My Intern Bullied Me Again! - Vol. 4 Ch. 45 - The Power of Love

[SrNevik]

Side couples are an important aspect to the longevity of any romance manga. Side characters expand the number of tools and storylines the writer has access to and allow breathing room.

For a romance manga to grow past its intial premise it has to have somewhere to grow.

Example: MagiRevo having the whole

Spoiler

vampire

plot required not Anise or Euphie but a side character.

Plus it gives the writer more tools to work with so they're less likely to overly depend on the typical tropes to extend the series. Relationships in those series tend not to be as slow burn, for example. There also tends to be less "sudden drama rivals," or the other usual "I'm stuck, what do I do to extend this, oh this is a good idea!" strategies.

Instead you're story naturally develops multiple different couples, each at different points of their relationship and each with different dynamics. Every chapter then has something it can naturally cover and even when one couple is struggling others are not--so the story can balance itself out. Korean and Chinese stories are really good with this. Japanese manga, not as much. Yuri is My Job does it, and so does Whisper Me a Love Song. Both of those do very well.

 

[GooseBolt]

Yuri is my job ? forget about side couple, i don't even read that for the main couple



also, why everyone comment like "why people don't want side couple" while i don't see any "don't want side couple" comment at all ?

I'm still waiting for any progress with the main couple, def a slowburn

 

[NinjaGoemon]

Plus it gives the writer more tools to work with so they're less likely to overly depend on the typical tropes in order to pad chapters. Relationships in those series tend not to be as slow burn, for example. There also tends to be less "sudden drama rivals," or the other usual "I'm stuck, what do I do to extend this, oh this is a good idea!" strategies.

Instead you're story naturally develops multiple different couples, each at different points of their relationship and each with different dynamics. Every chapter then has something it can naturally cover and even when one couple is struggling there's others who are not--so the story can balance itself out. Korean and Chinese stories are really good with this. Japanese manga, not as much. Yuri is My Job does it, and so does Whisper Me a Love Song. Both of those do very well.

School Zone Girls is fantastic at this as it's  all over the spectrum.

I'm also very fond of ILTV being able to tell multiple transgender storylines and grows way way past it's intial premise.

 

[aveney41]

I mean the main couple is resolved and honestly the side couple is a lot less frustrating than the main development wise (which both are fine but hey after the first bumpy ride you want a smooth one next).

I didn't think things were frustrating with their development at all but that depends on one's tastes.

But see their issues being "resolved" and moving on is my issue with a lot of romance-focused manga. Once they get the main couple together, they either end the manga or just focus elsewhere. I wanna see their relationship progress and see them together doing stuff stupid shit like we saw in this chapter. Again I don't mind seeing the side couples. They are super important to stories and keeps things fresh! I'm down with them as long as we continue seeing the couple (main couple) that got me into the manga being the focus.

 

[KitsuKyouno]

Mhh, should their be programing?

 

[Tcof]

Side couples are an important aspect to the longevity of any romance manga. Side characters expand the number of tools and storylines the writer has access to and allow breathing room.

For a romance manga to grow past its intial premise it has to have somewhere to grow.

Example: MagiRevo having the whole

Spoiler

vampire

plot required not Anise or Euphie but a side character.

why you reply to me ? my poin is "yuri is my job" not even worth it even it about the main couple.

and the second part is about i just confuse why everyone argue about the complains, but i don't see any complain in the comment at that point in the first place ??? who are these comment even reply to ?

 

[amShepherd]

and the second part is about i just confuse why everyone argue about the complains, but i don't see any complain in the comment at that point in the first place ??? who are these comment even reply to ?

The author did a poll on their social media about whether to continue focusing on Yanling/Pingping and people on there said they weren’t interested. So the author shifted the Yanling/Pingping storyline into later volumes.

 

[Nikitalita]

The power of love is a curious thing.

 

[JustAnotherYuriLover]

Bad voters. Pingping and Yanling are cute and should have screen time.

 

[Blergggg]

No no, let her cook. That interviewer will NEVER forget her

 

[Alikruik]

6 fingers..., does she know how to use them

 

[erintesden]

Disappointing that people didn’t want to see more of the side couple, I love them

Isnt that manga a fucking mess?
Was going to read it until someone spoilered me the whole subplot with a certain girl almost getting raped by another. I don't like that kind of stuff

 

[retterime]

Isnt that manga a fucking mess?
Was going to read it until someone spoilered me the whole subplot with a certain girl almost getting raped by another. I don't like that kind of stuff

Huh??? What are you talking about???? I didn’t say anything about any other manga

 

[erintesden]

Huh??? What are you talking about???? I didn’t say anything about any other manga

Ah, I was talking about someone else that mentioned "Yuri is my job", I think I did reply to the wrong person indeed

 

[weleasewodger]

Author san, what the fck are you doing , going off what your readers think. Readers are morons and writing stories shouldn't be democratic.

Write your story on what what you want to write. It's your story