Genjitsu Sekai Demo Shiawase ni Shite Kudasai ne? - Vol. 1 Ch. 4 - Is It Really Okay?

[MangaDex]

 

[Ryoumiya]

Thanks for the translation

P.S there seems to be a colour issue on page 10

 

[5hijima]

Thanks for the translation

P.S there seems to be a colour issue on page 10

yeah

 

[OddMan11]

Thanks for the translation

P.S there seems to be a colour issue on page 10

Yes noticed and fixed. Ya'll are too fast sometimes...

 

[dekuscrubs]

This is some hero's journey refusal of the call shit, just give in, reality as you previously understood it shattered, might as well enjoy the ride.

 

[Guesto]

Drama incoming?

 

[toapat]

for being one of the most disaster lesbian characters ive read, Machino does have a pretty good romance game.

 

[Deadhunt]

So name of that girl is Olivia

 

[Colonel-Picquart]

Things felt a little off when Machino had to cover for her inability to cook when she had done so in the game. It struck me as a little deceptive but I did not expect the manga to go full on into exploring and critiquing that difference in their relationship!
Kudos to the author for thinking through something lesser romance writers would've handwaved!

 

[Redrot]

Cute, funny, and interesting the whole way through. Seems like we're gonna get some drama, and I'm looking forward to it! Thanks for the translation!

 

[galaxia9]

That's an intriguing direction to take the plot, three days of playing the field getting max affection on everyone vs a year of falling deeply in love. Looking forward to what this brings up.

 

[peacegiant]

I didn't expect the fact she came from the game to be this relevant. I figured, okay, game characters come to real world, there's gonna be some jokes like "haha real world not game world!" and for the story to kinda just treat Celestia as a regular other world.

Like, holy shit, this is a really cool and kind of terrifying thing to bring up. Sofia spent a whole year living a full life that Mashino only got to see bits and pieces of while Mashino was on a binge. The time they experienced aside, the context of their relationship is wildly unbalanced. Sofia's fell in love with a real person, she's invested. Mashino played a bomb-ass game for three days for fun. Of course their feelings are gonna be different, I just didn't expect the manga to actually go there. We could be in for some wild existential shit if the story keeps digging at the game aspect.

Like - how would the Celestians react if they learned what a game even is? That their whole world and life were created for entertainment purposes by regular people and sold to other regular people? The fact that Mashiro isn't the only one who's played it?

The fact that Mashiro technically isn't even the person they knew in Celestia? Think about it, it's a game - Mashiro isn't playing as Mashiro, she's playing as some blank-slate character with some dialogue options on a railroad. Mashiro didn't load up the game and decide to make nikujaga for Sofia, she loaded up the game and grinded her affection points with Sofia until the game gave her a scripted event. All the things Mashiro said and did with Sofia were coded into the game, they weren't her words or actions, at most she chose from a list of options.

I'm not gonna be disappointed or anything if it doesn't end up exploring more of the consequences of the Celestians specifically being from a game, but this chapter makes me kinda hopeful. I think there's a lot of really unique and interesting stuff that could be explored here.

edit: also, thank you for the TL! y'all are heroes

 

[Kur0_San]

okay.... that is one terrifying concept that I was not expecting.
if the author will explore it, then we might be in from some solid drama. after all, that difference between a game and real life IS MASSIVE.
but it is just silly comedy so I have my expectations low

 

[Yuri_Enjoyer_Deluxe]

So basically... time gap.

Dio's gonna love this... also...

The Other Capture Targets: Why are we still here?

 

[shittycoolusername69]

This is some hero's journey refusal of the call shit, just give in, reality as you previously understood it shattered, might as well enjoy the ride.

This is definitely not just Machino being insecure or indecisive. The capture targets are in love with Machino with a year's worth of memories with her, but to her they were just game waifus until a few days ago. It's like a parasocial relationship but in reverse.

 

[Lowfyie]

Actually really interesting seeing one of these mangas address this, I always thought about it and I hope they handle it properly, and then I wonder how Sofia will react to it once she learns thats shes a video game character and the Machino she was interacting with before was just pre-scripted dialogue options

 

[KZO]

I'm so conflicted, this is interesting, but at the same time I don't want anything to happen to this fluffy romance.

 

[BobBob]

You know, that's a very good point. How is she gonna handle that? Especially when the other heroines start coming in?

 

[Nautical]

SHES A FRAUD

 

[KuroViLolitannia]

God please make the servants in my FGO game come to my real life amen