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Old 2011-01-15, 18:20   Link #122
aldw
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Originally Posted by Seiryuu View Post
The difference in opinions of Junichi's behavior is a little surprising to me.
In one arc:
A group of girls say that the heroine's goofing off and flirting when she should be working, and that because of this they won't be able to do everything they want to do. She snaps back, almost everyone abandons her, and she tries to do the work of thirty people on her own.
In response, Junichi says that they should apologize and get the help needed to make her dream a success, or give up and cut the festival from the spectacle she dreams of to something minor, exactly like the girls had said she'd do, practically inviting them to renew their cruelty.
After telling her these options to keep her from overworking, everyone acts like he's the king of the pigs.

In this arc:
The girlfriend he barely knows admits to having broken the hearts of every girl who got close to him out of jealousy, leaving him depressed and alone.
He suggests that they go to all the girls and admit that she'd lied and deliberately hurt them because she was jealous, and ask them to forgive her now that she's finally taken the man they all loved.
And everyone thinks that this is better, though many seem to agree that the girl is herself far worse.

Somehow, this just doesn't make sense to me...
Part of the problem is that some people think that snapping back at the group of gossip mongers was the automatically right idea, even though in real life things like that aren't always the best approach, particularly those who have worked in office settings where such actions can lead to being censured or even fired. Junichi's biggest issue was not expressing his concerns in a way that Tsukasa could understand without sounding like a personal criticism of her, which is something that for someone like Junichi needs develop with experience.

As for Risa, they definitely downplayed just how nasty she can be in the game, so people have a distorted view of her if only going by the anime.

Last edited by aldw; 2011-01-15 at 18:39.
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