A review by lazymajou
よるのばけもの by Yoru Sumino

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is about a boy who's turning in a monster at night (suprise suprise). He doesn't know why it happens, but since he can't sleep when he's in this form, he walks around the neightbourhood, usually he goes to the seaside. But one day, when he realises he forgot his homework from school he goes there to get it back. And even tho it's the middle of the night and no one is supposed to be there – he meets his classmate Yano there and she finds out his secret. But you see, Yano isn't particulary liked by other kids in the class, she's being bullied after she thew out another students book out of the window and made her cry. She stutters and she's really akward. Adachi (main character) starts to understand her a little with time but still continues to ignore her in school, cause he's frighten to go against the class. It's a story about a boy that even tho he knows what he does is bad he continues to do it because he's scared and doesn’t even know who or what he is himself. It's a story about bullying told not by a bully or their victim but a standby.
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