Status Updates From 血の轍 3 [Chi no Wadachi 3]

god these panels are so fucking intense its so smart that his stutter is developed to portray his pent up feelings. i was scared that his mother did something to him during the summer timeskip

omg why is he stuttering and why does non of the adults care?????

Umm... what

The art is brilliant! The watercolor painting of Sei with the red wash resembling blood at the start of chapter 19 is so good! I really really love Shuzo Oshimi’s art style, it’s wonderful.

I feel so bad for Seiichi, the poor child is getting traumatized day after day! Lock Seiko up oh my god.

This chapter (Chapter 21: Confrontation) has been rough! Between Sei’s stuttering and inability to speak and Shigeru’s mother being so gentle and forgiving (without knowing the full truth) I’ve teared up a few times. Shuzo Oshimi draws the facial expressions in such a way that they’re very subtle changes yet their effect on the story (and by extension on the reader) is tremendous! It’s so good!

I feel so bad for Seiichi. This is so intense.