I'm surprised Kaede-sans dad didn't have a full dossier on MC and all his friends before even thinking of letting this relationship start. And with how perfect Kaede is you think she would have atleaat gathered this information if her dad a wealthy businessman hadn't.
And always the enemy is Miscommunication such a standard trope authors need to find ways to employ it in new ways.
Misunderstandings, bad and no communication... Why do so many manga use these fucking, stupid tropes to create "drama"? Not all people, including teenagers, are braindead and incapable of more or less normal human interactions.
Misunderstandings, bad and no communication... Why do so many manga use these fucking, stupid tropes to create "drama"? Not all people, including teenagers, are braindead and incapable of more or less normal human interactions.
So like, in addition to the obvious fact that it's way easier than realistic drama and much faster to both establish and resolve (flexibility probably helps for serialized works, right?) I'm guessing it's handy because any sufficiently "dramatic" "real" drama would probably be a real bummer to read. Especially if the conflict between two characters revealed a rift in values or personality, or required them to develop in ways that are inconvenient for the overall story?
The fact that they're such well-worn tropes means that authors HAVE to know that readers already know how things will end, right? Maybe it leaves those readers more able to enjoy the ride on the way there without stressing over the world potentially falling apart?
You're probably asking rhetorically, but I'm genuinely curious. Folks are professionals who obviously care about their craft, so I don't want to just assume the confident, cynical worst... but it IS kind of a mystery.
Man, alternate timeline where our boy instead gets adopted into Taka's family...
So like, in addition to the obvious fact that it's way easier than realistic drama and much faster to both establish and resolve (flexibility probably helps for serialized works, right?) I'm guessing it's handy because any sufficiently "dramatic" "real" drama would probably be a real bummer to read. Especially if the conflict between two characters revealed a rift in values or personality, or required them to develop in ways that are inconvenient for the overall story?
The fact that they're such well-worn tropes means that authors HAVE to know that readers already know how things will end, right? Maybe it leaves those readers more able to enjoy the ride on the way there without stressing over the world potentially falling apart?
You're probably asking rhetorically, but I'm genuinely curious. Folks are professionals who obviously care about their craft, so I don't want to just assume the confident, cynical worst... but it IS kind of a mystery.
Sounds reasonable to me, to be honest. I doubt that all the mangaka are completely inept at life, so it probably is what it always is: It sells, no matter how stupid it is. And in the end, it is much less work for an author or mangaka or whatever you want to call them than to flesh out a more realistic conflict, like completely different ideas about the future, about when to live together, how to live together, etc.
Manga that approach such topics quite well (not necessarily with drama) are, for example Class de 2 Banme ni Kawaii Onna no Ko to Tomodachi ni Natta a and, even more, Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu. It's really refreshing to see people interact more or less "normally" with each other, of course with some misunderstandings, bad communication, mistakes, differing experiences, and such, but done in a much better way than following the "Romcom trope manual 101".
Maybe I should return to the action, sci-fi and fantasy stuff I used to originally read.
Just google "I'm Gonna Live with You Not Because My Parents Left Me Their Debt But Because I Like You Chapter 66" and you should find it. But the story is different, they don't go shopping together.
yah the usual like when the author can't think of interesting ways to have stuff happen after a couple already started to be a couple thats the way to go.
idk I feel like it could happen. Like in this case. I mean If my gf is getting distant, then I hear her say its hard to be with me and then see her go shopping with some Guy I don't know, I might also go to the wrong conclusion, and while I would probably just talk bout it, I know that some people, especially girls rather do this entire "no I am not mad" thing and stuff.
still its an overused trope and not exactly fun to read
Wow that was a really bad thing to do for Kaede... I mean i get she freaked out but she already knows MC has abandonment issues and she abandoned him without even talking to him...
