Personally I think it’s super cute :D The miscommunication is deep rooted so its not as infuriating as most miscommunication tropes where its all very surface level things, this couple’s miscommunication is based on their entirely different views on love, what it means to be loved, how to love, and how they show it.
The story does make it feel like separated instances of events but not in a super unconventional way, the story gets across just fine.
ALOS LOVE THE METAPHORS (i think thats what im thinking it is.) It feels like it has more depth (even if there isnt) just by using metaphors to show and tell you how each character views their relationship with another. The ENTIRE ordeal with the dolphin’s ear-bone, Takara’s claim over said dolphin’s ear-bone and “What if i was a mermaid” are super cute
And to defend poor Takara, he’s just as desperate for his grounding support in his life to stay, Asami seeks validation for his usefulness and worth and Takara seeks being treated like he means something to someone, they’re both cut from the same cloth and took different approaches to how they expressed that loneliness. I don’t see Takara’s advance to be sexual or romantic in anyway, Asami even points out that he knows Takara holds no desire towards him. Takara is resorting to any last option to get Asami to stay, undoubtedly Takara is possessive over Asami but it’s not something so irreparably damaging to their relationship as a found family. He’s pulling the “use me for your pleasure so you’ll choose/stay with me”, since pleasure is a reliable thing you can get from someone else, like FWB’s. He’s lonely, he knows that Asami is choosing Chiaki and he’s unwilling to let go but that doesn’t make him a shitty person, his way of showing desperation is just selfish compared to Asami’s selfless ways. JUSTICE FOR TAKARA
ALSO Chiaki is so so sweet, the unreliable narrative on Asami’s part of Chiaki’s lack of desire, which is completely one-sided because we clearly see constant affirmations that Chiaki is absolutely in love with sweet Asami, is actually kinda nice rather than annoying. It really does make it seem like Chiaki does not care for him but without Asami’s narrative and interpretation of Chiaki’s words and actions, it’s so clear how much he really does care for him. Usually stories try having that “unreliable narrator” thing except the words themselves aren’t twisted but simply said in a horribly worded way by a character which gives no indication that said character truly does feel any differently, it just FORCES the audience to believe that the “unreliable narrator” is right in what they’re thinking. WITH CHIAKI IT’S DIFFERENT. His words are what they are, without Asami’s assumptions and his own interpretation of what he means, Chiaki’s words by themselves show how he really feels.
I’m not saying this is Peak of Peak but it’s a good story. 100% you aren’t wasting time on this story, it just probably won’t be the BEST thing you’ve ever read or ever will read. (๑╹ω╹๑ )
Personally I think it’s super cute :D
The miscommunication is deep rooted so its not as infuriating as most miscommunication tropes where its all very surface level things, this couple’s miscommunication is based on their entirely different views on love, what it means to be loved, how to love, and how they show it.
The story does make it feel like separated instances of events but not in a super unconventional way, the story gets across just fine.
ALOS LOVE THE METAPHORS (i think thats what im thinking it is.) It feels like it has more depth (even if there isnt) just by using metaphors to show and tell you how each character views their relationship with another. The ENTIRE ordeal with the dolphin’s ear-bone, Takara’s claim over said dolphin’s ear-bone and “What if i was a mermaid” are super cute
And to defend poor Takara, he’s just as desperate for his grounding support in his life to stay, Asami seeks validation for his usefulness and worth and Takara seeks being treated like he means something to someone, they’re both cut from the same cloth and took different approaches to how they expressed that loneliness. I don’t see Takara’s advance to be sexual or romantic in anyway, Asami even points out that he knows Takara holds no desire towards him. Takara is resorting to any last option to get Asami to stay, undoubtedly Takara is possessive over Asami but it’s not something so irreparably damaging to their relationship as a found family. He’s pulling the “use me for your pleasure so you’ll choose/stay with me”, since pleasure is a reliable thing you can get from someone else, like FWB’s. He’s lonely, he knows that Asami is choosing Chiaki and he’s unwilling to let go but that doesn’t make him a shitty person, his way of showing desperation is just selfish compared to Asami’s selfless ways. JUSTICE FOR TAKARA
ALSO Chiaki is so so sweet, the unreliable narrative on Asami’s part of Chiaki’s lack of desire, which is completely one-sided because we clearly see constant affirmations that Chiaki is absolutely in love with sweet Asami, is actually kinda nice rather than annoying. It really does make it seem like Chiaki does not care for him but without Asami’s narrative and interpretation of Chiaki’s words and actions, it’s so clear how much he really does care for him. Usually stories try having that “unreliable narrator” thing except the words themselves aren’t twisted but simply said in a horribly worded way by a character which gives no indication that said character truly does feel any differently, it just FORCES the audience to believe that the “unreliable narrator” is right in what they’re thinking. WITH CHIAKI IT’S DIFFERENT. His words are what they are, without Asami’s assumptions and his own interpretation of what he means, Chiaki’s words by themselves show how he really feels.
I’m not saying this is Peak of Peak but it’s a good story. 100% you aren’t wasting time on this story, it just probably won’t be the BEST thing you’ve ever read or ever will read. (๑╹ω╹๑ )