P&Me: Policeman and Me, Vol. 15

ＰとＪＫ [P to JK] #15

by Maki Miyoshi, Rie Zushi (Translator)

Kota si aliena dalla realtà, stretto dai ricordi del passato. Sembra che le voci di chi gli vuole bene non riescano più a raggiungere il suo cuore, che si tiene distante persino da Kako. La ragazza decide di andare a trovare il giovane poliziotto insieme a Okami ma, davanti a lei, i due finiscono per sfidarsi...

Genres: Manga, Romance, Slice Of Life, Shojo

176 pages, Paperback

First published November 13, 2019

About the author

Name (in native language) : 三次マキ

Associated Names:
三次真紀
みよし マキ

Maki Miyoshi is a Japanese Manga Artist. In 2017 her series P to JK won the 41st Annual Kodansha Manga Award in the Shōjo category.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was all set to write a very grumbly review about Kota pressuring Kako to sleep with him in the first chapter of this volume, carrying over from the last chapter of volume fourteen. (You'll notice the gap between my reading of them based on this.) But then Maki Miyoshi's afterword made it better: she explicitly states that Kota's behavior is abominable and that if any of her readers ever encounter a guy who tries to pressure them into having sex, they should leave and not look back. It doesn't matter what kind of relationship they're in (remember, Kota and Kako are married, albeit without consummation) or how much they love him - it is emphatically NOT okay.

This makes Miyoshi only the second shoujo/josei borderline author I've ever encountered to make this clear when the story seems to indicate otherwise. (Kanan Minami is the other in a short story she wrote explicitly counteracting the larger body of her work.) Miyoshi acknowledges that her readers likely already know this, thus reaffirming the idea that romance readers can tell the difference between fiction and reality, but she also feels that it couldn't hurt to say it. She's right - because so much popular culture and internalized misogyny tells us otherwise, it never hurts to say, "What my character did here is wrong," especially in a genre that often says otherwise.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kako has always been obnoxiously immature and simple minded, but this showed the worst in her, and how she isn’t ready to be in an adult relationship. She is the type that “wants to help everybody but helps nobody in the end.” If people grow because of her,it’s because having to resolve the problems she causes makes them think and grow up. It’s not actually something she does consciously, she’s just a catalyst by being inconsiderate.

The arc with Tee-sensei (murderer of Kota’s father), was infuriating and the worst example of her inconsiderate behavior. Kota asked her to stop volunteering with the guy, and she refuses, but then keeps crying that he won’t tell her his true feelings and asking isn’t there anything she can do to help. Sure, you can quit volunteering as he asked. Go find some other place with kids to volunteer at, it isn’t that hard. She also says he’s scary because he was angry when meeting his father’s killer. What is extra irritating is that everyone around them blames him because he can’t forgive the killer and is depressed and withdrawn. Even he believes that he is the one at fault for the issues with Kako. The author even puts in a little note about Kota’s bad behavior toward her (pressuring her into sex because he was angry), and how no woman should tolerate it, and should run away. Although I agree with the sentiment generally, there were also some extenuating circumstances that make his behavior understandable, especially since he corrected himself immediately, and it was pretty clear that it was bad behavior and he understood that.

One of the most irritating things is that it’s not as if she was really good friends with Tee-sensei. She had literally just met him, and he happens to mention that she was good at reading to the kids. From that she extrapolated that he was a nice person and was trying to change his life. But she actually didn’t really know anything about the situation when she was defending him. He even tells her over and over that she’s just idealizing him, and acting for her own self satisfaction without knowing anything about him. He thinks it is perfectly logical for him to be treated as a murderer because that is what he is. Half of the things he says makes it ambiguous whether he really is a good person. Hello, no one said that bad people cant be good with kids. Yet she wants to “save” him. From what? You can’t undo the past, and some people will always consider him a criminal. No amount of wishing otherwise will change that.

I understand she believes that volunteering is the first time she’s had something important to her that she wants to do. However, basic common sense would tell her that if she loves her husband and cares about his peace of mind, she should quit and work elsewhere. Even if she feels it is an unreasonable request (I don’t personally find it unreasonable), sometimes that’s what it means to compromise and support your partner.

[Vivian Lu · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main couple and their actions particularly the man’s was not cool or right. It wasn’t a bad volume but there are a few iffy things happening. It hasn’t been as entertaining these last few/ several volumes. Honestly, why did the murderer make an appearance? ~2.6/5 ish

[Bee (BacchusVines) · Rating 3 out of 5]

If the last volume was all about depression, this volume is all about the journey to healing.

I'm all up in my feels in this one. The next one is the last volume and I am not ready!~

[🐣♡세이♡🧸 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Federica Malpasso · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okami credo che resti il mio personaggio preferito di questo manga ♥️

[CrazyBug456 · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️4,1