Presumably similar to what Inui Ayu put out a while back, this author is currently selling a (originally serialized on fanbox) relationship autobio comic: https://take2807noko.booth.pm/items/7717292
Judging by this first chapter I expect this series twist to be all the girls shes biting just always had a crush on her and their just pretending to be mindslaves to get closer to her because vampire mind control isnt real
Honestly it seemed like that was the subtext of the original series, though Yura's motivation might be more like "ok fine, if I want to get with Wakana I guess I have to deal with this abject weirdo she spends all her time around"
Aya, honey, I love you but you really need to walk me through your thought process, because I have no idea how you'd arrive to this conclusion.
"My hot girlfriend is out without me, clearly she's getting hit on by other people, some of whom must pique her curiosity...and she's probably reciprocating and that's why she's out even later now"
Toriko is absolutely putting in the work to understand Sorawo, the story simply isn't from her POV (and Sorawo won't explain the details of what happened to her).
Is that why she keeps pushing herself onto Sorawo even though she is clearly uncomfortable with it. Either she doesn't understand why, and does no effort to find out, or she does understand and ignores it. Even if she doesn't understand why, she absolutely notices how Sorawo reacts to her advances (because she gets sad or angry about it), and most of the times it's bad, and she keeps doing it. Is this how we want people to behave, just keep pushing yourself onto the other person regardless of their reactions until they accept it?
I will say, this issue absolutely does continue to be an issue with how the characters relate to each other. It's not as though Sorawo suddenly realizes that, yes, Toriko actually does love her and the relationship is solved. There are several other major related emotional struggles that they have regarding intimacy and what their relationship means -- and we're several volumes of light novel away from where this issue really comes to a head.
Also note the nonstop showering of "you just don't understand" "we just want the best for you", it almost feel like love bombing but with "love" replaced with control freak in the name of love. This is pretty suffocating.
I presume there should be some more practical term than "concern-troll bombing" but it's the best I can come up with at the moment. I liken it to concern trolling because it's the same paternalism. trying to claim what's in the troll's best interest is actually their target's best interest.
comfy chapter, every time a chapter releases it quite literally becomes the highlight of my day, loved the new years family gathering scenes, it really is like that, which is why i tend to hide myself in a room instead
nobody captures the manic energy of crowd scenes quite as effectively as the blue crab does
It really is horrifying how cutthroat the world of creating manga is...this one feels like it barely had a chance to get off the ground, let alone properly explore its concept. Even now I sort of feel like I get what the idea was but have more questions than answers. Ah well.
