The moon won’t let you feel lonely: a deeper look into Sanayuki Sato’s “The Prefect’s Private Garden”

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The Prefect’s Private Garden by Sanayuki Sato

Japanese Title:
プリフェクトの箱庭
Prefect no Hakoniwa

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TW: yandere trope as a whole; emotional, physical and sexual abuse

In my endless rant about yandere BL, the manga that I gave the most love to was Sanayuki Sato’s “The Prefect’s Private Garden” which I can describe confidently as a masterclass in how to write yandere angsty romance. I’m biased, because the story includes a bunch of tropes I adore (TsukihitoTsukihitoTsukihi—), but, to borrow wise words from Sou, you know when you find a manga that hits just right?

Since “The Prefect’s Private Garden” was one of two works to hit that perfect spot for me (so far—looking at you, ongoing “The Monster & The Ghost” and “Double Beastly Trouble”), please join me on this rather long rant about a boy raised to see himself as a god that doesn’t understand love and a precious boy determined to fix that.

(Although I’ll try to keep them at a minimum, there will be spoilers…)

Beware of spoilers and dead doves, or Tsukihito will scold you.
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