Ota-kun ni dake Yasashisugiru Ayame-san - Ch. 1 - Dating

[Vmpslushie]

Seems like your typical otaku persecution complex and yandere fantasy wish fulfillment story so far. Hopefully the horror/thriller elements get more development.

 

[Monovar]

Didn't like the anti-tradition and anti-community stuff. The bullying and loose sexuality are the result of tradition and community breaking down. Yet the author asserts that they are tied to the "old values". The same old values that exist to prevent such things from happening. Honestly the author is a piece of shit for writing this the way that they did.

 

[E_]

10/10 Wife material. Now do the same thing to those bullies.

 

[Scipo0419]

Well, there are actually a lot of hints scattered around that indicate Ayame IS an evil being of sorts, I mean apart from the obvious scene near the end (MC's slaughtered father) and the omnious aura of the last panel.

• For once the charm here... 厄除御守 [Yakuyoke Omamori], which literally says "Talisman to ward of Evil" (could also be misfortune or disaster but evil should be more appropriate here). She crushes that charm instead of giving it back, which a good person would definitely not do.
• as already mentioned, her eyes don't look very human at all (those are the eyes of a predator or demonic being). Also her nails looking like sharp claws is probably not just random.
• Ayame's expressions/reactions look somewhat animal-like, especially when she's happy. In a way she comes across like a teasing cat (in her case likely a 化け猫 - Bake Neko) or a playful fox (likely not a 狐 "Kitsune" but a 妖狐 "Youko") - example of that would be when she's mistaken for MC's "girlfriend".
• she wears a 標縄 (Shimenawa) as a decorative part of her choker. And if you look closely, she has another two of those attached to her skirt. Within Shinto belief these knots are tied with sacred cords or ropes, the latter mostly used to cordon off consecrated areas - or, like shown here, as part of talismans/charms (usually meant to ward off evil). If she was a normal person it could be a fashion choice, but...
• The fact that Ayame wears those Shimekawa (despite being obviously evil aligned and crushing MC's charm) is kind of telling but also contradictive - unless she wears them out of spite and hers are either desecrated ones or they are meant to restrain her powers. If she is the mentioned "Kiji", which is an option, that would make sense. Or she is one of Kiji's servants, which is more likely than her being the actual evil deity.
• There was this poster in one panel about a missing female who had some resemblance to Ayame - maybe Ayame is a spirit who took possesion of or consumed that person's body to create an appearance that would help her getting close to the MC. If she is an inhumane monster looking for the MC that would make sense.
• she uses a literal catchphrase... "I finally found you" and also tells the MC that she knows about him being kind, which indicates that these two have a history the MC isn't aware off. It could also be that Ayame wasn't looking for the MC specifically but for a human being that meets certain conditions, like really hating people or being very unfortunate and miserable, which could be something she can exploit or draw power from.
• Ayame also more or less tells the MC that she will grast his every wish, no matter what he asks off her. This is not something you'd expect to hear from a person. If she were just a normal yandere, she'd probably phrase it like "I would do anything for you" and not talk about granting wishes. Seemingly Ayame has every intention to quite literally do what she told the MC. He said his father should just die... and Ayame heard it clearly. Good thing she didn't hear MC wishing for his bullies to drop dead or we'd already have a couple of bodies piled up. But that will happen soon enough I guess...

In the end we will only know once more is revealed.

I'm partial to the theory that she's a local deity and "marked" him when they did a shrine visit before the town started neglecting the shrine. She eventually corrupted into an evil deity and broke free, likely possessed that missing girl, and now wants the one kind person she marked for herself.

This would explain the contradictions between her evil alignment and the sacred knots.

 

[IsekaiJunkie84]

I love a good “protective” yandere story. Thanks for translating, I’m looking forward to more chapters.

 

[Orpheus7]

I know I shouldn't like this and encourage yandere behavior
But that dad was asking to be killed off first
Hopefully mom finds a better guy she's so sweet.

 

[Scipo0419]

Hopefully mom finds a better guy she's so sweet.

She's verbally and emotionally absuive, I wouldn't call her sweet by any means. "Sweet" would be not letting her husband physically abuse her son or make comments like "he'll grow out of it" in regard to his hobbies

 

[shwiftyshfifty]

That's quite different from Yuriie's usual. I clicked on this new series without checking the tags, expecting something more frivolous.

Is snacking on the eye balls of abusive alcoholic peeps not frivolous?

 

[raven3lise]

Close enough, WELCOME BACK BOYS ABYSS

 

[frubam]

That's quite different from Yuriie's usual. I clicked on this new series without checking the tags, expecting something more frivolous.

Same. But, as expected, s/he delivers as always

 

[PrinceMao]

Ha! She's probably gonna make the Dad drive into a ravine.

Jesus Christ she ripped off both his arms and gouged his eyes..

 

[DiabolusUrsus]

Ha! She's probably gonna make the Dad drive into a ravine.

Jesus Christ she ripped off both his arms and gouged his eyes..

I'm not entirely sold on the premise yet but I am DYING to know whether there's a "these are not crash injuries" moment or that just gets glossed over.

 

[JaxunHero]

yandere tag?

 

[Sk3lator]

alrighty then lmfao

 

[DiscountJoJo]

holy mashup of generic tropes batman! at what point is it not validated by the "twist" though? Like, sheesh.

 

[booterror]

Oh this seems cute and interesting!

Man this kid has it rough... Man shes like... really into him. I don't think I've seen a FMC sealing the deal so fast.

But- HO SHIIIIIT. I uh I think I didnt read the tags for this story well enough. God DAMN. She sawed ol drunk dad's arms off?? Holy MOLY.

 

[dimox]

Man this kid has it rough...

An interesting development would be if he finds out about Ayame's actions.

That would lead to certain results depending on how he actually feels deep inside. If he is the kind soul Ayame takes him for... what would happen if he realizes that she kills people left and right and I guess that will happen soon enough.
Would he start to fear and reject her and probably risk his own neck by refusing to be with her? Or accept her love or whatever she actually feels for him regardless? Then he could try fixing her evil habits for real (and fail) or just accept her as-is and be careful not to wish for things that lead to "murder on demand". Another option is that he could take the chance given to him by making her "clean up the trash in town" actively. I mean, if she fulfills his wishes (at least when it comes to killing bad people), why not exploit that. He could literally start using her for revenge on everyone that mistreated him or hurt people who have been nice to him earlier. That would contradict Ayame's belief of Kao being kind and make him kinda evil in the end.

Personally I would love it, if he somehow notices little hints without actually knowing the truth yet and then tries to uncover all the secrets around Ayame, all to finally find out for sure... and then making the decision.

 

[Shinigamisama]

So my question is, "Is she just a yandere, or a paranormal yandere?"

 

[Magnus_Prime]

Yup, yandere.

 

[noleafclover75]

A couple of thoughts on that.
1. She actually left the talisman at the scene of the crime
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2. She also knows he has a part time job without him telling her, which implies that she's been stalking him
And 3. She was present when Kao wished aloud that he wanted everyone dead and when he got that text from his dad in the library that made him say "die" aloud; hence why she b-lined for him.

The bully's fingerprints are most likely all over that pendant now.