shed a few tears here and there. But... let's be honest, it's a romance between a girl and her non-biological father. It's basically a how-to guide for child abuse and grooming. I cannot, in good conscience, ignore that big fat elephant.

Look, there are some pretty creeptastic pairings in anime and manga, and it's just par for the course to some degree. You've got age gaps that are treated like nothing special, relationships between students and teachers, even incest is sometimes treated like something romantic. Okay, fine. But you can't combine all of those things into one. That's just too much. And while Hana might be "14" through the majority of the story, she looks, acts, and is treated like she's 7. It's just fucking wrong and not okay.

Okay, I guess I've gotten that off my chest. Now I can admit that I actually enjoyed reading it despite myself. If you took the romance out, it'd be a super sweet story about a little girl helping a really evil guy find his nice side. That's not so bad, and that's what I ended up pretending it was. The characters--especially the supporting characters--lacked much depth and didn't grow a hell of a lot, but they were still super lovable. Hana especially was just... ugh, I love her, the poor thing. Not a great heroine by any means, but a sweet character that made me smile a lot. Toni, too, the poor guy. Basically, I love all the abuse victims in this story. Because that's what they are. I want to save them from the wretched fate that is Vivi.