I don't get the story. Can someone tell me how Miki-chan didn't realize that wasn't her childhood friend? Like the MC was black-haired, her childhood friend was not??

I think it's because Miki didn't care about her childhood friend. That line about focusing on the future rather than the past really hits different after you finish the story. At first I thought it was romantic. Now it feels...painful. Miki willingly threw out her old photos. I thought that was going to be explained by a flashback of childhood angst but it wasn't. Miki also didn't know that her childhood friend liked her, said friend wasn't willing to confront her up until she died. So all in all, I don't think the childhood friend meant as much to Miki as Miki did to the mc or the friend herself. And because Miki didn't care, she let herself get fooled.
Another reason why she was fooled, the mc was a good actor. I can't tell whether the mc legitimately thought she was worthy of the childhood best friend role, or if she was purposefully trying to distract Miki from her lies by making her think her memory was wrong. But either way, it was effective. Especially considering the Miki didn't really care about her childhood friend.

Ah I love stories like this. Very nice pacing and I was dreading that twist as the author built up to it so the payoff was huge when we got to that scene.

Murasakino-san's works are mostly not-so-simple type. I like this. The way the story give hints that this is not gonna be ok beneath the fluffy scenes is masterpiece. Need to admitted that I really love the art style so my moral is kinda...went with it, lol.

R.I.P childhood friend.

First 4 comments…

“That’s f’ed up”
“Bruh”
“That’s f’ed up”
“Bruh”

Everyone’s not your friend.

I need an afterlife sequel.

Excellent scheming with a juicy reward. The dark-haired girl sure is a go-getter.

I'd call this a cuckoo romance, with an egg literally pushed off the nest to make some room for the brood parasite.

The kind of person who’s probably tried this in real life and shouldn’t be apart of society.

I know it was a twist but stuff like this needs better tagging. I did not want to read this.

Concordo

man, I was almost about to download this, then I read that fucked up page and now my day is ruined
Why don't the author go back to create wholesome works like the previous ones, ffs

Concordo, eu também sou sensível desse jeito

I've just resigned myself to the fact that this site kind of sucks and only cares about accurate tagging when it comes to fetishes and not when it comes to, you know, people's desire to not read fucked up shit because you gotta maintain that shock value. I doubt it will change anytime soon because that's just the priorities of the management so your best bet is to read the comments on pretty much everything that isn't a chapter of an ongoing work first.

Concordo

I've just resigned myself to the fact that this site kind of sucks and only cares about accurate tagging when it comes to fetishes and not when it comes to, you know, people's desire to not read fucked up shit because you gotta maintain that shock value. I doubt it will change anytime soon because that's just the priorities of the management so your best bet is to read the comments on pretty much everything that isn't a chapter of an ongoing work first.

Because there is peoples who like twist. If we tag too much then there is no twist, therefore no surprise. It's better to keep such twist hide. The solution will be to have some kind of spoilers tags where some tags are uner spoilers, so peoples who want to know can check it and those who want to read without knowing the twist, can too.

I consider twists less important than not triggering people with surprise rape/incest/violence especially since most twists are lazy bullshit anyway.

Concordo com tudo o que você diz

Waste of time. I think this kind of twist is just bullshit writing. The sad part is that with the way tags work here I can't just avoid these stories (and if I were the kind of person that like them, I wouldn't be able to find them through the tags either, so it's a lose-lose tagging practice)

Concordo, ninguém merece ser pego de surpresa por essas merdas

Excellent writing, beautiful art, interesting mc and a dark plot; there's nothing more I would want from a manga. chef's kiss Murasaakino is a genius. This is definitely one of the best things I've read this year, one that will be stuck in my mind for a long long time. (Also, I think I might have an unhealthy obsession with fucked-up, yandere characters, the ones who would go to any extent to get the one they love.)

Uau....