Medaka Kuroiwa is Impervious to My Charms - Vol. 9 Ch. 82 - That Bastard With the Kawai Household

[NagatoKaiNi]

I was like.. Yes! Yes! here it is! the "I don't have a type, I'm studying to be a monk.." line and oh was I so disappointed...! >.<

 

[jokerxhisoka]

Nope, author totally forgot about the monk stuff.

 

[avatarivn]

Nope, author totally forgot about the monk stuff.

At this point even Medaka himself has forgotten. No use in bringing it back though, as the guy can just be considered a space junkie who loves cats.

 

[eviljackspicer]

Addressing the "monk" thing. I really think it would be hilarious that at the end, Medaka proclaims that the only waifu he will simp for is Buddha and he tell the rest to bugger off. LMAO

 

[ActuallyArma]

I was like.. Yes! Yes! here it is! the "I don't have a type, I'm studying to be a monk.." line and oh was I so disappointed...! >.<

A small part of me was hoping that he would reveal that here. I'd have been very curious to see how things played out from there

 

[Bluefox_1]

Just a reminder.

As far as appearances go, the Buddhist clergy of Japan does not differ substantially from its counterparts elsewhere. Its members live in temples or monasteries, wear monastic robes, and shave their heads. Appearances, however, can be deceptive, for Japanese male Buddhist clerics do not generally observe monastic precepts, nor are they expected to. In fact, the great majority are married—at a whopping 90 per cent, the share is significantly higher than for the population in general.

But for most, getting married is not just tolerated, it has become almost a requirement. Producing a son who can take over as temple custodian is often the only way for an abbot to ensure continuity from one generation to the next.

So, what are the current bets for a fiancee arc vs "parents coming over to tell their son to procreate" arc?

 

[araya_tatsuya]

come on girl you can do it

 

[bryan01x]

Dad got irritated, he didn't had the chance to say "I won't give you my Daughter".

 

[draxdeveloper]

Aaaaaaand, people still don't know the is a monk.

 

[draxdeveloper]

I was like.. Yes! Yes! here it is! the "I don't have a type, I'm studying to be a monk.." line and oh was I so disappointed...! >.<

So annoying

 

[Zenichin]

Her dad reminds me of Gakuto from prison School. Yes indeed

 

[JeCarlos65]

I completely forgot but, does everyone know he's a monk in training or something?

 

[Chronigan]

About time the MC has gotten a hint of personality and emotions beyond the usual fluster from the author. Makes a character so much more interesting than the usual harem MC crap where the MC is left intentionally blank so every drongo reading it can self-insert.

Medaka isn't the MC, Mona is.

 

[Narf]

Medaka isn't the MC, Mona is.

May I introduce you to the concept of multiple main characters? Medaka clearly is the male MC in this story.

 

[Chronigan]

May I introduce you to the concept of multiple main characters? Medaka clearly is the male MC in this story.

Okay, if you want to get pedantic, when you have multiple main characters or characters that all share center stage it is generally called an ensemble cast.

Medaka may be the male lead, but he is hardly a character as the post I was replying to said. Other than being in training to be a monk we have known nothing about him. We haven't even seen him training. He takes no action on his own or moves the plot forward.

Mona takes action, she has desires and a goal. We spend most of the time in her head and see her thoughts. She is a main character, Medaka is the object she is pursuing. Instead of the boy chasing the barely defined girl, the girl is chasing the barely defined boy.

 

[ponygobyebye]

This manga truly is in the recovery arc. 10 chapters ago I was about to give up on it but these last two chapters have been excellent. We now know that
1. Mona's most effective attack thus far has not been showing her cleavage or panties, but in fact being in cosy housewear and just trying to study
2. Medaka does in fact have something resembling a personality

 

[chusetto]

So Medaka is not a stone statue

 

[Narf]

Okay, if you want to get pedantic, when you have multiple main characters or characters that all share center stage it is generally called an ensemble cast.

Medaka may be the male lead, but he is hardly a character as the post I was replying to said. Other than being in training to be a monk we have known nothing about him. We haven't even seen him training. He takes no action on his own or moves the plot forward.

Mona takes action, she has desires and a goal. We spend most of the time in her head and see her thoughts. She is a main character, Medaka is the object she is pursuing. Instead of the boy chasing the barely defined girl, the girl is chasing the barely defined boy.

Is this the very first time you're reading a harem rom-com? The male MC being like that is a conscious design choice. They're supposed to be as self-insertable as possible, so readers can pretend that this could be them with the least amount of mental friction possible. That means as bland a personality as feasible, as little of own thought as can be portrayed. And yes, of course that also means you'll get the thoughts of the girls being crazy for the male MC most of the time, because not only does it further the goal of giving the male MC a personality if you simply don't look inside his head, it also demonstrates to the reader how desirable a love interest their MMC self-insert (and thus themself) is to the girls. So yeah, of course most of the perspectives will be from the girl's view (and in this case, mostly Mona as clearly the main girl, which by the way demonstrates that this cannot be an ensemble cast). That does however not mean that the MMC isn't an MC - they are, by design, the mostly uncontested male in the story, and just about the only male perspective you ever get, even if they're kept intentionally simple and usually fizzle out in either being flustered or the usual "is she interested in me? No, can't be" nonsense.

 

[themanthemyth]

lol i am certain author realized how one-dimensional medaka is so they're just cobbling together random interests for him... shit about an unidentified band he likes and space... get real

 

[CLee25]

girl lookin gud in those chucks