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Cressida's manga / #rich x poor(1)

Koi no Hajime

Complete | Kato Setsuko,Katou Setsuko | 2000 released
2022-02-07 17:36 marked

The first story is about a rich boy who starts working for the first time alongside a colleague from college. He tries to pursue Naitou and confesses after falling in love with his whole personality. He refuses because he finds Tsutsui to be too dependent on others. So the Tsutsui leaves his family's house and becomes poor; only then does the Naitou give him a chance. It's pretty fucked up that Tsutsui has to change virtually everything about himself at the request of his crush. Naitou states that he can't go out with someone who makes him doubt who he is. We know that Tsutsui would never make him feel dislocated on purpose, but we know he would be thrust into this world that would make him feel like he is less than. So before any of that can happen, he rejects the lavish life Tsutsui is casually offering him. It's an unheard-of approach to class dynamics, and I appreciated the point of view that a working-class college student would have. In a lot of similar stories, the poor person who is being courted by the rich person doesn't get to feel uncomfortable about it on any level. They are supposed to just feel thankful that a rich person took an interest in them. And is there to save them from this horrid life they have built for themselves. This story definitely doesn't believe in the idea that wealth is a birthright and divine calling. If you're a young master, people exist to serve you, and you should never feel any negative emotions about that. As if nothing from their "previous life" had any value to begin with. The second story is about Tsutsui's butler and the restaurant's manager, which is quite boring and rushed.