Kanojo, Okarishimasu - Vol. 7 Ch. 55 - The Girlfriend and the Father

[MangaDex]

 

[ChronicleKey]

Please let them be lovers already.

 

[beperov]

This guy's the worst

 

[Acolytus]

For the love of God, he was THIS close to going a full chapter without being an annoying asshat but apparently the author is contractually obligated to have him act like an idiot at least one time per chapter.

 

[TrollKing1]

Oh please, I won't defend him, be we all know we would've done the same.

 

[Garrett]

The truth is, he couldn't take his eyes off those ugly crocs.

 

[herianforce]

Well at least his eyes can't lie ?

 

[StarixCrown]

At least us decent readers have the father and the best friend to speak some common sense into this looser dream land.

 

[arimareiji]

"You stalked me all night and caused a huge godawfully-embarrassing scene by getting jealous of my fellow drama student, but it was because you think I'm a ditz who can't judge men and needs to be protected? Teehee, that's understandable."
...
"You looked down my top? You creep!" WHAM
...
*shrug*


Well, on the bright side, at least this instance was milder than the usual romcom fare. "I want to marry you, and I repeatedly proposition you for sex, but I fell on you and my breast landed on your hand? I'll never forgive you, you f***ing ahole!" WHAM WHAMMITY KICK STOMP WHAM

 

[shyevsa]

Megane Chizuru FTW!!!

 

[Tessou]

For every step he takes with this girl, the trope fairy comes in and causes him to take two steps back.

 

[Yautja]

I don't know how much more pathetic a person can be. Putting aside one person liking this tool, a whole flock of ridiculously attractive women pining after him because he's such a nice guy is just ridiculous. This is why I can't stand harems. The majority of the time it's r/niceguys fanfic.

 

[Chef762]

what a pathetic mc. Kinda fitting that he's going after a prostitute.

 

[Franxx]

am i the only one who came here just to read the comment?

 

[ZeonII]

tbh I would also try to look

 

[Enternal]

@Chef762
An escort is not the same thing as a prostitute.

Anyways, lol, he's rather pathetic. "Two steps forward, one step backward" is such a fitting description of him.

 

[LysandersTreason]

@enternal

An escort, generally speaking, is a prostitute.

Now this particular rent-a-girlfriend business doesn't sell sex, they just sell the illusion that a girl WANTS to have sex with you. In that regard, Chizuru's profession is more akin to a stripper, except she doesn't take her clothes off. That said, many prostitutes say their clients don't hire them for sex, but just for companionship. They just want to feel desired and have attention paid to them because they are lonely.

As far as the "two steps forward, one step back", it's really more like "one step forward, one step back." Despite the author claiming that little by little their relationship is progressing, it's really not any different than it was almost a year ago. And, any progress than HAS been made... well, there's really no reason for it to have occurred, because there's no reason for any of these girls to like him.

P.S. Where's Ruka?

 

[arimareiji]

@Yautja This is why I can't stand harems. The majority of the time it's r/niceguys fanfic.

Too true. The only harems I've truly loved were the ones that focused on how the girls get along with each other. (I.e. not a community of cats clawing the hell out of each other for a chance to get ahead.)

Oh, and: Let the flame wars begin. http://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/niceguys/niceguys.shtml

 

[Enternal]

@LysandersTreason
Prostitution is straight up selling sex. Legally, escort is not selling sex but selling companionship, like you have said. So "escort" and "prostitution" are not the same. In real life, though, it's a lot more grey as a lot of escorts do end up having sex with their client afterwards. However, strictly speaking and legally, they aren't the same. And as far as I'm concerned, neither Chizuru, Sumi, or Ruka seems to actually offers sex "because they feel like it" as part of their services. Basically this manga is very ideal and is sticking with the strictly legal definitions of an escort with no sex involved whatsoever.

"One step forward, one step backward"? I agree with you. In terms of how they feel about each other, there are some progress. But in terms of an actual relationship, it hasn't really progressed anywhere.

 

[xypherifyion]

@Enternal I think in the end it all depends on how you view sex, since both 'companionship' and 'sex' count as 'service' that people can offer for some money.