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2 | [[caption-width-right:1000:I knew you were trouble when you walked in.]] |
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4 | "To Be Honest" is a SliceOfLife Webcomic available on Platform/{{Webtoons}} [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/to-be-honest/list?title_no=609535&page=1&webtoon-platform-redirect=true here]]. |
5 | After the death of his grandmother, Leon is sent to an orphanage, and put in a new school. On his first day, he finds out that his orphanage roommate is a the troublemaker Gilbert who has been send back from multiple homes for bad behavior. Stuck together, the two start to form a relationship that brings conflict to Leon's life. |
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8 | !! This web comic provides examples of: |
9 | * AbusiveParents: Plenty of children in the orphanage have come from bad homes, and even some outside of it. |
10 | ** Elias's father is apparently homophobic, given how terrified he is of anyone finding out that he's in a relationship with Gilbert. |
11 | ** Mio's parents were alcoholics that were deemed unfit to be his guardians, which is way he was sent to the orphanage, and were his difficulties with his temper came from. |
12 | ** On a more amusing note, Gilbert is convinced his mother, whom he doesn't remember, hated him, on account of the fact that she named him Gilbert. |
13 | * AcquaintanceDenial: Not wanting to draw attention to himself, Leon lies about being in the orphanage at school, much to Gilbert's annoyance. |
14 | ** Elias and Gilbert pretend to not be together when on school. |
15 | * AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler: In spite of previously only being interested in girls, Leon starts blushing when Gilbert smiles at him, and he realizes that what's he's feeling is not simply pity but actual attraction.]] |
16 | * ArmouredClosetGay: Elias is "very" determined to make sure no one finds out he's gay, and in a relationship with Gilbert. |
17 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Gilbert towards the rest of the children, specially Mio. |
18 | * CatapultNightmare: Gilbert wakes up from a nightmare like that. |
19 | * ClosetKey: Gilbert was this to Elias [[spoiler: and as of chapter 09, Leon as well.]] |
20 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Plenty of characters have rather painful pasts. |
21 | ** Mio's parents were abusive and alcoholic, and his trauma still affects him to this day. |
22 | ** Ida lost her family in an accident, and has survivor's guilt because of it. |
23 | ** According to Gilbert [[spoiler: He killed someone.]] And according to Elias [[spoiler: he was groomed by the schools former coach]] |
24 | * FriendsWithBenefits: Gilbert and Elias have a relationship like that, though is implied Elias has more complicated feelings. |
25 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Gilbert has a head full of golden locks, and despite his antisocial exterior he's a genuinely caring person. |
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