Itsuka Fukushuu Suru Sono Tame ni - Ch. 19 - She kept her promise.

[deathmailrock]

The issue is it is not up to the reader to forgive her. It is up to the MC. The MC absolutely DESPISES her and only tried to bond with her to break her even further. He didn't care that she was geing builled because it wasn't HIM doing it. He is not going to think that she got what she deserves because she is being punished by other people who have different standards and are doing it for different reasons.

When she was apologising and grovelling to him, she was in a weaker position so it could be argued (by the MC) that she was saying that stuff to make him pity her and thus help her. Thus everything she did at this point in time can be viewed as self-preservation by the MC (which I'd argue was 10-20% of her motivation). Up until the suicide attempt, he was the one in control in the two's (which could be seen with how the titles reflected his thoughts) thus up until then it was beneficial for her to act small and weak so that the MC would protect her (something she probably didn't think to do but the MC could use as justification to not trust her).

Now she's in an equal to superior position to him, he's softening up because he realises that she wasn't JUST trying to protect herself. He is slowly gaining the ability to trust her actions because she is putting herself in danger just to help him. The actions only now count in the MC's mind because she has nothing to gain.

Yes, it's up to him to forgive, but we can judge if him forgiving or not is right or not.

Basically, if his actions are justified or not.

 

[bravelittlecomma]

Here is the thing....

That's only partially true. Depending on what level of bullying it was, an MC would be expected to forgive anyone if the bullying level is low enough.

But if it's high enough, it would be justified to never forgive. BUT, if the bully actually suffers enough, actually feels remorseful AND are actually making up for it, then the MC should forgive it to some extent.

Now the wife her up part is solely because that's the smart thing to do.... if a pretty girl goes this far for you, it's just smarter to take her.

So technically, it's just 2 separate situations being combined:
-She did enough that he should have a level of forgiveness (maybe not to be friends, but at least move on).
-She's did enough that it would be a huge waste and missed opportunity to not make her a wife.
-If she was a guy, he'd be doing enough to be a friend and it'd be a missed opportunity to make him a friend.

And fandom hates it when the MC misses out on great opportunities.

But you are right, he's justified (to an extent) of not forgiving her. But he should have some levels of forgiveness at this point.

Check the r18 version to get a glimpse of what she did to him. Imho he'd be justified in never forgiving her. Sexual assault is unforgivable, just like murder. One can never do "enough" to redeem themselves from that, simply because it is impossible to right the wrong that has been committed. You can pay for a broken toy or return what you've stolen, but you can't untraumatise someone, same way you can't raise them from the dead.
Could MC forgive her? Yes. Should he be expected to? No.
The fact that fandom here downplays what happened to MC and rages at him for not forgiving her and wifing her up makes me sick tbh. (not targeted at you of course)
Also about wifing her being the smart move, that just sounds like using her, no? Unless he actually forgives her, which, again, is a very hard thing to do, being in a relationship with her would be cruel, dishonest, and damaging for both of them.

Edit: Also another thing to think about. If the genders were reversed, would you or the fandom advocate for forgiveness as well?

 

[deathmailrock]

Check the r18 version to get a glimpse of what she did to him. Imho he'd be justified in never forgiving her. Sexual assault is unforgivable, just like murder. One can never do "enough" to redeem themselves from that, simply because it is impossible to right the wrong that has been committed. You can pay for a broken toy or return what you've stolen, but you can't untraumatise someone, same way you can't raise them from the dead.
Could MC forgive her? Yes. Should he be expected to? No.
The fact that fandom here downplays what happened to MC and rages at him for not forgiving her and wifing her up makes me sick tbh. (not targeted at you of course)
Also about wifing her being the smart move, that just sounds like using her, no? Unless he actually forgives her, which, again, is a very hard thing to do, being in a relationship with her would be cruel, dishonest, and damaging for both of them.

Edit: Also another thing to think about. If the genders were reversed, would you or the fandom advocate for forgiveness as well?

I would if they already get bullied, honestly felt sorry and are going out of their way to forgive them.....

That said, it's also true that even if you know you should do something, it doesn't mean you can.

But we can't allow hate to be endless.... because if not, it'd be consuming.

Of course, forgiveness doesn't mean carelessness...