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Suzuki Tsuta's characters are often pushed into these settings
No small coincidence that he's rich. Money is part of the iyashikei
Fantasy: escape from power harassment at a black company, be treated like a human and cared for by my daddy-- I mean, boss.
The king, the one that started it all. Been thinking about the tropes of this genre ever since I read tonari ni.
Personally, I hardly read this as a love story rather than observations on the status of work and life as it's lived, softened by the halo of hope of redemptive love that lends courage and gives us 'a girl worth fighting for' / 'someone to come home to'. Desire to escape labor as reason for love, to be seen and accepted. More heteronormative than it appears at
Lives up to its title.
Pets, idols, and love all as ways to cope with the dehumanizing status of work.
Complete empathy for the awkwardness of entering 'the company'.
Warning that this is a bit more misogynistic than what I usually tolerate.
Endlessly interesting to me that Hayashida's background to explain his DV is...power harassment. And once more we have a love made possible by escaping a black company
this was the perfect read after a period of 11 days working straight, averaging 11 hours per day. It's tiring. idk why I overwork myself, but I hardly feel any way about it anymore.
When he says, "I figure that was just a part of becoming an adult," I felt that. Healing -- as much a story of him coming to terms with toxic work as it is a furry-- er, I mean youkai tale. Contrasts with the value-creating work of the koudan storyteller and their initial connection as patron/artist
sums up the cycle perfectly..."no matter where I live, my life is lacking in leisure. I wake up in the morning and go to work. Work is everything and because of a lack of sleep, I'm always tired. I want to do something different, but it's impossible." Marvels at having time to look up at the sky.
Land ownership as safe harbor / vehicle for healing
Work In