That's a yikes from me. Thank you to the translator though, I appreciate the hard work

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Man that was going places and then, major oofs.

I feel like this would be less spooky if Akira spoke hypothetically. Misaki is a blob of cute though.

Uhhhh coulda had the same outcome without the yandere twist at the end, but overall wasn't bad

A surprisingly happy ending. Neato

Ehhh not really feeling the kidnapping, felt really abrupt since we weren't really shown the protagonist had such deep issues with themselves beforehand. Was pretty cute without that though.

But why does it always have to be "I don't love [gender], I love you". It feels like authors are downplaying homosexuality every time lines like these come out, like you can't simply be gay, it has to be because there's this special someone and that's why you're attracted to someone of the same gender. Yeah I know, probably reading too deep into it, I've just gotten kind of tired of seeing the trope everywhere.

last edited at Jun 13, 2021 8:00PM

The minute she revealed that she was willing to lock Misaki up in the house is when she should have hightailed it out of there. It's not her fault that Akira wasn't being honest with who she was from the beginning. But of course MIsaki "loves" her anyway and was even willing to be locked up. Yeesh

last edited at Jun 13, 2021 8:07PM

Well, it wouldn't be Sal Jiang if you didn't go "Yikes!" at least once.
All things considered, not a bad oneshot at all.

So...what was her real name?? I want to know!

So...what was her real name?? I want to know!

I'll go with "Akari" haha. I thought that was her real name actually and just twisted it to be "Akira"

last edited at Jun 13, 2021 8:47PM

This was going swell until the yandere part.. well, it was still a good read tho.

Broken moral compass.

Cute! And then HEY WOOF

there's some mental problems there, probably from the childhood trauma and such, I just hope they figure that out

What a twist

Good tactic, make Akira think you feel the same way then when they let you go home, quit your job, move to another city and change your name. Also you know their real name so report them too lol.

Oof

I liked this, I think it's pretty fitting for a character who was born in a highly pretentious/judgemental environment to think they'd be able to live better by pretending to be a gender they're not, and keep up such a pretense to the point of momentary madness/despair.

And while "I'm not into women, I'm into you!" thing is pretty memey, she DID say "I like you, the woman." And there were multiple acknowledgements throughout the story from Misaki that she liked the more femenine aspects of Akira.

About the kidnapping thing, it IS pretty yikes, but also this is a story and everything worked out in the end, and we don't really have to think about the psychological implications of Akira being willing to do that since we won't see more about them as a couple lol

Btw. I'm assuming her real name is probably based on a literary reference, but I don't know much about japanese lit to make an educated guess.

Ehhh not really feeling the kidnapping, felt really abrupt since we weren't really shown the protagonist had such deep issues with themselves beforehand. Was pretty cute without that though.

But why does it always have to be "I don't love [gender], I love you". It feels like authors are downplaying homosexuality every time lines like these come out, like you can't simply be gay, it has to be because there's this special someone and that's why you're attracted to someone of the same gender. Yeah I know, probably reading too deep into it, I've just gotten kind of tired of seeing the trope everywhere.

I mean aside from the yandere parts, I think when certain characters say stuff like “I don't love [gender], I love you” I don’t think they’re consider gay or lesbian, but more pan or bi, depending they might be specifically considered, within the lgbt+ terminology, demisexual/romantic. I’m not sure how familiar most writers are with that term tho in Japan. I would actually like to see more pan and/or Demi characters in fiction too, since it’s a rather unrepresented demographic within the lgbtq+ spectrum

Yeah, me too. Then again, I am pan, and that part of me wishes "Don't look down on me! Why would I stop liking you because you [are x gender/have x type of genitals]?" was a more common reaction in general.

Well, it wouldn't be Sal Jiang if you didn't go "Yikes!" at least once.
All things considered, not a bad oneshot at all.

#accurate

Ehhh not really feeling the kidnapping, felt really abrupt since we weren't really shown the protagonist had such deep issues with themselves beforehand. Was pretty cute without that though.

But why does it always have to be "I don't love [gender], I love you". It feels like authors are downplaying homosexuality every time lines like these come out, like you can't simply be gay, it has to be because there's this special someone and that's why you're attracted to someone of the same gender. Yeah I know, probably reading too deep into it, I've just gotten kind of tired of seeing the trope everywhere.

I mean aside from the yandere parts, I think when certain characters say stuff like “I don't love [gender], I love you” I don’t think they’re consider gay or lesbian, but more pan or bi, depending they might be specifically considered, within the lgbt+ terminology, demisexual/romantic. I’m not sure how familiar most writers are with that term tho in Japan. I would actually like to see more pan and/or Demi characters in fiction too, since it’s a rather unrepresented demographic within the lgbtq+ spectrum

Yeah, me too. Then again, I am pan, and that part of me wishes "Don't look down on me! Why would I stop liking you because you [are x gender/have x type of genitals]?" was a more common reaction in general.
Same actually, I fit more with the Demi spectrum, which is probably why to me saying stuff like that don’t feel like cop outs since I would probably react the same. I think it’s just rather underrepresented in most media which is unfortunate

Your pfp and name literally describes my life. NicoMaki is life.

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Good tactic, make Akira think you feel the same way then when they let you go home, quit your job, move to another city and change your name. Also you know their real name so report them too lol.

True, that was what i thinking too

well, at least they compliment each other's crazyness and loneliness at the end, so i guess it is fine?

last edited at Jun 13, 2021 11:08PM

Well, it wouldn't be Sal Jiang if you didn't go "Yikes!" at least once.
All things considered, not a bad oneshot at all.

#accurate

Yup in standard Sal Jiang fashion, characters that snap easily and take extreme actions.

last edited at Jun 13, 2021 11:35PM

I love yanderes and extremely fucked up relationship dynamics, but that twist was really shitty