Confessions

by Kanae Minato

I became a teacher in 1998, and my first position—on-the-job training, really—was at M Middle School. I

This was a good year to become a teacher since their wages were considered great for the COL back then.

told her I had no intention of reopening the case and stirring up trouble. You can imagine that it was a rather noble little speech.

But A is dangerous and can harm other students. He needs to be dealt with

But as I’ve been writing this to you, I’ve changed my mind. I’ve realized that you have to have a trial, no matter how terrible the crime is. Not for the criminal but for the average people, to make sure they understand what’s happened and to keep them from taking the law into their own hands.

If only the law wouldnt favor certain people. I wonder if since this book is set in an asian country if inequality with law is different due to everyone mostly being the same race. Idk could still be some class and gender bias

At that moment I felt like Shūya was the only one in the world on my side.

Ummm hello??? Are you serious? She likes him?? How and why? Is he about to do something to her?

That night, Naoki killed his mother.

My mouth dropped because wtf!?

It should be easy to slip something to Werther if he comes back in the fall.

the mind of this child seems a bit childish but its interesting to see how they feel about revenge when its someone they care about...

do you mind if I ask you one last question? What do you think of your revenge now?

That’s got to be it. The whole thing was made up by that pathetic woman. Which means that Watanabe is a victim, too. It’s all Moriguchi’s fault.

The typical mind of a pick me boy mom smh

We’ve never been friends. I can’t stand kids like you anyway—worthless but full of yourself. Compared to a genius like me, you’re pretty much a complete failure.”

Such a ironic line...... A hypocrite if you will

Poor, dumb lady. My mother didn’t say anything, either.

Oh.. The moms revenge was justified in my opinion

That was the last moment of happiness for her empty boy.

so hes a psychopath because of mommy issues...

“From Momma?” she said, and I could see that she had the smile of someone who had been well loved—the smile I had lost forever.

He needs therapy but im sure he thinks hes to smart for therapy

decided her death was of no use to me, and I hid the body away in the laboratory’s outsized refrigerator. But after a week, when no one came looking for

I knew he would murder her.. Smh

and who ran off to fulfill her own dreams, leaving behind a boy with an unrequited love. In that sense, in your tremendous egotism, you and your mother truly are alike.