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Happy Sugar Life #4
Happy Sugar Life, Vol. 4
To me......it seemed like a demon.It was so terrifying.To me......it was like a monster.It was too kind.
What will you......give up on?Friendship?Desire?Or love?
What will you......give up on?Friendship?Desire?Or love?
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 22, 2016
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August 5, 2020
Just when you think you know what's going on and that all the shit has hit the fan...
May 22, 2021
I think after these last 3 volumes I might stop collecting these. This isn't really doing much to keep me interested.
Maybe it's because every character is kind of a piece of shit or some psycho it takes away from another one acting that way. This time a big reveal happens and someone is alive that we thought was dead. But when they're revealed it's SO over the top, not scary, not exciting, just kind of weird. The series also feels like it is dragging its feets at the moment. I might just stop right here. Unless someone can convince me it gets far better.
A 2.5 out of 5.
Maybe it's because every character is kind of a piece of shit or some psycho it takes away from another one acting that way. This time a big reveal happens and someone is alive that we thought was dead. But when they're revealed it's SO over the top, not scary, not exciting, just kind of weird. The series also feels like it is dragging its feets at the moment. I might just stop right here. Unless someone can convince me it gets far better.
A 2.5 out of 5.
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...
February 19, 2024
I am new to this type of manga (and manga in general, this is the first series I've dove into) and so far I am really liking it! I heard the series makes a lot of people uncomfortable, but I am honestly enjoying it so far! There is suspense and cool art!
May 23, 2022
Good lord this series is messed up
October 25, 2022
Really interested to find out more about a particular character that shows up in this volume. Very messed up.
January 24, 2025
started picking up really well
March 15, 2025
Horrified, intrigued. Where is this going? What is happening? Hello???????
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