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This manga is supposed to be a cute and light-hearted story about everyday life, described as "Adorably trapped ☆ A comedy about a fluffy prison♪"...

But the more I read it, the more I feel that setting a cheerful story in a prison just doesn't sit right.

It's not only the main character being in prison for a minor drug-related crime that bothers me, but also the idea of trying to make something cute out of a really bad situation.

The prison guards and the other background characters are also kind of vague and undefined. It's like that uneasy feeling you get when you watch a horror movie and you know something's about to go really wrong. Maybe I've read too much scary stuff by Junji Ito or something...

I don't personally know anyone in prison, but because of how this manga makes me feel, I can't bring myself to keep reading it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't read it, but this sounds like something that could be pretty great if it pulled a Madoka.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That would have instantly changed it towards brilliance