Hi, so as you can see from the title...the contents of these manga are sketchy at best in terms of morality. Sure they justify this stuff with like happy endings and all of these nuances that make it seem like "hey maybe this is okay" but in actually it's all just very sus. Now I'm not here to be your moral compass and tell you that the following contents are pretty wrong and messed up but...they're pretty wrong and messed up. So sorry if you think adultery and cheating is right because...these just make me feel kinda sad, pretty uncomfortable, and downright pissed at some point. hAh!
{Spoilers, except I told you that we were in for some tea so you know issa boutta go down (sorry idk who I was imitating)}
So let's start off with the one I read first: Gozen 3-ji no Muhouchitai. So I thought this was actually pretty funny. It's about this girl that moves to the big city and wants to make art. But then she gets roped into basically being a graphic design slave for a pachinko company and even though she says that she's going to quit, she gets sucked into the rapid pace of life there and the people that she works with. Because her job is so fast-paced, she doesn't have time to hang out with her boyfriend that's still in uni, using his place to sleep rather than hang out with him. Which is honestly justified by how hard they work her. But he takes this as neglect and blatantly cheats on her with some younger girl. I think it's kind of interesting thinking about this social trend where men often cheat on their significant other with a woman that's younger than them. At the core it's all about evolution and creating offspring so obviously a younger woman would be physically more ready to have kids I guess, but there's just something really wrong about the whole thing. Now I'm no professional sociologist so I can't really say for sure, but there's something to be said about this trend that we see so often and just accept.
Okay back to this messed up story. So the girl finally confronts him about cheating on her after a super long time and she ends up meeting this older man that works in the same building as him. They often get lunch together and it seems like a pretty pure relationship. Except for the fact that he's freaking married. Like hello that's when you say sayonara to any feelings and skedaddle the heck out of there! But no, even though this is obviously illegal she says "it's true love, no matter what I do I can't live without him" or whatever. And this older guy confesses that his wife left him and their marriage was super unhappy and then finally divorced her. Like does this happen in real life? This was such a wack story???
Would I recommend that you read this? I mean it's pretty short and I think it's pretty inspiring in terms of the work ethic that she displays and sends a really good message about how even thought the first job you get right out of college isn't your dream job, that doesn't mean that you can't get anything valuable out of it or that you're wasting your time. No matter what you do, you can learn from your current circumstances and keep pushing forward. Yeah, but about the adultery...yikes fam I'm no lawyer but you really should try to avoid that circumstance in the first place.
Ah, the second manga. Haha I told my mom about this one and she was thoroughly angered by it as well. It's called Cappuccino and there's a pretty nice little ongoing analogy to the cappuccino and a little bit of a cafe theme going on here. But let's get down to it shall we? We've got this couple that just moved in together. They're sweet, they're in love, the guy Sousuke's promised Ari's parents that he'll marry her once they're financially stable. But he screws up. He's so dumb. And my mom got so angry by this. So this boy is a prep school teacher okay and his student one day is like "omg sensei i love you" and that's all it took for this guy's heart to be swayed. Okay I've seen posts online that're like "if a guy isn't attracted to any other girl that means he can't appreciate his significant other" but I think Sousuke's crossed the line. I think once you fall into the temptation and animalistic desire of needing that kind of chase or excitement that's just plain wrong. And he had the gall to still be in love with her two years after they broke up. Thank god that she moved on and was able to find someone that she was able to trust after being so brutally injured like that. Ugh just thinking about it honestly pisses me off. Like who gave you the right to feel privileged like that and to lie and cheat on your loving girlfriend just because some pretty young thing bats her eyes at you and tells you to kiss her??? Like I don't see her risking anything to be in this relationship. It was just stupid Sousuke.
As you can see I was thoroughly pissed off by this manga. Sure it was nice in the end when Ari ended up alright you know. That was nice. But Sousuke was a piece of work. And even though it was seven chapters...was it worth it? Ehhhhhh no not really it just got me really angry.
So there you have it, two manga that I read recently that made me feel kinda eh about the whole thing and a little bit bitter towards adulthood and that vague morality that they have. It's pretty scary thinking about it honestly. Like looking at these stories and reflecting on them, they do have a seed of truth to them. Stay vigilant y'all and make sure to look out for yourselves in this dangerous world!
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