Honestly, I don't think Hizumi not being a virgin is an chronic issue. Obviously, it would be better if both could share their first time with each other, as there's nothing more romantic than sharing that with the person you love and wants to stay till the end of your lives. Unfortunately, she had a bad upbringing. Her parents clearly didn't give her advice on how to handle a romantic relationship. Even so, she's only had one boyfriend, so it's not like she's a promiscuous slut. In a way, she did the best she could with her limited knowledge, but unfortunately, she was cheated on and had to move on.
My problem is, first, the slightly cuckolded way the author portrayed her on top of her ex in an ecchi pose while we, the readers, are rooting for the simp Shinba. Second, it's what she became after being NTRd and how she interacts with Shinba. She humiliates him constantly and then gives him crumbs of affection through this possessive relationship. Let's be honest and recap the context: At first, she used him as nothing more than a rebound to replace her ex or need for love. Shinba is just a copy she designed to substitute her ex, a version 2.0 where she learned the bugs and fixed them. He definitely doesn't deserve this treatment.
Look, I think Hizumi absolutely deserves to be happy, and her parents were horrible, but I don't think she deserves Shinba, mostly because of who he is. He's too good of a guy!
Man, even with the scarf, she knitted one by hand for her ex, but for Shinba, she just recycled the same idea lazily by buying one. Shinba deserves someone better without a doubt. Hizumi can move on and fix her mistakes, but I think Shinba would be a thousand times better off with his actress childhood friend. Hizumi doesn't need a man, she needs a therapist. After that stage, she can try a >>NEW<< relationship. But we all know that won't happen. Shinba will still be an idiot until the very end and will accept all her flaws like the simp he is, after all, this work is pure self-insert from the author.
Authors know you put yourself in the shoes of the protagonist (Shinba). All the provocative scenes where Hizumi humiliates herself for her ex are meant to make you uncomfortable, just like Berserk and the infamous Eclipse scene did for example. Here, it’s no different. The author >pseudo-cuckolded< this story by showing her intimate scene with her ex. I really miss when this manga was lighter. The drama has become WAAAAY too over-the-top, and the ending won't be satisfying in my opinion... it's actually pretty predictable.
I don't like reading romcoms with overly exaggerated dramas, mainly because of the abrupt shifts in tone between 'comedy' with chibi faces, and heavy 'dramatic' chapters like this one. The script structure becomes a Frankenstein's monster in my opinion...
That being said, I'll go back to my peak romcom BokuYaba now.
I don't really read comments, but this time I did and ooh boy what a FUCKING ride, but this, this one did something to me.
Overall talk about her not being a virgin, what are people are on about? WDYM PEOPLE FUCK? WDYM THAT A GIRL IN HER 20S CAN HAVE A BF BEFORE ME WHAT IS THIS/??/1?!?!
And then talking about some self-insert, does that mean that author want you to self-insert yourself as a guy who has a relationship with a girl that HAD SOMEONE BEFORE YOU? HOW COULD HE...
Anyway, to the more structured things.
the slightly cuckolded way, rebound to replace, doesn't deserve this treatment
Well, yeah, he doesn't deserve this treatment but, if you actually read the manga you would see from the start that this is a manga about two humans who are fucked up but one of them actually more noticeably fucked in the head, hence, this chapter
Also, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH NTR AND CUCKOLDRY. Like, author portrayed her in ecchi pose, well, okay? Personaly i was thinking of how disturbing her thoughts were at that moment, NOT THAT SOMEONE IS A CUCK OR LEARNING THAT YOUR PARTNER IS CHEATING THROUGH THE DOOR IS NTR.
Too good of a guy, Doesn't deserve him, pure self-insert
I don't think you know what a real self-insert looks like. Usually it doesn't cover things that are covers in this and chapters before it.
Literally you as a reader understand that Shinba is TOO GOOD OF A GUY, but can you say why you think so?
You say she needs a therapist and Shinba will be an idiot like a simp - How can you make that conclusion after reading characters backstory and learning that Shinba still thrives somewhere in between her past experiences?
And yeah, she need therapy but it's a story, so you will read a story where people learn from their past and look at the present.
I wish this was a self-insert manga, where i can self-insert as a guy who helps someone find a place to belong and grow along with them.
What you do even mean by pseudo-cuckolded?
Some things are created for you to feel discomfort like the scene where she's clinging to her ex, but guess your peak of discomfort is being a cuck?
There is no over the top drama, literally just a dramatic past and a story of 2 people who find a place to belong while figuring out how to even live with each other. Espeacially one of them.
This was never a chibi comedy, like from when it wasn't even serialized you could sniff that something is wrong with her and that shit's deep.
You can't even digest a work that requiers you to not project yourself onto the MC of the story or else you'll feel cucked lmao.
That being said, calling BokuYaba a peak romcom is a, statement for sure.
Joking about Lindsay Clancy case after that, doesn't paint you as a sane person.
And then some people wonder about why no one talks with them. Damn.
