TSUYOSHI - Daremo Katenai, Aitsu ni wa - Ch. 314 - For Whose Sake?

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Part of my issue with narratives like this is, while absolutely true events have happened in his life which warrant this descent into despair and such, the series of events which led up to this were... unbelievable.
And we, the audience, are largely fine with this, because, suspension of disbelief. This is a manga about marital arts, combat, and comedy. We want to see that, so we accept the bizarre contexts which need to be manufactured to create these moments.
My issue though, is now it feels like we're being asked to take all of those things, retroactively, very seriously. And that feels cheap. It feels unearned.
Every chapter just feels more and more dour, and I don't think the author knows how to pull us out of this tailspin.
Honestly after this chapter, I don't want to know what comes next. I just want to drop the series.
Who of these characters am I supposed to be rooting for? What direction could the story go at this point that would rekindle what I originally enjoyed?
I get where you're coming from, the tonal shift has been stark, and yeah, early on the manga thrived on absurd comedy, bizarre scenarios, and the thrill of “what can Tsuyoshi possibly do next?” But here’s the thing, while you enjoyed those moments for what they were, many of us were waiting for the deeper payoff, for the consequences of all that unchecked chaos and strength to actually mean something.

If the author didn’t treat this seriously at some point, the series would’ve forever stayed a directionless gag manga. That kind of story might entertain for a while, but it wouldn't last. We'd eventually ask what’s the point?

That said, I agree with you on one point, the author’s not gonna let this ride all the way to the end. He’s not gonna go full failed art school / fascist dictator route, no one in mainstream manga is that ballsy. Manga lives and dies on reader payoff and people gobble up these kind of stories like there'sno tomorrow. There will be a shift. Whether it’s a new character with a raging hard-on for justice or some moral compass's needle rammed so far up his ass he can’t sit straight, the story will course-correct. That's just how serialized storytelling works.

But for now? I’m rooting for the Stark arc. I want him to fall. I want this descent to mean something. For some of us, this is the first time the manga feels like it’s actually going somewhere. if the author has the guts to actually follow through on it, that’s how this manga could go from good to unforgettable.
 
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It's funny I just started off as a small crush series of a guy trying to be normal and escalated to this.
basically all the main character needs is a girl to go back to normal
Many such cases.
 
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But for now? I’m rooting for the Stark arc. I want him to fall. I want this descent to mean something.
Ugh. I too want the story to escalate and build off its past weirdness... But the fall from grace is so overdone by now, it's just the author pompously treading water. 'Hey, in this comic about the strongest guy, don't you want to see him be the weakest guy? It won't make the story go anywhere new, and he'll end up on top again in the end, but you'll feel it's so much more mature and emotionally deep.'

Fuck that. It's like reading Superman and hoping he loses his power so you can spend time learning about the personality of Superman, and discover that it's not the powers that make a hero. So damn dull. I'm hoping that Tsuyoshi has the inherent weirdness not to fall into this cliche.
 
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"HEY!!!, so the same government that betrayed you, treated you like an object and then not only discarded you, but created an entire "antisocial" system where you are a pariah in your own country, now wants you to work for them....isn't it great????"

What was bro's plan????? :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 

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