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I was going to post about the interesting linkage of my brain chemistry (I made a cake and no one is eating it! = *sob for hours*, apparently) but then I had some cake and remembered that talking about the things I'm reading makes me feel better about not writing anything.
So! The World God Only Knows/The World Only God Knows (Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai, whatever). It is about a guy who's incredibly great at and obsessed with dating sims, and because of a slight misunderstanding he is hired/forced to capture the hearts of various girls. The only real problem is that he kind of hates the real world, and has no desire whatsoever to interact with real-life girls.
It's a lot less skeevy than I was expecting, and a quite a bit more believable. Keima says a couple times that real women should be more like their virtual counterparts, but now that I'm further into the manga that seems like it's less that he wants them to be compliant and more that he wants them to be something he can deal with. And by chapter 23 or so, it seems like he's better at dealing with people than he used to be, or at least better at applying his game-learned knowledge. He treats people like they'll do what he wants if he just pushes the right buttons on their hearts; fortunately for him, this is a workable strategy. (Actually, I'm starting to think some of his social obliviousness is cultivated to make people leave him alone.)
Also: surprising amount of ladies! Well, not really surprising, it's deliberately a parody of harem-type manga, but the whole thing is actually kind of a vehicle for the monster-of-the-week girls' character development and dealing with personal issues. And I think that maybe the overarching plot is about Keima and Elsee dealing with theirs.
Oh, I forgot to talk about Elsee! I love her. She's the reason our main dude gets into this mess in the first place, because she needed someone to help with her job and didn't look at his credentials close enough. There's not a lot I can say about her without spoilers, but she feels like our 'normal' viewpoint character even though Keima is ostensibly the Ordinary Dude. Also, based off two of the early chapter covers, my dream future/AU is for Elsee and Keima to run a bar (or maybe a cafe) together, and become a two-person version of that dude from Bartender.
Going back to what I was talking about earlier, it's interesting to read a manga that's all about people falling in love where the main character doesn't. It's his job to make girls fall in love with him; his feelings toward them seem to be entirely of the helpful variety. Not going to go "Yay, asexual character!" yet, but it's enjoyable. Refreshing. I might even read all the way to the end. :D
So! The World God Only Knows/The World Only God Knows (Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai, whatever). It is about a guy who's incredibly great at and obsessed with dating sims, and because of a slight misunderstanding he is hired/forced to capture the hearts of various girls. The only real problem is that he kind of hates the real world, and has no desire whatsoever to interact with real-life girls.
It's a lot less skeevy than I was expecting, and a quite a bit more believable. Keima says a couple times that real women should be more like their virtual counterparts, but now that I'm further into the manga that seems like it's less that he wants them to be compliant and more that he wants them to be something he can deal with. And by chapter 23 or so, it seems like he's better at dealing with people than he used to be, or at least better at applying his game-learned knowledge. He treats people like they'll do what he wants if he just pushes the right buttons on their hearts; fortunately for him, this is a workable strategy. (Actually, I'm starting to think some of his social obliviousness is cultivated to make people leave him alone.)
Also: surprising amount of ladies! Well, not really surprising, it's deliberately a parody of harem-type manga, but the whole thing is actually kind of a vehicle for the monster-of-the-week girls' character development and dealing with personal issues. And I think that maybe the overarching plot is about Keima and Elsee dealing with theirs.
Oh, I forgot to talk about Elsee! I love her. She's the reason our main dude gets into this mess in the first place, because she needed someone to help with her job and didn't look at his credentials close enough. There's not a lot I can say about her without spoilers, but she feels like our 'normal' viewpoint character even though Keima is ostensibly the Ordinary Dude. Also, based off two of the early chapter covers, my dream future/AU is for Elsee and Keima to run a bar (or maybe a cafe) together, and become a two-person version of that dude from Bartender.
Going back to what I was talking about earlier, it's interesting to read a manga that's all about people falling in love where the main character doesn't. It's his job to make girls fall in love with him; his feelings toward them seem to be entirely of the helpful variety. Not going to go "Yay, asexual character!" yet, but it's enjoyable. Refreshing. I might even read all the way to the end. :D
