Oh my fucking god. This episode was pure fucking garbage. I get what they're trying to say, but this whole thing comes off as some giant arrogant lecture to incels. I've met many many people in life who never put forth any effort and just endlessly complain. I've also met people who tried really hard and died without ever really achieving anything (at least nothing other people would recognize).
We start off with the whole white pill bullshit. Workout, wear decent clothes, stand up straight, smile. All decent advice people should endeavor to follow for themselves and their own health and wellbeing. Where it always falls short is that such arguments don't automatically invalidate black pill arguments. Upsetting the hierarchy only works if most other people aren't doing it, otherwise the hierarchy just restructures itself with that in mind. Makeup and plastic surgery are perfect examples. Ask any woman and she'll say she feels immense pressure to wear makeup and to surgically fix her insecurities. Why? Because so many other women do so that if she doesn't, she'll feel left behind. The way women judge each other's appearances has restructured with those things in mind. Many people are left behind. About 10% of women and 30% of men (after enforced monogamy) die before ever having kids. The men will likely never have sex or relationships unless they pay for it, and the women will likely never get married. It's an unfortunate fact of life, but there are people at the bottom of the pyramid. Far less than lazy people like to claim, but they are there. How can you sit there and say life is fair and reasonable when kids die of cancer or get sold into slavery?
They didn't mention anything about actual health problems. This girl lives in a nice home (likely with two parents). She has good genes, goes to a good school, and is naturally talented in many fields. Therefore her effort is more easily and thoroughly rewarded. How can she sit there and say she knows how hard life can be because of her experiences in elementary school? There are many different types of difficult experiences too. The answers for each person will be different, and each person will have a different timeline in their lives.
How exactly does Aoi have time to excel at EVERYTHING? We've all met people who were skilled at many things, but they were rarely the BEST at everything (even as a big fish in a little pond). Normally I forgive this in shows, but it's actually relevant to the theme here. In each area her peers are also going to be training like mad to be the best, and without extreme innate talent one if them will inevitably devote more time into a pursuit than her. The top professionals of anything are both innately talented and incredibly hardworking at their respective crafts, where single percentage margins determine who wins or loses. To be a top student, athlete, AND gamer is pretty freaking crazy. Especially considering the gaming competition put 100% of their free time into it. It's not surprising that it would be his entire life.
What is with this, "Who are you? Her sister?" nonsense? "I'm a C+ without makeup, right?" As a teenager? Please. Your skin is glowing and youthful and doesn't even need it. Wearing too much makeup and doing crazy skincare routines are among the leading reasons young women damage and prematurely age their skin in the first place (excluding tanning, smoking, diet, drugs, etc. which do more mid to long-term damage). For the vast majority of guys less makeup is going to be more, and most of them will prefer to see you around the house in your natural state.
The moment the MC cuts his hair, girls are going to swarm him anyway. He's definitely not ugly.
I hate all 3 sides of this bullshit. Most of the black pill people quit before ever trying, most of the people who say, "Any guy can get a girl. I used to be dusty too," conveniently make sweeping generalizations that both ignore their own latent potential and assume others also have it, and the preachy feminists never even consider the male perspective to begin with. "Why doesn't every guy have a girlfriend? Because men are lazy!" That's always going to be an incredibly dumb argument to me. It takes two to tango. One group asks to join you at the end of your long journey, and one tries to pick you up during it. Both tactics have pros and cons, but more women would be in relationships if they approached them the way men do.
This episode was executed horrifically. Aoi is a massive bitch. The MC is a privileged crybaby.
At least the imouto is super cute.
P.S.
@AFourLeafClover good points. |