Now that Kaya has fully gone over to the dark side, is there any hope in Ran guiding him back into the light? After that betrayal, it’s doubtful.
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My thoughts on this volume (Spoilers!)
Is Ranko finally learning how to listen to her own heart!?
All throughout the past six volumes, we’ve had to watch as poor Ranko was swayed by Kaya. As she has difficulties communicating with those around her, she has never been able to fully express herself to anyone, not even Kaya. Every time she does attempt to make meaningful contact with him, he readily accepts it and twists it into something beneficial for him.
I don’t think Kaya is at all malicious with anything he does, though he may come off as manipulative. He’s a young boy who has gone through a lot of trauma, and we finally get a glimpse of what he went through in this volume. While he does some questionable things, I do think it comes from a place of trying to protect himself from getting hurt again, not because he’s trying to hurt Ran.
Ran’s relationship with Kaya is, of course, incredibly unhealthy. Though she tries her hardest, one person alone isn’t enough to help Kaya get through his trauma. So, up until now, Ran has allowed herself to give into Kaya’s will with the understanding that he’s doing his best in his own way.
In this volume however, everything changes. While it seems to be the beginning of the end for Kaya, it looks like Ran is finally starting to stick up for herself. Now that Ran has gone back on her word and admitted to having feelings for Nasu, Kaya seems to have a mental breakdown. He doesn’t just revert back to how he behaved when he first moved in back in volume one, he also offers Mihane “favours” in exchange for pocket-money, and allows his “friends” to beat up Nasu.
The mere thought of losing Ran sends him completely off the deep-end, and it looks like there’s nothing she can do to bring him back like she did before. Just as things are starting to get depressing, Mihane jumps in with some surprisingly sound advice—Mihane really can be a good friend when she wants to be. She tells Ran that she was never in the wrong, that no one can help developing feelings for another. Ran finally having someone in her life that she can confide in without worry of judgement seems to be exactly what she needs, as she finally allows herself to realizes that no, she’s not in the wrong at all.
While this was a rather sad volume for Kaya…it really did have it’s funny moments. Like, Kaya willingly taking pictures of himself in a random bra gifted to him by an old man for money? How does he get himself into these situations!?
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