Lock On - Ch. 5

[Juggernautbob]

Sorry, but the big oppai glasses onee-san sort of takes away from the serious vibe

 

[Jack1996]

a 10-year age cap???
im sorry but that'll NEVER work.unless in a manga...

My parents got 8 year age gap

 

[CulR]

It's fixed now.

I see that

 

[Octopassi]

The age gap isn't the issue. The issue is that he knew her when she was in elementary school. There's a difference in meeting someone in their twenties and you being in your thirties than knowing them when they weren't even a teen and you were an adult. There's no way I could do that. That's definitely off-putting.

Exactly this doesn't feel good, even from the beginning i was like WTF

 

[Octopassi]

Why is an adult(I'm assuming they're an adult) writing about an adult being chased around by someone who is ten years younger than him and knew her when she was fucking ten in a romance comic. Why are his coworkers encouraging him, wtf is wrong with these people!

And for those guys talking about their parents with large age gaps heres a question did they meet as adults or did one parent meet the other as a child while the other was a legal adult. Age gaps can work, Gloria and Jay from modern family were couple goals but they met as adults and Gloria was very mature even for her age due to certain circumstances.

 

[CalebPlowmann]

This cop has only one/ein/uno job, just ONE JOB

 

[walterium]

feel free to experience it yourself.please,be my guest.
you'll see...

I thought you were joking, but seriously, 10 years isn't that much of a gap if you're 20+, I think 12-15 would start to be a big deal

 

[wallsg]

My parents got 8 year age gap

Mine were 6 years apart. My wife's were something like 16 or 18 years apart.

 

[Rjgamersxbr]

a 10-year age cap???
im sorry but that'll NEVER work.unless in a manga...

You'd be surprised. Friend of mine was born when his mom was 16 and father 55 lol, people think his father is his grandpa sometimes

 

[zephyrnepres]

The age gap isn't the issue. The issue is that he knew her when she was in elementary school. There's a difference in meeting someone in their twenties and you being in your thirties than knowing them when they weren't even a teen and you were an adult. There's no way I could do that. That's definitely off-putting.

yup. my parents have an 18 yr age gap but they met as grown adults. i do find it a little weird but there's a difference between that and having a child grow up chasing after you

 

[Eighty-six]

Sorry there's no way I--

We're not expressly talking about you. We're also not talking about reality, so we don't have to approach it as straightforwardly as we would reality.

We get it, you wouldn't go for it. Not even the male lead is inclined to go for it, which is the point of this chapter. He's going to end up being pursued by this younger person he incidentally met when she was in elementary school until he lets himself be taken. In the meanwhile, it's the younger party being the pursuer-- practically an underdog in this situation, which is the intended draw (along with her having embodied this "ikemen"-esque personality that lends itself to role reversal despite their ages).

Geez... this premise is ancient, and I don't remember people griping about it like this in the aughts. Can't remember if people just had the courtesy-to-self back then to not torture themselves with material they knew they didn't like, or they weren't so sanctimonious that they would keep reading material they knew they didn't like so they could publicly gripe about how "creepy" they found it.

 

[Graywing]

We're not expressly talking about you. We're also not talking about reality, so we don't have to approach it as straightforwardly as we would reality.

We get it, you wouldn't go for it. Not even the male lead is inclined to go for it, which is the point of this chapter. He's going to end up being pursued by this younger person he incidentally met when she was in elementary school until he lets himself be taken. In the meanwhile, it's the younger party being the pursuer-- practically an underdog in this situation, which is the intended draw (along with her having embodied this "ikemen"-esque personality that lends itself to role reversal despite their ages).

Geez... this premise is ancient, and I don't remember people griping about it like this in the aughts. Can't remember if people just had the courtesy-to-self back then to not torture themselves with material they knew they didn't like, or they weren't so sanctimonious that they would keep reading material they knew they didn't like so they could publicly gripe about how "creepy" they found it.

Yeah.. I already responded to someone else that I would have set boundaries while she was in her childhood. So don't know why you didn't see that. And I posted my comment as it was my first time reading the series. I no longer read it as it's not for me but I am entitled to my opinion just like you are to yours.

 

[Eighty-six]

And I posted my comment as it was my first time reading the series.

On the fifth chapter. Well after the whole premise was established and reiterated at least once.

That comment wasn't made because I objected to you not liking the story. It was made because 1) your continued talk about what you would do missed the circumstance of the male lead (who is himself averse to the situation), and 2) it's baffling that people would persist in reading things they already know they won't like given the premise, then make sure everyone continues to know they don't like it on account of the premise-- and yet I could swear that it's been happening more and more.

 

[Graywing]

On the fifth chapter. Well after the whole premise was established and reiterated at least once.

That comment wasn't made because I objected to you not liking the story. It was made because 1) your continued talk about what you would do missed the circumstance of the male lead (who is himself averse to the situation), and 2) it's baffling that people would persist in reading things they already know they won't like given the premise, then make sure everyone continues to know they don't like it on account of the premise-- and yet I could swear that it's been happening more and more.

What do the circumstances of the male lead have to do with what I said. I said that I would set boundaries as an adult to the child so that they would understand. Also the reason why I read to chapter five as the chapters are only like 2-3 pages each and I think that there were only five chapters so I read them. I left the comment and stopped reading since then. I could understand if I kept reading and leaving the same comment but I didn't so I don't know why you feel the need to police the comment section but you do you. As I already said I have dropped the series. So posting further would make no sense.

 

[Eighty-six]

What do the circumstances of the male lead have to do with what I said. I said that I would set boundaries as an adult to the child so that they would understand.

Why should one care? What does that have to do with the un-ideal (and narratively hackneyed) decision the male lead made, that was responsible for engendering the premise of the story as it is?

It's like reading Nagatoro and telling everyone "well, I wouldn't let myself be bullied like this! I would lay down the law and have a backbone!" Well... that's cool. Doesn't have anything to do with the premise, or the characters, or the comedy, or the romance, or the themes, or anything else about the narrative.

I could understand if I kept reading and leaving the same comment

You wouldn't understand in that circumstance. A person who would understand that, wouldn't even get to the point of doing that to begin with. What's more, you did it after the premise was established and re-iterated no less than three times-- you did keep reading. Surely it doesn't have to be six times before the tendency merits being called out.

 

[raze2012]

a 10-year age cap???

everyone missed the typo, but I chuckled at he joke.

 

[JoeKerr]

but I am entitled to my opinion just like you are to yours.

Entitlement being the operative word here.