Naked Self - Oneshot

[MangaDex]

 

[donutholer]

palindrome thing makes the story kind of choppy

 

[ghostdivision]

@donutholer Glad I'm not the only one who tried it. I think the reverse-read fails largely because you already read it forward. It hangs together at first, then gets weird as you reach what is obviously a beginning, but near the end.

 

[Lynkaster]

mmm... let's try reading backwards first then if you guys say so 🙄

 

[TheGTF]

@ghostdivision Yeah it works reasonably well until you get to the beginning page. Perhaps there is something lost in translation that makes the gimmick read better, that could very easily happen.

 

[Lament]

I have a boner in the shape of a question mark

 

[Lynkaster]

couldn't understand in reverse, the flow was normal in the usual way though, not a bad short story x)

 

[SuppeBargeld]

Doesn't work well because there is no progression. Normally you would try to make the backwards read tell a different but still sensible story. But since all the pages talk about pretty much the same things, the story doesn't change much.

 

[Varler]

It works much better forward than backward.

 

[jimmyclear]

So... how was your astral projection? This is what really happens, no need for clothes when in this state.

 

[Hamin]

didn't come off as well backwards but was fine the normal way

 

[KiTA]

So, help me figure it out.

Reading it standard: She got into an accident and had a fantasy / astral projection about going and seeing her boyfriend, and wakes up in the hospital.

Reading it backwards: She was daydreaming about exposing herself, got into an accident, and discovered she actually went and did it?

 

[MangaField]

18k views. I‘m not surprised. The manga-fandom is full of virgin boys, lol.

 

[KAFi]

Forward>backward

 

[Leek]

What an awkward thing to say to someone who's just woke up from being in a car accident

 

[Trevoga]

Both orders feel off. Backwards is probably worse.

 

[RaiSensei]

I was expecting something mind-blowing when reading it in reverse. Glad to know I didn't miss anything.