Ori no Naka - Vol. 2 Ch. 8 - Rejection and Acceptance

[JumpDrive]

I don't know man, I believe women have human intelligence as well

the funny thing is, I was generally agreeing with what the guy said and thought he was making some good points but you really start to lose the argument when you start acting like an arsehole lmao

Its kinda like this manga actually, some surprisingly deep and insightful lines wrapped up in a wholly off-putting delivery

 

[story645]

Its kinda like this manga actually, some surprisingly deep and insightful lines wrapped up in a wholly off-putting delivery

Been musing a bit on how some folks mentioned how "be normal" doesn't work as advice for the men who most need it and been thinking of it in terms of implementation error. Like it would clearly not work for the horrible leery co-worker b/c he doesn't see anything wrong with his flirting and groping. So yeah it's less advice and more permission structure - FMC likes Gomi cause he's (mostly) normalish so he shouldn't pull back and what's holding him back is "women are lying and manipulative" paranoia.

(ETA: just to be clear, I'm trying to say that I agree with what folks have been saying about how decent guys generally don't need to be advised to be decent, not that guys who don't get girls are awful.)

 

[orochijes]

"JUST BE HECKIN NORMAL!!!" "JUST TREAT PEOPLE AS HUMAN BEINGS"
Empty, worthless, meaningless, vacuous words. Might as well tell a hungry person "just eat food". They don't understand the problems of the people they are advising and will never need to solve them. Don't even engage with people who talk like this, they know and think nothing.

 

[silverpetricof]

Thank you for the translation (reading through some of these comments was quite enjoyable I will not lie).

 

[Ekusupuroshion]

This deserves a higher score than it currently has

The most reIiabIe way to Iook at scores is see how the distribution curve looks from 2-9 so you can gauge how many of the 1s and 10s are legit.
 Unless it has a lot of 8s and 9s or 2s and 3s, 10s and 1s will mostly be unrealistically generous or too close minded to be fairly taken into account.

 

[Ekusupuroshion]

"JUST BE HECKIN NORMAL!!!" "JUST TREAT PEOPLE AS HUMAN BEINGS"
Empty, worthless, meaningless, vacuous words. Might as well tell a hungry person "just eat food". They don't understand the problems of the people they are advising and will never need to solve them. Don't even engage with people who talk like this, they know and think nothing.

And empty advise (or any sort of engagement) is rarely given to people who actually need it, but rather voiced among peers, for the benefit of the social standing of who's portraying themselves as reasonable, not the individual being "advised".

"Fictional MC, do this."
"A real life person on the same situation? Kill it with fire then send the ashes to jail."

Empathy was never easy to have but nowadays is even hard to see it understood.

 

[watanuki-kimihiro]

The dramatic shifts in art style between pages to accentuate those mood changes was nicely done.

 

[Yotomoe]

Looking back on it, why was it that when she realised her used tampons were going missing, she reacted with disgust up until the moment that she saw the video of Gomi sniffing her tampon intensely and masturbating with it?
Surely she already inferred that whoever was taking her used tampons was doing so out of perverted sexual desires, so why would she be disgusted by that thought initially then excited after seeing visual evidence of the exact same thing? Was watching a man masturbate to her tampon simply better and more pleasing than she initially expected?

I find it a little hard to believe that simply the thrill of blackmailing and torturing the protagonist would enough of an anticipated pay-off for her to enjoy holding his hand and enjoying such dull conversation.
I don't think she's simply excited by the prospect of punishing or having control over him, she's at the very least also excited by his perverted behaviour and the way he has violated her.
She's a freak. a slut.

I think it's because of the dinner date the night before. She got to know Gomi. She saw what a weak herbivore he is so seeing him as a pervert wasn't "scary". It was "pathetic" At least that's how I'm reading it.

 

[danbellucci]

I think it's because of the dinner date the night before. She got to know Gomi. She saw what a weak herbivore he is so seeing him as a pervert wasn't "scary". It was "pathetic" At least that's how I'm reading it.

I will be interested to see more of your interpretations