Dex-chan lover
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- May 12, 2023
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First... Thank you so much for the painful reminder... I try to keep that one out of mind unless I'm actively reading the latest chapter of subatomic progress.
You see a lot more "dating" arcs in Reiwa, but some of the longer running ones are still bearing that eternal tension cliche, apart from the newer ones that can't make the shift. On the one hand, I get it, it's harder to write pre and post confession, especially if you're an author that relies heavily on drama tropes to keep readers invested. Most drama is more believable and organic if it's not happening to a happy couple (unless you count interpersonal interactions, which again, requires a certain level of skill). Personally, I think between squeezing every Yen out of a work, lack of creativity, and perhaps sheer sloth, readers have been saddled with manga that just don't know when to "get on with it", and become lost in too much extraneous "crap".
That being said, the "pre-realization" portion of this particular one was varied enough, and "light" enough (from a romantic aspect) that I don't forsee it becoming stale and worn out before it reaches an actual confession. That's my hope anyway.
As far as the never-ending mess you referenced... One can only hope something, anything, significant happens. But I think the author is going to pull a reverse Umi card as soon as there's real progress.
