Just thought I'd share this screencap I took while watching TV (Animaga)
http://i.imgur.com/uAGsHD5.jpg

Card: Seems Erotic...(but) deeply emotional work that made all of America cry...!!

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New chapter... Can't wait to see it here!

;_;

As painful as always to read through

I love it

I know I've felt the same way before, but I don't remember where. A premonition maybe?

I feel like crying... This is hard, now she doesn't need a sexual experience (she does but not like that) but love like cuddling and understanding, so not just a friend, something more... But having a lover suddenly show up is impossible, and a very close friend takes time too. What can she do now?

I fear that I will one day reach that level of dissociation.

:'(

I feel like crying... This is hard, now she doesn't need a sexual experience (she does but not like that) but love like cuddling and understanding, so not just a friend, something more... But having a lover suddenly show up is impossible, and a very close friend takes time too. What can she do now?

I heard in Japan they have cuddle cafes (yeah it's somehow a thing) where you can just buy a date to talk with and cuddle to sleep, with no sexual activities at all.

Little Red Rum posted:

I feel like crying... This is hard, now she doesn't need a sexual experience (she does but not like that) but love like cuddling and understanding, so not just a friend, something more... But having a lover suddenly show up is impossible, and a very close friend takes time too. What can she do now?

I heard in Japan they have cuddle cafes (yeah it's somehow a thing) where you can just buy a date to talk with and cuddle to sleep, with no sexual activities at all.

I don't know, when she was touching the prostitute she didn't feel any connection, like she was an spectator or seeing a simulator, maybe when she was hugging her mom it was different, they already had a connection but she thought it could be the same with anyone.

i have never related to a piece of literature more than i have with this manga, like thank you to the author as well as everyone involved in putting this out for our consumption for giving me this.

As painful as always to read through

I love it

Agree on both counts. Not sure why I cannot stop reading a manga that makes me shake every time and feel seriously down afterwards, but it is one that I just can't skip whenever a new chapter comes out.

This is hitting way too close to home, I can't read this without having to take a break to look away and breathe deeply and not scream.

Well, I think she didn't need a prostitute.

She needs a psychotherapy.

And maybe, this manga is just part of that, for her.

Some sort of catharsis.

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So... I think she's asexual after all

So... I think she's asexual after all

That's a huge leap. That's like saying a woman is a lesbian because she's having a hard time being with men after one bad (ie rape, molestation) experience.

Honestly, we don't know what she really is at this point, because she doesn't know. She's depressed, full of anxiety, and has little to no experience. She has trouble leaving her house let alone having sex with someone. This one experience does not an asexual make.

As someone has already said, she needs therapy so she can figure herself out and decide what she wants from life.

My situation is not nearly as bad, but I'm still close to losing hope... some of the things in this manga hit a little too close to home, but I find it enjoyable nonetheless, in a masochistic kinda way. And I'm an S, not an M.

I hope she at least can find happiness.

She needs an emotional connection not a sexual experience, hopefully she can hang out with that prostitute. But that's too manga-like and this is way more realistic, so probably not happening. :(

That lady was a really nice lady, very supportive

That lady was a really nice lady, very supportive

Well is this not a job of a prostitute to be nice to the customer? (Okay, I'm not very sure)
But yeah, maybe she was really a nice person.

As far as I understand it, the note on this page is wrong. リバ (riba) comes from リバーシブル (reversible), not "liberty"... anyway, minor quibble!

I had a similar experience recently. I've been thinking love/a relationship would solve all my anxiety/loneliness/anti-social problems but any time I'm around the girl that likes me I get shaken up, freeze up, and words won't come out. I can only imagine it would get worse somehow if I did manage to go out with her.

Faust posted:

That lady was a really nice lady, very supportive

It's her job.

If she's rude to customers, word gets out and it's harder to get new requests.

I don't think she was particularly nice. She was professional.

I vaguely recall arguing that this manga is not as depressing as it's made out to be... I take it back. :D To be fair, this was an entirely realistic and predictable development -- social anxiety is not something that can be magically overcome in an hour. I am a bit troubled by the Major League metaphor, though: it makes sex look like the ultimate social interaction (when it can easily be argued that it's not) and inability to enjoy it, like a personal failure born of hubris.

That is an entirely false perspective, however. The narrator simply realized that a thing she thought she wanted out of life is not what she thought it was. It is a normal learning experience, not a failure of any sort. You just reevaluate your life in light of the new discovery and set your sights on your next big goal - even if it ends up being wrong again, you'll probably make your life a little better in the process of getting there.

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So... I think she's asexual after all

That's a huge leap. That's like saying a woman is a lesbian because she's having a hard time being with men after one bad (ie rape, molestation) experience.

Honestly, we don't know what she really is at this point, because she doesn't know. She's depressed, full of anxiety, and has little to no experience. She has trouble leaving her house let alone having sex with someone. This one experience does not an asexual make.

As someone has already said, she needs therapy so she can figure herself out and decide what she wants from life.

I'm sorry I never wanted to be rude (in fact I'm an ace) I came at that conclusion by the lack of desire towards his partner and many other reasons that I saw, maybe she's homoromantic o she's not
(I'm not good in English, sorry if I made a mistake )

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