| 1 | * SugarWiki/AwesomeArt: Watase's art has always been pretty good, but compared to her other works, ''Sakura Gari'' is on a whole new level. The characters are actually [[CastOfSnowflakes distinguishable from one another]] and look more realistic than her typical shoujo art style, the linework is cleaner, and the backgrounds are impeccably detailed. Special attention should be paid to everyone's facial expressions, all of which are marvelously well drawn. Furthermore, for future print/tankobon releases, she actually redrew many panels and scenes and made them look much better and more refined. |
| 2 | * CompleteMonster: [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate Dr. Tomohiko Katsuragi]] is the Saiki clan's doctor and one of Souma's lovers. He [[BitchInSheepsClothing initially appears]] to be a polite, helpful doctor, but is soon revealed to be a disgusting [[WouldHurtAChild pedophilic]] rapist and SerialKiller. When Souma informs him that his stepmother Sakurako was sexually abusing him, Katsuragi drugs Sakurako and forces the traumatized young Souma to slit her wrists and kill her, not to stop the boy's suffering but so [[{{Yandere}} he could have Souma for himself]], with the side-effect of ''shattering'' the mind of the younger Sakurako and making her go from a CheerfulChild to a CreepyChild. He regularly rapes and tortures Souma for years, before doing the same to Souma's lover Masataka, out of jealousy. He gives [[DomesticAbuse his wife Asayo the same treatment]], turning her into a battered BrokenBird. He later tries to poison Souma's ill father Lord Saiki as well, one of the few people still remaining to him. Out of the many horrible people in this story, he's definitely the worst. |
| 3 | * DracoInLeatherPants: Yes, Souma has a heartbreaking and terrible past. Yes, he's no CompleteMonster. But he ''did'' mentally and sexually abuse the first person that gave him real affection in a long time, ''and no DarkAndTroubledPast justifies or handwaves that''. Even Souma himself deeply regrets what he did to Masataka when he realizes how much he broke him! |
| 4 | * HoYay: In addition to the obvious {{Yaoi}} relationships, there's a lot of hints that some side characters are attracted to Souma. |
| 5 | ** Considering that it's ''[[ReallyGetsAround Souma]]'', odds are they've slept with him already. |
| 6 | * JerkassWoobie: Souma and Sakurako. Both have heartbreaking pasts and big reasons to be the way they are, but it's NOT a justification for the shit they pull on others. |
| 7 | * TooBleakStoppedCaring: The many dark plot twists and morally dubious characters can sometimes make it hard to get invested in the story at all. Out of the main characters only one (Masataka) is unambiguously good, and he gets horribly raped and broken through the story. [[spoiler: And while Masataka manages to walk out and away to start rebuilding his life, the other protagonist (Souma) is all but stated to have died.]] |
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