Abbey Tayler’s Reviews > The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino > Status Update

Not to be that guy but.. yay for Nishino dying!! Again, I ask myself, how can women love this man who is so self-admittedly a terrible person. Do they each think they will be different? Is that what it is? Also, this story just gave me unsettled feelings, considering Ai is just 18 and Nishino is 55 yet he doesn’t seem to hold any maturity at all, compared to her. Yet she stays? Why?

Why does the author keep trying to make me feel bad for Nishino. He’s obviously self-aware “I know there’s something wrong with me”, but he makes no effort to change because he’s “scared”. Grow up dude? You’re almost 40 and you’re still playing the same games you were as a child! He is actually insufferable. I wish Maow didn’t leave, so Erik could realise she didn’t need Nishino after all..

I liked this chapter.. but why would she ruin her friendship to bang a guy she doesn’t even seem to like???? Her and Subaru had a good friendship (could’ve been more, *sigh*)- they were each other’s opposites. I also got to see more of the human side of Nishino in this chapter, but I still hate him. I notice how this coincided with other women in his life. Dodgy.

I appreciate that she had the strength to leave him, despite thinking that she loved him. He’s a womaniser and a cheater and an overall terrible person. Plus, she clarified that the sex, in fact, was not great. So what is it about him? I feel bad about his sister, that adds some complexity to his character but at the end of the day, it doesn’t excuse his behaviour.

I quite liked this chapter! Seeing the other woman’s perspective was interesting- how she thought Manami was so cool and collected whilst Manami was struggling inside with insecurity. I still do not understand the fascination with Nishino, though. He must have great sex or something. It was nice though, the ending. He didn’t cheat and they acknowledged the past.

Okay, I understand a little more now. Manami was perhaps a wake up call to Nishino, that there was something in his soul that truely prevented him from loving someone. I still don’t understand that magnetic attraction that the women have to him, though. He seems like a terrible boyfriend, a womaniser, a gaslighter… What do they see in him?

I feel like I don’t understand this book. Chapter two was interesting, hearing about her relationship with her mother, the vacant lot, and Toru Tanabe. Nishino was perhaps the least interesting (and most disturbing) part of this chapter. I can’t understand why she liked him at all. How did he make her realise all of those things about her life? I’m confused.

Chapter One. I like the writing, it does give me that same, comforting vibe that a lot of translated books give me. Although I don’t understand why this woman is in love with Nishino. He seems like a womaniser, and a perv. Perhaps he is not designed to be likeable, and it is meant to be a commentary on how we can never truly help who we love.