This review may contain spoilers
Honestly, I just watched the movie and created this account only to write this review.
Let me start by saying: this film is the best in its category — dark, psychological, black flag, emotionally complex — and definitely not for everyone.
There’s no fluff, no healing romance, no happy ending. Just brutal realism.
Ryuji (the doctor) isn’t a manipulator — he’s broken, emotionally unstable. His actions are abhorrent, no doubt, but his guilt over not being able to save his previous lover pushes him to "save" Makoto.
But calling him a savior isn’t accurate either — because yes, maybe he helped Makoto exist... but at what cost?
Makoto was already broken before he met Ryuji. He was on his way to self-destruction, walking the line between numbness and death.
Ryuji interrupted that process — but in doing so, created a new trauma-bonded dependency unconsciously.
Even after being set free, Makoto returns. Not out of love, but because he doesn’t know how to exist anymore without this pain. He choose to be with Ryuji even after everything (you'll know why only after watching the movie)
There’s so much more I could say, but I’ll stop here to avoid major spoilers.
Just know: this is not a love story.
It’s a story of survival, where two unstable people cling to each other not because they should… but because they have no one else.
One is coping with guilt.
The other is clinging to the only thing that made him feel alive.
They don't deserve each other, they need each other.
Would definitely recommend but if you want fluff, cutesy, happy ending, can't handle real stuff then back off. Just because people don't understand or accept the story they give bad reviews.
LET ME SAY AGAIN: THIS IS NO LOVE STORY, IT IS MORE THAN THAT.
Hope this convince you to watch the movie.
Let me start by saying: this film is the best in its category — dark, psychological, black flag, emotionally complex — and definitely not for everyone.
There’s no fluff, no healing romance, no happy ending. Just brutal realism.
Ryuji (the doctor) isn’t a manipulator — he’s broken, emotionally unstable. His actions are abhorrent, no doubt, but his guilt over not being able to save his previous lover pushes him to "save" Makoto.
But calling him a savior isn’t accurate either — because yes, maybe he helped Makoto exist... but at what cost?
Makoto was already broken before he met Ryuji. He was on his way to self-destruction, walking the line between numbness and death.
Ryuji interrupted that process — but in doing so, created a new trauma-bonded dependency unconsciously.
Even after being set free, Makoto returns. Not out of love, but because he doesn’t know how to exist anymore without this pain. He choose to be with Ryuji even after everything (you'll know why only after watching the movie)
There’s so much more I could say, but I’ll stop here to avoid major spoilers.
Just know: this is not a love story.
It’s a story of survival, where two unstable people cling to each other not because they should… but because they have no one else.
One is coping with guilt.
The other is clinging to the only thing that made him feel alive.
They don't deserve each other, they need each other.
Would definitely recommend but if you want fluff, cutesy, happy ending, can't handle real stuff then back off. Just because people don't understand or accept the story they give bad reviews.
LET ME SAY AGAIN: THIS IS NO LOVE STORY, IT IS MORE THAN THAT.
Hope this convince you to watch the movie.
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