Shark Girl (Webcomic) - Vol. 1 Ch. 4 - Shark GIrl

[maximuffin2]

You killed him last time

 

[BCS]

After three chapters?

It's disappointing how quickly she broke

 

[MarqFJA87]

@Kanami-chan: ... Really? Just because she's a bit weird with her unusual hobby makes her autistic to you? WTH man?!

 

[abdude13]

A tragedy as old as time: a boke without a tsukkomi.

 

[Lithe]

Nex chapter title: Lava Boy

 

[Kanami-chan]

@MarqFJA87
that's right

 

[remiska]

@MarqFJA87 the way she acts is very much of a person with autism, saying she is autistic is in itself not an insult even though internet turned it into one

 

[MarqFJA87]

@remiska: And how pray tell does her behavior fit being "autistic"?

 

[remiska]

@MarqFJA87
- difficulties with social interaction (duh)
- Narrow or extreme interests in specific topics
- Her way of acting with those shark puppets on the streets - can be seen as a type of ritual
- Her extreme reaction to touch (sensory stimulus)
and these are not all, also stop putting "autistic" in quotes, its a normal disease

 

[MarqFJA87]

@remiska: I put "autistic" in quotes because I've seen it being overused and misused too many times to give credence to such armchair psychology.

Also, those symptoms you listed aren't unique; what you just described is someone who is very shy (first and fourth points), has a wild imagination to near-chuunibyou levels (third point), and is a geek about some atypical subject (second point). Even a cursory read of the Wikipedia article for autism tells you that the disorder is about much more than what you're oversimplifying it to.

It's like seeing someone with what physicians call "flu-like symptoms" and immediately assuming they must have influenza when it can be anything from gastroenteritis to meningitis or even luekemia... or just a common cold.

 

[Naabii]

cute~

 

[Ezlsnow]

Don't worry shark girl. He'll be discharged from the hospital soon. It's just a bite on a major blood vessel after all.

 

[HDMI1]

She's humming/singing the Jaws theme, just replace the "Shark" with "Sa-me".

 

[Renko]

Awww~

She's waiting for her comrade.

 

[Hunter178]

Gaooo