Why would anyone want to read a story about a guy getting trauma from girls preferring his brother instead of him, only to fall for a girl who wants his brother and end up being her rebound when she realizes she can't have him?How exactly?
Also you've ignored the part where I said that I'm assuming that a misunderstanding plot is coming as a means of inciting drama related to the premise, which I think would be significantly worse. That's the context for what I'm saying, if you somehow didn't catch it the first time
I wasn't suggesting that she decide that she likes him more after being rejected by her brother, I think it would be an interesting exploration of his issue to have her realize that she likes the main character more than the brother after having gotten close to him.I won’t speak for the other guy, but if the whole plot was about a guy falling in love with a rebound from his big brother, that would make for a way worse story. The heroine would immediately be so deep in the negative, there’s no good way to salvage it
As mentioned in my reply above this one, I don't think she should be a rebound. What I want is a more thoughtful exploration of what seems to be the overarching theme of this story.Why would anyone want to read a story about a guy getting trauma from girls preferring his brother instead of him, only to fall for a girl who wants his brother and end up being her rebound when she realizes she can't have him?
Idk about you, but that's kinda lame.
Obviously the setup is that this girl is going to end up being different. The problem is that every girl who’s approached him for years have all used him. Why would he suddenly trust this girl?You don't get it.. she could be into him, don't you understand ? 🥲
Honestly the amount of times trauma in manga was actually trauma, could probably be counted on one hand, the rest calls it "trauma" to make it come across as oh so heavy, but in the same chapter they magically throw away said trauma which was "tormenting" them for years
He was conditioned for years to understand that the girls who approach him are all sneaky bitches. Without exception, every time he decided to trust them he was fucked over. That goes way beyond “trust issues”.Nah this isn't trauma, he just has trust issues
Hes not like some MCs where he breaks out into hives or starts hyperventilating just because a girl said hi to him or some shit
I have seen this setup in both shounen and shoujo and in both MC gender combinations. This sort of wish fulfilment is pretty gender-agnosticIt's a shojo. The target audience is girls. Most likely it's not going to turn into the generic shonen romcom if I had to guess.
"The Most Beautiful Girl In School Flirts With Me, So I Almost Got The Wrong Idea, But There's No Way She'd Actually Like Me"
This describes the MC perfectly.
I don't think Mc brother is not gonna be into fmc, i think the brother will be supportive, can't be sure thoughMy guess how the plot gonna be
MC thinks FMC is after his brother
FMC is actually after MC
MC brother is after FMC
something like that
Problem with that now is that we have a girl here that actually wants him and not his brother, yet due to that trust issue he refuses to accept itHe was conditioned for years to understand that the girls who approach him are all sneaky bitches. Without exception, every time he decided to trust them he was fucked over. That goes way beyond “trust issues”.
The reaction you’re describing could have actually happened to some people but he’s learned to armour himself against disappointment instead.
I mean, does he? As far as we can see, all that "doubt" is tied with a single strand of hair. He folds immediately as soon as FMC comes in to view. He looks like someone who is yet to have any serious mental hang ups concerning woman or his brother. He says he does in his mind in a very cringy manner but his actions? Not so much.Problem with that now is that we have a girl here that actually wants him and not his brother, yet due to that trust issue he refuses to accept it
You have a valid point, there was one manga (forgot the name of it) where the MC was in a similar situation (minus the brother) he swears up and down that he doesn't want anything to do with the 3 women who did him dirty, but then he randomly does a 180 and acts goofy in front of those women, even helped them out at times when he had no obligation to do soI mean, does he? As far as we can see, all that "doubt" is tied with a single strand of hair. He folds immediately as soon as FMC comes in to view. He looks like someone who is yet to have any serious mental hang ups concerning woman or his brother. He says he does in his mind in a very cringy manner but his actions? Not so much.
Yeah that's what i mean. Premise is fine if we could actually see the effects of this so called "distrust" of his. But so far he is just a straight up "unreliable narrator". You just can't take him seriously when he broods over it one second and immidiately melts in to a puddle of touchless virgin as soon as FMC comes in close proximity.You have a valid point, there was one manga (forgot the name of it) where the MC was in a similar situation (minus the brother) he swears up and down that he doesn't want anything to do with the 3 women who did him dirty, but then he randomly does a 180 and acts goofy in front of those women, even helped them out at times when he had no obligation to do so
Seriously had me questioning if what he was going thru was sincere or if it was just straight bullshit (heavily leaning on the latter)
It was annoying to witness