Nee-chan no Tomodachi ga Uzai Hanashi - Vol. 2 Ch. 7

[MangaDex]

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[abnas106]

it truly is reiwa, we getting actual relationship troubles

 

[outinthegardener]

That girl needs therapy, but this is manga Japan, so she'll have to settle for a relationship to pick up her emotional care.

 

[blablablub]

Let him fix you.

 

[MensCultureUnion]

It's still fairly early, so things could change, but so far there really hasn't been enough development in Sena for me to see her as a compelling FL.

She just reads as a doormat whose only good qualities are "she's cute" and "she cares for her siblings and friends" (who doesn't?). Fairly generic and shallow. It was good that she (eventually) stood up to the scummy guy last time, but it seems a bit anachronistic at the moment, unless the author is trying to make her arc something like doormat->recognizes her self worth by how much she means to those close to her/learns to properly stand up for herself.

Within the Romance genre it's imperative for the reader to be able to see what traits draw the each party to the other, and while I can see what Sena might (soon) like in Nao, Sena herself needs more development before she becomes an interesting and likeable match for Nao.

 

[tbvp]

thanks for the chapter!

 

[Chronigan]

She cares for her siblings and friends" (who doesn't?).

Man, you're lucky if you can say that seriously. But she has had more development than Nao, who is the standard shoujo cool and silent male lead.

 

[aveney41]

That girl needs therapy, but this is manga Japan, so she'll have to settle for a relationship to pick up her emotional care.

Not just manga Japan, but real Japan does this too. It's so messed up.

 

[quagzlor]

Oh no she's avoidant attachment

 

[nihaoma11]

Thanks for the chapter and the massdrop. We are eating good.

 

[Kaarme]

That girl needs therapy, but this is manga Japan, so she'll have to settle for a relationship to pick up her emotional care.

She doesn't need therapy. She's just fine theoretically, it's just that she can't deal with her loneliness any better than by falling for any nanpa guy who pays her a little bit of attention. So, the only "therapy" she needs is a relationship with a decent guy, like Nao. He's a chuuni edgelord wannabe, so still an upright person. Other than that, there's no therapy for loneliness. Of course you could probably find plenty of 10k yen per hour therapists extremely willing to provide her therapy for it, but it would change nothing, apart from emptying her bank account.

We have seen Sena isn't looking for scumbags who would abuse her, so she's not mentally ill. She wanted to find a good man to live in a happy relationship with. But she's not too bright, so she couldn't recognise the nanpa bastards and rapists for what they are. Again, therapy can't fix that.

 

[outinthegardener]

She doesn't need therapy. She's just fine theoretically, it's just that she can't deal with her loneliness any better than by falling for any nanpa guy who pays her a little bit of attention. So, the only "therapy" she needs is a relationship with a decent guy, like Nao. He's a chuuni edgelord wannabe, so still an upright person. Other than that, there's no therapy for loneliness. Of course you could probably find plenty of 10k yen per hour therapists extremely willing to provide her therapy for it, but it would change nothing, apart from emptying her bank account.

We have seen Sena isn't looking for scumbags who would abuse her, so she's not mentally ill. She wanted to find a good man to live in a happy relationship with. But she's not too bright, so she couldn't recognise the nanpa bastards and rapists for what they are. Again, therapy can't fix that.

I agree that it's hard to find in Japan, thanks to cultural stigma and lack of health care coverage. That's why I joked about how she'll need to get emotional care from a relationship instead. That doesn't mean therapy wouldn't be helpful to her, if it were a possibility.

Therapy isn't just for mental illness. It teaches emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, and how to recognize/change negative patterns of behavior/thoughts. Sena is struggling with all three. She's built up an inferiority complex and keeps looking for validation from creeps. She doesn't have the interpersonal skills to turn creeps down, or spot them. Those are things you can learn from a therapist.

 

[Crystalball]

Those are things you can learn from a therapist.

Emphasis on "can", not will. Also add "competent" to therapist. I think the memes sprouting from a rush to destigmatize creates a false sense of efficacy and cause self-blame when things don't pan out at first or at all.
"Go to therapy" is not advice you should give to people whose situation you don't fully grasp.

 

[Kitsune_115]

The abandonment and self-love again.... girl! Even the main male protagonist isn't that great either sorry not sorry (I am aware this is sl far one of those stereotypical/cliche stories) but can't help on sharing my thoughts about this whole thing... let's see how long it will take for me to call it a day.

I just want happiness for her and also his sister which also seems to be very empathetic by the circumstances.