It's Not Meguro-san's First Time - Vol. 9 Ch. 65 - Greater Happiness

[Marcellx]

Reading it through a second time after reading the previous comments, I don't see what the problem is. There is no gaslighting, in fact everyone is acknowledging and supportive of Ricchan's differences. Since Waku understands her, he wants to her to know he loves that side of her that tries despite her being different. Waku making the marriage proposal is his way of making them both happy, by allowing themselves to still be their own person without compromise and still be friends and family. If anything Ricchan is the one being inconsiderate by trying to force the breakup with Waku without considering his feelings.

Nah, that is gaslighting. She, who says doesn't have feelings for him, was told to marry him in part because he said can't be happy with anyone else. Meguro's whole deal was that she didn't really understood love very well until she met and dated this guy, yet here she aiding in robbing her friend of that opportunity.

Seriously, all that was missing was one of them telling her she "will learn to love him".

What be should had done was be a big boy, respect her decision and if anything, just say that he would always wait for her.

 

[Marcellx]

Well, I suppose all is well if it ends well. I mean it could have gone way worse.
And mind you, I understood what went on, I think a lot of you are missing the point, it's not badly written, it's just that these characters have infuriating personalities, but that's just how some people are, people are messy, you have to be able to see the writing of characters that are messy is not the same as having a messy writing.

I'm sorry, but time and time again we see that the author just puts situating that they think are interesting without ever thinking if how those people would think, feel and function in the first place. We're all for messy characters (this is what the series is about) it is the messy writing that's the issue.

Don't have the protagonist not understand much of love until dating the male lead, then suddenly say that her best friend never did either but never mentioned until it was convenient for the plot and even more have her now say that the protagonist wouldn't understand.

Honestly the author should just write short stories or use the Tsure children format. I feel it would still be messy, but less so.

 

[Joe10]

This just followed those chapters with the vaguely incestual twins. Everything past Koga balking on sleeping with Meguro in the hotel room has been complete shit because the two of them sleeping together and Meguro having sex as an act of genuine love with a real romantic partner she's found love with was the natural endpoint of the story. It should have ended there and not kept going.

Exactly. His actions there were unreasonable and contrived and no real reason was given. Exploring it is obviously being saved for the future but the problem is we have now reached bottom of the barrel shit like these last few chapters. This manga is being dragged out. Meguru actually wanting to have sex for both her own pleasure and for her partners in a mutually loving relationship would indeed have been the right end for the story and it should have come about 20-30 chapters ago. If this manga wants to continue it should focus on the main pair's efforts to see eachother now they are seperated and how they will progress with little to no distractions.

 

[Drett]

The whole thing is stupid as fuck.
"Oh, yeah, I really enjoy being with this guy and I care about him, but I don't get what the love is supposed to be. Don't mind dating him, but I guess I should dump him so that he would find someone who gets it instead, even if he's perfectly happy with me."
Just at least talk about the issue first, instead of one-sidedly deciding on this shit and more importantly stop assuming that there is only one correct way to love someone to be with them like that.
It's pretty much a very similar problem that I have with the other work of this author: "Osananajimi no Ohimesama".

Isn't that exactly what author is exploring here though? He's basically discussing what is and isn't a an intimate relationship, and how people who don't feel traditional romantic or sexual attraction fit into modern society.