Why is everybody pissed off over Citrus chap 11?
To me, the story is taking a hell of a plot twist from the original i-love-you-but-i-cant-love-you kind of thing.
Mei better do the smart thing and not go.
I’m terrified for her.
This plot twist is unoriginal though. Anyone who reads seinen/h-manga has seen this blackmail scenario a gazillion time.
I just hate how passive Mei is in the most ridiculus scenarios. It is so easy to win this for her, yet she does nothing. She could beat up Matsuri, take the phone and go to Yuzu with it to tell her that Matsuri tricked her into kissing her.
She could do this and it would not fix the non-reputation issue.
She could still save this by going to the date with Yuzu as a backup. I mean, ANY sensible human being would outraged at Matsuri for blackmailing Mei and more so for sending her on a forced date with some male/female creep. Even someone as retarded as Yuzu should be able to see that Matsuri is evil then.
This still doesn't save the reputation.
She can only win this, but I'm afraid Mei has fallen victim to the Reputation-Syndrom, where an author tries to justify the sudden retardation of a smart character by acting as if wanting to safe your Reputation would suddenly make your brain incapable of coming up with a smart escape from the situation. OMG my reputation is at risk, obviously there is no other way to escape this situation than to do exactly what the blackmailer wants me to do!!
True that getting in a bad situation where the potential to be rape/sexually/non-sexually assault is pretty bad. I give you that one.
I just noticed how often this is used even in Western TV when I saw crime show today where one of the main characters pointed out how ridiculus those persons where being, as if the show was written by two authors and the second one made fun of the first one for using that stupid trope.
Granted it's a trope you have to understand what's at stake here.
This is not simply about Mei's student council spot and her current reputation. This also hurts Gramps... Yeah I know he's a majorly inflexible old Japanese man that we all hate because "muh western values and FREEDOM" but Mei is loyal to him.
Now why is this important?
Let us remember what position he wants her to be in... In a few years after Uni. He wants her to start teaching and eventually be his successor does he not? Now let's say the photos are released, and even worse, she goes out saying she raped her. There is no need for a trial here, just the mere possibility that it's true is enough for people.
What does this mean concretely? Well I can totally tell you what it means. We're in Japan, ever heard how strong Parents association are? It only takes 1 single parent that says he or she is "concerned" about their "precious little daughter" security whilst in this school managed by this violent rapist lesbian director for everything to go kaboom. The pitchfork are coming and there's nothing anyone she can do to stop it. It's resigning time lady, also you better bow a gazillion time even if it's not your fault, welcome to Japan.
Truthfully if I was her, I'd do it, finally free of the obligation she has vis-avis her grandparent. But I don't think she'd see it this way.
I'm sorry, but your post doesn't really make much sense. Anyone with 1/2 of a brain would question why the 'victim' of said 'rape' (not sure how you can class a kiss as rape btw?) has a perfectly timed and staged photograph of the incident on her cell-phone. If anything, it looks like Matsuri is the offender with evidence like this...