Beach chair be praised 🙏

- Says someone 10 years from now who likes Saotome's designer brand. Glad he didn't drop out of school.

As for the 6-ish girls who went all the way through high school with blue ovaries and no dating because some noodle-brained dorkbean wouldn't make up his !@#$ing mind, they don't come to chair church.

They're chair-etics 😏

❗PLEASE REMEMBER THAT!❗

Not specifically that example of it in this story, but the phenomenon itself. The butterfly effect is very very real. Everyone who's seen time travel in fiction knows how plausible it is, but nobody seems to connect these dots even though this other thing is such an obvious truth you'll wanna flick me in the forehead for saying it 👇

✅The present and the future have the same relationship as the past and the present✅

Everyone, you all have SO much power, you can change the course of history with just one decision. And it doesn't have to be as grandeurous as saving someone from bullies.

Just help some rando out with something, any chance you get, if it doesn't take you too far out of your way to share some information you think may help them.

It doesn't need to be a family-friendly truth. They don't need to like it. It doesn't matter if they tell you to kill yourself. If you think they need to hear it, please just tell them. Politely and respectfully. Try not to sound more antagonistic than necessary.

That one person may be a total dick, but you're not doing it for them, you're doing it for the world. If they're already a dick, they're gonna run off and go be a dick somewhere else anyway. At least try to make them wiser dick, so they can cause less trouble for non-dicks 🙂

In this case, getting bullied out of an all girls' school may have turned Saotome into an incel MGTOW scumbag. Who tf knows how many girls he would turn into androphobic messes before he finally stopped trying. And how many decent guys who would get hurt trying to date those girls after he ruined them.

And how many messed up kids would be born from the unwanted pregnancies of those relationships. And how those kids would have ended up living their lives because of it. Misandry and misogyny fuel each other. Most sets of parents are hetero. Ineffective parenting is the gateway to every societal problem in the world.

Does anyone know what font that is, that they use only when the president talks?

Hehe, Hoenheim is so based. Old man goals 😎 I'm over here still in my "It's not fair that young women are gonna be afraid of me by default when I get old enough. I ain't gonna do anything bad. I'm only being treated well because I'm still a snack 😭" phase.

But he's over there like "Hmm how can I use this 'automatically a creep' thing to HELP young women?" and actually pulling it off. You dropped this, king 👑👏🥲

I'm not even ever gonna have to date again. Settled down and happy af. But still I'm like "No wants be stereotyped! 😤"

Huh. Is that bit about changing schools a lot screwing a person up a common thing? I went to a total of 7 different schools before I graduated, and didn't have any of the feelings like she described.

The story makes its sound like that'd be the inevitable outcome, but I really thought nothing of it. Never felt like an outsider or any kind of detachment thingy. Nothing like that 🤔

Fuck Kariu? You're bonkers m8. Kariu is the kind of friend you don't realize you wanted until you find one. There's a quote (Who tf knows who it's from, I have too many to remember who said any of 'em) that's something like "A true friend never gets in your way. Unless you're on your way down."

The fuckin' ovaries it took to call out someone for not being true to themselves like that. Even if you're accurate, that's dangerous. Some people just can't confront some things about themselves. You could burn a bridge before you even cross it, acting like that. It's one thing if it comes from someone who's old enough to be my parent, because in that case even if they don't know me specifically, they may have seen someone else do exactly what I'm doing.

Mind you, just being old doesn't necessarily mean they're wise or smart or even mature, so if they're all assertive/insistent about it, I'm gonna push back because it feels condescending. They're severely lacking in old person wisdom if they haven't even figured out that's not effective persuasion. But if they're polite and respectful, and don't make me feel attacked, I'll take them into consideration.

Now when it comes from someone my own age, they don't get that benefit. So if they're my own age AND they say it in a way where I'd blow them off even if they were older, their words are gonna have to stand alone. They've got the opposite of credibility, so they better be packing a truth so undeniable that it doesn't matter where I heard it. Skepticism would need to be impossible without spite.

That was a ballsy move. Well, an ovaries-y move. AND the humility/sportsmanship to not get salty when you're outdone at your greatest skill right after provoking someone. Those two traits are both BFD's by themselves, so both in the same person is really something special. If anyone who reads this finds that person, be it a friend or partner or what, don't let 'em go.

"Maybe I came on too strong" Ya think??? 😂

Guy's got like 8 bombshell-hot girls giving the clearest signals and goes to a school where people assume by default that every student is some criminal dirtbag 🤣

He can't tell if he's about to get eaten up beaten up 😅

It's not really much of a fantasy world. This is slice of life genre set in present day Japan. If it was one of those mangas full of supernatural creatures and powers and over-the-top impossible fighting that violates the laws of physics, that'd be more of a fantasy world.

Woah hold up. Where is the extortion?? Idk about Japan but that's a very serious crime where I live. Like prison serious. And I don't just mean "I'll falsely accuse you of r-word unless you resign from your job.", I also mean "I'll send your nudes to your mom unless you pay me not to."

Japanese are pretty uptight about some things that are nbd here, but surprisingly chill about other things that people here would throw hands over, so I never know what to expect 🤔

Might happen, but also might be a girl you don't want. Do her future partners a favor and make your refusal gentle and polite. Don't make her regret it. You'll find that being on that side of the situation hurts just as much as the other eide if you're compassionate.

After years of always thinking "Why do I always have to do this? They never even try." It sucks to see a girl get a bad outcome when she just pulled that epic ballsy move that you wished they weren't all so afraid of.

And when they all did kissy faces, the ahoge turned into a heart shape. Or maybe it was mimicking her lips? Maybe I should ask it 😅

Yes they have. Now let's hope they stay there. They need to keep this thing going and have some normal couple problems happen. Authors really need to stop ending these stories as soon as the characters get together. It makes teens think a relationship will solve all their problems, and teaches them nothing about how to keep one together, or what to expect.

I'm seeing a devastating number of people talking about breaking up over the dumbest shit, expecting their partner is basically gonna become their property. Like they're never gonna post another thirst trap for the rest of their life or even follow anyone else on social media. They're tryna say porn is cheating, getting mad at each other over shit that happens in their damn dreams, etc 🤦

People say they're insecure and have low self-esteem and trust issues, but then they'll break up with anyone who won't give them the most absurdly exaggerated compliments imaginable. You wanna be told you're the most beautiful person in the world when you yourself think you're not beautiful at all?? 🤨

They're like "I just know he used to look at other girls before we got together and l just can't stop crying about it no matter how many times he tells me I'm the prettiest one! Like I wanna believe him but I just can't!" Who's raising all these psychos??

You can't believe him because he's lying! Of course he is! You're not the prettiest girl he's ever seen! You're not even in the top hundred! You're not even in the top hundred YOU'VE ever seen! That doesn't matter. Don't make him say that dumb shit! He doesn't wanna lie but Insecure people have pushed him into it so much, he thinks he has to.

He never stopped looking at other girls. Never will. That doesn't matter. Toss out that fairy tale bedtime story bullshit and just make sure you're treating each other right. How tf do you think taking the one person you should be able trust the most and conditioning them to lie to you constantly is gonna affect your insecurity / low self-esteem / trust issue cocktail??

It's gonna light it on fire like a molotov, and after you break up with them it's gonna be the next person's problem, and so on. Then when you finally get someone who won't play that fucking game, and who tells you the family-unfriendly truth, you're gonna think there's something wrong with them 😤 That ain't toxicity, that's the remedy. Swallow it!

[TLDR: Just ignore me. I'm a human circus 🤣 I suck at sleeping, so I just ponder everything most people don't think/care about.]

Probably too early to get a decent read on her, but I think I'm seeing the Chaotic Good alignment. And I would recognize it more easily than most, because it's mine too. In a coconutshell it's that I exclusively do good things, but I decide for myself which things are good. I don't oppose traditional policies just on principle, but I don't adhere to them on principle either. Knowing something has always been a certain way doesn't invoke a default "It''s probably ideal" or "It's probably obsolete by now" type of thought in me.

If I determine a tradition is affecting the world in a good way, I follow it. If I think it's ineffective and people just cling to it because it's familiar, I disregard it. If I think it's significantly harmful, I'll try to tear it down. Of course by "I exclusively do good things" I mean I always have good intentions. Obviously I can still cause harm, but it will be out of negligence/incompetence. Never deliberately out of malice.

She's doing things by the book with the event organizing stuff because the principles are time-tested, tried and true. Manpower, budget, schedule, etc. It's not complicated enough that innovation is needed. Ya don't fix what ain't broke. She doesn't have a thirst to be unique. But she's disregarding social etiquette with Saotome. She wants to have her fun, but she also wants to help him. She thinks his blindness is holding his group of friends back, so she's gonna open his eyes.

All those girls are great people, they all deserve to be loved as somebody's one-and-only, but there they all are, halfway through high school without having done any dating. If Saotome can make up his damn mind, whoever gets him will have him and the rest can move on. Until then, they're all in a state of frustrating limbo. It's unfair to all of them. They all deserve better.

If meddling in other people's shit earns her nothing but resentment, so be it. As long as she enjoys it and they're gonna be better off in the long run, mission accomplished. They may not realize how much her decisions helped them until she's long gone, and they may not think she did it on purpose, but that's irrelevant. Gratitude isn't needed. Chaotic Good people know they're good, because they decide what good is.

If she makes it worse for everyone, lesson learned. She fucked up. Good intentions don't outweigh bad outcomes. She will own up to it, and not even think about forgiveness. She'll never do that again, and she'll do everything she can to mitigate the damage she caused. She will expect no gratitude, and not accept any that might be offered. When there's nothing left to be done, she will fuck off and not come back. I don't mean leave town or school, just leave the people alone.

Under most circumstances I'd agree, but those two seem to be old friends. I think she'd assume Makoto was the troublemaker even if she was being chased down the street 😆

I stopped using that word since its origin is so bad. I miss when it was understood that all I meant was incompetent, and usually only in one small aspect. I never meant neurodivergence.

All the other really bad words actually SOUND bad, like all the slurs just kinda SMACK my ear in a way that makes me think they'd bother me even if they meant something else.

Well, all the slurs that are their own words that only mean the one thing. If it's something that's made up of words that are commonly used for mundane things, it's different. It's still unpleasant, but no ear smack.

But that word sounds funny, like idk, like something small but heavy slammed into something big but flimsy in just the right way and it fell over? Idk, my mind is a circus 🙄

What is the social etiquette in Japan about patting someone's head like in the last page? It seems like the person reacts negatively about 80% of the time, if not more. I'm surprised they keep trying.

I think it's cute devoid of context, and usually seems like a wholesome gesture, but can definitely be done in a condescending way. And nobody likes that where I live.

Well me and my wife do, but we're weird cringy goofball weebs. Not an accurate reflection of our society.

"Are you all right?"

"Nah I'm pretty fuckin' far from all right"

Yupiel would approve 😏

Same. Its a fun fantasy and I'll never get tired of it the way it works in manga/anime, but if you really think about it, the harem situation would be quite a mess irl.

I'm only one person with only one story, can't speak for my society but in my experience, teenagers are not so chill about liking the same person. Most couldn't all be that tight of friends with all that going on.

The closest thing I've seen to this that actually went smoothly was there's been two times where a girl I was into kinda handed me off to her bestie, because they both liked me but the bestie liked me more, and I liked both girls. Now that's pretty chill, sure, but two is a pretty small number.

And those weren't just friends, they were besties. They trusted each other a lot more than most friends. I've heard of longtime friendships ending over the kinda stuff that happens in these stories

For real though! She might have just helped him as much as most of the others have so far, just with that alone.

The guy needed that kick in the ass to open his eyes, and it had to come from someone who's not a friend.

If anyone else had said it, he'd have probably thought they were just being kind out of compassion and blown it off.