Mia-ga dorawatda - Ch. 21

[MangaDex]

 

[MrAthnos]

Wow so $20 is really $20. Hope he doesn't hold it against her when he finds out.

 

[mgRdr]

I forgot, what's up with the guy's parents?

 

[PreStoneX]

I forgot, what's up with the guy's parents?

It wasn't said yet.

I assume his mom is just a control freak.

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

It wasn't said yet.

I assume his mom is just a control freak.

Would make sense why she was fed money then for “surveillance” and why he cut off his family

 

[skywardgem]

oh boy, what are the chances this Seojin person gets there while Taesoo is still talking with Mia, or will she be lucky enough to have them show up right as Taesoo heads out lol

thanks for the chapter!

 

[Senros]

Was Seojin already presented or talked about? I don't remember her.

I bet MC wouldn't hold it against her. At the end of the day the source of the conflict was his controlling mother. And girly did need the money a lot.

Some might say, "You shouldn't betray your friends", but your life comes first. That money didn't go to expensive bags, it probably went to food and rent. And MC wasn't truly in a position to help her. Not with his parents being as shit as they are. So, while it isn't a good thing that she sold his info for money, I can understand why she did it and not hold it against her.

 

[mgRdr]

That money didn't go to expensive bags, it probably went to food and rent.

I think that money went to Mia's medicine and hospital bills. This Seojin person insists that Mia needs to be taking a drug, and in this chapter, Mia was shown on a hospital bed in a really disheveled state. Plus her underboob scar might be there because of like a heart surgery or something.

 

[Nobi]

That's some seriously limited wardrobe for a girl.

 

[TrueWarriorJak]

Was Seojin already presented or talked about? I don't remember her.

I bet MC wouldn't hold it against her. At the end of the day the source of the conflict was his controlling mother. And girly did need the money a lot.

Some might say, "You shouldn't betray your friends", but your life comes first. That money didn't go to expensive bags, it probably went to food and rent. And MC wasn't truly in a position to help her. Not with his parents being as shit as they are. So, while it isn't a good thing that she sold his info for money, I can understand why she did it and not hold it against her.

Yeah this^ if anything this made me respect her more as someone who has lived in poverty the amount of shame you feel having to ask for help is rough especially from someone you're in a relationship in and from their parents no less it makes more sense now as to why she wanted to break up. Though I do think her coming to resent/hate him while makes sense is also frustrating because I think the story makes it pretty clear even with the limited info we have, its his parents being shitty rich and controlling people, is what caused all the drama. Our MC is basically taking the fall for what his shitty parents did. Of course we wouldn't have much of a story if they just talked lol.

 

[kapanak]

I think that money went to Mia's medicine and hospital bills. This Seojin person insists that Mia needs to be taking a drug, and in this chapter, Mia was shown on a hospital bed in a really disheveled state. Plus her underboob scar might be there because of like a heart surgery or something.

Taesoo's mother and Mia's mother knew each other and were old friends somehow. From chapter 19, the money went towards Mia's mother's hospital bills for about a year, but she passed away anyway.

That's some seriously limited wardrobe for a girl.

Highlights her level of funding and poverty I suppose. We still don't have a clue where she's getting money from, the law firm girl she's shown to be talking to on the phone may be the answer. Also from chapter 19, we know she was adopted by her parents, fell into poverty when her father's factory went bankrupt, and then asked Taesoo's mother for financial help to cover her mother's hospital bills in the first year of high school (which would have been at least 2 years into her relationship with Taesoo). In this chapter we find out the price of that was remaining in a relationship with Taesoo and surveilling and reporting on him to his mother for about a year before she was forced to move away by her father. There are also hints that she indeed has some kind of ongoing memory loss or amnesia due to stress, similar to her insomnia.

 

[mattteocastro]

I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE, YES, YES, YES FORGET ABOUT THE OTHER 2, MIA IS THE WAY YES

 

[Str1xZ]

Yeah this^ if anything this made me respect her more as someone who has lived in poverty the amount of shame you feel having to ask for help is rough especially from someone you're in a relationship in and from their parents no less it makes more sense now as to why she wanted to break up. Though I do think her coming to resent/hate him while makes sense is also frustrating because i think the story makes it pretty clear even if the limited info we have its his parents being shitty rich and controlling people is what caused all the drama. Our MC is basically taking the fall for what his shitty parents did. Of course we wouldn't have much of a story if they just talked lol.

This is what i started to wonder about after the last few chapters .. on the first glance, she has no reason to resent or hate him. If anything the one who was in the wrong was her not responding to him or even send him a message months/years later.

I also tried to view this situation from both perspectives. While I can understand why Mia took the money and gave information about Taesoo to his mother, I can also see why he would be angry with her when he finds out. After all, she could have sent him a message months after the breakup to tell him what happened.

 

[Asaroki]

This is what i started to wonder about after the last few chapters .. on the first glance, she has no reason to resent or hate him. If anything the one who was in the wrong was her not responding to him or even send him a message months/years later.

I also tried to view this situation from both perspectives. While I can understand why Mia took the money and gave information about Taesoo to his mother, I can also see why he would be angry with her when he finds out. After all, she could have sent him a message months after the breakup to tell him what happened.

As I see it, Mia feels an immense amount of guilt towards Taesoo for what she did, and hates/resents him because she doesn't want to think about how guilty she feels. It's a form of projecting her own self-loathing onto Taesoo by trying to justify her own feelings towards him.

She doesn't actually hate him, and has no reason to. But she feels that way because she knows what she did was wrong, and (assuming the flashback of her on a hospital bed, and the fact she has to take medication regularly on top of writing in her journal) she likely has memory issues and other mental PTSD-adjacent problems that the medication helps regulate.

 

[Tsumi]

I think that money went to Mia's medicine and hospital bills. This Seojin person insists that Mia needs to be taking a drug, and in this chapter, Mia was shown on a hospital bed in a really disheveled state. Plus her underboob scar might be there because of like a heart surgery or something.

I had assumed the person in the hospital bed was Mia's mom, not Mia herself. The scar was already present when she was dating Taesoo since he knew about it, so I doubt what caused it had any relevance during the time they were dating. It may have contributed to Mia's poor financial situation due to a childhood/early teen surgery though.

 

[misopogon]

I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE, YES, YES, YES FORGET ABOUT THE OTHER 2, MIA IS THE WAY YES

Yeah, some stories are really not fit for the harem trope, and this is one such. Mia is an overpowering presence and the stuff with the other girls feels like filler compared to her story.

 

[PreStoneX]

Yeah, some stories are really not fit for the harem trope, and this is one such. Mia is an overpowering presence and the stuff with the other girls feels like filler compared to her story.

I say the same thing as always.
Multiple love interests doesn't equal harem.

Realistically speaking the dude did nothing wrong. His ex-gf disappeared from his life randomly, then 5 years passed and now he is interested in the older girl, while also having a childhood friend who likes him, but he is not responsible for that. People don't have to just accept someone's love "just because".

Then, his ex-gf, who he never really got over, reappeared before him, and now his feelings are a mess.
This isn't harem, just multiple love interests... Harem is only harem, if he actually ends up together with all 3 by the end.

Unfortunately people add the harem tag simply because there are multiple girls, but I don't think it works like that.

+ I'd like to add that I understand where people get the harem tag from and why people don't like reading stories with multiple love interests, unfortunately my take isn't the majority. I was just trying to explain why I don't agree with it.

As for calling Mia "overpowering" is valid, but that doesn't automatically mean the other girls are filler. It depends on whether the story actually uses them to explore different emotional angles or nah.
We are still only 20 chapters in the story, and right now it's Mia's arc, which was said a few chapters ago, so anything can happen later.

 

[Gilgamesh3000]

Spoiler

On facebook i saw some Panels of Chapter 22, How he held hands with his crush there is a panel too how he stand infront of her i don't know if its a confession or not.

 

[mattteocastro]

Yeah, some stories are really not fit for the harem trope, and this is one such. Mia is an overpowering presence and the stuff with the other girls feels like filler compared to her story.

There are levels, as we don't really got a build up to the other characters, some have some decent level but the plot is made around mia completely so you can't really ask for her not to be an overwhelming presence

I also hate harems tbh

 

[xunkissed]

Was Seojin already presented or talked about? I don't remember her.

I bet MC wouldn't hold it against her. At the end of the day the source of the conflict was his controlling mother. And girly did need the money a lot.

Some might say, "You shouldn't betray your friends", but your life comes first. That money didn't go to expensive bags, it probably went to food and rent. And MC wasn't truly in a position to help her. Not with his parents being as shit as they are. So, while it isn't a good thing that she sold his info for money, I can understand why she did it and not hold it against her.

Considering Mia is revealed to be adopted, there's a high chance Seojin is her blood sister that found her after Mia left with her dad.

I also agree that MC wouldn't hold it against her, current MC knows the struggle of earning money himself after leaving his family. But the Taesoo that Mia knew was someone born into money that never knew of the struggle before. I know Taesoo would still be empathetic towards Mia but as a silver spoon there is just certain stuff you wouldn't get unless you experience first hand.

After all the trauma that Mia went through, I understand Mia would be scared to disclose that to someone who remained a shining prince for so long until they met each other again. And for her to ruin the memories they had together even more with her already carrying the guilt of selling him out to his mom and leaving him no contact alone. (Some of the memories that triggers/affected by her condition which is why being around Taesoo is a struggle even tho she knows he is a good guy)