History Manga / IsItMyFaultThatIGotBullied

** He hates his wife for [[BabyTrap trapping him and forcing them to settle down]], but he eventually comes to genuinely love their child. But due to their strained marriage, he has an affair with Yazaki. When he comes home, he’s genuinely horrified to discover her in the bathtub with slit wrists. Subverted when he runs off to call an ambulance since he’s mostly worried over his promotion and confused over her chilling words of how she trusted him. [[OhCrap Then Shiori walks up]] and Shinji desperately tries to protect her from witnessing her mother on the brink of death then rushes to his wife’s side to bandage her wrists. Shiori does reveal the parent-teacher meeting and Yazaki meeting them by chance, horrifying Shinji since she likely found out the truth, but denies any knowledge to not traumatized Shiori any further.

* TheScapegoat: Nagumo, her parents, and the school's principal try to set up Aizawa as this by means of EngineeredPublicConfession. Given that Aizawa is also TheChessmaster, it doesn't quite work the way they expected.

* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: During his penultimate encounter with Shinji, Aizawa accurately enacts this trope, implying that it also a big part of Shinji's bullying in the past.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Takano and Satake (former members of the GangOfBullies that abused Aizawa) tearfully apologize to Aizawa for all the things they did to him. At first it seems they turned over a new leaf, but as soon Aizawa as walks out the door, they admit [[CrocodileTears they didn't really mean their apology]] and only did it to get Aizawa off their backs. They then proceed to have sex with each other, cheating on their respective spouses. [[spoiler: Too bad Aizawa is still recording them]].

** Most bullies will attempt to shift the blame on you and try to make you the one responsible for their actions. '''Never''' apologize to a bully. Not only will the bullying not stop, it will make him escalate.

Everyone seems to be having a grand old time... Until Aizawa Yuuichi shows up.

** Most apologies are not sincere and you should not accept them at face value, lest you continue getting used and abused. The one who apologizes has to make an effort to make things right, in order for the apology to be genuine.

** Nagumo's mother refuse to view her daughter as anything other than an innocent victim and do everything in her power to justify her horrible actions.

* BrokenPedestal: Shiori deeply loves her father and starts the story worshipping the ground he walks on. Gradually, as the story progresses and she slowly finds out about her father's transgressions that led to her being bullied and her mother attempting to end her life, she starts to lose all respect for him. [[spoiler: Once she finds out he was the bully that destroyed Aizawa's life and [[StagingTheEavesdrop listens in on how unrepentant Shinji is about his actions]], she decides to cut all ties with him]].

* CopCriminalFamily: While they are not exactly cops, Nagumo's parents have made a name for themselves fighting bullying and advocating for it to become a crime. When her mother find out their own daughter is a bully, her immediate reaction [[MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal is about what you'd expect]].

** The unshakeable belief of Nagumo's mother that her daughter is nothing but an innocent Angel is what prevented from understanding that she’d bullied Shiori out of her own volition. She chooses to scapegoat Aizawa instead.

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Most definitely bad in this case.

** Nagumo's parents refuse to view their daughter as anything other than an innocent victim and do everything in their power to justify her horrible actions.

* CopCriminalFamily: While they are not exactly cops, Nagumo's parents have made a name for themselves fighting bullying and advocating for it to become a crime. When they find out their own daughter is a bully, their immediate reaction [[MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal is about what you'd expect]].

** The unshakeable belief of Nagumo's parents that their daughter is nothing but an innocent Angel is what prevents them from understanding their daughter bullied Shiori out of her own volition. They choose to scapegoat Aizawa instead.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Nagumo's parents and the School principal try to do this to Aizawa in order to scapegoat him. [[spoiler: They don't count on him having video evidence, also showcasing [[PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars the scars he had from bullying all those years back]] and they certainly don't count on Yumi breaking down and confessing to what she did to Shiori]]. Needless to say, it backfires horribly on them.

** Nagumo's parents are highly successful rich individuals who built their reputations on fighting bullying. Their attempt to cover up Nagumo's bullying by scapegoating Aizawa backfires on them and they end up losing their jobs and their house.
* TheScapegoat: Nagumo, her parents and the school's principal try to set up Aizawa as this by means of EngineeredPublicConfession. Given that Aizawa is also TheChessmaster, it doesn't quite work the way they expected.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Aizawa quotes the trope word-for-word when he listens in on Yumi (Shiori's supposed "best friend") and Nagumo talking crap behind her back.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Nagumo's parents and the School principal try to do this to Aizawa in order to scapegoat him. [[spoiler: They don't count on him having video evidence, also showcasing the scars he had from bullying all those years back and they certainly don't count on Yumi breaking down and confessing to what she did to Shiori]]. Needless to say, it backfires horribly on them.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Takano and Satake (former members of the GangOfBullies that abused Aizawa) tearfully apologize to Aizawa for all the things they did to him. At first it seems they turned over a new leaf, but as soon Aizawa walks out the door, they admit they didn't really mean their apology and only did it to get Aizawa off their backs. They then proceed to have sex with each other, cheating on their respective spouses. [[spoiler: Too bad Aizawa is still recording them]].

** The school principal doesn't do anything when confronted with the problem of bullying instead opting to cover it up in order to maintain his school's "bully-free" reputation and staging an EngineeredPublicConfession in order to scapegoat Aizawa. [[spoiler: By the time Aizawa is done with him, both his personal reputation and his school's reputation are in complete shambles]].

** Similarly, Nagumo's father lost his job and Nagumo's mother is no longer invited (an consequently paid) to give speeches about bullying.

* PhysicalScarsPsychologicalScars: Aizawa is scarred both in mind and body. He showcases ''some'' of the scars to Shiori on the second chapter but it's not until [[spoiler: he strips on public television]] that we see the extent of it.

* HumiliationConga: Shinji suffers a really long and satisfying one during the final chapters of the series. [[spoiler: First, his daughter calls him out on his cheating and his BlamingTheVictim mentality. Then his attempt to bribe and manipulate Yazaki into mending his relationship with Shiori [[HoistByHisOwnPetard horribly backfires]] and Yazaki shows up at his workplace in full PsychoExGirlfriend mode causing a scene. Then Aizawa hijacks the printers and exposes him as an adulterer which leads him to lose the promotion he was looking forward to. Then his boss chews him out, which causes him to lose all respect from his coworkers and become a pariah at work as he watches the promotion go to someone else. Then he returns home to find his his wife who calls him out on his DomesticAbuse and LackOfEmpathy before serving him divorce papers. Then he tries to arrange a hit on Aizawa which ends up being a {{Frameup}} that costs him his job. Then he tries to kill Aizawa himself but can't bring himself to do it (because he is afraid Shiori will get bullied worse when her father becomes a murderer) which ends up crashing his car and injuring his spine. Aizawa then approaches the injured Shinji and lights up a cigarette, fully intent on blowing both of them up. Shinji then [[AintTooProudToBeg pathetically begs Aizawa not to kill him while tearfully apologizing to him for ruining his life]].]]

* HeartfeltApology: Yumi gives one to Shiori. [[ForgiveNotForgotten While Shiori does forgive her, she also clarifies that the two of them can never again truly be friends]].

* CopCriminalFamily: While they are not exactly cops, Nagumo's parents have made a name for themselves fighting bullying and advocating for it to become a crime. When they find out their own daughter is a bully, their immediate reaction [[MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal is about what you'd expect]].

** Negishi-san the former bully victim of Aizawa's former school almost took his own life by jumping off the school's rooftop. [[spoiler: Aizawa convinced him to exact revenge on his respective GangOfBullies instead]].

---> '''Aizawa:''' Back in the third year of middle-school, I thought of you as a king. Everyone obeyed you and did everything you wanted them to. But that wasn't it. You're actually a pitiful man, one who can't do more than puff out his chest.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Aizawa gives a scathing one to Shinji on the story's penultimate chapter.
--> '''Aizawa:''' Back in the third year of middle-school, I thought of you as a king. Everyone obeyed you and did everything you wanted them to. But that wasn't it. You're actually a pitiful man, one who can't do more than puff out his chest.