Rin sort of reminded me of myself, which is probably a bad thing. I don't mean that she acted the way that I would or engages in acts that I would, I mean that her thought progression reminds me of my own. Rin has a very split yet singular mind. What I mean is; she thinks about others to an extent that shes willing to put them before herself and because of that she ends up hating others because shes built up her idea of her connection to them to such an extreme point. But at the same time she's pretty selfish; and tends to think of her actions as sacrifices that she makes in order for her relationships to work, and how lucky the losers that she dates are the she even bothers to pay attention to them. Now I'm not really like that; because that would make me crazy, but I can understand the concept of a split or portioned mind. In a way I can relate to Rin even though shes crazy and has suicidal type thoughts that have never crossed my mind. I guess you could say this book had an impact on me. Not because I necessarily liked it, but because in a way I felt like I was reading about someone who could easily be me if I decided to go that direction with my life. That being said this review I'm sure is terrible and if anyone is actually reading it, they're thinking how emo I am but well I'm not scared of my feelings and this book happened to invoke them. On a different note, Hitomi Kanehara is a wonderfully thought provoking author and I urge others to read her books if they feel that they're up to it. ( )