Manga Commentary: Count Cain volume five

[veleda_k]

My commentary on Count Cain continues. As usual, there will be spoilers for the entire series, up to the end of Godchild. All quotes are from the Viz version unless otherwise noted. I apologize for any typos. I can never manage to catch them all.

Volume One
Volume Two (part one)
Volume Two (part two)
Volume Three
Volume Four

Comments

[24snowyli_chan]

Riff: There are other people who love you and are waiting for you to come home!Are you going to desert them? Are you... abandoning me too, Lord Cain?

Me: Oh, god.

Riff is a giver. He gives and gives to Cain, and he never asks for anything in return. Except now. This is the only moment of selfishness that Riff ever shows, which makes it all the more powerful.

Cain's need for Riff is more obvious, but I think that Riff's dependence on Cain is even greater. Cain is everything to him. Cain can survive without Riff, but I truly think that Riff would die without Cain. He would quite literally lose the will to live.

Cain: You're holding me so tight I can't breathe, Riff. Keep holding me, though. If you let me go... I might break into pieces. If you stop holding me... I'm afraid I'll die.

Me: Oh, god again.

That's their relationship in a nutshell: co-dependent, severely unhealthy... and exactly what they both need.

THIS. i swear there are no words (that and my brain can't function this early in the morning) but yeah, if there was one way to describe these two it would be this way, and in their case, it works so well for them.

nice commentary, enjoyed reading it

[veleda_k]

Thank you! It's a relief to know that people are reading and enjoying this, and that I'm not just talking to empty air.

[24snowyli_chan]

this manga deserves all the love it can get, believe me this is not going to empty air.