This is gonna become annoying really quick I fear. Her ex-boyfriend just showed up as a new roommate and I'm not gonna lie, I hate stories that create their tension with love triangles. Definitely a personal preference of mine, but it's partly just because if have been pursuing a woman and there is another guy she is weighing against me or can't decide on... I just walk. So when this stuff happens in stories I tend to think the character just deserves better. That's why I tend to hate harem stories too.
It's annoying only if you don't really understand what you're reading.This is gonna become annoying really quick I fear. Her ex-boyfriend just showed up as a new roommate and I'm not gonna lie, I hate stories that create their tension with love triangles. Definitely a personal preference of mine, but it's partly just because if have been pursuing a woman and there is another guy she is weighing against me or can't decide on... I just walk. So when this stuff happens in stories I tend to think the character just deserves better. That's why I tend to hate harem stories too.
What part of the title you didn’t understand? “Dramatic” is right there, you know? Also, what are you doing looking for a “cute and innocent” romance in a seinen series about a couple of mid-thirties, slightly dysfunctional people?Yeah, make no mistake about this story.
A few chapters in she reveals that she lied about having no experience in romance and the dude she used to bang moves in as well.
Which is a case of a story just fucking up completely.
Because see, there are obviously people that want such a story but they will not read that far because it's set up as a cute and innocent romance.
People that want a cute and innocent romance on the other hand will drop it when it turns out what a bitch the chick is (because let's be real, setting aside whether people care about stuff like past relationships does not matter here, LYING about it always does).
I appreciate your take, and I do understand the narrative role that the ex-boyfriend plays. I don't disagree with your assessment. But, when you approach the discussion with an opening comment like "It's annoying only if you don't really understand what you're reading" then I can't help but assume that you are trying to be rude.It's annoying only if you don't really understand what you're reading.
It's clear that the ex-boyfriend was brought into the story just to allow Ban to sort out her feelings and her indecision regarding love, since he was the one who caused such trauma on her. Ban herself never weighed Yuuki against Harutaka - in fact Harutaka notices that Ban is quite into Yuuki.
There's no need to be dooming as well, since this "love triangle" - which never was - gets its closure at the end of volume 3. There's no tension related to a "love triangle", since Ban herself never gave Harutaka any romantic consideration and even Yuuki doesn't spend any time worrying about her ex-boyfriend.
Instead of dooming based on previous stories, why not read the story and evaluate it after reading?
In short, my comment still stands, since it really comes down to a matter of opinion/preference. Because twice now we have been left on a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of two chapters where the ex-boyfriend is in a "position of advantage". Do I know that he isn't going to end up with her; of course I do. Do I know that these moments are added to add "drama" to a moment and then quickly resolve it, for sure. Seeing them "go out for dinner" was wrapped up within a chapter. BUT, my statement was a statement of personal preference. Even if it is a "false love love triangle" the narrative effect it plays temporarily is still there. I was just saying that I hate it. Haha.
I appreciate your take, and I do understand the narrative role that the ex-boyfriend plays. I don't disagree with your assessment. But, when you approach the discussion with an opening comment like "It's annoying only if you don't really understand what you're reading" then I can't help but assume that you are trying to be rude.
Simple example, I know LOTS of people that love The Office, but I hate that show. Why? Because I can't stand cringe humor or plots that are based on cringe people or scenarios, because I can't help but feel the cringe. So I don't watch the show. In this case I am giving it a few chapters to flesh itself out, but so far this "false love triangle" is annoying to me; like I said it would be. I am hoping that we move onto "drama" surrounding getting caught by roommates or something.
Totally fair. If that was not your intent then I apologize for my misunderstanding.Apologies if I came out as being rude. I understand it’s a matter of personal preference, but what I was trying to point out is that the “love triangle” being shown isn’t really a triangle. It’s just the author playing with the “love triangle” trope without actually having the trope weighing in the plot. If you go back to chapter 17 until now, you should be able to clearly see that it’s Asai that’s hung up on Ban. Ban is just pursuing Yuuki. Even on this latest chapter (21), you can kind of take pity of Asai, with him trying to wedge in between Yuuki and Ban - even though he doesn’t yet know Ban is into Yuuki. Even though the “love triangle“ trope is annoying, what I was just saying is that you shouldn’t assume any of the tropes Enomoto presents on this series will actually play out as they generally do. In fact, none of them do, and that’s on purpose. Enomoto is using these tropes only as narrative anchors - but they are not following the tropes as they usually go, and that is the fun bit of this series. You can see the tropes coming from miles away - but instead of grimacing about these, you can actually look forward to see how Enomoto will turn these around.
In summary, what I was trying to say is: don’t let your expectations around these tropes to spoil your enjoyment of the series. It just seems the author is using these tropes, when in fact the author is taking these tropes and subverting them, leading to results and narratives completely different from what these tropes generally lead to.
I, for one, was actually grateful that this ex-bf “arc” finished with volume 3, on chapter 26. It was just the right length for Ban’s feelings for Yuuki to flesh out and for her to resolve her issues around her feelings - that began when her relationship with Asai ended - whilst not stretching the whole ex-bf hovering around thing for too long.
Ban’s ex-boyfriend showed up and some got mad a 35 year old woman isn’t a virgin…. You know, the usual lolI read this manga a few months ago and the score was very high, what happened?
for me it wasnt that, that made it bad, it was the cliche insert ex here to create drama that made the story feel bland and just another typical romance love triangle manga. original i just thought it would be a more awkward people solving their problems rather than the whole love triangle that every other romance story has which i was a bit tired of and hoped for something different or unique. like alot of manga are just almost carbon copy of each others ideas which loses its original taste. like legit for this story we literally already know how the love triangle will go and how its going to end and the process. ex will go for the girl. girl will have a fight with MC. ex will pick up the girl. MC gets jealous. another fight happens. sometime passes. they decide to talk again. and that get back together. in the end the author will put them back together. just my opinion.Ban’s ex-boyfriend showed up and some got mad a 35 year old woman isn’t a virgin…. You know, the usual lol
oh i thoughtIt's annoying only if you don't really understand what you're reading.
It's clear that the ex-boyfriend was brought into the story just to allow Ban to sort out her feelings and her indecision regarding love, since he was the one who caused such trauma on her. Ban herself never weighed Yuuki against Harutaka - in fact Harutaka notices that Ban is quite into Yuuki.
There's no need to be dooming as well, since this "love triangle" - which never was - gets its closure at the end of volume 3. There's no tension related to a "love triangle", since Ban herself never gave Harutaka any romantic consideration and even Yuuki doesn't spend any time worrying about her ex-boyfriend.
Instead of dooming based on previous stories, why not read the story and evaluate it after reading?
You see, that exactly why I was telling people to read the story, instead of assuming it will play out exactly as the trope. The whole schtick of this story is taking these overused tropes and have them result in completely different things - not the usual trope outcome.like legit for this story we literally already know how the love triangle will go and how its going to end and the process. ex will go for the girl. girl will have a fight with MC. ex will pick up the girl. MC gets jealous. another fight happens. sometime passes. they decide to talk again. and that get back together. in the end the author will put them back together. just my opinion.