@givemersspls
It is frustrating when you radically edit your post..
I sincerely apologize for that. I realized I accidentally forgot to address some of your points earlier so I edited before I saw your reply
No, this is not a contradiction. My statement is that a reader of a series should not treat as guaranteed things that are not guaranteed. That statement applies to all series, no matter what series the person is reading. When I said "There is no difference HERE", it means there is no difference for the purposes of this conversation, for this topic. You know how I literally already said that above? You know how you didn't read? No, you wouldn't know because you didn't read..
I've read your posts earlier, but you're being extremely vague with what "HERE' and what 'this conversation' means, because your 'statement is that a reader of a series should not treat as guaranteed things that are not guaranteed' is part of our 'conversation'.
Again, the statement is "a reader of a series should not treat as guaranteed things that are not guaranteed". That applies just as much to plot twists as to asspulls. So what if a plot twist follows the progression of a story? That is not a reason why what I said does not apply.
So you're saying all readers should be wary of ass-pulls all the time when reading a manga? most readers read manga and comment in forums like this one for enjoyment, not for deep analysis ,so you shouldn't force this view on other readers.
Your statement is also bad advice for readers who really care for writing consistency because you're literally asking them to suffer while reading ass-pulls instead of dropping the story for their own good.
Why does it matter that a plot twist follows the progression of the story when we're talking about reader expectations? Why? Give me a reason.
....how is this not obvious? reader have different expectations depending on how the plot progresses. Are you saying readers should never make predictions based on the story at all? Most of us are try to have fun commenting here based on what we've read this chapter and what we predict for future chapters based on this chapter, are you purposely trying to ruin our fun?
And one REALISTIC possibility?What if the author wanted to make a joke? I said that in one of my first comments. It could be a completely different character, even less noticeable. And no, that is NOT an asspull. It would still flow from the story.
I've made my counter points several times, which you never replied to. You just kept insisting 'author could.'
I'll repeat this one last time for good measure: no other male in the class resembles doujin guy (appearance) unlike harisugi, world transfer is also shown to be very rare, so it's extremely unlikely for a 3rd guy in the class to experience that too.
You continuously ignore the simplest of things. Can you predict the future? That's literally the only way for you to be right in this case..
Of course the future isn't 100%, author could get a cerebral concussion from crashing into a truck in two days, he could then have partial amnesia and forgets what what he wanted to write next chapter, so he hurriedly writes harisugi as a different person than the doujin MC.
Are you happy in this scenario that proves future isn't 100%? or do you finally see how pointless it is to dwell on on a 100% future in writing when a 99%+ future is good enough?
I think I've made my points clear enough times, and I getting more confused of your intentions, so I'll
stop replying to you for good.