The Deep Sea of Words - The Deep Sea of Words

[MangaDex]

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Great oneshot

 

[Nyaaa]

Yeah... Nah... This is dumb. And this is coming from someone that used to have a hard time conveying my own thoughts. This guy is just overthinking shit. Solution? Just stop thinking. Sure, if you just spout off stuff you WILL hurt other people. But ignore it. What is important at this point is that you are able to vocalize your thoughts. Being able to restraint your speech comes later. One step at a time. Small steps, small steps. They will pile up to become a mountain.

I dunno. I think I am just miffed because he reminds me back then, when I still overthink shit. Plus the violent outburst and all that. It's really so simple. One small step at a time. I may move backwards a couple times, but ultimately I WILL move forward.

 

[AcidVlad]

I swear it would be a great OS if M+ was not a dog-shit reader

 

[TR_Poosh]

Yeah... Nah... This is dumb. And this is coming from someone that used to have a hard time conveying my own thoughts. This guy is just overthinking shit. Solution? Just stop thinking. Sure, if you just spout off stuff you WILL hurt other people. But ignore it. What is important at this point is that you are able to vocalize your thoughts. Being able to restraint your speech comes later. One step at a time. Small steps, small steps. They will pile up to become a mountain.

I dunno. I think I am just miffed because he reminds me back then, when I still overthink shit. Plus the violent outburst and all that. It's really so simple. One small step at a time. I may move backwards a couple times, but ultimately I WILL move forward.

To me, because I used to never be able to convey my emotions how I wanted, this is why this is so amazing to me. I'm of the opinion that if works that make you reflect on yourself, whether with positive or negative emotions, it means that it did a good job of connecting to the reader. And it sure sounded like it connected with your old self. Plus it's not like he didn't change, he took those small steps with his teacher and boss. He was beginning to move forward. It's something I still struggle with, so maybe that's why I'm not "miffed" by it like you and sympathize instead, but I just think that its part of the beauty of this story.

Also I would like to add that it feels like he doesn't "overthink", rather the opposite. He can't form any of his emotions into words, literally grasping for words in the dark, murky waters that is his heart. When he gets asked anything about himself rather than simple small talk, he clogs up because he doesn't know how to express himself in words.

"I want to convey my feelings properly... but the harder I try, the more uncertain I become... of my own feelings. I know it was definitely there. But it's as if they're sinking into... the deep sea. No matter how desperately I search, it's too dark and I can't see."

"Even without words... sometimes things can be conveyed, you know?"

His boss finally allows him to understand that he doesn't need to express himself in words. Although speaking was part of the equation at the end, him going out of his way to talk about himself to his teacher and boss are a large part of the actions that express himself. He seemingly would never take any actions that would expose his emotions, such as the bullying incident, instead internalizing all of them with only his dog that would always understand without words needed to be said. Though how you feel about it is completely valid and understandable, I just hope you give this piece of work another chance, because as someone like you and our mc, I found it to be an absolute wonderful read.

I took almost a hour to write this because I'm horrible at conveying my thoughts so I hope this made sense.

 

[Nyaaa]

To me, because I used to never be able to convey my emotions how I wanted, this is why this is so amazing to me. I'm of the opinion that if works that make you reflect on yourself, whether with positive or negative emotions, it means that it did a good job of connecting to the reader. And it sure sounded like it connected with your old self. Plus it's not like he didn't change, he took those small steps with his teacher and boss. He was beginning to move forward. It's something I still struggle with, so maybe that's why I'm not "miffed" by it like you and sympathize instead, but I just think that its part of the beauty of this story.

Also I would like to add that it feels like he doesn't "overthink", rather the opposite. He can't form any of his emotions into words, literally grasping for words in the dark, murky waters that is his heart. When he gets asked anything about himself rather than simple small talk, he clogs up because he doesn't know how to express himself in words.

"I want to convey my feelings properly... but the harder I try, the more uncertain I become... of my own feelings. I know it was definitely there. But it's as if they're sinking into... the deep sea. No matter how desperately I search, it's too dark and I can't see."

"Even without words... sometimes things can be conveyed, you know?"

His boss finally allows him to understand that he doesn't need to express himself in words. Although speaking was part of the equation at the end, him going out of his way to talk about himself to his teacher and boss are a large part of the actions that express himself. He seemingly would never take any actions that would expose his emotions, such as the bullying incident, instead internalizing all of them with only his dog that would always understand without words needed to be said. Though how you feel about it is completely valid and understandable, I just hope you give this piece of work another chance, because as someone like you and our mc, I found it to be an absolute wonderful read.

I took almost a hour to write this because I'm horrible at conveying my thoughts so I hope this made sense.

I get what you mean. no prob. I don't mean to say that the one shot is bad. It's good, in fact. I just feel annoyed by the MC because it feels like looking at a time traveling mirror. Which sucks.

Plus, I just wanna clarify that by "overthink" I meant the character tried too hard to pick sentences that fully convey what he wanted to say. Spending too much time trying to make the perfect sentence to convey his mind. Hence "overthink".

 

[K_Takuya]

Yeah... Nah... This is dumb. And this is coming from someone that used to have a hard time conveying my own thoughts. This guy is just overthinking shit. Solution? Just stop thinking. Sure, if you just spout off stuff you WILL hurt other people. But ignore it. What is important at this point is that you are able to vocalize your thoughts. Being able to restraint your speech comes later. One step at a time. Small steps, small steps. They will pile up to become a mountain.

I dunno. I think I am just miffed because he reminds me back then, when I still overthink shit. Plus the violent outburst and all that. It's really so simple. One small step at a time. I may move backwards a couple times, but ultimately I WILL move forward.

One of the signs of a great story written/told is that it can invoke certain deep rooted emotions within the readers like this one. Not just relatedness, but something even more. In a way I'm kinda envious, I can relate and feel the story too but not as profound as this.

 

[asdfgh1111]

 

[chicrozor]

I cried a lot

 

[UnvalidUserName]

His homeroom teacher was based for shutting the fuck up the other guy. If the kid has a hard time talking like him all you can do is listen closely

 

[jonathaneze]

His homeroom teacher was based for shutting the fuck up the other guy. If the kid has a hard time talking like him all you can do is listen closely

or help the kid by switching location to less crowded place. ( because there are person who scared to talk knowing theres a lot of people, they might mock him )

kinda sad the teacher didnt do that, but shutting up other people who mocking the kid is good too, it makes the kid feel like they have an ally.

 

[Dbzdbzk]

Nice oneshot but that submarine doggo panel is gold
what da dog doin

 

[ChicagoRot]

Not me crying on my way to work T_T

 

[Ungrave]

feels bad since I fall more in line with the sister there lol. I know some of the people around me have trouble speaking their mind like this but I just get frustrated when communications break down like this. In my mind putting a problem to words is the easiest thing and will usually solve the problem so it's difficult to understand when interacting with people who don't find that to be the case.