Saku-chan to Nozomi-kun - Vol. 2 Ch. 5
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That's surprisingly deep and accurate psychologically for a shoujo manga no less. The author actually correctly recognized the psychological effects of a mother that sees her son as an "ally" - either becoming totally dependent or going to the other extreme. It's refreshing seeing something like this. The mother is obviously projecting her husband's image onto her son, and I am fairly certain that he's doing the same with the girls he's dating (though maybe not intentionally), using them as a tool to get "revenge" on his mother.
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I wouldn't say it's about insecurities for the most part. Obviously this aspect is present especially regarding the mother, and the unwillingness of the MC to go out with his childhood friend because he doesn't feel confident the relationship will last. However, the main issue seems to be the dysfunctional relationship of his parents and specifically the manipulative (regardless whether conscious or subconscious) behaviour of his mother, which psychologically is a textbook case of a mother being dependent on her son and trying to make him dependent on her. Her obsession with him not being female doesn't help either (and I am assuming that partly stems from her relationship with her husband and her projecting him onto men as a whole). She's basically using him as a an emotional outlet that substitutes for her husband. The difference being that she has authority and uses that to 'correct' the traits she cannot stand in her husband (which ironically has the exact opposite effect). The impressive thing is that the author was spot on on the outcome - in that case the son either becomes entirely dependent on the mother (you can also see a depiction of that in Oshimi Shuzo's "Happiness") or goes to the other extreme and tries to be overly masculine. In this case this is reflected in his relationships, even though they double as a rebellion and revenge against his mother. I also assume that he projects (whether consciously or not) his mother's image onto them so breaking up with them also serves as a small revenge against his mother.
I wouldn't say it's about insecurities for the most part. Obviously this aspect is present especially regarding the mother, and the unwillingness of the MC to go out with his childhood friend because he doesn't feel confident the relationship will last. However, the main issue seems to be the dysfunctional relationship of his parents and specifically the manipulative (regardless whether conscious or subconscious) behaviour of his mother, which psychologically is a textbook case of a mother being dependent on her son and trying to make him dependent on her. Her obsession with him not being female doesn't help either (and I am assuming that partly stems from her relationship with her husband and her projecting him onto men as a whole). She's basically using him as a an emotional outlet that substitutes for her husband. The difference being that she has authority and uses that to 'correct' the traits she cannot stand in her husband (which ironically has the exact opposite effect). The impressive thing is that the author was spot on on the outcome - in that case the son either becomes entirely dependent on the mother (you can also see a depiction of that in Oshimi Shuzo's "Happiness") or goes to the other extreme and tries to be overly masculine. In this case this is reflected in his relationships, even though they double as a rebellion and revenge against his mother. I also assume that he projects (whether consciously or not) his mother's image onto them so breaking up with them also serves as a small revenge against his mother.
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as someone who also has a mother who raised her children like we were her "friends", i can relate to this somewhat. sort of reminds me of Cartman's mother from South Park
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