Valentine's Day Consolation Prize - Oneshot

[MangaDex]

 

[P1nkLemonade]

Another banger from spinning donuts

 

[RaidingClone]

Aww man.. Another year

 

[JaceG13]

And this is how they'll both remain single for eternity.

 

[Prince-Z]

Thanks for the TL

Protagonist is denser than the earth's core

 

[Kaarme]

Those chocolates look far too fancy to be called pity choco.

 

[EchoGirl]

And this is how they'll both remain single for eternity.

Give it a ten year time skip they can just get drunk or hook up or like “if ur still single at 30 I guess I can marry you”

Thanks for the TL

Protagonist is denser than the earth's core

I mean it’d take a lot of self confidence to be like “oh yeah these girls totally want me” (which at a teen age would come off as obnoxious/off putting) , but I half expected some 4d yandere chess move where all the girls in the class are aware /she’s “claimed” him and avoided giving Choco

 

[ysil69]

Thanks for the TL

Protagonist is denser than the earth's core

Nawh. Dude clearly isn't popular, and she makes it a point of saying its pity chocolate. Why would he think its him?

 

[JaceG13]

Give it a ten year time skip they can just get drunk or hook up or like “if ur still single at 30 I guess I can marry you”


I mean it’d take a lot of self confidence to be like “oh yeah these girls totally want me” (which at a teen age would come off as obnoxious/off putting) , but I half expected some 4d yandere chess move where all the girls in the class are aware /she’s “claimed” him and avoided giving Choco

There's a large gap between neuron star density and overbearing overconfidence where he could think "just maybe...?"

That aside, because he's dense and she makes damn sure to counter her own bouts of honesty with deceit, them getting drunk is about the  only way they'd get married...

Then we go into the arc where he'd still be trying to figure out if he's so damn sorry she had to pity-marry him while she most likely hurts her case by being full tsun once she's sober.

 

[nueee]

to mc

 

[EchoGirl]

There's a large gap between neuron star density and overbearing overconfidence where he could think "just maybe...?"

That aside, because he's dense and she makes damn sure to counter her own bouts of honesty with deceit, them getting drunk is about the  only way they'd get married...

Then we go into the arc where he'd still be trying to figure out if he's so damn sorry she had to pity-marry him while she most likely hurts her case by being full tsun once she's sober.

'Childhood friend' thing might be an aspect too, even tho it's a cliche thing for JP rom coms, some ppl might not consider them an 'option' (I do remember hearing some ppl 'raised as siblings' even if not blood related might be unlikely to feel romantic affection then again the stepsiblings and even cousins are also a popular thing but other than the ecchi leaning ones i don't know how many romcoms actually ends up with the cousin 'winning' versus her being seen as a rival/'losing heroine' to the main love interest)

other than maybe puberty awakening and either seeing them potentially getting a partner or just seeing her in a 'fanservice' position if not like, a bikini on the beach and being conscious of seeing them as a 'woman' or so, but yeah while it is cute as a self contained one shot, the guy being 'negged' and dismissed or so prolly might not come off as ideal for relationship dynamics

Nawh. Dude clearly isn't popular, and she makes it a point of saying its pity chocolate. Why would he think its him?

At least it's not the same author who did that 'setting things straight with brats' , otherwise it would've been like "nah actually you're just a toxic bitch, never talk to me again" and stomping on the chocolates in front of her lol

 

[Brzydzi]

She just claimed all chocolates MC could get. She wrapped the best ones and gave as her own.

 

[JaceG13]

'Childhood friend' thing might be an aspect too, [...]

Oh yeah, that would definitely skew the optics. Forgot to consider that part.

[...]

At least it's not the same author who did that 'setting things straight with brats' , otherwise it would've been like "nah actually you're just a toxic bitch, never talk to me again" and stomping on the chocolates in front of her lol

I'd be alright with a happy medium where either:

• Both go through some proper character development or
• The tsun loses so, so badly, as in, watching her crush move on and find a new S.O. kind of loss

 

[EchoGirl]

I'd be alright with a happy medium where either:

• Both go through some proper character development or
• The tsun loses so, so badly, as in, watching her crush move on and find a new S.O. kind of loss

Well they are still teenagers, so other than basically half dead after work from black companies or whatever, one wouldn’t be “tsundere” in their 40s/ppl in their midlife era prolly wouldn’t have time for “games” lol

I wonder if Japan is surprised at how fast ppl move, intimacy aside apparently it’s common at least in some shows I’ve seen for an engagement after like one year of dating, unless ur spending every waking moment that does also seem fast versus also being childhood friends and growing up together but ppl do sometimes change after marriage so it should at least be a year of living together too, then again there are “high school sweethearts” who last esp if kids get involve in the picture

 

[JaceG13]

Well they are still teenagers, so other than basically half dead after work from black companies or whatever, one wouldn’t be “tsundere” in their 40s/ppl in their midlife era prolly wouldn’t have time for “games” lol

I wonder if Japan is surprised at how fast ppl move, intimacy aside apparently it’s common at least in some shows I’ve seen for an engagement after like one year of dating, unless ur spending every waking moment that does also seem fast versus also being childhood friends and growing up together but ppl do sometimes change after marriage so it should at least be a year of living together too, then again there are “high school sweethearts” who last esp if kids get involve in the picture

Oh... they still have time for games, just different ones... usually unrealistic evaluations of themselves and expectations for others, at least the unhinged ones do.

As for how fast people move, hell, even I think that sometimes. Especially in cases where it ends up with a nasty divorce where the two are basically enemies. I always wonder, how could two people who, at one point, loved each other so much they got married, end up hating each other so badly by time the divorce comes around? Did someone really change that much? Were they just ignoring warning signs? Did they not really know each other that well? Etc.

 

[EchoGirl]

Oh... they still have time for games, just different ones... usually unrealistic evaluations of themselves and expectations for others, at least the unhinged ones do.

As for how fast people move, hell, even I think that sometimes. Especially in cases where it ends up with a nasty divorce where the two are basically enemies. I always wonder, how could two people who, at one point, loved each other so much they got married, end up hating each other so badly by time the divorce comes around? Did someone really change that much? Were they just ignoring warning signs? Did they not really know each other that well? Etc.

Ppls emotions can change/being friends doesn’t necessarily mean you’d have chemistry as a couple (or some “bad habits” you tolerate bc they’re “just” a friend might be more annoying as a partner”) I do remember when the pandemic/lockdown started there were 50/50 jokes on like “oh these roommates are totally gonna hook up now” versus “the divorce lawyers are gonna make a fortune when they get back to work” or something lol

 

[JaceG13]

Ppls emotions can change/being friends doesn’t necessarily mean you’d have chemistry as a couple (or some “bad habits” you tolerate bc they’re “just” a friend might be more annoying as a partner”) I do remember when the pandemic/lockdown started there were 50/50 jokes on like “oh these roommates are totally gonna hook up now” versus “the divorce lawyers are gonna make a fortune when they get back to work” or something lol

I get that things can change, I'm not questioning divorce, just level of hatred one or both can have for each other afterwards. I feel like there should've been clear signs that a discussion or separation should've happened ages ago.

This is of course, not considering circumstances like someone being caught cheating. I mean those relationships where the disdain is clear for a long period before the split.

 

[JaceG13]

Dunno why my comment got posted twice.

 

[EchoGirl]

I get that things can change, I'm not questioning divorce, just level of hatred one or both can have for each other afterwards. I feel like there should've been clear signs that a discussion or separation should've happened ages ago.

This is of course, not considering circumstances like someone being caught cheating. I mean those relationships where the disdain is clear for a long period before the split.

Ppl do say love and hate are two sides of the same coin although hopefully no one would do some thing sociopathic and playing a 'long game' of "getting married , having 2-3 kids" and then ten years into the marriage they just disappear overnight/leave halfway across the world and change their identity or so (but hopefully by the time gen z has grandkids, when that generation gets married/into relationships all the "I hate my wife"/ball& chain jokes will die out and such)

tho i imagine a sudden 'disappearance' like that if not a mental illness coming out could potentially be a serial killer victim but that's also a whole nother can of worms

 

[MrTurtleMan]

What the girl doesn't realise is being told you're being given a gift out of pity is a sure fire way to make a guy think he's in the friendzone

Protagonist is denser than the earth's core

That aside, because he's dense and she makes damn sure to counter her own bouts of honesty with deceit

No he isn't dense, why would he think she likes him from that? Hell if I was there in their class and I witnessed this I probably wouldn't catch on (unless of course there is other behaviour that would make me think otherwise), the only reason it's obvious to us is because it's fictional and we're being lead to figure it out by the author. If he is dense we would need to see a lot more of her showing indicators of interest than we are shown here to actually call him dense

Give it a ten year time skip they can just get drunk or hook up or like “if ur still single at 30 I guess I can marry you”

I kind of hate that trope, like if you like the person just say you like them instead of going in this roundabout way of doing it, and if you don't then don't make this kind of deal and wait

Well they are still teenagers, so other than basically half dead after work from black companies or whatever, one wouldn’t be “tsundere” in their 40s/ppl in their midlife era prolly wouldn’t have time for “games” lol

Oh man I wish, I might not be quite that old yet but I would have hoped people my age would be capable of communicating properly already, I no longer have hope for it improving as time goes on so I gave up

As for how fast people move, hell, even I think that sometimes. Especially in cases where it ends up with a nasty divorce where the two are basically enemies. I always wonder, how could two people who, at one point, loved each other so much they got married, end up hating each other so badly by time the divorce comes around? Did someone really change that much? Were they just ignoring warning signs? Did they not really know each other that well? Etc.

After watching divorces and separations I've come to the conclusion a lot of people (possibly even most) get into marriages where they don't love each other or only 1 loves the other