My Little Monster
| So after watching this series i have come to the conclusion that Haru is a psycopath. what is a psycopath? well the definition is as follows: a person afflicted with a personality disorder characterized by a tendency to commit antisocial and sometimes violent acts and a failure to feel guilt for such acts. also extreme egocentricity and failure to learn from experience. Through the course of the 12 episodes we see all of these behaviors manifest in Haru, not all at once but in sequence. we also see that he was like this from a young age and its not just a phase. This is supposed to be a romance show so you would think that a character like this would put one off but on the contrary it made me more interested in the show. The fact that Haru is a psycopath doesnt mean he cant find love, it does however mean that he will have a hard time with it. and I think the series showed this, showed the different problems that a person like this would go through when establishing a relationship with someone. His relationship with shizuku is bumpy and uneasy but the effort is there. I dont think the relationship between haru and shisuku wouldnt work on account of his behavior but it wouldnt be easy. The fact is Haru would need help. Also it seems that not many in the show seem to realize the kinds of problems haru has. Shizuku doesn't seem to realize it and she's the one who should most. Yamaken seems to realize it especially since he was almost thrown off a 3rd floor but not completely. the only person who seemed to realize that Haru was a psycopath and tried to help him accordingly was his aunt, and she died leaving Haru alone and with no one who realized his problem. |
| I think that he is more like socially awkward than a psychopath. Remember, he spent 3 years as a home-schooled student and never really made any friends so he wants friends but doesn't know how to act around them. I honestly really like him though. |
| There's no magical spell to save someone's life. |
| He basically almost tried to kill Yamaken for a stupid reason, so yeah, he has a creepy side that kinda don't fit the show honestly. |
| The name of the anime is My Little Monster, so there you have it. |
removed-user said: This is an outstanding review. I'm glad it is still up on the web. Worth a read if you want to think more about the characters. I found his behaviour rather interesting, not good... but I've lived with a Brother who has similar issues. I decided to look around and this here kind-of sums up what I was thinking in a nice way. http://luckycatreviews.blogspot.com/2015/12/character-review-of-haru-yoshida-from.html Haru's violence is the biggest turn-off about this anime, and the reason I never picked up the manga. He is easily identifiable as autism spectrum or neurodivergent, probably Asperger's Syndrome. But nobody talks about the other character "on the spectrum" in this show. Shizuku is arguably pulled from the same edition of the DSM. Back when this manga was written, Asperger's Disorder was in the psychologist's guidebook, although later editions replaced it with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Shizuku does not have the violent behavior of Haru, but she is arguably antisocial in her own way. When I first watched this, I was reminded of the term "autistic savant". A variation of the antiquated term "idiot savant" used to describe someone with a significant deficit but with other intellectual or memory strengths. The old movie Rain Man is an example of this. So I might suggest this is an example of two autistic savants finding love... But ultimately, I find it impossible to excuse Haru's violence, and I am left frustrated by Shizuku's inability to reject this violent young man. And the happy clappy soundtrack of Tomatsu Haruka seems out of place. Maybe there needs to be a second season focused on Haru getting psychotherapy and anger management classes. |
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