Just thought would be different, ended up being trash yet like any good trainwreck,we can't look the other way
Deretai Kanojo no Uraomote - Ch. 2
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Tbf the reason he gives for NOT wanting to be friends isn't because of her. Its a pretty half assed reason. She's 100x better than the insulting bitchy friend.
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I though she was the one in middle school but maybe she'll appear later
Remember that this is high school. This manga is pretty low-quality, but his reaction isn't that unreasonable. You absolutely should care what others think to some extent in all life situations because what they think can result in consequences. This is a romcom manga, so nothing will happen beyond jealous nameless guys seething in the background, but in real life he could get bullied or ostracized for being friends with a pretty girl while not being among the popular kids of the class. This can happen in any Western country, so just imagine what it must be like in Japan where conformity and "knowing your place" are even more important. Obviously, he's taking it a bit too far with wanting to avoid her, but again, this is just a manga.
On one hand, I get you. On the other hand, I'm tolerant of that particular thing, not only because of how judgmental the Far East is towards anything that sticks out, but also the way in which they act towards it. There's a reason this stuff keeps getting made. More and more people are relating to this in Japan and by social constitution, it is not designed to end.
The justification is less a direct plot inclusion (at this point, anyway), and more of a cultural subtext thing. MC is from the lower-end of the social strata, and by her not only being cute but also a transfer student, she gets to start off at the top and "pick a clique," something you can't do if you're already "settled."
MC already commented on his aversion to the spotlight she put on him, but consideration also plays a part in this:
Consideration is a significant and socially "desirable" quality in Japan, which is reflected and applied to how they write characters. MC acts selfishless here, but by not being "explicit" (another thing Japan is not particularly fond of; frankness/being real), the audience could insert justifications until they are vindicated or disproven.
Now, for my comment of this:
While I did say in the last chapter that I wasn't going to continue, I forgot that throwing it in my "Dropped" list, won't make me not get notifications... so I forgot what this even was, and my curiosity returned.
I did not expect a second childhood friend (lol), but blackmail? Nice. You know we love some coercion, right Japan? How else can you expect to get chicks, or at least learn how? (Please excuse the subtle racism, I don't know what came over me)
So, she's either a childhood yandere, or just a "quirky," socially clueless bimbo... who can socially blackmail? Yeah, I can see lonely men finding this hot and attractive. What could be more attractive than a women committed to controlling you, when despite the negatives, what you do get IS commitment, something you've likely never had?
I can sorta understand it... but not my type (Shin Hae-in from "My Bias Gets On The Last Train")
All it can take is one confession going wrong to ruin relationships for a young'un, especially if you felt misled.
just drop it, you are just goona suffer more, if the start is this bad "i mean it bad, not like the boring type which gets better later" then its better to drop
