yuripie posted:
Anyhow, what put me off the most is, why would Miki liked Makoto? I see little reasons for Miki to like Makoto unless Miki herself is a lesbian/bisexual and comfortable with a transgender. If she is comfortable with a transgender, it is illogical for her to show that much ignorance, like me, on the matter.
Makoto is not transsexual. Miki either knew him before he started to wear feminine cloths or she never really tried to understand him. It seems she simply see him as a guy, treat like one and just want to date him because she likes him (either because of his looks, personality or both). The point is, she don't care about his identity and all that stuff, she just want to fuck him and is jealous he has girlfriend, so she bullies them. Which honestly baffles me how she think it is a good idea and will make her love interest actually consider her as a potential partner.
Actually no, I don't even see the reason why Miki would consider Makoto as a love interest. The more I read it, the less I can understand the logic behind it. If she knew about Makoto for a long time, either she would give up after Makoto's coming-out (a superficial love), else she would try to understand Makoto (a more serious love). The extreme case like she does not try to understand Makoto might exist, but it means obsession with Makoto and less about Makoto's identity (a different category altogether), which does not show that much on Miki's case.
There lacks a background for Miki, thus Miki is poorly developed, and this seriously gives us zero reason why Miki would love Makoto. While we all know the story is about Makoto and Yuuko, this actually creates a very, very superficial antagonist for the story. Miki is simply portrayed as "she loves Makoto", and "she is a bitch". She was created solely to become an antagonist, and even a bad one at that. Isn't that pitiful? If anything, I quite feel sorry for Miki. Her actions are irrational, but very understandable if one were to be put in her shoes. Her first impression of Yuuko was very antagonistic (referring to my previous post, Yuuko was "preaching" her). Thus she tried her best to take Makoto's attention, even though it was a wrong method to do so. The rejection is so painful and heartwrenching, as much as the scene when Makoto came out during middle school. I'd rather say she chose the wrong person to love.
