Rental Trash Girlfriend - Ch. 14

[ChibiYT]

I guess... this is a happy ending but still...

 

[HolyOrdos]

What a disaster. I came here for edgy behavior but leave with drama and catharsis

 

[shinshom]

holy shit what a. amazing one.... this was sad.... I kinda want... another ending but damn..

 

[sketches]

This was surprisingly really good. She helped him face his actual issues to overcome them. But to get there, she had to face her own issues. She's mean, but tries to have the best intentions. She learns how to be a better person by being able to accept herself. Although their relationship was toxic, they both benefited from it greatly in the end, even if it wasn't a happy ending. They couldn't have a happy ending.

The man is going to be happy in the future. As for the lady, that's a mystery. Either she'll continue growing and find happiness, or she'll go back to her negativity based on how she reacts to future challenges. I'd like to believe she's able to overcome her past and negative beliefs about herself that is keeping her from trying to be happy.

 

[jeremymd]

Granted that realistically renting a girlfriend to help you forget your dead wife is a really bad foundation for whatever relationship might be ahead. We all know that. But I honestly did not expect that I had to have this very simple message take how many chapters to tell. A phone call (oneshot) would have sufficed. I'm here for escapism, not a harsh dose of reality. Darn.

 

[Wachtail]

Good fucking Lord that is a rough ending...
Not actually bad by any mean, but God damn that hurts :')
Thanks for your translation and hardwork!

 

[HYBRID_BEING]

Welp, that was a beautiful trainwreck.

@kleoclie
Thanks for finishing this.

 

[Ignore]

This was surprisingly really good. She helped him face his actual issues to overcome them. But to get there, she had to face her own issues. She's mean, but tries to have the best intentions. She learns how to be a better person by being able to accept herself. Although their relationship was toxic, they both benefited from it greatly in the end, even if it wasn't a happy ending. They couldn't have a happy ending.

The man is going to be happy in the future. As for the lady, that's a mystery. Either she'll continue growing and find happiness, or she'll go back to her negativity based on how she reacts to future challenges. I'd like to believe she's able to overcome her past and negative beliefs about herself that is keeping her from trying to be happy.

Realistically? She can't change. And is probably crying in part for herself because she is unlikely to find someone else who will allow her to be herself.

 

[kkakasih]

wow, this is literally the best ending for these two

 

[WanDown]

Geez... In the end, i don't know who is worst, the MMC or the FMC.
Glasses girl is the only good character in this serie.

 

[Heika]

Thanks, I hate it

 

[Trostishere]

Well its definitely a good ending for the guy, he couldnt find the courage to move on at all so she had to do it for him, sadly sadly for her they will never meet again unless hes once again reminded of sara.

 

[lolfacesayshi]

Yep. That's how it should go.

 

[tiniestkid]

Yeah okay. So what is your plan for being happy, then, trash girl? Is the realization that you're a sad shadow of a woman who was about to get dumped gonna motivate you to improve? I guess we'll never know. Hopefully the guy is happy with the coworker girl. Shame you wasted ten years of their lives.

holy shit this story was 10 years???

 

[sketches]

Realistically? She can't change. And is probably crying in part for herself because she is unlikely to find someone else who will allow her to be herself.

She has been changing though. The aunt noticed it, the love "rival" sees it, her work friend makes comments about it, she doesn't go on any paid dates other than that guy, etc. She's also no longer acting exactly like the guy's dead spouse, which unsettles him greatly.

The changes are small, but enough for others to notice. And it's implied that she's been nice in the past, just her relationship with her parents had warped her views and self-esteem, which affected her personality. If she can continue to increasingly overcome her past trauma as the days of self-reflection continue, then she can continue to make growing and then more drastic positive changes. But that's why I'm uncertain if she can continue changing. On one hand, she lost her new support system that allowed her to come to her new realizations. On the other hand, she is now self-aware.

The ending feeling of hers is definitely complicated as there are so many things going on with her internally that oppose each othere. There is definitely that feeling of hopelessness going on. I believe one part of it was her subconsciously realizing that there is hope for her as she can actually love and not be selfish; she can make life decisions that aren't just set paths of the circumstances around her. She experienced heartbreak, but on her terms. One issue for her was her just meandering in life. But here, rather than being passive in letting the happenings around her decide her life, she took action.

 

[Jatopian]

holy shit this story was 10 years???

I may have misread the sign about the anniversary...

 

[Sh1ny4]

Thanks for the translation 🥲

 

[Ignore]

She has been changing though. The aunt noticed it, the love "rival" sees it, her work friend makes comments about it, she doesn't go on any paid dates other than that guy, etc. She's also no longer acting exactly like the guy's dead spouse, which unsettles him greatly.

The changes are small, but enough for others to notice. And it's implied that she's been nice in the past, just her relationship with her parents had warped her views and self-esteem, which affected her personality. If she can continue to increasingly overcome her past trauma as the days of self-reflection continue, then she can continue to make growing and then more drastic positive changes. But that's why I'm uncertain if she can continue changing. On one hand, she lost her new support system that allowed her to come to her new realizations. On the other hand, she is now self-aware.

The ending feeling of hers is definitely complicated as there are so many things going on with her internally that oppose each othere. There is definitely that feeling of hopelessness going on. I believe one part of it was her subconsciously realizing that there is hope for her as she can actually love and not be selfish; she can make life decisions that aren't just set paths of the circumstances around her. She experienced heartbreak, but on her terms. One issue for her was her just meandering in life. But here, rather than being passive in letting the happenings around her decide her life, she took action.

Certainly possible. That being said, she seemed to have a bad relationship with her parents due to their concern about her making impulsive decisions spending more than she can earn. Case in point, she is barely paying rent even with a job adjacent to sex work. She's noted to only be at best somewhat above average in terms of physical attractiveneas, and earning potential in that industry drops sharply with age. Having just one client is largely because the agency figured out she was demeaning customers which was really, really, bad for business. She subconsciously figures out whatever will make a person most uncomfortable, then does it. The reason she does not come across as a genuinely bad person is that the cause is maladaptive behavior that hurts her, not sadism or because she enjoys trolling. Although the actions at the end were to save someone, they consisted of demeaning someone as a means of escaping from affection and saddling a friend with the role of cleaning up her mess. Which is basically the same thing she did throughout the series.

 

[sketches]

Certainly possible. That being said, she seemed to have a bad relationship with her parents due to their concern about her making impulsive decisions spending more than she can earn. Case in point, she is barely paying rent even with a job adjacent to sex work. She's noted to only be at best somewhat above average in terms of physical attractiveneas, and earning potential in that industry drops sharply with age. Having just one client is largely because the agency figured out she was demeaning customers which was really, really, bad for business. She subconsciously figures out whatever will make a person most uncomfortable, then does it. The reason she does not come across as a genuinely bad person is that the cause is maladaptive behavior that hurts her, not sadism or because she enjoys trolling. Although the actions at the end were to save someone, they consisted of demeaning someone as a means of escaping from affection and saddling a friend with the role of cleaning up her mess. Which is basically the same thing she did throughout the series.

Based on how we recall and interpret events, our opinions will differ greatly here.

I saw the whole thing with her parents as where her mother placates and encourages the FMC to allow herself to be controlled and abused, while the dad is both mentally and physically abusive. The mother takes the father's side, which just adds to the whole toxic situation. So of course the daughter moves far away from them. It doesn't matter if the child was a brat or not. Abuse through anger and gaslighting is not discipline not guidance. I've just seen this kind of scenario and variations of it play out negatively like this for others and myself in multiple times in my life. I've also seen it usually play out positively whenever the ones with authority and maturity act with empathy rather than anger and unfairness.

She doesn't make a lot of money because she is just drifting through life. She doesn't have any goals nor ambition as she has no self-esteem, so she does just the minimum for what she needs or wants, which isn't a lot with her mindset. I might be remembering incorrectly, but I remember the manga stating she doesn't have more dates because she keeps denying them and chooses to only go with the guy after she catches feelings for him; the agency still shoves people her way, but she is just refusing all of them except for the guy.

Yes, part of her defense mechanism is to upset others, but the separation with the guy at the end was different. She specifically desired to have him (as one of the late chapters says) unlike all her other relationships that were more just tolerated because they were thrust onto her and required no effort on her part to keep the relationship alive (the girlfriends and aunt). She is normally selfish, but with him she decided to let him go for his own sake rather than keeping him to make her feel better. The other people didn't make her feel better. He did. Normally with her cruise controlling through her current life, she'd just let it be. Whatever is easiest to deal with. On paper, her actions at the end appear similar to previous interactions with people, but the motives and how she left them is different. For example, she pushes her "friend" to help the guy, essentially hoping to pair the lady up with the guy the lady has always admired and having the guy with someone that would make happy. She didn't just burn everything to the ground and leave like she normally does. She actually took the effort to resolve things for the better. Old her would have made sure to hurt that lady at the end rather than helping the lady and the guy.

 

[Oldfatbubba]

Anybody else surprised she kept walking once they saw the bridge?

I thought she was gonna jump.