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formashimataichi · 2 years ago

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I've been a fan of chyfr for 9 years the series is my life sorry so I will continue defending Sensei especially when a lot of the criticism comes from people who were not reading chyfr for what it was and if anything it was them who put it on a pedestal. You have said before that chyfr wasn't like other shoujosei I suppose you don't feel that way anymore? I honestly never agreed it with that I thought chyfr was very similar to its contemporaries but still managed to excel in the genre.

i don't know that i would go so far as to retract my statement entirely, because i do think there are areas where it genuinely pushes beyond the boundaries of the genre (with respect to the romance esp. the outcome wasn't the one i expected but i still believe the way it was executed was significantly progressive for a romance of its kind considering what's mainstream with respect to the same dynamic, and that aside, chihaya’s independence and priority of goals as a female protagonist i think was very significant). i only mean to say that acting like it's perfect from top to bottom ultimately isn't useful, and i mean, that's something you can say of any work, isn't it? there's always going to be little flaws here and there to nitpick at. i don't think they should mar the story as a whole per se, but i think they're still things you can talk about in good faith and recognize as parts of a story to improve on in the future when continuing your craft

#also honestly i would hesitate to say people on the other end weren't reading the story for what it was like #the overwhelming reaction from the chyrt side of things did frustrate me immensely bc of how hypocritical it came off #but as i always emphasize. the story didn't exist for the sake of the romance alone. there were worlds beyond it #and i do think plenty of people were able to appreciate the story for what it was with respect to other aspects #even with the romance it's like. were people wrong about chy caring about art? no #her care for him was immense. it just happened to not be romantic #that's why i feel like the ending didn't really jar me the way it did other people #i don't believe platonic or romantic love are inherently weighed against each other with one concretely winning out #they're each impt in their own right #so sure i expected chyrt. but tchy being the outcome didn't diminish chyrt having its own importance #each relationship has weight and was thoroughly explored and ruminated on to that effect #i feel like to say that people's reading of a story was absolutely completely holistically wrong #when the story itself took so much care to explore platonic and romantic relationships in kind and with depth #is a bit misleading. people can be on their high horse all they want (and that includes me before anyone gotchas me lol!)#but i don't think it's the most severe crime to have conflated platonic and romantic love with each other #in a story where their weight was nearly equal. simply manifested per different actions #asks

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