They could be cousins, sisters comparing notes and learning from each other, anything. If it wasn’t the same person, it would be fine. The ick: Really, my biggest beef is that both Chikage plotlines suck you in…as separate things. Seriously? It is 2018, do we not have any other cliché trope to toss around by now? Is sexual status still the be all end all? It just seems a really weird thing to make a core aspect of a character who is not determined to be a nun from birth, and it’s especially disappointing to see it used to negatively. Plus there’s the whole loser if you’re a virgin thing. But they’re two very cliché types and they’re played in the worst possible way. Really, to show that she’s a “loser” we get the obligatory comparison of her vs the stacked gorgeous coworker who goes through men and flirts her way through life. So what if she’s an introvert? So what if she’s shy and a workaholic? She’s showing that she has good instincts in the publishing firm she works for as of volume four and that there are people who appreciate her. Chikage is obviously making enough to live on her own, which is an achievement. The other big problem: I get cultural differences, but can we just say that at this point in time, no one should be ashamed to be an office worker at 30. The bad/eh: there’s really not a lot of them, though? A lot of this is more the emotional effects these experiences are having on her, and as of volume four I’m getting the vibe that she just wants to be 15 forever even though she has no one in her life to look out for her anymore and would basically be at the mercy of the music industry. The good: you have the obligatory ‘oh no I’m changing back moments’ that are some fun comedy This is the damn weirdest, most convoluted setup. Also, one of the two adult men she’s in a triangle with is kind of a jerk, and the other has a girlfriend but still carries a torch for her. The bad: few of these people get that she’s talking about 15-year-old boys when she mentions relationships.
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