these kids cant count past one it seems

"Children handling things by themselves, poorly" the series.

They're children, how else do you expect to handle such a heavy topic that no child should ever have to deal with?

Damn, pre-school got intense

While they look young, remember that they're in 6th grade, making them 11-12. The art style makes them look younger than that and they act a lot younger but you have to remember that these are still just children at the end of the day.

Since this messed up series seems to be ending soon

Is it ending, though? Where did you read that it was?

I cant enjoy this after i learned what the dad did cuz every chapter afterwards all i can think is how bad i want him dead already
If the father/Dad is still around and very close by...He needs to die quickly or get neutered/Castrated like some commentators said.

No death penalty. That's the easy way out. Life in prison. Let him rot in a cell for the rest of his day.

Bit over the top at the end there.
I'm still hoping Bear-kun shows up to solve the diddler dad problem

My interpretation is that the bear represents the father, symbolically. In fact, when you go back to the first chapter, Riko tells Mary she can't go in the forest because of the bears but, in Mary's mind, the bear is Winnie-the-Pooh, while Riko tells her that bears are actually dangerous and scary. This could represent how children by default are supposed to find comfort in their parents. A father is not supposed to be dangerous so a child won't feel any danger from them. But Colin/Momo's father is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Mary would think every father is safe and loving and caring but Colin/Momo's father is anything but.

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It's all so wonderfully miserable!

Since this messed up series seems to be ending soon

Is it ending, though? Where did you read that it was?

I said 'Seems' to be ending XD

My bad/apologizes if I gave off that impression, just my gut feeling and the way I feel the story is going from my experience of reading many stories. I could be wrong though and the author could be planning to pump out like 30-40 more chapters for the story but to me it feels/ seems this story could be wrapped up in perhaps 6-10 more chapters maybe?? Could be wrong about my prediction...The author could go the drag things out very slow route if she/he wants to milk the story...

So unless the author wants to write about the characters dealing with the aftermath and becoming more mentality better (They all learning how to deal with their own issues like Mary with her mom and loneliness, Riko with her own issues and etc.) then the 'main conflict' of the story is due to the father existence + Colin's current mental issues & relationship with Riko and Mary.

Aww, so no bears?

It seems Riko put the fake bear warning herself to prevent people from finding the garden.

Now it would be really funny if a bear do appear, attracted by the corpse smell. But its highly improbable because, if there were actually bears in the area, there would be legit bear warnings around.

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I kinda wanna see this getting worse, then a bit worse...then ending with a blast!!

I kinda wanna see this getting worse, then a bit worse...then ending with a blast!!

Frankly I don't want to read "worse" than a child being raped by her dad and then burying the stillborn fetus.

Just typing that made me feel gross.

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Poor Riko, she keeps getting smacked by that shovel

I'm glad Riko wasn't murdered in this chapter so she can live to suffer another day.

The ending of this is gonna be depressing

Poor Riko and Colin. In her situation, telling an adult was a right decision. There's nothing a kid can do when they know a friend of them was getting abused by their own dad. I'm glad she knew enough to not take any action independently, things could have went so wrong for both of them. Sadly the other adults in the story don't seem to be able to help them. I guess Colin's dad escalated his abusive harassment toward Colin because he was informed that somebody knew about his bad deed, which meant Colin snitched out their secret (in his perspective)

Since this messed up series seems to be ending soon

Is it ending, though? Where did you read that it was?

I said 'Seems' to be ending XD

My bad/apologizes if I gave off that impression, just my gut feeling and the way I feel the story is going from my experience of reading many stories. I could be wrong though and the author could be planning to pump out like 30-40 more chapters for the story but to me it feels/ seems this story could be wrapped up in perhaps 6-10 more chapters maybe?? Could be wrong about my prediction...The author could go the drag things out very slow route if she/he wants to milk the story...

But can you really say it's "ending" if you're expecting another 6-10 chapters when we're on chapter 9? That would mean we're only halfway through.

Why are the adults so USELESS?!!!???!!!??!?!?! We need social services, child psychiatrists, and pediatricians STAT!!! And hugs, lots of hugs!

I am curious what are the standards for the "lolicon" tag?
Is it just based on the artstyle, are there any standards or just vibes? I feel like a lot of moe art could fit into that category
Is it referring to the author based on their other work, maybe the magazine? Idk
Or is referring to the father? Because I think that would be an understatement

^ I was also confused by that at first but I'm gonna agree that it's probably referring to the dad unfortunately ;-;

I am curious what are the standards for the "lolicon" tag?
Is it just based on the artstyle, are there any standards or just vibes? I feel like a lot of moe art could fit into that category
Is it referring to the author based on their other work, maybe the magazine? Idk
Or is referring to the father? Because I think that would be an understatement

You're right, there's overlap between the loli body type and Moe, or even chibi, artstyles which is why I think any rule that bans artworks based on "apparent character age" it's stupid as hell, but that's another rant. Like, the main characters in Nanoha and Madoka, despite belonging to different age groups, would count as lolis to me.

As for lolicon, I've seen the tag used for sexual/romantic situations involving underage girls (sometimes just them being naked or kissing someone, without it going any further, would require the tag), but I've also seen it use for adult characters that have small breasts and are very short.

In this case, I think the relationship between the girls alone would merit the lolicon tag, without taking the sexual abuse into account. Also, the author has other lolicon stories with themes of abuse, grooming, identity issues, accidentally discovering masochism and dom/sub playetc.

I'm glad Riko wasn't murdered in this chapter so she can live to suffer another day.

way to miss the point

I'm glad Riko wasn't murdered in this chapter so she can live to suffer another day.

way to miss the point

what is the point?

Well it sure looked like Colin got hit by a truck there but Mary couldn't find a trace of her.

Only conclusion you can come to is Colin got isekai'd by truck-kun. No idea what world she got sent to but chances are it's better than this one where she's being raped, beaten, and impregnated by her father.

I'm glad Riko wasn't murdered in this chapter so she can live to suffer another day.

way to miss the point

No, I'm pretty sure 'everyone is fucking miserable all the time' -is- the point of this manga.

Show me proof that says otherwise.

NGL, I thought for a second this was going to end with Truck-kun sending someone to an Isekai.

I'm going to be honest, the cute buff moth is the only thing I could think of during this chapter

No, RIko, let's talk about how you were hurt with a shovel

This girl just can't catch a break can she

OH NO! TRUCK-KUN!!!