Hyougakei Idol no Manager o Shiteimasu ga, Mou Genkai desu. - Vol. 1 Ch. 2 - Conditions for success

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

I see a lot of people judging this way too quickly.

Like what’d you expect to happen after everything thats going on? That she’d take it in stride? Or that she’d not cry about it?

Crying doesn’t mean she’s getting away with anything and its very easy to be sympathetic to her situation while still calling her out on her bs.

 

[Fox777]

I like the mc, but the fmc is kinda blegh. She's already a successful idol. No real reason to listen to her grandfather at this point and doesn't excuse her overworking her manager.

 

[MoonMurder]

there's no way he's the guy her super affluent & old-fashioned grandfather handpicked to be her marriage partner.
Even dating wouldn't dissuade a man who thinks like he's portrayed to operate.

But I do think the ploy will be him helping her meet the condition set by her grandfather, and along the way they'll end up falling for one another.

its 100% going to be the generic thing where both of their grandfathers were friends and promised to join their families or whatever, and after she fights for 6 months, she'll barely fail to reach the 3m CDs, only for the grandfather to say her partner is the MC, who will have forgotten all the pain and suffering FMC caused him for years because she treated him like a human being for 6 months.

 

[Supcolors]

They should just go public that a hotel chain is trying to force a popular idol into retiring and getting married against her will. The rabid neckbeards would probably terrorize the business.

Before they terrorize the business, i think grandpa is gonna destroy the idol agency and do something to confine the fmc. I am pretty sure the influence owners of large conglomerates hold is too great for a 20 yo girl and an idol agency to resist, granted the idol agency will side with the fmc which i kinda doubt

 

[THATMonkey47]

Man fuck this bitch acting like she can cry, you treated him like shit of course he'll hate you

 

[KDDV]

Damn it. why do i always pick a manga with a submissive abusable mc ****! the only thing missing now is a harem...

 

[irem01]

ngl just because you are in a shity situation it doesnt mean you can be a bitch

 

[Arha01]

Always hated rom-coms with "arranged marriage" plot.It's a very cheap plot device,(and honestly very outdated)MC had a goal and now will suddenly realised that he's in love withe FMC

 

[pulsary]

1. This is a harem
2. Lore is shit
3. Lore is shit²

 

[fiveboxes]

3rd chapter has a flashback. I think they were friends. So this situation really doesn't feel right.

From first impressions, manager-kun is not that great at his job but tries his best (he's the manager, he should be communicating with and managing the talent he's working with, not be a slave)... he's also punishing himself by seeing things that aren't there. Like literally, this guy gets stressed when she just stares at him for being late, it would be more understandable if she actually does scold him and he's not in it for that bs.

Meanwhile idol-chan is an unknowing slave driver that's clinging to a connection she had in the past and can't see that she's driving her friend into a pit of despair. She's basically pushing her ambitions into her manager, all those "adult stuff" she says they should deal with? Manager deals with it.

Both could've switched who they worked with but they didn't.

Also, why the fuck is the manager doing the video editing??? Are they poor? Can't they hire anyone?

That phone call moment feels like she actually just wants to talk to her friend... feeling isolated late into the night does that to an mfer. Awful timing cuz she really doesn't seem to know that he's been getting no sleep.

There's a bunch of things wrong with this. But also some clear set up pieces.

I already know how they're going to develop this misunderstanding rollercoaster... but it made me curious at how the author can actually deliver. They already fumbled it by having this weird unreliable narrator format where the author is obviously setting it up but leaving out vital info (like is she actually driving him insane or is he just doing it to himself), creating characters that are utterly clueless even though they've been working with each other for a long time.

Like bro, just communicate.

If chapter 4 (no snippet yet, chap 3 is girl's pov ending in the same cliff) starts with the guy clamming up, then that's just obvious bait.

It's already been set up for a confrontation scene. Girl wants answers, guy is drunk. If they don't actually talk and later reconcile and teamup then this story would go nowhere.

 

[draxdeveloper]

Not buying this attempt to rationalize her treatment of him. Sure, it sucks she's being forced into an arranged marriage by her exploitative grandfather. But to save her own skin she's become the exploitative idol for the MC. It's a vicious cycle of exploitation!

I think this is a story about boundaries. You need to tell your deranged billionaire grandfather off, and if he does not respect that, then push him off a balcony. You need to stand your ground against an employer who calls you after work hours and demands you work on something immediately. And if they don't respect that boundary, then do your work half-assed!

yeah... Japanese are not famous for setting this kind of boundary

 

[TannHaals]

Koori's such a bitch -
Then I saw the last panel;
Sigh, I'm just a simp.

 

[TNT261]

I'm assuming the grandfather knew CDs don't sell anymore. Otherwise why would he tie it to a specific media format? A fair deal would have spoken about sales in general across formats. Heck, three years ago would've still been post Spotify and music streaming.

So it feels like this story started too late. Like a compelling setup would've been the MC and FL having just graduated High or about to be graduating. The MC was childhood friends with her and knows she has a cold demeanor but is really warm and wants to make everyone happy or something corny. Her grandpa makes that impossible challenge and the MC & female lead have to work to make her popular enough that somehow she sells enough CDs. Stretch it out over a 2 year time span with her 20th birthday (a huge adulthood coming of age thing in Japan) being her deadline. I'd be invested in that. This kinda piles on stakes too hard and fast. Just six months to meet this impossible goal is crazy, but also I feel no real stakes because I don't care about the characters because the main character himself doesn't care about the female lead. They're spreading this out too which sucks because as of this chapter our main character is HAPPY that bad things are happening to the main heroine, so why should I read chapter three? There's no reason to. As far as I know the main character got what he wanted in the first chapter (not working for this idol anymore). So we're cool?

This feels like the writer gave themselves a hard mode. But they didn't need to. Just give me something in the first chapter to make me care about the premise. I shouldn't be at chapter two, not knowing these characters, but through the lens of the MC happy the main heroine is getting married off and leaving.

 

[leeonder1234]

i dont see how this turn to romance (with acceptable plot)

 

[dread1811]

Yeah, the story is shit. Can't wait for it to be axed/left untranslated.

ts barely started and you already concluded story is shit?

 

[BP]

ts barely started and you already concluded story is shit?

Is he a Jump editor in disguise?

 

[goodhunter]

Art is mid, premise is not bad but how the story is being executed is absolutely retarded. The FMC has no reason to be such a bitch to the MC despite her conditions she's set with her grandfather. Also, she has a choice. If she hates being forced into an arranged marriage, just leave the fucking family. Seems like she doesn't hate it enough to not do so. The family can't literally force her to marry, she can leave if she really wanted and just go find a regular ass job and start living on her own. She talks shit about her grandfather for being a piece of shit, then why does she want to live under such a family? Instead, she agreed to an absolutely stupid agreement of selling that many CDs in a day and age where people do not buy CDs anymore. She's not only a bitch to the MC, she's also an idiot.

 

[goodhunter]

So she's trying to meet this arbitrary condition set by her grandfather so she doesn't "have to" marry a random guy? Who can actually force her if she refuses...? Is she afraid of losing her inheritance, despite being a popular idol who definitely makes a decent living? This garbage is in the same tier as the "I have to become a man worthy of you" cliche

My point exactly, there is literally no reason for her to comply, it's not like they're threatening to kill her if she doesn't comply lmfao. If she hates her grandfather that much, why is she so willing to live under the family and it's money?