have you never seen the red string trope before lol? you sound like this is the first thing youve ever read about it. red strings connect two people who are the most compatible together, but that doesnt mean that the person has zero compatibility with other people. its like a love calculator, hara and the woman would have 100% compatibility, which would be written by fate and the number would never change, the same applies to hara and kaorus relationship. even though they love each other, their compatibility will never be 100%, therefore the string will never attach to kaoru because fate ≠ personal emotions.
if hara ended up with the woman, then theorically he would have been living his best life with her, but that doesnt mean it would be his happiest. the string isnt "useless", its basically a blueprint, a pathway designed by fate to give a person their theoretical best life with their most compatible partner. dismissing that isnt making the concept "useless" because in the end, its only a suggestion. its shown several times that the string tries to tie people together with coincidental meetings, but it does not directly influence emotions and desires, because again, its only a suggestion.
"then cheat already" you clearly didnt get the point of the plot here and are only mad at a trope you didnt understand in the first place. in other news, id highly suggest you watch the movie "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind", i think youd lose your mind at the plot there
thanks for the info, however im not mad at anything lol.
im simply stating what I would like to happen for the plot.
fate ≠ personal emotion, got it!
I think that's all I need when reading string thingy stories
wait isn't kaoru not allowed to have a red string?? isn't that his family lore to always have twin children and the one is to continue the bloodline and the other is to do his job regarding the strings??
yes that’s correct
And also he's in love with a man (and this isn't an Omegaverse so no babies are able to happen between men) so they can't carry on the bloodline anyway so I think it's a-okay (๑•ㅂ•)و✧
so the red string of fate basically become obsolete? then what's the point, shouldn't Hara's string already connected to Kaoru if he really love him?
like I get that the story is basically saying, "my feelings are stronger than any string or fate" but wouldn't that make the whole string thing useless?
you'll hate me for this but if the story kept insisting Hara's string is connected to that Manager then cheat already.
who knows what would happen after that, this could be another 'Life Senjou no Bokura'