Misaki-kun wa Kouryaku Chara Janai - Vol. 2 Ch. 14 - The Date Events Will Not Happen (Part 2)

[encendrel]

That doesn’t make sense, game world, but the protagonist isn’t the player? You’re basically saying “we don’t know” when we have evidence because of the fact the mc knows that it’s the game and literally says he’s avoiding the heroine because it might set them up for their ending, you’re going off of nothing and just dying on a random hill for no reason dawg, especially the fact you have no evidence at all

Sports festival chapter pt.2, Hareta implies Misaki helped him in the past in an important way, information a player wouldn't have/care about as the game starts at the beginning of the school year. The fact that they have a shared history that both feel strongly about suggests that they're normal people within the world, as Hareta never demonstrates the detachment a player would have and seems to consider himself as restricted as the rest of them within the world, except that he's directly defying his purpose. Obviously you have to throw some logic out of the window to even accept the premise, but if Hareta existed outside of the game, it probably would have been shown by now.

 

[AGeneric_Gamer]

Sports festival chapter pt.2, Hareta implies Misaki helped him in the past in an important way, information a player wouldn't have/care about as the game starts at the beginning of the school year. The fact that they have a shared history that both feel strongly about suggests that they're normal people within the world, as Hareta never demonstrates the detachment a player would have and seems to consider himself as restricted as the rest of them within the world, except that he's directly defying his purpose. Obviously you have to throw some logic out of the window to even accept the premise, but if Hareta existed outside of the game, it probably would have been shown by now.

in most games the player can bring up past events they themself have not experience as a dialogue, this is a romance game so hareta is locked to options in what to say, because it’s a game, and seemingly the one he chose, brought up past events

 

[NemuriNai]

MISAKIIIIIII WAAAAHHHHHHHH YOUR FEELINGSSS!!!!

 

[XDI_9810]

It's time babe

 

[Latte10]

Why this world gotta be cruel on him😭

 

[20202012]

"Masaki-kun is gay” but I don’t see a yaoi tag so maybe it is a girl but even if it isn’t I don’t care

 

[vvelocity09]

from what i've gathered i think this manga's a hell of a lot deeper than it seems - a blend of cute fluffy femboy bl but also a feeling of dread, like you want these two together but you know within the game it's basically (as of now, i havent finished) impossible and everything is in vain no matter how hard the protagonist tries. it's sort of bittersweet because they're so cute together and the protagonist is adorably adamant on trying to get together with misaki, but it's kinda of sad and hopeless because the (admittedly goofy and sweet) protagonist's oblivious and naive determination wouldn't come to anything too far even though it's extremely cute

that aside, i see this world as maybe some sort of paradigm of the real world or like misaki is insistent on his role as the supporting character or what they call "best friend character" persistently sticking onto it seemingly without much thought given to it, like he's just following what he's been told and his role in the game is final or him - everytime the protagonists attempt advances on him he insists that he's only there as a supporting character and no more than that - he started to fold when jealousy overcomes him as he slowly realizes his own feelings when hareta was getting along with the heroines and he begins to see for himself what he truly feels

everytime they try (or hareta tries to do something with misaki like touch him or hold hands with him taht one time) the game sort of tries to intercept them, almost like a parable of the real life, especially around the area since i've heard japan's not very rainbow-friednly (from what ive heard im not sure if thats true) - maybe it's a critique on social standards and expectations? a confusion in one's identity? a love that's not permitted within the world? it's beginning to look psychological ngl

sorry for the yap i just really lvoe this manga and people dont give it enough credit for what it really is