#fabiniku 200

[nie7027]

Something I love about the recent development in Fabiniku is despite how upset Jinguungi is with Tachibana's decision to remain as a girl is it only takes him 1 day to go "Allright we need to come up with a way to fake you always were a girl back in the real world"!!!

That's so lovely!

Because

Because he still isn't happy with Tachibana's desicion.

He's doesn't accept it per se.

He's still mad about losing male Tachibana, his oasis...

BUT HE WILL SUPPORT TACHIBANA NO MATTER WHAT *coughbecause he loves hercough*

AND HE WILL COMMIT CRIMES AND FORGE AS MANY IDS AS NECESSARY AND EVEN ASK THE GODDESS HE DESPISES SO MUCH FOR HELP JUST SO TACHIBANA CAN LIVE THE HAPPY LIFE SHE WANTS.

And he's if anything practical, so hes already thinking about the future and trying to find a solution to the problems, boring in comparison to their current lives but necessary, they will eventually have to face.

And another thing I love is that disagreement. They way it's being handled.

Because Jinguungi not immediately accepting Tachibana is a girl could have been used as a cheap way to get some angst.

It could have been used as a quick conflict between the protagonists to add some tension to the story.

But no.

Tachibana has all the right to be upset with Jinguungi not accepting her new identity, to feel betrayed... but no.

She is instead patient.

She knows Jinguungi needs some time to process and accept this sudden turn.

She understands Jinguungi isn't being a dick just because.

She is giving him the grace of believing he would never hurt her like that.

But she's also being very firm about what she wants. She's setting her boundaries and allowing Jinguungi the time and space to adapt to it.

And it pays off.

Because she knows him and she loves him. And she knows he loves her.

And I don't mean this necessarily as romantic love (even though it is obvious that is also there) because before everything Jinguungi and Tachibana are best friends.

Jinguungi had always been there for Tachibana, and she knows this wont be different and he will keep being there for her.

So that's why Tachibana isn't upset (despite having all the right to be) with Jinguungi rejecting her identity at first, why she seems so unaffected by it.

Because she knows Jinguungi will eventually come around. Because she trust the love they have built all these years.

[5-pp-man]

Vol1 finally arrived and as soon as i read this i was reminded of the newer chapter. She's come so far :')

[zealsoughtsequesterustanxiedemon]

Hmmm looked up some Fabiniku spoilers for the JP manga (EN translation is like 40 chapters behind, and at the pace they're going they're not getting there for a year plus). Definitely some disappointment.

From what I can gather Tachibana has confidently decided to stay a girl. I'm not gonna assume any certainty on some words from google translating a chinese translation of a JP manga, but roughly it's like she doesn't feel like a guy anymore when in her isekai guy body AND she wants to be with Jinguuji as a girl. It went "I wanna be your best friend and your girlfriend" and then ended on the punch line "I have completely turned into a girl" with Jinguuji screaming.

I've got complex feelings about this. If you've seen my opinions on the series before you definitely know that, although I'll probably enjoy it regardless, a heterosexual relationship ending is the possibility I wanted the least. A lot of that is do to my personal bias. I'm a bi man; I'm going to have a preference for the story that's being playful with sex and gender to have the main relationship be gay and include a man. Also, being a fan of gender bending manga (with my own feelings on gender), I prefer a male MC to not have his gender changed (in spite of his altered body) because the opposite is kind of the default. I'd have def preferred she had remained a man at heart, be somewhere between, or veer off the binary entirely.

So for Fabiniku, I feel like we've closed off the possibility for most of my preferred endings. So with that comes a lot of disappointment. I won't say all of those endings are impossible, but, being 200 chapters in, they seem rather unlikely. I'd need to see the nuance in the language she uses and I'm not getting that until EN TL catches up. Part of me is also a bit bitter at the author for their note on chapter 1 about "All I wish to convey via this manga is a form of love that isn't bound to terms such as BL or TS". Because this development just makes it feel like TS to me. The MC taking a while to figure out her gender and shacking up with her male best friend is like business as usual lmao. I'm hoping the nuance changes my mind, but I'll have to see.

Disappointment aside, this isn't a deal breaker or anything. Like the story's still good. I still want these nerds to get together and work through their weird feelings even if it isn't in the form I want the most. I still like TS and I still like straight romcoms. I think this just may cap how much I'll love it, where it previously had the potential to be everything I ever wanted or to pull me in a new direction I hadn't experienced, it feels as if it is NOT going to do that. And I guess it's good to know that early. Although I haven't experienced it in a while, I've been known to get quite emotional and even hateful of these kinds of stories when they betray my expectations like that; enough so that I'll often peek ahead if it's finished to see where things end. Fabiniku's good enough that they've already foreshadowed this kinda development 40+chapters ahead so I was already preparing my heart, but this helps even more. I don't think I'll be soured on it :D

As a sort of final note, I learn time and time again with media, that although stuff can be exactly what you want, it's highly unlikely. If you want something the only way to guarantee getting it is to get writing.