Imasara desu ga, Osananajimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimaimashita - Ch. 22 - It Happened, A Year, and a Half Ago

[Hcoregamer]

This is self-published, the author has complete control here

That actually makes this worse

 

[wakawa00]

Chapter 22 has been updated. As announced, we are starting the second part, 'The Dark Chapter,' from this installment. Although I haven't mentioned until now that chapters 1 through 21 were part of the first part, 'The Light Chapter'... Anyway, I’ll continue to put in my best effort, so if you’d like, please continue to support me. #Saranami

Kinda makes sense considering the girls's names

 

[Doniku]

i wanna know what the author was smoking

 

[draxdeveloper]

I mean, they essentially just threw in "sexual assault" (At least it looked like a forced kiss, though wouldn't know yet, maybe he wanted it, which wouldn't help the previous 20 chapters) out of left corner, also sorta just threw the whole premise out of the window..

Why are we being shown their relationship build-up, without any drama, besides that one girl which was pretty much shot down within a couple panels, just for then to suddenly some random girl to surface claim she's his ex and jumps on him regardless, who also happens to be MC's (Girl) bestfriend AND know that MC loves him. 🤨

The last panel really looks like it's just drama fishing at this point.. 😶

Basically, we are between the shit plot twist and the shit forced drama (it will depend on what really happened)
To be honest, I can kind of deal with the second one because it's possible to dismiss it quickly, the first one will only make me drop this and give a 3 to the manga (and I rarely give any note to the mangas I read)

 

[Litreara]

Kinda makes sense considering the girls's names

Yeah, but honestly, I feel a bit cheated. I’m sure if we had known about this in advance, the reception would have been much more positive.

 

[zephyroths]

No one gives a shit about this whore's backstory. Stop trying to redeem her you shit WA2 author. I can forgive you for Saekano though.

He made WA2?

 

[NotSomeone]

It's not the first time I've seen an author depict a character in a way that leaves the reader with no sympathy for them, only to reveal their backstory in the next chapter. I always wonder, isn't there a better narrative approach to this? Instead of waiting for the backstory to fix a character's lack of appeal, why not build sympathy earlier on?

After chapter 21, I feel no sympathy for Ayami, and to be honest, I don't even care about her backstory anymore. Her character feels so unlikable in chapter 21, and the sudden attempt to make her sympathetic feels forced.

Wouldn't it have been more effective to give Ayami more 'screen time' beforehand, so the reader could understand her better? By showing her struggles, motivations, or even some redeeming qualities early on, the author could have created a foundation for empathy, building a deeper connection between the reader and the character. It just feels like a missed opportunity when the emotional payoff comes too late, making it hard for me to care about Ayami, no matter what her backstory reveals.

Thanks for the chapter!

Making an unlikeable character likeable with time is really hard but so many stories try to do it.
It also straight up fails if you introduce the character doing the worst shit possible.
Yes, Ayami did the worst thing she could ever do in the eyes of the audience, and that is to betray.
God only knows how much people hate betrayal in every form, it is the father of all sins after all.

 

[draxdeveloper]

have people considered just not reading things they dont find interesting anymore. that cant be as hard as it seems surely

Well, generally I would agree with you, but, it's make sense to in the chapter that made you drop the manga, even more if we had 20 chapters of a specific tone and setting just to have an 180 like we had in chapter 21. To be honest, I'm still hoping that we have a second plot twist revealing that we were baited and etc etc... And the possibility that this is just cheap forced drama that some romcoms try to do sometimes.
If after we have the conclusion of the previous chapter the person still are reading it and complaining in every chapter then yeah, drop the manga or at least to self torturing reading in silence

 

[THUND3RSTICKZ]

I'm really wondering if some authors just can't write good love triangles no matter how many times they attempt it.

 

[draxdeveloper]

What in the fuck. The sudden twist last chapter was huge enough, but this back story? Hoo boy.

This is the manga equivalent of enjoying a nice, warm, slightly incompetent bath but then suddenly finding out there are piranhas in the tub with you. 😐

and the piranhas are on fire, somehow (Greek fire maybe?)

 

[ScarecrowB]

As far as I recall, she appears in chapters 5, 10-11 in Hikari's phone chat, as well as in chapters 15 and 21.

Thank you.
That clears some of my doubts. Since she's in the same class as Hikari it looks like she repeated a year but he still calls her senpai due to meeting her while he was still in middle school.

 

[draxdeveloper]

A backstory to a character, regardless if they are liked or not, is always needed yes.

But the way the author went with it in this example is such a huge tonal shift.

"So you know this controversial character?

I am now gonna heavily imply she was sexually abused by her step-dad.

And then she ran way from home, and now sells herself to pedo old men for cash.

This is sure to fit in with the light hearted romcom premise I started with"

This, this is what some people are not getting.
The issue is not the character is hateable or that the plot itself is horrible. The issue is that the author build and sold a totally different premise for 20 chapter

 

[CulR]

• 20 1-star ratings to 93 1-star ratings.
• 3 people reported this manga as a troll entry.

this is rating abuse

 

[draxdeveloper]

The backstory isn't meant to fix Ami's lack of appeal, it's to resolve the twist. The hints existed from early on that MC's perspective was limited. The reason it didn't fill in more gaps before is because the shock you felt last chapter was what you were supposed to feel. Basically keeping you in the shoes of the MC.

Interestingly, we have now fully shifted to Ami's perspective, potentially making her a deuteragonist. We'll see how this plays out long term.

If we are really going to that route (we can't say for sure yet) it would be a really great touch if it was made earlier.

 

[CulR]

This, this is what some people are not getting.
The issue is not the character is hateable or that the plot itself is horrible. The issue is that the author build and sold a totally different premise for 20 chapter

Everybody right now is like this girl... lmao the author did warn us. It's like an audience/self insert.



chapter 12 presented the possibility he likes someone totally different. I think it's alright. However, I don't like the tone change. I think he could have kept it going without heavily changing the tone of this manga.

Somebody else brought up the idea of her being a deuteragonist. So is the tone going to keep changing based on each MC? I did notice that this story is heavily relying on the perspective of the MC, so that could make sense.

 

[definitionofinsanity]

It's been awhile since I've seen this many people lose their shit over a manga.

 

[RoxasJ]

Ah yes, garbage character we're supposed to care for cause insert sad backstory here. Yeah no. Honestly it's more entertaining to watch the rating fall more every couple minutes than it was reading this chapter.

 

[draxdeveloper]

Yeah, but honestly, I feel a bit cheated. I’m sure if we had known about this in advance, the reception would have been much more positive.

Or at least faster, he lost the pace for this kind of plot twist. It's not exactly a bad kind of story, but it's not the kind of story a lot of people were reading this manga were expecting (or even wanted).
And I will just add an extra stone here, when I was in my deep depressive state, I would avoid anything like the "dark chapter" the writer is proposing and would look only wholesome stuff (like this manga baited a lot of people to believe), so yeah, people like I was at that time will be REALLY upset (and with a good reason)

 

[Darkshade13]

Oh boy backstory time.

Fun Facts:

• Saranami went from being rated 8.59 to 8.04 because of the last chapter.
• 20 1-star ratings to 93 1-star ratings.
• 3 people reported this manga as a troll entry.

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3 hours later it's dipped below 8.00 and has 119 1-star ratings

 

[draxdeveloper]

It's been awhile since I've seen this many people lose their shit over a manga.

People generally don't like to being tricked like that, lol.
I mean, it could be a great plot pull if the author did that, like, in chapter 10 at most.