So I wanted to write a reply to @Morax0502 but halfway through it just got so long…
Right??? Like, he’s not putting up boundaries when at work, he does not properly start a conversation when the problem’s at his end (broken appointments and the threat of a third party) and he knows the problem’s at his end.
Volume 2’s be like, “Shizuma’s love might be too overbearing” but when it matters, it’s just non-existent.
His ex be a bad human for cheating but it’s not like Shizuma had no hand in their break-up when he keeps being absent in the relationship. He’s also thinking why his partners just don’t tell him anything, he wants them to complain to him and tell him what they want him to do, even though he does realize that his performance in the relationship is poor but he’s not the one asking the right questions, just waits for them to start talking.
I mean, Shizuma’s supposed to be the one with relationship experience, right? And even though Minato’s nightlife was previously very active and he’s been a witness to a major relationship fail as a child, he’s practically new to a serious and healthy relationship. And Minato’s already trying enough, in my opinion, by holding his paranoid nature back. Although we all agree it could be useful to let himself be a little verbal and selfish but he clearly has no experience judging just how much is enough and how much is too much and he’s just scared because he knows he might and can be awful and he doesn’t wanna be awful to Shizuma.
And Shizuma knows all of these! However, it just seems like Shizuma doesn’t learn anything from his previous break-up. He’s constantly terrified that everything from his relationship with his ex is just repeating itself but he doesn’t do anything about it. He knows from his experience that he’s not doing his partner right somehow and he knows something is bugging them but he doesn’t want to ask, he just assumes they want him to guess, but he doesn’t want to guess, he wants them to come talk to him directly, but maybe they were just waiting for him to care and sit their asses down and seriously ask and go past the “I’m fine” and “I don’t want to trouble you” so they could open up. Shizuma does realize that maybe he’s not giving his partner enough reassurance to be able to open themselves up to him and be selfish knowing they won’t be hated for it, but he does nothing to provide the reassurance they lack and need from him, just waits. I just don’t know about Shizuma right now. Maybe, that’s also why he’s in veterinary medicine and not psychology but come on…
And Minato, is also just so broken, and I want better for him but maybe Shizuma is the best fit, he just has to be the man he was on Therapy Game, he was perfect that time. Now, it’s like Therapy Game’s ending and resolution is just gone. Therapy Game Restart Vol 3 is just milking Minato’s past trauma and paranoia and making him get over them himself even though he’s in a perfectly fine relationship now when Shizuma was willing and up for helping him back when they were just fuck buddies before. What’s the use of being in a relationship then? Where is the fine example of “humans are social creatures” and “even when they can’t save themselves, with the right help, two people can succeed where one cannot”? Where is the character development, as individuals, as a couple?
So I wanted to write a reply to @Morax0502 but halfway through it just got so long…
Right??? Like, he’s not putting up boundaries when at work, he does not properly start a conversation when the problem’s at his end (broken appointments and the threat of a third party) and he knows the problem’s at his end.
Volume 2’s be like, “Shizuma’s love might be too overbearing” but when it matters, it’s just non-existent.
His ex be a bad human for cheating but it’s not like Shizuma had no hand in their break-up when he keeps being absent in the relationship. He’s also thinking why his partners just don’t tell him anything, he wants them to complain to him and tell him what they want him to do, even though he does realize that his performance in the relationship is poor but he’s not the one asking the right questions, just waits for them to start talking.
I mean, Shizuma’s supposed to be the one with relationship experience, right? And even though Minato’s nightlife was previously very active and he’s been a witness to a major relationship fail as a child, he’s practically new to a serious and healthy relationship. And Minato’s already trying enough, in my opinion, by holding his paranoid nature back. Although we all agree it could be useful to let himself be a little verbal and selfish but he clearly has no experience judging just how much is enough and how much is too much and he’s just scared because he knows he might and can be awful and he doesn’t wanna be awful to Shizuma.
And Shizuma knows all of these! However, it just seems like Shizuma doesn’t learn anything from his previous break-up. He’s constantly terrified that everything from his relationship with his ex is just repeating itself but he doesn’t do anything about it. He knows from his experience that he’s not doing his partner right somehow and he knows something is bugging them but he doesn’t want to ask, he just assumes they want him to guess, but he doesn’t want to guess, he wants them to come talk to him directly, but maybe they were just waiting for him to care and sit their asses down and seriously ask and go past the “I’m fine” and “I don’t want to trouble you” so they could open up. Shizuma does realize that maybe he’s not giving his partner enough reassurance to be able to open themselves up to him and be selfish knowing they won’t be hated for it, but he does nothing to provide the reassurance they lack and need from him, just waits. I just don’t know about Shizuma right now. Maybe, that’s also why he’s in veterinary medicine and not psychology but come on…
And Minato, is also just so broken, and I want better for him but maybe Shizuma is the best fit, he just has to be the man he was on Therapy Game, he was perfect that time. Now, it’s like Therapy Game’s ending and resolution is just gone. Therapy Game Restart Vol 3 is just milking Minato’s past trauma and paranoia and making him get over them himself even though he’s in a perfectly fine relationship now when Shizuma was willing and up for helping him back when they were just fuck buddies before. What’s the use of being in a relationship then? Where is the fine example of “humans are social creatures” and “even when they can’t save themselves, with the right help, two people can succeed where one cannot”? Where is the character development, as individuals, as a couple?