dangermousie | Trading your virginity for your boyfriend's life will fuck you up. Might as well let him die then... (Reply)

I'd forgotten how cracktastic 100% Perfect Girl gets. So far (as of volume 7), it has taught me the following things:

1. You can trade your virginity for your boyfriend's life.
1a. Corollary: if he is willing to die for you, maybe you should just let him - he'll be happy, and you'll be still a virgin. Win - win. Seriously.
2. If you have a hot, rich, sweet suitor - find out if he is an only child. If he is not - run!!!!
3. Just as in Samuel Richardson's 18th century bestseller, Pamela, the best way to get out of a rape situation is to faint - if the guy carries on, at least you won't feel it, and there is a chance he may stop because he doesn't think it's fun to do it with an unconscious woman.
4. Male shirtlessness makes everything better.
5. Your boyfriend can't save you even if he has mad fight skills, a gun, and his own private assault force. Best way to save yourself is to have your abductors fall in love with you.

Volume 7 has my favorite manga sequence EVER. Evil Ewan the Insane Half-brother (of Jarte not Jay, this manga is not THAT twisted) has kidnapped Jay as a part of his psycho revenge plan against Jarte for having a nice childhood/being normal (what, he couldn't see a shrink?). Jarte has come to rescue Jay but it's a little hard to do when Ewan has a gun to his fiancee's head and tells him he will kill her painfully unless Jarte surrenders to him for some torture fun.

Good times for everyone ensue. Especially Ewan. Awwww, sibling bonding time. Literally.

Is it me or is this kinda...kinky? I mean, in a twisty sibcesty way of wrongness.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. *slurp*

The first time I read this manhwa, I literally squealed like a stuck pig at this:

(Oh, this is really going to help her already existing PTSD from previous Ewan revenge attempt which involved her in a gunfight/betrayal/etc)

One of the things that WANN has a consistent Jay characteristic is that she is really good and strong in the middle of a crisis but once it's over and she has time to dwell on what has happened, she falls to bits. I like it because it's realistic but also because it allows her to be tough with evil evil bad guys :)

And now we are getting into Mayu Shinjo territory...

What, you didn't leave your bro a live feed, Ewan?

Short version - Jay has not been raped yet but neither she nor Jarte know of the fact. Ahhh, it brings back Fushigi Yuugi memories :) Longer version - Anyway, Jay performs the Pamela manuver and faints which buys her some time as Ewan doesn't want to make with a girl who can't "appreciate" him, but when she comes to, he lies to her he's already did it, and is now about to go for seconds. However - Jarte Interruptus (with help of awesome infiltrating lady bodyguard). I know, Ewan, you really wanted to have your target to wallow in misery but don't you think it would have been safer to off him? Honest. Because not only is he obsessive and homicidal as of right now, he has his own private army and a lot of $$$ with which to hunt you down. Honest - that will make the family reunion a bit awkward.

Yeah, when they return home, she is totally depressed and PTSDing worse and a total mess, and he is completely messed-up and guilt-ridden. Fun times.

Really really fun times.

And then she slits her wrists.

Bonus: this is the aftermath of earlier Ewan attempt (she got framed as a traitor and in order to prove her innocence agreed to Ewan's bargain of being kidnapped and got almost killed). I just think these panels are so pretty.

Ahhhhh, delicious delicious guilt (for not believing her and thus pushing her into the dangerous situation). Mmmmmmmm. Jarte should just get a condo in guiltland, seriously - the way he wallows.

Yup, that's her PTSD after that - it wasn't as bad as after rapeytimes incident but was still not fun. Guys, just break up, honest.

Bonus 2: Jarte with his bff the firearm.

Bonus 3: Creepy creepy Ewan. Nobody is going to convince he doesn't have some sort of incestuous s/my thing for his younger half-brother. Seriously.

Anyway, by the end of volume 7, both Jay and Jarte are so screwed up, I believe they need to be heavily medicated, not dating each other. Slitting your wrists is not a healthy coping mechanism. Obsessive codependency and a guilt complex the size of Nevada isn't either. (One of the things I like about 100% is that both of the protagonists start out the manhwa as pretty well-adjusted and then kinda spiral into insanity - it's nice to see a manhwa which actually admits that horrible things happening to you will fuck you up).