Doomsia's Healing Sessions - Ch. 6 - Seasoned Aquanas (Re-release)

[CulR]

https://x.com/senukin69/status/1966193527324618753

 

[JackofSpades261]

Whelp, regardless of my opinions on the 'original vs revised' chapter, the author has my condolences for getting bashed for both versions. People are so unhinged these days...

 

[ansonh92]

🍿 Popcorn! Come get your popcorn right here! 🍿

 

[shadebane]

Man these poor people. Come out with what they wanted, get bashed into oblivion for it. Take it down and rework it, get bashed into oblivion for not sticking with their guns. The trolls are many here, and they are loud and annoying.

 

[Goldni]

weird they changed this lol

 

[JethroBodine]

And they still spelled "homo sapien" wrong, lawl

Maybe go back to Brainrot Girlfriend, I'm not feeling this one.

 

[radstylix]

https://x.com/senukin69/status/1966193527324618753

I don't even know how they'd even adapt it, and I don't know how the dub channels in Youtube will even dub that page. Somehow that page survived the planning stage, and the only excuse I can think of is being distracted by the horny.

Big mistake in their part.

 

[baconcat]

Don't care either way, spelling and grammar are still crap.

 

[MasterPannya]

What.A.Mess. I dunno if the author will ever read this, but I think removing the first version (the catgirl seggs) is the second best move. The best move was... not doing it in the first place. 😅

I myself have my own webcomic so I can understand the difficulties as an author. I'm neither big nor that experienced, but even I can tell that the original version was NOT a good idea. It really should've been cut during the writing stage.

I'll try to explain why I personally didn't like it and why I immediately dropped this series, though I'm sure some people also have the same opinions as me.

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First of all, we've got this whole thing with them getting to know and slowly trust each other, and then it culminates in them having sex. Even if it's to help ease her curse, that still took incredible trust.

But one chapter later, suddenly, WHAM, catgirl seggs in the first page. I'm 100% sure everyone who dropped this series (including me) let out a "WHAT THE FUCK" after seeing that. It really ran counter to the story and the theme.

I'm pretty sure some of you have read some of Zyugoya's series. A lot of them involve the female protagonist being healed mentally/emotionally because of their relationship to the male protagonist, and I expected something similar to that from this series (cough, Doomsia's Healing Sessions). Now imagine if the male protagonist, say, from Ochiai-san had sex with another woman on the next chapter after they finally got together. Goodness, poor Ochiai-san would never recover...

Second, the catgirl seggs is behind a paywall, so us non-patrons only get the heavily-shadowed and awkwardly censored version of the page.

Third, if I was a patron in it for the story and not the nsfw... then I didn't really benefit from this chapter. In fact, I'd say it's a waste of money. As for chapter 5.5's sex scene, I think most people didn't mind it since it's part of the story, and the censored parts weren't in the way for non-patrons. Heck, it has enough detail that it can be enjoyed even if it's censored.

Fourth, having two months between the chapters (and the animated trailer is kind of a distraction), and then opening the chapter with a seggs scene with a stranger, with zero setup, and then it's all fucking censored, not a good idea. Even a kiss out of nowhere is a terrible idea, just check what happened to Imasara desu ga.

Fifth, if you must include the catgirl sex scene, it could've been easily rewritten in a much better way. Like, if they REALLY needed the money/potion because Doomsia was heavily injured beyond the Cleric's healing skill. There could've have been discussion between the the Cleric and Doomsia, maybe show some hesitation from the Cleric (I forgot if his name has been mentioned). Normally he would have been fine with paying the "pussy price", but his budding relationship with Doomsia is making him feel guilty even if the act is necessary. Maybe the catgirl notices Cleric's hestiation, and stops it before they do the act, but nope, BOOM catgrill seggs first page. The readers don't know nor care about the catgirl even if she has the same curse as Doomsia; she's a stranger.

Finally, I know it's technically not cheating and I've seen commenters say "they're not even in a relationship, what's the big deal". Bruh, this is a romance series, ya know, you BUILD UP to that relationship? I know some of you degenerates are in open relationships, but ya know, that's NOT the norm.

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So... that's my opinion on it. I may pick up the series again because of the rewrite, and I can relate as a fellow artist. Heck, I still read worse series than this haha.

And thanks for reading this if you did. Bad writing gets me to write long-ass posts like this instead of just short funny/meme comments. 😅

Even a kiss out of nowhere is a terrible idea, just check what happened to Imasara desu ga.

Wrong example. That was the plan with Imasara. And even if the initial readers did left, some remained and with the integrity of the author being rock solid and is clear with the story he's trying to tell, it even garnered enough fans to have the work commercialized.

With that, I don't see the author being serious with his work and now, I don't even see if they even have a story to tell which begs the question, why should I still be reading this?

 

[Keter477]

Good retcon! The previous version was crap.

 

[NARESH4444]

@senukin ,you made the wrong choice.

You listened to the anti-cheating haters,and just like a video game company listening to woke freaks on Twitter,made a change that distorts the actual message that they're no where near close to being romantic and that he is experienced.

You should've stuck with your guns and end up with audience who actually understands romantic stories,not virgin loving morons who have never actually understood human emotions.

Please revert back to what you had and realise that you had a good backbone,not this spineless caving to people.

 

[Kurovah]

@senukin ,you made the wrong choice.

You listened to the anti-cheating haters,and just like a video game company listening to woke freaks on Twitter,made a change that distorts the actual message that they're no where near close to being romantic and that he is experienced.

You should've stuck with your guns and end up with audience who actually understands romantic stories,not virgin loving morons who have never actually understood human emotions.

Please revert back to what you had and realise that you had a good backbone,not this spineless caving to people.

If I'm going to be honest you sound like the last type of audience member the Author should listen to

 

[radstylix]

If I'm going to be honest you sound like the last type of audience member the Author should listen to

Totally. People who haven't written anything creatively have no idea how many bad ideas authors (or with the help of editors) have to KILL because those ideas are either stupid, doesn't contribute to the story, the pacing sucks, etc.

Since the catgrill seggs scene looks super out of place storywise, I think Senukin was convinced by someone on his team or Discord to add that. It really looks awkward and with zero build up, as if a poor writer wrote it. Alternatively, it really is Senukin being a poor writer. I can forgive and understand that; we can only improve from learning from our mistakes.

The people calling Senukin spineless are NOT helping him (or her, I don't actually know) become a better writer.

 

[Uberpwn]

Bruh just have both versions up.

 

[Mafeb]

I don't particularly mind the retcon, but I didn't particularly mind the first version too. My main issue was how abrupt the first page was, for the other matters I simply adjusted my expectations for the story and the characters

 

[NARESH4444]

If I'm going to be honest you sound like the last type of audience member the Author should listen to

Totally. People who haven't written anything creatively have no idea how many bad ideas authors (or with the help of editors) have to KILL because those ideas are either stupid, doesn't contribute to the story, the pacing sucks, etc.

Since the catgrill seggs scene looks super out of place storywise, I think Senukin was convinced by someone on his team or Discord to add that. It really looks awkward and with zero build up, as if a poor writer wrote it. Alternatively, it really is Senukin being a poor writer. I can forgive and understand that; we can only improve from learning from our mistakes.

The people calling Senukin spineless are NOT helping him (or her, I don't actually know) become a better writer.

Time and time again,bending the knee has always been the spineless move,and hasn't ever done favours for anyone,especially retcons of already released content.

He already released the chapter,and the abrupt nature of it was perfectly acceptable,since the cleric explained himself fully for his actions,and served to represent how little the romance actually progressed,how much experience he had compared to her,and as a point of contention for her to do better.

The only people complaining about,since his team said it was based off of what the readers had said,were the same cowardly morons who complain about cheating(where there was none)whilst riding their bandwagon that shows just how little they understood.

The key here is that it was released,an editor is the step between,since it already had been released,then it was already approved of,but considering Senukin does all this themselves,they were their own editor before,how that changed once the team was formed,no idea,but if the team had anything to say,they would've said it before the release.

The spineless part is not sticking to your guns and conforming to what the readers want,instead of protraying the story as the author sees fit whilst any readers who can't understand can get weeded out,if they do not want to face what an author presents,it is not the fault of the author.

And if no one calls them out on it,if no one points out that bending the knee makes you secondary to the people who aren't even paying for the comic and simply complain about an overused point,then they will be worse off for it.

It's 2025,no more softy nonsense for the sake of feelings,no more conforming to what others want due to pathetic whines,and no backing down from the first publically provided iteration,it's time to embrace it fully for the release it is.

 

[CulR]

I don't even know how they'd even adapt it, and I don't know how the dub channels in Youtube will even dub that page. Somehow that page survived the planning stage, and the only excuse I can think of is being distracted by the horny.

Big mistake in their part.

wait but they still have ch. 5.5 as official lmao

 

[radstylix]

abrupt nature of it was perfectly acceptable

NO it's not or else a lot of people, including me, wouldn't have complained that hard. If the author took the time to explain to Doomsia (and the readers) about what the Cleric is about to do, or rather, who he is about to do, there would have been less complaints about it. There weren't even hints that Cleric is a playboy nor were they in a dire situation for them to need a potion, but the latest chapter just opens suddenly with (heavily censored) catgirl sex.

Like I already said in that long comment of mine, Doomsia and Cleric may not be in a relationship yet, but that is obviously what a ROMANCE series build up to. Heck, there are tons of setup for their future romance, but that one act with the catgirl with ZERO setup obliterated all of that.

Explaining the deed after the fact just sounds like an excuse for the Cleric, and the poor writing for the author. I don't know about you, but lame excuses counts as spineless to me, and you don't like being spinelessness right?

And speaking of having a spine when telling a story... doing whatever you want as an author does NOT equal good and/or profitable writing. Good authors have to change/remove some stuff all the time or else their stories would never have become good. Even freaking Oda from One Piece has bad ideas that his editors had to smack down. And they have to constantly convince him to cut out some characters/arcs/islands to streamline the story.

I know Doomsia's Healing Sessions isn't trying to be One Piece or anything, but everyone likes a good story right?

bending the knee makes you secondary to the people who aren't even paying for the comic

Don't shit on people who read stuff for free, respect them (within reason)! Good stories turn non-paying readers to become paying readers! They complain because they care about the story!

If the story is bad, then paying readers stop paying for it, and non-payers will never pay for it aside if it's a niche interest.

Yes, the author shouldn't always listen to his audience or editors, even if the readers are patrons or not. Trust me, I know how that feels like as a smalltime webcomic artist. It's part of the job balancing pandering to your readers, and doing what you want as an author.

But the thing is, what the STORY needs is a bajillion times more important than what the author or reader wants.

To conclude: sudden catgrill seggs without zero setup is NOT what the story needed.
If there was ANY setup prior to this chapter, catgirl sex enjoyers would be happy, and the people who reading this series for the story would be happy, or at least would complain less.

 

[radstylix]

Bruh just have both versions up.

Still up on comick.io, just checked.
It's kinda hard to do multiple versions here in MangaDex AFAIK except as a separate "chapter", and there aren't that many reasons to do it anyway.

 

[Notme321]

What happened in the original release? I missed it