• cobysev@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    These kind of anime shows are targeted at the folks who tend to be big anime fans. It’s escapism, showing a world where even they can land the best girl in the school. It’s not meant to be realistic.

  • Shortstack@reddthat.com
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    1 month ago

    Yeah that relationship dynamic doesn’t work.

    The gamer side of the relationship sat around all day while I kept up the house and paid the bills and did things like go outside for fun.

  • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 month ago

    It also helps that like 80+% of the time the guy is the one otaku who is relatively physically fit, reasonably grooms himself, and has at least a modicum of social skills (even though they temporarily have no friends before making 3 dozen)

    Every once in a while though you get something like the first few volumes of watamote where the main character is genuinely a fairly reprehensible person who constantly makes things worse every time they try. Though to be fair even that ended up with tomoko somehow gaining a pseudo harem