GraPara! - Ch. 134 - By Strip, You Mean…?

[SS-2010]

IT looks like we'll with a loop just to return to the beggining of the story.The title mens "Gravature Paradise!" so it makes sense to her to return to gravature that is where it started her's and Shinobu's story.

We can se her working with Shinobu and Fumi in end too.

Agree this is a possible ending because the conversation in the car with Mio can be interpreted not only about accepting the sex scene but also a challenge for Sakura to prove that the gravure work she had quit wasn't the degrading thing that the fucboy and the TV industry insiders (he claimed the TV insiders shared his views) believed it to be. The way to prove it is to return to be a gravure model, not to take the sex scene as an actress. She can do both jobs (gravure model and actress) under Mio's agency. So, I'm confident she'll switch agencies to Mio's.

 

[SS-2010]

Approved. He'll have an arm around Sakura and Fumi. Final panel he looks to us and says "This is my Gravure Paradise". Going full circle.

It came to me in a dream.

If you mean a harem ending, it's my dream too. LOL

 

[hugorito420]

Agree this is a possible ending because the conversation in the car with Mio can be interpreted not only about accepting the sex scene but also a challenge for Sakura to prove that the gravure work she had quit wasn't the degrading thing that the fucboy and the TV industry insiders (he claimed the TV insiders shared his views) believed it to be. The way to prove it is to return to be a gravure model, not to take the sex scene as an actress.

I think she gonna take the role in the same way and then transfer to Mio's agency.

But is true that we can understand that conversation was also about her gravature career too but i think that conversation pushed her to take the sex scene role.

 

[diphuc1]

I think she gonna take the role in the same way and then transfer to Mio's agency.

But is true that we can understand that conversation was also about her gravature career too but i think that conversation pushed her to take the sex scene role.

This is a 90/10 issue that won't feel like a 90/10 for some. 90% she accepts the offer and the story goes from there for the finale, but 10% KA pulls some bs writing and has Sakura do something unexpected instead with her interpretation of Sakura "doing her best"

For me there's a few things Sakura could do with varying level of plausibility: 1) accept sex scene (that's it?), 2) transfer agency immediately (makes not too much sense upfront), 3) look for Shinobu (even less sense), 4) meets with her mom, 5) meeting round 2 with fucboi (waste of pages imo),

 

[SS-2010]

I think she gonna take the role in the same way and then transfer to Mio's agency.

But is true that we can understand that conversation was also about her gravature career too but i think that conversation pushed her to take the sex scene role.

Airi Katsura (sensei) will do that if she's nonsense again and again. LOL

According to Japanese etiquette, an actress wouldn't take on a job her agency opposes because it would damage the relationship. In practice, the actress would switch agencies first, like Nagi did, rather than creating conflict with her current agency stupidly.

Doing the latter would also tarnish her reputation in the industry, as she would be perceived as stubborn and difficult to work with. It'll be hard for the new agency (Mio's) to find an acting work for Sakura and she'll be forced to do only the gravure work.

Maybe, you're right because AK (sensei) intends to ruin Sakura's actress career ! Who knows the level of AK (sensei)'s mental illness? LOL

P.S. IMHO, what Mio said to Sakura in the car meant, "If you decide to take the sex scene, switch the agencies to me to do both gravure and acting work."

 

[hugorito420]

Airi Katsura (sensei) will do that if she's nonsense again and again. LOL

According to Japanese etiquette, an actress wouldn't take on a job her agency opposes because it would damage the relationship. In practice, the actress would switch agencies first, like Nagi did, rather than creating conflict with her current agency stupidly.

Doing the latter would also tarnish her reputation in the industry, as she would be perceived as stubborn and difficult to work with. It'll be hard for the new agency (Mio's) to find an acting work for Sakura and she'll be forced to do only the gravure work.

Maybe, you're right because AK (sensei) intends to ruin Sakura's actress job ! Who knows the level of AK (sensei)'s mental illness? LOL

I think she'll leave her agency and take the offer.Nothing too deep.

 

[jonasadan]

He looked down the gravature but also associated the sex scene to the gravature image that Sakura had and her agency are against the sex scene because they think she should have the image of a pure girl.

So accepting the scene would make Fuckboi and her agency wrong because it would prove that is capable to do it.And it was Mio's point,she would prove that they are wrong about her.

If she refuses to do nothing would change in her development.It literally would make Sakura stucked in her development

And gravature models does sexual scenes or sex scenes so it literally support the decison to do it.

I think Fumi will be the bait and Sakura will go all the way.Because Fumi has Shinobu to stop her and Sakura has no one to stop her(she ignored fuckboi and likely will ignore her agency)

Well, I think that in either case, whether she accepts or rejects the offer, she won't make any development at all. In the end, she'd still be letting someone else's opinion dictate her actions, whether it's Mio's or the fuckboi's. I think the only way Sakura can make a development is if she rejects the offer and goes back to gravure.

 

[hugorito420]

Airi Katsura (sensei) will do that if she's nonsense again and again. LOL

According to Japanese etiquette, an actress wouldn't take on a job her agency opposes because it would damage the relationship. In practice, the actress would switch agencies first, like Nagi did, rather than creating conflict with her current agency stupidly.

Doing the latter would also tarnish her reputation in the industry, as she would be perceived as stubborn and difficult to work with. It'll be hard for the new agency (Mio's) to find an acting work for Sakura and she'll be forced to do only the gravure work.

Maybe, you're right because AK (sensei) intends to ruin Sakura's actress job ! Who knows the level of AK (sensei)'s mental illness? LOL

I think she'll leave her agency and take the offer.Nothing too deep.

 

[hugorito420]

Well, I think that in either case, whether she accepts or rejects the offer, she won't make any development at all. In the end, she'd still be letting someone else's opinion dictate her actions, whether it's Mio's or the fuckboi's. I think the only way Sakura can make a development as a character is if she rejects the offer and goes back to gravure.

I think it would be a development if she accepted because it was her own decison.Mio only was responsible to reasure her about her decision,because it would prove fuckboi and her agency that they're wrong about her.

She did not advice like saying you must accept it,she only said that Sakura must prove that people are wrong about her so it wpuld be a development for her in my opinion.

What would be the other plans that Airi could do if she refuses the offer?Do a stupid Fumi NTR that would feel forced and could only hurt Shinobu again because it could be made in front of him(only for the sake of Airi's fetish)?Do a forced ending with Shikura(sorry @diphuc1)?Or a stupid open ending to make the readers mad?

So i think that could be a development for her to accept because it could go against on what people think about her.

And read 133 and 134 again,it was literally a push to her to accept the sex scene.First Nagi in 133 saying that she used her past experiences to make her sex scenes(Sakura could use Shinobu here) and in 134 Mio told her about proving people that they are wrong about her,because it could be the opossite of the pure girl image that they imposed to her so i think that she'll leave the agency and do the sex scene.

 

[VuongOuki]

Obviously, the offer for the explicit scenes was sent to Sakura's current agency. If she switches over to Mio's agency, would that offer even still hold up? Wouldn't that stir up unnecessary drama between the two agencies? And Sakura has a clear contract with her current agency, so Mio's agency obviously has to pay a termination fee to get Sakura over.

 

[diphuc1]

Obviously, the offer for the explicit scenes was sent to Sakura's current agency. If she switches over to Mio's agency, would that offer even still hold up? Wouldn't that stir up unnecessary drama between the two agencies?

I've heard mixed responses on this one that it could be a personal offer for Sakura herself by recommendation from the director guy we saw in 132 and so her manager had no choice but to relay the info to her despite the agency wanting to maintain a "pure" image for Sakura.

 

[jonasadan]

I think it would be a development if she accepted because it was her own decison.Mio only was responsible to reasure her about her decision.

I don't think it would be her own decision, because the first thing she thought of when the manager mentioned the offer was what Nagi and Mio had said. To me, it does seem like she would still be basing her decisions on someone else's opinion if she ends up accepting the offer.

 

[SS-2010]

Obviously, the offer for the explicit scenes was sent to Sakura's current agency. If she switches over to Mio's agency, would that offer even still hold up? Wouldn't that stir up unnecessary drama between the two agencies? And Sakura has a clear contract with her current agency, so Mio's agency obviously has to pay a termination fee to get Sakura over.

the offer still stands even if Sakura switches agencies.

Whether she is or isn't I don't think will be important enough to cover in 2 chapters. It'll be something left out of detail and we'll just have to go with the flow. Unless it causes some kind of scandal which I don't see happening.

It happens many times in reality. An actor or actress switches agencies but still performs in the same TV drama like nothing happened. It's just a behind-the-scenes process that both the old and new agencies handle themselves.

 

[VuongOuki]

I've heard mixed responses on this one that it could be a personal offer for Sakura herself by recommendation from the director guy we saw in 132 and so her manager had no choice but to relay the info to her despite the agency wanting to maintain a "pure" image for Sakura.

But Sakura's under a contract with her agency, right? She shouldn't even be allowed to take on personal projects, though?

 

[jonasadan]

But Sakura's under a contract with her agency, right? She shouldn't even be allowed to take on personal projects, though?

I think the same way you do; I think the agency's job is to review and decide on the actors' offers, but I don't think there's any need to overthink it, so they'll probably just handle it the simplest way possible, which is that the offer still stands even if Sakura switches agencies.

 

[hugorito420]

It happens many times in reality. An actor or actress switches agencies but still performs in the same TV drama like nothing happened. It's just a behind-the-scenes process that both the old and new agencies handle themselves.

Agreed,the agency change won't be relevant to her not accepting that because it can be made behind the scenes and still perform on the same project.

The only thing that makes this relevant will be her return to the gravature scene.

 

[Alsatia]

But Sakura's under a contract with her agency, right? She shouldn't even be allowed to take on personal projects, though?

Whether she is or isn't I don't think will be important enough to cover in 2 chapters. It'll be something left out of detail and we'll just have to go with the flow. Unless it causes some kind of scandal which I don't see happening.

 

[hugorito420]

I think the same way you do; I think the agency's job is to review and decide on the actors' offers, but I don't think there's any need to overthink it, so they'll probably just handle it the simplest way possible, which is that the offer still stands even if Sakura switches agencies.

I think the offer probably still stands even if she changes agencies.It is not a relevant detail.

I think Mio's agencies will take the offer to Sakura in the same way.

 

[Des0]

Obviously, the offer for the explicit scenes was sent to Sakura's current agency. If she switches over to Mio's agency, would that offer even still hold up? Wouldn't that stir up unnecessary drama between the two agencies? And Sakura has a clear contract with her current agency, so Mio's agency obviously has to pay a termination fee to get Sakura over.

Right now, the only thing I can see causing Sakura serious problems with her agency is if her past infidelity became public. If that were to make the news, she could lose every acting role associated with innocent or pure-hearted characters because it would conflict with the image her agency has carefully built for her. In the worst-case scenario, her contract could even be terminated.

There was a similar case in Japan not long ago, if you've been following the tokusatsu community. The actor who played Gozyu Unicorn was involved in a controversy that conflicted with the public image of the character. As a result, the production reportedly had to replace the actor on short notice, and merchandise featuring that character was pulled until a replacement could be arranged.

That said, I don't think the issue with Sakura's current agency will end up being very important, since there are only two chapters left.

 

[hugorito420]

I don't think it would be her own decision, because the first thing she thought of when the manager mentioned the offer was what Nagi and Mio had said. To me, it does seem like she would still be basing her decisions on someone else's opinion if she ends up accepting the offer.

But i still think that she'll accept her offer.I think that Sakura tought about them because she wanted to play less supercial characters and want to do more things that she can more of herself.

So i think it could take her to accept the offer because would be different from the pure girl image that they to want Sakura to have here.