hoping that neeko and uri go out together after neeko gets her motivation back and overcome her trauma. Seriously loving uri's vibes, supportive gf and all.

I know the tags are saying Yuri Crush, but I mean, come on, there’s no way Uri Chan doesn’t want to date Neeko. I hope we at least get a confession.

Yeah, but....We don't know if Neeko wants to date Uri. That's what makes it a crush.

Yeah I know, that’s why I said I hope we at least get a confession from Uri-Chan. I was more hoping that the tags would get an upgrade, so to speak.

wth is the tag "yuri crush"

is this yuri or not

Neeko's friend has a romantic crush on her, but we don't know if it is reciprocated, and they aren't in a relationship, and the series isn't about them as a couple.

I thought only Imoko's friend had a confirmed crush

I hope this isn't seen as offensive but is there such thing as a "cute neet" I always thought the thing about being a neet was that you're a reject. If you're cute you're hardly a reject surely.. In my personal experience you don't have to be ugly to be a meet but you're probably not gonna be attractive and a meet because looking attractive is a desireable quality on itself surely.. Idk, maybe I am well off here but it's hard to imagine.

Well its a manga, not real life, and making the protagonist a hot anime girl with fanservicey shots is a good way to make people read your story.

But also regardless attractive people can be neets, What? Having a face that’s seen as attractive in mainstream society isn’t some guarantee that you’re immune from mental health disorders, or that you’re guaranteed a job and friends. This isn’t some chad vs virgin incel comic, in real life people can fall through the cracks regardless of their face.

Now speaking practically, people with mental health issues like anxiety, adhd, and depression can often have trouble maintaining healthy hygiene habits like showering and changing clothing, I know I certainly have times where I seriously struggle to maintain those habits while going through difficult/stressful times, and a lack of healthy hygiene habits can cause someone to look worse off, but that’s something that can be changed.

You can be a reject regardless of your looks.

plus NEET just means you're Not in Employment, Education, or Training, anyway. being found attractive or not hasn't got anything to do with it because it isn't about "desirability" strictly speaking. it isn't even about mental health although having troubles can cause you to not be in employment or education and not having any income can be a mental health strain. someone could voluntarily just not do anything.

I hope this isn't seen as offensive but is there such thing as a "cute neet" I always thought the thing about being a neet was that you're a reject. If you're cute you're hardly a reject surely.. In my personal experience you don't have to be ugly to be a meet but you're probably not gonna be attractive and a meet because looking attractive is a desireable quality on itself surely.. Idk, maybe I am well off here but it's hard to imagine.

Well its a manga, not real life, and making the protagonist a hot anime girl with fanservicey shots is a good way to make people read your story.

But also regardless attractive people can be neets, What? Having a face that’s seen as attractive in mainstream society isn’t some guarantee that you’re immune from mental health disorders, or that you’re guaranteed a job and friends. This isn’t some chad vs virgin incel comic, in real life people can fall through the cracks regardless of their face.

Now speaking practically, people with mental health issues like anxiety, adhd, and depression can often have trouble maintaining healthy hygiene habits like showering and changing clothing, I know I certainly have times where I seriously struggle to maintain those habits while going through difficult/stressful times, and a lack of healthy hygiene habits can cause someone to look worse off, but that’s something that can be changed.

You can be a reject regardless of your looks.

plus NEET just means you're Not in Employment, Education, or Training, anyway. being found attractive or not hasn't got anything to do with it because it isn't about "desirability" strictly speaking. it isn't even about mental health although having troubles can cause you to not be in employment or education and not having any income can be a mental health strain. someone could voluntarily just not do anything.

Also, to follow on in a clarifying way, it's not that being undesirable makes you a NEET, it's that the "work before life" ethic we hear about often in Japan means that to be a NEET, and especially voluntarily, outside of circumstances like inbetween-jobs-because-moving or some such is what causes you to be undesirable in the eyes of the people. You aren't being productive to society, so you're basically trash.

Well chap 32 is out not the best editing, but readable. Interesting she did get the job, but thinking about how her life would be more of what she experienced on the interview was too much for her.

last edited at Jan 15, 2022 4:47PM by OrangePekoe

Well chap 32 is out not the best editing, but readable. Interesting she did get the job, but thinking about how her life would be more of what she experienced on the interview was too much for her.

Not out here so put some spoilers tag mind you

Wooow... That was painful to read. Too relatable for me...

This chapter made everyone feel tsurai yo

Well if those assholes were supposed to be your superiors then...
Fk'em.

Throw Away the Suit becomes a nice companion piece for this
Also typical Japanese offices, all of them just slightly different shades of black

I'm kind of wondering what the other interviews were like (or what happened in that interview room after she left) that resulted in her being offered the job.

I'm kind of wondering what the other interviews were like (or what happened in that interview room after she left) that resulted in her being offered the job.

I would assume most people told the dude to go fuck himself, that or the interview was like some hazing thing where Neeko was always going to be hired they just wanted to scare her into not slacking off, but ended up overwhelming her.

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Noo, her family isnt rich so they cant support her forever

Oof. When I first started reading this, I was in the middle of some tough job-related stuff. Things have gone up from there, but some of the trouble Neeko had was all too relatable. Even now, I feel less stung by how close to home it hits, and it's still a tough read.

This is some masochistic material...which I'll keep reading.

I still think the 'Depressing as fuck' tag is all wrong.
And the 'Aaaaaangst' tag is borderline.
There's a difference between a real depressing story, like something denouncing social evils like abject poverty or racial discrimination, and an 'Awwwwwww poor bay-bee!' kind of story where you just want to hug the lead character to make everything better.

Oooh, ouch.

Oh jeez, a soul-crushing job. She shoulda taken it and toughen up just like everyone else.

I still think the 'Depressing as fuck' tag is all wrong.
And the 'Aaaaaangst' tag is borderline.
There's a difference between a real depressing story, like something denouncing social evils like abject poverty or racial discrimination, and an 'Awwwwwww poor bay-bee!' kind of story where you just want to hug the lead character to make everything better.

Relatively mundane things can be rather depressing too, especially if they're realistic and easy relatable. The idea of continued failures degrading one's self-worth and empowering one's inner critic is something many people, myself included, have had to deal with, so it's not hard to see why Neeko turned out the way she did.

Considering what happened in the interview, it's not hard to imagine that the company could end up being verbally abusive to Neeko, or that Neeko's current mental state would cause her to crash and burn shortly after taking the job, so maybe it's for the best that she didn't.

I was a college student when I first encountered this story and it motivated me to do better in school. I ended up landing a job right after graduation. Thanks Neeko.

This manga is so depressing ive not read a New chapter in over a year

Was incredibly hard finishing this chapter because's it's too damn real. The job hunt and interview process are honestly soul crushing.

Oh fuck, ugh that hurt to read, you literally watch the life drain from her body

Oh jeez, a soul-crushing job. She shoulda taken it and toughen up just like everyone else.

Absolutely. Along with the 70 to 80 hour work weeks, mandatory overtime, the total sacrifice of her personal life, and being the target of opportunity for the self-cathartic bullying and condescension of her senpai. The only difference between this and prison is that you don't get a salary in prison, but you do get a predetermined sentence, which might make prison more psychologically bearable than this job. Actually Neeko could have just robbed a bank and she still would have ended with more personal dignity than if she jaken this shithole job.

last edited at Mar 21, 2022 11:23PM

I was a college student when I first encountered this story and it motivated me to do better in school. I ended up landing a job right after graduation. Thanks Neeko.

Welp, Neeko didn't help me ಥ‿ಥ