>popular girl and shy outcast boywhy is this genre so popular?
they were made for you
>>287579234So that their main audience can self-insert.
>>287579234why the fuck do you think
>>287579344Do popular girls really watch that much anime?
>>287579234I generally agree with /a/'s taste but this was the most disappointing romcom I've ever tried to read
Ichi was never really an outcast, he was a social hermit.
>>287579350yes and they love shy nerdy boys specifically
>>287579350No, but popular boys do. They self-insert as the popular girl fucking the shy outcast boy.
Icchi is just an autistic edgelord though.He's also canonically attractive.
>why is the most obvious self insert imaginable so popular hm
>>287579574this, he's cute as hell, if anything he's out of Yamada's league
>>287579365They do but after they've already been ran over by a dicktrain and are in their 30s with no other prospects
Was anyone else disappointed by this series? I remember the manga started with that manlet being some kind of ocult/sadist otaku or something like that but he completely dropped that schtick 3 chapters in. I was hoping he'd try to manage his relationship with the tall girl while keeping his fetishes in line
>>287579750No he->ocult/sadist otakuWhat. What the fuck were you reading anon.
i am asian and when this movie came out in my country half the line to get the ticket merch bonus were girls
>>287579234Wishfulfillment garbage
>>287579234It's the second best thing behind gyaru/nerd pairing.
>>287579234It's well written and emotionally stimulating. The way it makes incels seethe is a bonus.
>>287579234Why is this bait so popular?
>>287579936What incels are seething at this?If anything, it's women who hate these types of stories.
>>287579234Wish fulfillmentNext question
>>287580264>What incels are seething at this?Look around.
Geee you tell me
>>287579234Kimi ni Todoke but for guys
>>287580279Literally who is seething about the manga? All I see are anons shitting on op for being retarded
isnt the girl the author's self insert
>>287580383>All I see are anons shitting on op for being retardedOP is an attractive woman so it makes sense
They are taking middle school way too seriously and almost dying from stress over high school exams
>>287579234The boy is the prize and the girl is the author's self insert in this story thoughever.
>>287579234Wish fulfillmentInstead of being a story about self improving, fags just want a manic pixie to drop from the sky to change their lives.
>>287579234Fantasy wherein>target audience (low value man) acquires something valuable >high value woman
>>287581037But enough about Nagatoro.
>>287581393Both are shit
>>287581037>Instead of being a story about self improvingYou didn't read the manga anon. This lil nigga plows through his fears and weaknesses on his own accord. Nobody got his back better than himself.
>>287581471>my self-insert is self-improoooving>hottest chick around orbits him from chapter 1It's not a story about self-improvement no matter how hard you cope. It's a romance sim for beta males.
>>287581609>muh self-insertlow iq cattle cope
>>287581609>hottest chick around orbits him from chapter 1Lmao you dumb fucking whore
>>287581609There should be an aphantasia scale, but for the inability to read a fucking story without inserting as someone.
>>287581694There kind of already is. Not everyone can be a GOD type, hence the envy.
>>287580387only some of them
>>287581471Is he supposed to be actually very hot or what?
>>287582012It's his inner chad tulpa.
>>287582012It's just a representation of his ego that looks like the protag of a manga he's read. He also has one for his inner ugly bastard.
>>287581037>>287581393Both manga give their MCs character development, are you retarded?
>>287581393but nagatoro is a sexy brat
>>287582012He has brown hair and blue eyes which is apparently attractive according to random people in the threads.
>>287579234There's also Popular boy X Shy unpopular girlHey it happens in reverse too like My Clueless first friend and April Showers Bring May Flowers. I like Ichikawa and Yamada's tall girl and short guy dynamic
>>287579344I refuse to believe thisAren't there too many anime trying to appeal to the same viewer base? This must be a classic case of oversupplyMost people's lives follow the normal distribution. They are not super chads but not outcasts either. How can so many anime appeal to only one demographic and still be viable?
>>287579234because I'm a shy outcast boy
>>287579234There are 4 kinds of men in Japan>spineless herbivoresThey coast through school with a small group of male friends, enter the workforce and live as a lonely salarymen until their parents arrange a loveless marriage for them>loud dumbassie the popular guy. Speaks rudely because he doesn't know keigo. Shouts instead of talking. Does not understand subtlety. Can barely read and write. Japanese women fuck these because they're easy but they make terrible boyfriends and everyone 'outgrows' them in college>RapemanUsually poor or from some fucked up family. Prims and manicures the hell out of their appearance, sells a fantasy of a hot guy like a used car salesman. In reality, an emotional vampire that NEEDS sex for the validation and sponges off their partners. Always has multiple 'girlfriends' at once, always makes them pay for things. Basically enjo kosai but male. These used to be rare and basically host club adjacent but they've exploded as single women have become a larger part of japan's workforce. If you check a hookup app in downtown tokyo like 90% of the men will be exactly this and they all look like a a bad Ouran Host Club cosplay.>shy otaku nerdDoesn't talk to girls because of shyness/inadequacy, retreats into fiction to fulfill emotional needs. Passionate about their hobbies and actively engaged in a very social fandom ecosystem. Inexperienced, easy to please, romantic and most of all self-sufficient. Increasingly, otaku hobbies are adjacent to stacy ones especially now that basically every japanese influener moonlights as a cosplayer or anisong utaite.Most japanese women swim through a see of #2 and #3 and only see #1 and #4 from a distance or as depicted in entertainment media. It's only natural they'd romanticize those prospects.
>>287582198>that picWe know, Anna.
>>287582908>until their parents arrange a loveless marriage for themReally? Arranged marriages are still a thing in Japan?
>>287583075Less than 10%, with some ambiguity between arranged marriages and omiai matchmaking.
>>287583120God i wish arranged marriages were a thing hereI'm so fucking tired of the whole peacock dance courting bullshit. I don't CARE about going to fancy restaurants, and movies or going to the park with some retarded druggie passed out behind our bench.But what can I do, that's the only social acceptable way of getting to know a girl. I can just tell her "we're going to my house and watching a movie i torrented and get to know each other"
This series is the biggest manlet power fantasy ever, complete with the promise of him growing up and becoming taller than the main heroine.But of course, manlets will cope and say the girl is actually the self-insert.
>>287583673>kids stop growing in middle schoolNot unless they're from Liliput they don't.
>>287583673What are you talking about anon, there is never a promise that he'll grow taller than her, at most he'll be about the same height.
>>287582911I knew those weren't moles, she's a vampire.
>manga about men's feelings>aimed at a male audience>made by a female mangakaMany such cases!
>>287585153Norio is a honorary chuuni.
>>287579234Men are interested in how such a relationship would be, women are interested in stories about relationships that face social pressure.
>>287579234Predators often go for easy prey.
