I keep glancing at this in the latest updates feed and reading it as "Marital Peak".
I imagine that'd be quite a different type of story.
lmao me to
Migi (Right)
Dari (presumably from Hidari - left)
Hitori (one person)
(Of course, the kanji used might have different meanings, but this connection here is clearly intentional.)
"Oh good," they all think, "Guy who attempted to rape someone didn't succeed, we're fine...so let's just let the would-be rapist go on his merry way to assault other people who have nothing to do with us or this story. Not our problem."
(No, I do get that it would complicate the story and, basically, the creators just want an antagonist to cause friction and move the story forward, but it's soooo common in manga that people who attempt to rape, kidnap, injure, stalk, assault, blackmail etc. are ignored once it's no longer the main characters' problem...and it bothers me every single time.)
Well, if you think how many rapes, assaults, blackmails, etc are reported to the police in real life, then it seems that the mangakas are actually take that from the real world...
That's a valid point, especially in a case like this one where they aren't adults yet, plus they're struggling with the reality of a minority relationship.
I do see similar situations in many manga where the main characters are intelligent, capable adults and the crime or attempted crime is not necessarily something that would be considered shameful for the victim, but all they do is ensure the perp never bothers them again. That is still worrying for me.
Also, even in ones like this, regardless of whether the actions of the MCs are understandable or not, I'm still disturbed by the thought that there's a guy wandering around who thinks it's ok to force himself on someone (let alone a minor).
...And that is when I have to remind myself that it's fiction!
You are right. But even if it is fiction, the thought alone does not mean it isn't cringeworthy...
Definetly... it's true that even in real life smtimes it's hard to put someone in jail, but this is a pedo case, damn, the mangaka (talking in general) could put even just a page in which police is called plus a rapid judicial process... hope in rl life japanese boys &girls are protected
I am sorry but why you think that in a pedo case, police is notified for the crime? Japan or not, just like rapes, only a small portion of pedo-rapes are reported and an even smaller amount goes to court....then some perprators will be found guilty (enough evidence, not stuck in technicalities, etc) and face 2 to 3 years of prison. If the pedo shows a good conduct and say that he/she is sorry then the sentence is reduced to 6 months...and all that is the good scenario....
Yes, I think what bothers me more than whether someone in an individual manga is left to roam free, it's the fact that soo many mangaka themselves don't seem to burger about it most of the time. It's as if they feel their story is satisfactorily resolved when is no longer a problem for their MCs. If they want us to buy into their while fictional world, I feel like they can't expect it to feel like a properly resolved ending when the perp is completely ignored. The manga ka could write SOMETHING, right? Even if they're not brought to justice or don't see the error off their essays and fix their behaviour, they don't even have anyone show concern.
(Well, like I said, I have remind myself it's fiction, so nobody's really in danger.)
Yeah, completely agree...really hope they could fix this, but probably it won't happen; I read this kind of plot but always feel dissatisfied..problem of bl plot
All true, but it also depends on the judiciary system of a country, in some of them the reclusion is longer..but yeah sadly it's true that many cases go unreported, like with priests etc..
*re-reads own comment and dies* I don't think I should "burger" to type comments from my phone anymore...
Does this extra originally go here? At the bottom of the scans it says 1.5, so I was wondering if it actually goes right near the beginning (that would be a much more interesting place for it, actually).
But if you look at the art it's recent, in the first chapters the author didn't draw like this so I don't think it belongs to the beginning..
Oh! That's a good point! I suppose the 1.5 must relate somehow to wherever the extra came from rather than where it appears in the order of chapters.
Yes it's probably like that, otherwise I have no idea what that number can indicate xD
*Knows webtoon chapters are always (or feel) super, unsatisfyingly short.*
*Gives self a rule to wait for AT LEAST three chapters.*
*Sees Here U Are updated*
*Dashes off to read immediately.*
...2 minutes later...
*bemoans lack of more chapters*
*Some days later, sees Here U Are updated again*
*Immediately dashes off to read*
But you know… We wouldn't have the pleasure of your company if you refrain yourself from suffering with the rest of us~
(Throwing fuel to your anxiety)
Well, I suppose it's not so bad if we're all sharing the suffering!
http://manga.fascans.com/manga/actage
Not sure what was going on with 10-12 here (because even 10 was clearly in some half-hearted draft stage), but the proper scanlators have their chapters on their site here, but not past chapter 10 so far.
Can I edit my own comments? Too many buts!
(No, not "butts", you gutter-minds.)
Butt-
Well, one lion is obvious ("Leo") but I was bothered about the other lion. Luckily, Tangorin told me:
lion
ししshishi - common 【獅子 · 師子】
noun:
1.lion
2. left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine → 狛犬
( http://tangorin.com/general/lion)
So I guess the shishi of "Shishido" must use the kanji for lion (probably the first one).
Now I am satisfied that mystery is solved!
Yes, "shishi" means Lion. I remember young Sasuke's taijutsu is called Shishi Rendan (Lion's Rampage or sth).
I often think that if I went to Japan, I couldn't string a coherent sentence together, but I could use my wide vocabulary of probably-useless manga-learned words (e.g. baka, neko, wagamama, boukun, hitorijime, oni...). ╮(￣▽￣)╭
The older brother character somehow gives the feeling of already having an established story. Is that just my false impression, or does anyone know/remember if he's got a story hiding somewhere?
i remember reading the brother's story in chinese
Ooh. Thanks! Well, I can't read Chinese, but I'm at least grateful to know about it!
I always find myself appreciating the way Nagisa reacts to the stalker/kidnapper/rapist (not that I condone violence), but are the same time I find this an example of how inadequately rapist/criminal types are dealt with so often in manga. I get really frustrated with how frequently the conclusion is that everything's settled because they won't be bothering the man characters anymore, so they otherwise are let free. They committed or attempted to commit a criminal act, they should be reported to the police!!! I undestand the excuse sometimes that in the case of male relationships it's shameful or may not be taken seriously, but I always feel like they don't care about letting a potential stalker/rapist/kidnapper/assaulter wander around to maybe do it again to someone else.
Well, I'm sure it'd add complications the mangaka doesn't want to draw and we would possibly get bored reading, but it always bothers me just the same.
*main characters (who may be men...).
I just read in the news a couple of weeks ago about a young woman who has a stalker (an ex-boyfriend). He broke into her and her mother's home, stole their dogs and later killed them. He got an restraining order but he kept breaking it. He bought two houses just outside the area the restraining order said he had to stay away from them. One East and one West of their house. Several times he almost made her and family members/friends crash in their car on the highway or other roads. He had a tracking device placed on both hers and her mother's car. All of this stuff and all he got as a sentence was 9 months in jail and his drivers license revoked for 3 years -.- He's going to be out in some months to make their life miserable again.
I keep getting the blondie dudes confused (actually, they're probably supposed to be brunettes, aren't they). Their hair is not quite different enough and it's been too long since I read the start of the series, so I keep not being sure which one is a friend, which one is the soccer guy, which one is starting to like her etc. etc. Urgh.
(Although I think this recent scene with most of them together helped temporarily.)