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Teddy
Lol this necro, but it usually means in a situation in which there's implied choice; there really wasn't, the person who implied that you had a choice/chance had already rigged the game from the start.
For example, uncle says "choose a hand, the correct one has lollies in it" but in actual fact both hands had lollies in them.
Or the manga author says, "Hey readers, the harem MC has a choice to end up with this girl or that girl but everyone knows that the author perfered one of them from the start"
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ABCsOfLife
Yeah basically what Teddy said, but I'll also leave a reply anyway.
It's like you (The Reader) were hoping as the story goes on author going to hear your feedback on who's to ship with whom and maybe will go along with the feedback, but nah.. there's only one ship author already have in mind, and that's probably not the one who you're shipping lol.
Alright! I see where you all are coming from now, and this is something I am familiar with but I would say it's not limited to harem stories. While I can understand people being disappointed by the outcome it's not something I would hold against Taishi Tsutsui, or at least for the most part, but that depends which I would explain in a moment.
While writers can, and should, take advice into consideration whether they decide to adhere to those advice or not is ultimately up to them as it's their story in the end of the day, and with the case with some they had likely outline the direction their story is going to take from the beginning. In fact I read somewhere that writers are like gods of their own stories. This is the case with We Never Learn as it's ultimately Taishi's story that he telling so he can decide who Narayuki ends up with at the end, even if some do not agree with his choice. Although with the said being that Taishi is publishing his work under Shouen Jump , as well as works in the manga industry in general, it means that an editor is also going to have a say as to where the story goes, and I have heard there are cases in which editors tend to exert too much control over the story. I do not know how much control the editor for We Never Learn has on the story, but it's something to consider. I would also add that shipping is a
belief fans have developed to a
fact, and for this reason writers do not ship their own characters since they have already decided whether their characters would be together or not
Now there is one caveat ( I guess that is the right word to use) with the case of the story Taishi is working on, and this is where I would address the "it depends" I mention earlier. We Never Learn, as you all know, is under the romance genre, and while Taishi has the final say on who Narayuki can be with, he has to justified his decision by means of showing why Narayuki and the bachelorette he pairs him with will make for a good couple, which is a major requirement with writing romance. After all the audience has to be invested in the couple in order to get into the story. Now being that I have not watch We Never Learn since spring of last year I do not know whether this was done well enough in the second season. You all can answer that for me.
I would say that I know there is more to the story pass season 2, so there is a possibility that the bachelorette Narayuki ends up with might change over time.