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2021-06-24 16:12 marked
I actually did like the stories, but this author's writing lacks cohesion and establishment. The heart is there, I can definitely feel it, but the details are missing to ground the story in the reality of the setting. Makes everything feel a little fake/artificial somehow, even though you can make sense of what's going on despite it.
Examples:
- First story: Takeshi returns from his trip and just happens to run into both Yoshihisa and fated-alpha arguing (at the airport?). Was Yoshihisa there to pick him up? Did fated-alpha follow Yoshihisa, or just randomly happen to be in the airport too? Were they even in the airport, or just randomly somewhere on Takeshi's way home? Like how did things even end up in this state, where Takeshi comes upon them mid-argument on his way home from his flight/trip? There is no establishment at all beyond Takeshi landing at the airport beforehand for this very important scene.
- Second story: Seijiro sees Fumiya's interview on the billboard/tv in the middle of the street after Fumiya's been out-of-touch and presumably abroad for months. Fumiya even said previously he was tired of and getting rid of his condo or whatever. So, when Seijiro sees the interview, he's inspired, and starts running to .... where exactly(?) .... to reunite with Fumiya, when he wasn't even sure Fumiya was in Japan?? Like lol, what's going on here?
Examples:
- First story: Takeshi returns from his trip and just happens to run into both Yoshihisa and fated-alpha arguing (at the airport?). Was Yoshihisa there to pick him up? Did fated-alpha follow Yoshihisa, or just randomly happen to be in the airport too? Were they even in the airport, or just randomly somewhere on Takeshi's way home? Like how did things even end up in this state, where Takeshi comes upon them mid-argument on his way home from his flight/trip? There is no establishment at all beyond Takeshi landing at the airport beforehand for this very important scene.
- Second story: Seijiro sees Fumiya's interview on the billboard/tv in the middle of the street after Fumiya's been out-of-touch and presumably abroad for months. Fumiya even said previously he was tired of and getting rid of his condo or whatever. So, when Seijiro sees the interview, he's inspired, and starts running to .... where exactly(?) .... to reunite with Fumiya, when he wasn't even sure Fumiya was in Japan?? Like lol, what's going on here?
2021-01-05 06:11 marked
sad