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There is nothing wrong or shameful about Mashiro's previous job [There are many worst jobs that exploits innocent people...At least people are mostly happy thanks to the Lily job...] but I can see MC's point of view and how she got a tiny tiny bit (Normal amount actually) jealous, MC would not be that insecure or jealous if MC had previous relationships before Mashiro (Has experience on what to do or not to do) but sadly this is her 1st and hopefully last relationship.

I think there can also be some tension from someone with many partners and someone with few/one partner relating to sex differently, which is probably exacerbated with one of the them having literally been in the sex industry.

Even if you're both okay with the other's history in theory, there can be these times where you fail to understand how the other person is thinking about. I see that as the case here, where Mashiro seemed to fail to notice that any of this would bother Makino seriously and where Mashiro thought what she was doing was not a big deal. And of course Makino wasn't thinking about what it was like to be stigmatized in the way Mashiro has been since that's totally outside Makino's life experience. It's a very realistic misunderstanding for them to have.

I think it will be easy for them to make up during their next conversation since they can probably see each other's perspective if they're calm and talk about it.

make-up sex

Oh, she's screwed up.
I get she was panicking, but it's a bit surprising she said those things, considering she's always been okay with Mashiro doing sex work.

Annnd the author makes Makino say something mean to make her the unambiguous bad guy in the argument so we don’t have to deal with Mashiro essentially going behind her back when Makino SAID this girl made her uncomfortable and outright just showing her pussy to said girl.

I hope this get addressed as well, and the drama is resolved quickly. Let supermom cook.

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Annnd the author makes Makino say something mean to make her the unambiguous bad guy in the argument so we don’t have to deal with Mashiro essentially going behind her back when Makino SAID this girl made her uncomfortable and outright just showing her pussy to said girl. I’m gonna be real that pisses me off quite a bit. Mashiro was unambiguously in the wrong at the end of the last chapter and now she’ll be treated as totally justified because the author had Makino say mean things.

What Mashiro did was misunderstand what boundaries Makino wanted from her, that's a pretty fucking far cry from Makino saying "you'd fuck anyone without resistance or caring". It's a genuinely really disgusting thing to say that's a very common unexamined sentiment that feeds into things like "jokes" about how sex workers can't be assaulted, only "robbed" and, particularly relevant here, thinking that sex work permanently taints a person's character and values. And it's not all that out of nowhere that Makino would say something like that in this moment, because the notion is unquestioned before now. Her relationship with Mashiro didn't really improve her opinion of sex workers, and plenty of people buy sex while still disrespecting them. She clearly instead just stopped thinking of Mashiro as a sex worker at all, but then that label instantly rushed back to her when she saw that scene and interpreted it as sex, even though Mashiro had told her that she quit and Makino has never once before been given reason to mistrust her. If Makino only got mad at "hey don't show your genitals to a casual friend I feel really uncomfortable with it" then she be in the right here, but that's not what she got mad about. She got mad due to her misinterpreting the scene as Mashiro prostituting herself behind Makino's back.

It's also really common that people get along well until one of them is angered/stressed, at which point the latent bigotry or psychological issues come out. In a romantic context, this can be where the relationship either ends, which is why many don't make it past 6 months

Makino spent her time goofing off and focusing on her games because she was raised in a way where she felt like she would never amount to anything. As a result, it seems like she's up to date on exactly zero social issues. She's not even particularly good with lesbian social issues. It makes sense she'd have some unexamined biases that she picked up from society that are obviously wrong if she thinks about them, but that she never had any reason to think about until now.

Also one of the dangerous things about anger is that you feel justified in doing things you wouldn't normally, almost like being drunk or on drugs. Even if you are 'justified' in being angry, it's hard to keep your actions strictly justified if you are dominated by that mindset. Many people would then find some way to self justify their actions after the fact or even alter their memories (seriously, that's a thing that's been studied), but Makino was able to quickly realize she went too far.

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What Mashiro did was misunderstand what boundaries Makino wanted from her, that's a pretty fucking far cry from Makino saying "you'd fuck anyone without resistance or caring".

To piggyback: Mashiro welcomed Makino happily while casually explaining how she was helping the Kouhai before Makino's outburst, showing she didn’t think there was a problem or a secret to hide. She was explaining herself, like the other commenter wanted.

They didn't have a constructive and clear discussion a few chapters ago and that's been the lingering issue. It opened the door to the miscommunication that's happened.

Now they actually need to fully talk, rather than Makino dominating the conversation and unilaterally ending it like she did last time when Mashiro barely got a word in, despite her own reservations.

A miscommunication and slight difference in outlook is less bad than calling your loving GF "easy," because of her previous work. The implications of that common thought process are more damaging. I'm glad the author is calling that out, using Mashiro's good character to do so like always.

last edited at Nov 29, 2024 9:27AM