I'm Nearly 30, but This Is My First Love - Vol. 2 Ch. 18
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come on... they're both working adults....
IF teenage or something having the miscomm misunderstanding, it's somewhat acceptable....
yeah, i know they're relationship virgins, but working relationship is a thing you know.... things like communicate well and stuff, ask, answer, two ways comm..... etc.
urghhh.......
IF teenage or something having the miscomm misunderstanding, it's somewhat acceptable....
yeah, i know they're relationship virgins, but working relationship is a thing you know.... things like communicate well and stuff, ask, answer, two ways comm..... etc.
urghhh.......
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I get that being new to love at 30 is the whole premise, so they're trying to make them seem innocent and shit. But at what point do they even act like 30 year olds? This manga could just as easily be a romance manga with young, innocent high schoolers or something. I enjoy it, but wish they did at least act like they're 30 in some way.
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I hope their maturity comes through eventually...
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Ah yes the misunderstanding has begun
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As someone that's 27 this year, and as someone that also hasn't "fallen in love" with anyone before (I have the same mindset as MC, I don't really want to date people I'm not interested in), but I don't doubt that I'd end up like our MC here when I do find someone I'm genuinely interested in. It's like that one song, "High School Never Ends," by Bowling for Soup (?). I get that once you're in your mid to late twenties and older, you're expected to "act like an adult" but what is that? To be devoid of emotions? Act mature? Wake up, go to work, eat, piss/shit, go home, sleep? Where's the fun in that? Maybe I'm just being a hopeless romantic, but relationships (be it friends or a SO), should be something that takes you away from all that boring "adult" shit. There's no harm in letting loose and acting like a teenager.
Ya'll expect too much out of our short lives. Anyone that tells me to act my age or to grow up and suck a fat one. My life has been miserable enough, I'ma do what I want to have fun now that I'm a working adult. Don't force your boring standard on others, let alone fictional characters. Granted, there's a line in terms of how naive one can be of relationship matters as romance stuff is everywhere, but that's how it always is in manga/anime, right? lol
Ya'll expect too much out of our short lives. Anyone that tells me to act my age or to grow up and suck a fat one. My life has been miserable enough, I'ma do what I want to have fun now that I'm a working adult. Don't force your boring standard on others, let alone fictional characters. Granted, there's a line in terms of how naive one can be of relationship matters as romance stuff is everywhere, but that's how it always is in manga/anime, right? lol
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Yea, there's a point at which things become unreasonable and just plaint irritating and this is far past that point. They're full grown adults, and I'd have a hard time believing people my age would act like this, let alone those who've got like 10 years on me, even if they've never been in any relationship or had effectively no contact with the opposite sex.
This might as well be some generic middle school shoujo/shounen romance at this point. If you're going to have adults, at least try to emulate series like Wotakoi.
This might as well be some generic middle school shoujo/shounen romance at this point. If you're going to have adults, at least try to emulate series like Wotakoi.
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Okay, now it's creepy. Not because "people at 30 shouldn't behave like that", no. It's unnatural now. It's more like "I can't believe a man at 30 behaves like that".
The way I see it, it's like inner self-confidence over experience. You work, go to adventures with your friends, do house chores, meet different people. You always try something new, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed, and through experience you get used to the thought, that even if you do something the first time, it will somehow work out. Even when something fails at first, you can always make it up. And this very thought calms you down when you have to have your first kiss at 32.
And here I see a man who runs away because of self-consciousness. On the outside it just looks miserable. When you think about it, you can ask "why? Doesn't he have self-confidence? He shouldn't have, yeah, but you know, it's natural for him to have at least some of it. The author said that the guy was hanging out with friends alright. So what the hell?".
Here I come to conclusion that it is unnatural. I guess, author is trying to put some highschool couple interaction vibes in his work. But I definitely don't want to see 30yo people behaving like highschoolers. I came here and I stayed because they were grown-ups. Because he confessed of pretending and lying. Because he hugged her and called her by her first name. Man, he even got a lap pillow w/o overly reacting. Her behaviour was impeccable at all. And now I see what? They are accumulating misunderstandings and angst. Come on.
Oh, I remembered the word. Inconsistent
tl;dr It's inconsistent, I am dissatisfied.
The way I see it, it's like inner self-confidence over experience. You work, go to adventures with your friends, do house chores, meet different people. You always try something new, sometimes you fail, sometimes you succeed, and through experience you get used to the thought, that even if you do something the first time, it will somehow work out. Even when something fails at first, you can always make it up. And this very thought calms you down when you have to have your first kiss at 32.
And here I see a man who runs away because of self-consciousness. On the outside it just looks miserable. When you think about it, you can ask "why? Doesn't he have self-confidence? He shouldn't have, yeah, but you know, it's natural for him to have at least some of it. The author said that the guy was hanging out with friends alright. So what the hell?".
Here I come to conclusion that it is unnatural. I guess, author is trying to put some highschool couple interaction vibes in his work. But I definitely don't want to see 30yo people behaving like highschoolers. I came here and I stayed because they were grown-ups. Because he confessed of pretending and lying. Because he hugged her and called her by her first name. Man, he even got a lap pillow w/o overly reacting. Her behaviour was impeccable at all. And now I see what? They are accumulating misunderstandings and angst. Come on.
Oh, I remembered the word. Inconsistent
tl;dr It's inconsistent, I am dissatisfied.
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Thanks for perfectly summarizing it for me. There's a difference between being inexperienced in romantic relationships and acting like you've never set foot in the adult world. It seems like the author thinks that the only way to portray cute relationships is to have the main characters act like children...
Not to mention it seems they're going down the "MISUNDERSTANDINGS" route. The early chapters were promising but now it looks like it's going downhill, at least for the main couple.
I'll stay for the other couple though.
Thanks for perfectly summarizing it for me. There's a difference between being inexperienced in romantic relationships and acting like you've never set foot in the adult world. It seems like the author thinks that the only way to portray cute relationships is to have the main characters act like children...
Not to mention it seems they're going down the "MISUNDERSTANDINGS" route. The early chapters were promising but now it looks like it's going downhill, at least for the main couple.
I'll stay for the other couple though.
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It's odd. I was a total nerd in school, OK? Pretty antisocial, read constantly, probably one of the very first houses in my entire city to have a home computer (TRS-80 Model I, initially with 4K of ram. Yes, "K"), often bullied etc.
So then I got to the point of actually having a girl who was probably interested over at my house. It was in grade 11. So I was a socially awkward, very nerdy teenager, OK? And I did not do any of this stuff. I kissed her. Clumsily, but it was still nice. We got better fast. And I mean, they're already going out and have already communicated that they have strong feelings for each other and all the inexperience is out in the open. At that point if you're thinking remotely rationally you know perfectly well that a clumsy first kiss is not going to be a deal-breaker. So they had a ton of advantages my awkward nerdy teenage self did not have. So I don't really find this that realistic for teenagers, let alone 30 year olds. I dunno, maybe people are more intensely self-conscious these days?
So then I got to the point of actually having a girl who was probably interested over at my house. It was in grade 11. So I was a socially awkward, very nerdy teenager, OK? And I did not do any of this stuff. I kissed her. Clumsily, but it was still nice. We got better fast. And I mean, they're already going out and have already communicated that they have strong feelings for each other and all the inexperience is out in the open. At that point if you're thinking remotely rationally you know perfectly well that a clumsy first kiss is not going to be a deal-breaker. So they had a ton of advantages my awkward nerdy teenage self did not have. So I don't really find this that realistic for teenagers, let alone 30 year olds. I dunno, maybe people are more intensely self-conscious these days?
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Did they not admit to their initial lies a few chapters ago? Why am I reading a negative development with another low-point conclusion?
There's a point where the comedy is being hypocritical about its own theme, and this chapter is getting dangerously close to it.
There's a point where the comedy is being hypocritical about its own theme, and this chapter is getting dangerously close to it.
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