This is not a happy story. And I don't think it's supposed to be.
This series genuinely shook me. It deals with child prostitution, exploitation and trauma — subjects that are incredibly uncomfortable to watch, but Happy of the End refuses to look away. At the same time, it doesn't constantly make everything as explicit as it could. Somehow, that distance makes the story even more effective. It feels less like it's trying to shock me and more like it's asking me to actually look at what these characters have lived through.
And despite everything, this really is a queer story. Not a romance with a bit of darkness added to it, but a story about queer people, trauma, survival and finding some kind of happiness after everything that happened to them.
The ending was satisfying enough, but it also left me wanting so much more. And honestly, maybe that's part of why I liked it so much.
This isn't a series I'd recommend to everyone. But I do think it's worth getting past our own discomfort and seeing what it's actually trying to say.
And despite everything, this really is a queer story. Not a romance with a bit of darkness added to it, but a story about queer people, trauma, survival and finding some kind of happiness after everything that happened to them.
The ending was satisfying enough, but it also left me wanting so much more. And honestly, maybe that's part of why I liked it so much.
This isn't a series I'd recommend to everyone. But I do think it's worth getting past our own discomfort and seeing what it's actually trying to say.
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