Unnamed Memory - Vol. 5 Ch. 26 - Tonight, Under the Moon 3

[poyui]

I am stupefied about how bad they manage to botch a already dumb plot point.

 

[Luke_chase]

Welp, that took this manga from an 8 to a 6 for me in a few short pages, had to read it a couple times to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. Damn

 

[Luke_chase]

Dude “pretend” attempts to rape her, comes off with the “just a prank bro” right afterwards, and then somehow he’s the one who calms her down afterwards and he gives her a hug? Like wtf?? Also why tf is he surprised she slaps him??

 

[Shrimperor]

Fuck the prince
He was already too pushy but this is too much
And why was she suddenly blushing at the end

 

[seekermoc]

That escalated quickly.

 

[MrSergio]

In the manga's defense, they couldn't really use Oscar's internal monologue: in the novel he realizes his dumb actions right away and swears to never, ever do anything like that again... though that doesn't really change the fact he didn't think BEFORE acting that way...

 

[HakaishinAndroid616]

Was already annoyed with Oscar and dislike him as the protagonist/main love interest. His rape prank attempt just reinforce my dislike for him.

 

[Kleptocracy]

Every single chapter:
Prince: "Marry me"
Tinasha: "No I don't want to"

Having experienced someone still making moves after a rejection and seeing other friends go through the same, it's not cute or romantic, it's a disturbing red flag. And being pretend-rapey to get a reaction out of someone you like is just... so far this has been far from a healthy romance.

 

[Kip44]

Yup, this chapter clinches it for me. I've never liked how Oscar is so touchy-feely, and I've never liked how he keeps forcing himself into her business. Now we can throw SA and getting her badly hurt with that stupid bracelet on top.

Right!? Normally I appreciate a back and forth relationship, but Tinasha's said no, no, and no. She don't want none, but Oscar keeps coming on to her.
He's being a real creep, especially now with the bracelet.

 

[misopogon]

From a realistic perspective all of this is very weird and messed up, but you have to think about it in terms of manga logic; mangakas are usually aliens who've observed human behaviour from spaceships on orbit, and can only costrue this type of behaviour - so we have the rapey prince who is actually a charismatic hero that we're supposed to like, the timeless witch that behaves like a teenager, prince's subordinates acting like dolts, etc.

 

[ShinduPK4]

Oh how extremely convenient for the plot that the bracelet stayed on.

 

[xunkissed]

it's annoying me how oscar never took account tinasha's personal feelings of why she doesnt want to get married to him (like his short lifespan for example) and selfishly pushes her everytime (progression isnt good enough right now to think tinasha's eventual "love" for him isnt forced if they do end up getting married)

and after this chapter, his character just got even worse.... im hoping that him making an attempt at SA and restricting her magic was some kind of influence by the ultimate villain since tinasha got flashbacks from him

but if the prince "scaring" tinasha into being with him was his own stupid idea then idk if i wanna continue this manga because i REALLY hate our main characters' dynamic now (whereas prev i could just be mildly annoyed by the prince)...

 

[Beinmote9z]

This was what made me drop the anime,
seeing it again just makes things even worse,

i wonder what exactly went through mc mind when he thought of doing this

 

[thedestroyership]

This is so out of character hahah holy shit, best laugh I’ve had in a long time.

 

[Quality_Reads]

And that's a drop for me.

 

[iconsumewood]

oscar what is you on 🤠

 

[papergeneral]

Wow. I didn't expect to feel so disgusted and appalled, not by the plot twist, but rather how this garbage plot made it to the release and even adapted to multiple media. It is also rated close to 9 here, it says alot about the majority of audiences not being able to tell what's so wrong about this. And I thought all these society narrative about incel and women rather be with a bear in the forest was an exaggeration.
I hope they handled it better in LN, i think it's fine if they wanted to establish that Oscar, being a teenager, didn't have the maturity to understand what he did, prank or not. His upbringing of being a prince with a lot of power explains his action pretty well. Regardless how hard he work, it doesn't mean he has that emotional maturity, and they can go through an arc about this for his character development.