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Happy Sugar Life #5
ハッピーシュガーライフ 5
真実の愛は、禁忌を持たない。
もしもだれかを好きになったら、一緒にお菓子をたべたい。
一緒にお風呂に入りたい。
抱きしめたい。
キスしたい。
明日も明後日も一緒にいたい。
きっとだれもがそう思う。
この世にあるの?
傲慢じゃない恋なんて。
クレーム・ドゥ・カシスのように甘い、戦慄の純愛サイコホラー第5巻。
もしもだれかを好きになったら、一緒にお菓子をたべたい。
一緒にお風呂に入りたい。
抱きしめたい。
キスしたい。
明日も明後日も一緒にいたい。
きっとだれもがそう思う。
この世にあるの?
傲慢じゃない恋なんて。
クレーム・ドゥ・カシスのように甘い、戦慄の純愛サイコホラー第5巻。
194 pages, Paperback
First published May 22, 2017
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August 5, 2020
Another line crossed that can't be undone. Every volume just sinks the characters deeper into their own mire.
Review of volumes 4&5 eventually appearing on ANN.
Review of volumes 4&5 eventually appearing on ANN.
October 28, 2024
ACTUALLY how does this keep getting darker
November 19, 2021
This is a review of the entire series!
Raised by a severely disturbed aunt with a twisted definition of 'love', Satou Matsuzaka tries to find a sense of belonging in the world by giving up her body to every guy she meets in hopes of receiving true love from them. After countless unfulfilling sexual encounters, Satou believes she has discovered true love from an abandoned little girl named Shio she found on the street one day. Leaving her life of sexual deviancy behind, Satou 'kidnaps' the little girl and raises her as if she were her real mother. The two girls have been hurt and abandoned all their life, but they find a warped sense of comfort and affection in each other's companionship. Shio has no idea what type of person Satou truly is, however. Does she genuinely love her, or is she being emotionally groomed as an object by an unstable predator that's capable of murder?
This series begins with a lot of subversive shocks. The bubbly cute girl is a deranged murderer. The popular girl at work is an obsessive stalker. The strong-headed female employer is abusing her underage male staff. The lovable school teacher is sexually blackmailing his female students. The handsome classmate only has eyes for a homeless little girl. Everyone is putting up a happy, sugary facade while being utterly rotten and twisted on the inside. Such is the nature of this manga. It shows that people are rarely what they seem to be in public and how different they are behind the privacy of closed doors. It's depressing and even scary at times.
Happy Sugar Life plays around with a lot of great subversive horror elements, making you believe something is bubbly and cute at first glance but then showing you it's actually extremely toxic and unstable. The series has interesting themes, but it is often dragged down from being drawn out way too long, going in circles and dialogue that feels a bit immature given the disturbing subject matter. If the narrative was a bit tighter, maybe 3 or 4 volumes instead of 10, it would've been more impactful and gotten the message through much more effectively. It repeated itself too many times, some chapters felt like identical clones of each other that were made just to pad out the length.
A good series overall, but it has some glaring weaknesses that prevent it from being as good as it could've been.
***
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Raised by a severely disturbed aunt with a twisted definition of 'love', Satou Matsuzaka tries to find a sense of belonging in the world by giving up her body to every guy she meets in hopes of receiving true love from them. After countless unfulfilling sexual encounters, Satou believes she has discovered true love from an abandoned little girl named Shio she found on the street one day. Leaving her life of sexual deviancy behind, Satou 'kidnaps' the little girl and raises her as if she were her real mother. The two girls have been hurt and abandoned all their life, but they find a warped sense of comfort and affection in each other's companionship. Shio has no idea what type of person Satou truly is, however. Does she genuinely love her, or is she being emotionally groomed as an object by an unstable predator that's capable of murder?
This series begins with a lot of subversive shocks. The bubbly cute girl is a deranged murderer. The popular girl at work is an obsessive stalker. The strong-headed female employer is abusing her underage male staff. The lovable school teacher is sexually blackmailing his female students. The handsome classmate only has eyes for a homeless little girl. Everyone is putting up a happy, sugary facade while being utterly rotten and twisted on the inside. Such is the nature of this manga. It shows that people are rarely what they seem to be in public and how different they are behind the privacy of closed doors. It's depressing and even scary at times.
Happy Sugar Life plays around with a lot of great subversive horror elements, making you believe something is bubbly and cute at first glance but then showing you it's actually extremely toxic and unstable. The series has interesting themes, but it is often dragged down from being drawn out way too long, going in circles and dialogue that feels a bit immature given the disturbing subject matter. If the narrative was a bit tighter, maybe 3 or 4 volumes instead of 10, it would've been more impactful and gotten the message through much more effectively. It repeated itself too many times, some chapters felt like identical clones of each other that were made just to pad out the length.
A good series overall, but it has some glaring weaknesses that prevent it from being as good as it could've been.
***
If you're looking for some dark ambient music for reading horror, dark fantasy and other books like this one, then be sure to check out my YouTube Channel called Nightmarish Compositions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPs...
April 7, 2026
Avec ce tome 5, la série continue de nous entraîner toujours plus loin dans la psyché de Satô… et c’est aussi fascinant que dérangeant.
On le comprend encore davantage ici : Satô est prête à tout pour protéger son “amour” pour Shio, quitte à franchir des limites toujours plus inquiétantes. Mais ce qui rend ce tome particulièrement marquant, c’est qu’elle n’est plus la seule à incarner cette vision déformée des sentiments.
Mitsuboshi prend une place bien plus importante dans l’intrigue, et son évolution est aussi troublante que captivante. Lui aussi porte de lourdes blessures, et sa perception de l’amour est profondément altérée. En quête d’apaisement, il devient une proie idéale… et Satô n’a aucun mal à le manipuler, surtout quand Shio entre en jeu.
La narration évolue légèrement dans ce tome : moins de dialogues, davantage de gros plans, ce qui accentue encore la tension. Les regards, les silences, les expressions… tout devient plus lourd de sens. Le résultat est une lecture très rythmée, presque oppressante par moments.
Ce qui me frappe toujours autant, c’est la capacité de la série à faire ressentir autant d’émotions. On est constamment entre fascination et malaise, avec ce côté presque lyrique et introspectif qui pousse à réfléchir sur la nature des sentiments.
✨ Une suite intense, dérangeante et toujours aussi maîtrisée.
Cette série me tient complètement en haleine… et réussit encore à surprendre dans la noirceur des émotions qu’elle explore.
On le comprend encore davantage ici : Satô est prête à tout pour protéger son “amour” pour Shio, quitte à franchir des limites toujours plus inquiétantes. Mais ce qui rend ce tome particulièrement marquant, c’est qu’elle n’est plus la seule à incarner cette vision déformée des sentiments.
Mitsuboshi prend une place bien plus importante dans l’intrigue, et son évolution est aussi troublante que captivante. Lui aussi porte de lourdes blessures, et sa perception de l’amour est profondément altérée. En quête d’apaisement, il devient une proie idéale… et Satô n’a aucun mal à le manipuler, surtout quand Shio entre en jeu.
La narration évolue légèrement dans ce tome : moins de dialogues, davantage de gros plans, ce qui accentue encore la tension. Les regards, les silences, les expressions… tout devient plus lourd de sens. Le résultat est une lecture très rythmée, presque oppressante par moments.
Ce qui me frappe toujours autant, c’est la capacité de la série à faire ressentir autant d’émotions. On est constamment entre fascination et malaise, avec ce côté presque lyrique et introspectif qui pousse à réfléchir sur la nature des sentiments.
✨ Une suite intense, dérangeante et toujours aussi maîtrisée.
Cette série me tient complètement en haleine… et réussit encore à surprendre dans la noirceur des émotions qu’elle explore.
April 1, 2022
that last chapter was fucked holy shit
October 31, 2022
Still just as messed up as the last.
February 26, 2024
On book five for a reason and have been blowing through this manga!! Highly recommend ^^
April 5, 2025
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 16, 2026
⭐ 4.5/5
L'introspection de Sâto, son futur heureux qui bascule du tout au tout avec la fin de son amitié...
Une fin abrupte et poétique, la suite s'annonce promettante !
L'introspection de Sâto, son futur heureux qui bascule du tout au tout avec la fin de son amitié...
Une fin abrupte et poétique, la suite s'annonce promettante !
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 18, 2023
もしもだれかを好きになったら、一緒にお菓子をたべたい。
一緒にお風呂に入りたい。
抱きしめたい。
キスしたい。
明日も明後日も一緒にいたい。
きっとだれもがそう思う。
この世にあるの?
傲慢じゃない恋なんて。
クレーム・ドゥ・カシスのように甘い、戦慄の純愛サイコホラー第5巻。?
why was that last chapter so VIOLENT 😭😭
that's all i have to say. it was so violent and for WHAT? 😭
anyways the book was great--as alwayssss.
一緒にお風呂に入りたい。
抱きしめたい。
キスしたい。
明日も明後日も一緒にいたい。
きっとだれもがそう思う。
この世にあるの?
傲慢じゃない恋なんて。
クレーム・ドゥ・カシスのように甘い、戦慄の純愛サイコホラー第5巻。?
why was that last chapter so VIOLENT 😭😭
that's all i have to say. it was so violent and for WHAT? 😭
anyways the book was great--as alwayssss.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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