@Plattbagarn I mean you're in the thread for a manhwa. You shouldn't be surprised when puffed rice cakes aren't the first thing that come to mind for a lot of people.
@Cloverfr:
Wat. In the first chapter Roel says, "You ... Bastard! I've always been a woman!!", when her soul was being transferred by the demon king. How is that not an explanation?
@eviljackspicer:
She needs both. Doctors push pills and therapy that take years of work to see a result. Support from those close to a patient plays a significant role making that kind of treatment work. Ensuring compliance with medication in particular is really difficult otherwise.
@tblst:
You can't separate the physical and mental effects of aging from that part of the plot. It makes sense that a character that has a younger body will act younger than their actual age before they became younger.
You've got a 20 year old guy dressing like he's 80 and playing croquet...
@tblst
That's kind of the point. A lot of how people behave is due to the effects age has on the body. It's not like there's a lot they can do to show they were formally geezers in ~5 pages a chapter anyways. Between the clothes, mannerisms, and habits the author is still making some very...
@FTU
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That's the point. Mental illness causes that kind of behavior.
This I agree with. It's the hook to get readers that wouldn't otherwise be interested to read though. I'll admit I still find it a bit off putting.
You know that thing about mentally ill people being irrational...
They already showed it at the end of the chapter. She's going to make ****ing hamburger steak. As if no one in this world has ever seen or eaten meatloaf. It's like serving a TV dinner at a wedding ffs.
IDK why you'd think a Japanese author is copying a Korean author when there are multiple examples of this type of plot published in Japan before Dungeon Defense ever was.
@firefox1234:
TBH that last page in chapter 120 was so cathartic they could've ended it right there and I would've been fine with it. The only bad part about it ending so soon is that it's unlikely there will ever be an anime.
Ironic that a series criticizing it's character for writing a ripoff feels like an OreGairu ripoff. The characters are much harder to empathize with though. The author leans on portraying Akaneya as exceptional but then has her do nothing to prove it. The rest of the characters feel like...
alidan:
Light novel authors are all busy copying each other so mercilessly this slave waifu thing has become a trope. On top of just being there to give the MC a waifu it's there because the author was to lazy to do something original.
@alidan
That is not why the author is using slavery. It is abundantly clear that the author had no goal other than to give the MC a waifu. You are utterly delusional if you think there was any other reason.
@alidan:
Again, there are fantasy masterpieces where the MC beats up some bandits and the author still doesn't use slavery as a crutch to introduce characters for the MC to do the dirty with. You only see this kind of writing when an author is pandering to the lowest common denominator. He's...