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There are lots of ways people can be influenced subconsciously in a way that impacts behavior. For something that seems less political, we can think about marketing, which is essentially the science of getting people to do what you want while thinking it was their choice. This is from a book I...

I think anyone who is part of a group that it gets its own fetish tag on on pornography sites can attest that people are influenced both consciously and subconsciously by the messages they take in through that type of media- not that different than my criticism of outrage media, really, which I...

It would be kind of hard to criticize porn for be sexualized, I think, as that's the point of it. If you have a problem with that, you are probably not watching porn in the first place. The real question is when and how it's done, which some people might perceive appropriate or inappropriate on...

Something you all should realize is that feminists spend a lot of time criticizing things they actually like. Back in the 70s/80s they were critiquing the Disney movies. despite watching all of them. Once you bring social analysis into your viewing experience, it's hard to stop, so enjoying it...

I found this recently. I am really enjoying the whole dynamic between Xiao Yang, unlike most of these protagonists, trying to do the right thing and not get involved with someone much younger and more naive than her; yet the person in question is actually much older and much more socially...

I didn't think of this, but the story's law of drama dictates this definitely has to happen. Naoi may even say it's her fault / because of her out of guilt for letting her relationship with her father impact someone outside of the home, especially someone she cares about. My guess is not a lot...

I think improving the relationship between Kokoro and Kurumi is probably part of losing the phone. Kokoro can calm down and start to move on from the romantic feelings without putting the responsibility on Kurumi, Kurumi doesn't have to be everything to her because she will have other friends...

I can't remember, does she actually have a cell phone again yet? Hard to call the police without one. Even if she does, the dad could just take the phone, given he's willing to use violence. Very risky to see if you can call fast enough, give them your location, and wait for the police to come...

Count me as another person who doesn't want this group to stop translating this work, but also doesn't feel entitled to having you do free labor for me if you'd rather be working on something else. Just know the translation is and has been appreciated.

By my impression, she seemed pretty aware of it. I thought it was more that she thought there was no chance of him feeling that way about her since they're siblings and he is known to not care about her that much or be interested in her in the original time line. Since her entire character...

It's nice we are finally getting Kurumi protecting Naoi, as a change from the dynamic of Naoi being the instigator and Kurumi being someone who doesn't know how to object to anything. We also have multiple characters reflecting about who their friends are, their own actions, and how they want to...

My reading is that it's less about popularity and more about her perceived perfectness - she's the class president, gets good grades, tells off bullies, athletic, kind, polite, humble, etc. She is like a hero to Kokoro and Kokoro has this static image of her that she wants to be true. So if the...

Very nice observations - clearly both the author and you put some thought into this. The 'popular in elementary school but disliked in high school' is something of a trope and one with a real world basis, as kids start rapidly developing adult-like hierarchies Lord of the Flies style in middle...

I can't comment on unreleased things and extra content is often more comedic, but I can kind of see the rest of that - Kurumi doesn't have many people she's actually close with. I think though it would make sense everyone would have detractors since students tend to congregate in groups of like...

Overall the series has been light on comedy and more into the drama, so I don't think we're supposed to laugh at the suffering per se. It reminds me of Tomadachi Game or something like that with these over the top social situations played straight. I do think it's significant that the...

the people who think I'm intelligent realize I actually just spend most of time analyzing comics aimed to teenagers that aren't even especially popular with teenagers who like comics, rather than actually doing anything impressive with my time

Part of what I'm getting from this is that "fishing village" has very different connotations than it does in our world. Like surviving a deadly storm and taking down a giant whale would be one of the least badass things a fisherman did in their career. If you don't have the superweapons, you...

I had forgotten this until you mentioned it, but it is in the first three black and white pages of chapter 1, where she does find Kokoro's presence reassuring while the others are represented as a sea of faceless and creepy masses who she has to please with her speech. Thinking about this more...

I like this idea about the desk breaking Kokoro's conception of Kurumi. We know she's attached to a fake/idealized image of Kurumi and becomes hostile when that image is chlalenged, but we also know the reason she originally liked Kurumi (being kind to vulnerable people like rabbits or past...

It seems like Kokoro is starting to question her choices some, which fits me seeing her as a terminally in her head shy child with a poor understanding of social relationships, rather than some sort of controlling evil mastermind who wants to isolate and command Kurumi. Yet she's not questioning...