Kasane to Subaru - Vol. 5 Ch. 38

[arimareiji]

And that can happen even without the woman intend to.

I am so used to such thing that it really makes me tired whenever somebody cry and guilt trip + gaslight me into thinking that I am a bad person.

I 100% agree with "it doesn't have to be deliberate to be a bad habit with bad consequences". I'm sick to death of this being used as an excuse (by corporations in particular) for entirely-predictable results.

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But separately, it's worth note that the same can be true for negging. If someone doesn't have the self-control to NOT first make a person she's intent on poaching feel dumb, then trash them to the point of losing it and needing to compose themselves in the bathroom (which gets called "a bad habit" that she's apparently been called out on before)… it goes farther than "Oopsie, I didn't mean to (again)".

 

[Grye]

Oh
Kasane is getting executed

 

[dr-doc-phd]

it's a subtle thing, but i do love how even kasane's very formal wardrobe largely consists of mens fashion. It's an interesting dychotomy, how subaru is constantly aware of his crossdressing and how he might be perceived because of it, while kasane is literally always crossdressing, but it goes completely unnoticed, even by her.

 

[arimareiji]

it's a subtle thing, but i do love how even kasane's very formal wardrobe largely consists of mens fashion. It's an interesting dychotomy, how subaru is constantly aware of his crossdressing and how he might be perceived because of it, while kasane is literally always crossdressing, but it goes completely unnoticed, even by her.

Thread win.

 

[Tinker_OwO]

Damn, I think she might be the best example of "Office Bitch" I've seen in an office romance

Often times in these stories, the office bitch is basically just a school bully and throws away any subtlety and passive-aggressive-ness

I don't think Ban is a bad person perse, she just says some really hurtful shit in a very casual was that even she doesn't notice

 

[kikifofa]

did not expect Ban to be this unhinged.. she massacred my girl 💀

thanks for the chapter 🫶🫶

 

[arimareiji]

Damn, I think she might be the best example of "Office Bitch" I've seen in an office romance

Often times in these stories, the office bitch is basically just a school bully and throws away any subtlety and passive-aggressive-ness

Indeed! Shades of grey are always more interesting than over-the-top villains.

I don't think Ban is a bad person perse, she just says some really hurtful shit in a very casual was that even she doesn't notice

Memory flashback to the Big Bang Theory where Amy murdered Bernadette on Halloween: "I'm being unnecessarily hurtful but with a sweet voice!"

 

[Jerach]

It's really crazy to act like inviting Kasane to give a proposal that would never be accepted, rather than denying it over an email, is somehow less rude. Like she made Kasane put in extra work and get her hopes up more so that she could get to personally see if Kasane was worth poaching. Acting like this is kinder seems incredibly duplicitous.

She may not have intended to make the "crying" remark but it seems like it was always her intent to shut down the proposal but then try to approach Kasane afterwards about a potential job offer if she seemed to have good skills. It feels scummy.

 

[crossrook]

I'm not sure about this. Kinda want her to thrive in a bigger place but this corpo chick comes off as a dick and inviting someone whose proposal you never intended to accept just to poach them feels like a shitty thing to do.

that's business. the corpos don't see any value to a relationship with Mazel Haus and so are perfectly fine burning that bridge to get someone valuable on their team. it's how the world works.