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- wake up
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Anonymous asked:
What grinds my gears is what when people say that the reason Kana5 is bad due to it trying to make Mafumon sympathetic.
A couple have even gone as far as saying that Kana5 is as bad as Toya5 for the same reason and I-
Look. I deeply understand the idea of abusers being more complicated than simply “evil trash” is hard to comprehend. And I may sound insensitive but,
They need to grow up. They should not let their biases cloud their judgement and assume something is bad just because a piece of media has something they personally don’t like
the difference between harumichi and mafuyumum is their awareness.
harumichi - fully aware of what he is doing, fully aware his son is his own person and does not stop him despite heavy disapproval
mafumum - completely oblivious to what she is doing to mafuyu, projecting an idealised version of mafuyu onto her (and possibly an idealised version of herself)
harumichi working toya to the bone is him applying how he learnt to toya. the intent was not to physically/emotionally harm toya but that is what ended up happening (physical exhaustion is to be expected, he should not have forced toya to keep working but he deals with the same so he probably doesn't think it's a big deal). that said, he is fully aware of the fact he is taking away from toya's childhood, and admits this in concerto that toya's life was not "normal".
mafumum is entirely unaware of her abuse to mafuyu. this is repeatedly made clear in events post sayonara persona. mafudad relays to her what mafuyu tells him and she's incredibly distressed to learn that she'd been hurting mafuyu and she doesn't know what she did wrong. she can be manipulative, but she's not aware that she's being malicious, she thinks she's genuinely doing what's best for her child who she loves. there's also some context clues such as her young age compared to other parents, the fact she doesn't have a job and the fact she's at a lower social standing to her husband that suggest she may also be projecting the life she didn't get onto mafuyu.
harumichi being given the attempted sympathetic backstory doesn't work. he is neglectful towards his son, but is slowly easing out of these ways a little bit. toya has already begun to make ammends without the need for making harumichi sympathetic. he's a bad parent who did a bad thing knowingly.
with mafumum it is justified. in her first appearance, we see her from the biased viewpoint of kanade, who sees her as a cold and neglectful parent towards mafuyu. however from mafuyu's pov, she is a loving mother who is misguided in how she shows this love. this is what unreliable notes is about. mafumum is a bad parent who did a bad thing unknowingly. she is sympathetic because she is a troubled mother coming to terms with the fact she ruined her child's life.
both characters are loved by their children by virtue of them being their parents. the story is going to convey that no matter how bad they are as people. yes, forgiving abusers in fiction is overdone and to some degree unrealistic, however we do not yet know if that is where the story will go. all we know is that there will be a reconciliation. but even if mafumum specifically gets forgiven, it would not be unjustified. i feel like the first impression we get of mafumum from Kanade POV left a strong impact on a lot of people that they can't let go of. the whole point of the current arc is to let that go. the game builds her up as this malicious antagonistic force so that it can deconstruct that when we get to see her from an unbiased POV. she's not a villain like many people make her out to be, she's a human who made a mistake. a very bad and very big mistake, but a mistake nonetheless. she is a loving mother who fucked up really badly because she was too obsessed over perfection to actually see her daughter for who she is.
if the writers try and make us forgive harumichi though fuck them he fucking sucks. like i feel like toya will because he's like that yknow but i don't think the audience should feel sympathetic towards him.
I wrote the original post at 2am so it's kind of a mess. I think it's a bit of both. Kanade's 5th event is entirely based around the fact her view of Mafumum is unreliable compared to Mafuyu and Mafudad because she's only ever known her as a manipulative parent who is actively ruining her child's life. She can't understand how this person could have ever genuinely loved and cared for Mafuyu, so she talks with Mafudad and he tells her a story about Mafumum walking a newborn Mafuyu to the hospital through a snowstorm because she fell ill and the car broke down. There's nothing but genuine care in that action, it's a newborn baby there's no idealised version of her daughter projected onto it.
But on the other side of things, Kanade was able to see through Mafumum for the first time. Mafuyu was never able to see how her mother was affecting her, because she loves her so much and is clinging to the genuine care she was shown as a child. Kanade is the first one to see with her own eyes how Mafumum is controlling every aspect of Mafuyu's life. She sees her as this cold and imposing figure who has pushed Mafuyu to the point of despair due to her actions. But as mentioned, her view is limited. She doesn't know anything about Mafumum beyond this interaction and some things she learns from Mafuyu. She doesn't know about the past, which holds her back.
Mafumum hasn't loved the real Mafuyu in a long time. She's moulded Mafuyu to be the perfect child because that's what she wants for her. Partially, it's probably an ego stroke for her to be able to say her child is better than everyone else's, but partially, she's a mother who wants the best for her child and encourages (pushes) her to go above and beyond all expectations. Mafuyu is an only child and only daughter at that, and mafumum is clearly someone who didn't get the life she wants Mafuyu to have. She's living through Mafuyu but is blind to her own actions because she thinks giving Mafuyu the 'best' life is the right thing to do. Mirage of Lights and Maigo's flashbacks can coexist, she cares for Mafuyu because that's her daughter, but at the same time, she wants Mafuyu to be her perfect little darling who never does any wrong.
She fears Kanade in a similar way to how Harumichi dislikes Akito. Both think that they're a bad influence on their children who are leading them on an undesirable path, and once again the difference is that Harumichi never once actually stopped Akito. Mafumum is genuinely threatened by the idea of Kanade taking Mafuyu away from her, and does everything in her power to stop it. She's someone who wants control and doesn't want it taken away, and she's a mother who doesn't understand why her daughter is going against her when all she ever did is what was best for her.
She's layered. She's the cold and imposing manipulative mother, but she's (in her own eyes) well-meaning and loving. I don't think they would be putting so much emphasis on her emotional turmoil over losing Mafuyu if they were going to turn around and reveal she actually was an irredeemable master manipulator the entire time who put it all on as an act so her husband would go get Mafuyu back. The wouldn't have made a point about how she once loved the real Mafuyu if it didn't mean something. Also if she was totally irredeemable then this whole arc would just abruptly end. Like. They'd realise she sucks and ditch her for good and then what? Mafuyu6 is probably going to be about getting through to Mafumum and pushing her to realise her flaws and abuse. Whether or not she does realise or if she stays deep in denial over her actions is a different question, but either way gives the plot a direction to continue in.
Also just cultural context of asian parenting the way she pushes Mafuyu to succeed is pretty normalised. I have multiple friends doing degrees they don't want to be doing because their parents pushed them to go for the academics that will earn them a well paying job over the creative subjects they actually wanted to study and have a career in. The same language was used "you don't want to do that though, it's only a hobby", "don't be silly that's not a real job", "but you should think about money, like sugeons, they earn a lot [to their son who gets squicked by blood]". Like this whole thing is a criticism of that style of parenting and how it can affect children despite what parents may think.
The reason Kanade's viewpoint is unreliable is because her parents were incredibly laid back and musically oriented. She comes from the lowest class family in the game, but they were comfortable with a simple life surrounded by music and family. The rest of Niigo all come from artistically minded families who are pretty lenient in how they parent their children, Mafuyu does not have that privilege. Mafumum is the opposite of them, she's strict and holds onto societal expectations. She's a stay at home mum who had a child at the age of ~24, married an older man from a higher social standing than her, practically raises her child alone while her husband is the breadwinner, and her time in the workforce was probably shortlived or near nonexistent. She is the societal expectation for a woman. Considering that, it adds another layer to why she treats Mafuyu like that. Mafumum is a woman bound by society, she conforms to its expectations of how a parent should raise their child, but she also encourages (pressures) Mafuyu to do the things she didn't. It's this dichotomy of following expectations and actual care for her daughter.
#Mafuyu’s entire family is just really sad#Mafudad assumes mom has everything under control so he doesnt bother checking in with son#even when he clearly disagrees with her choices like when he stayed in mafuyu’s room with him when mafumom said he’s old enough to be on his#own#the dynamic of this family is crazy because mafumom is always in a place of insecurity and needing to ‘do it right this time’ (assuming she#comes from a poor and emotionally constipated family which is also heavily implied)#but she never tells any of her insecurities to dad because wives shouldnt do that#Anyway mafumom is likely a better parent than HER parents were… but not by much because she unknowingly copies the same patterns#Yeah#Anyway#prsk#mfy
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Anonymous asked:
what are some short pjsk stories?
the shortest story is kamikou festival, which is very early into the game so doesn't really require you to have read anything other than main story. it's a good insight into mizuki and also rui's characters and backstories.
the next shortest story is restart from here, which only requires knowledge of the mmj main story, and is a good starting point for airi's character. after that is dont let doubts hold you back, which is a good introduction to honami and although it's the second ln event, you can probably skip stella since saki isn't a main player here.
those three events are all under 50 minutes. someday with our back to back lyrics is 50 minutes long, and is a good starting point for an and kohane's relationship and starts off their arc that culminates in whip the wimp girl. once again main story is advised but that goes for all events.
some events between 50 minutes-1 hour that have official translation:
- hello good day (51 minutes, nothing really happens in this one you can read it without any other stories)
- captive marionette (52 minutes, first n25 event that kicks off mafuyu's arc up to present day, requires main story)
- first star after the rain (53 minutes, intro to saki's character and requires main story)
- run! sports festival (53 minutes, despite being an emu event it provides far more development for haruka, specifically around her school life. doesn't really require any other reading)
- period of nocturne (54 minutes, starts toya's arc around his conflict with his dad that didn't get picked up again until concerto, doesn't really require anything other than main story)
- the tone played on that day (54 minutes, requires carnation recollection and at the very least knowledge of what happened in niigo arc 1)
- knowing the unseen (55 minutes, incredibly important for ena and her relationship with her dad but requires all previous ena unit events except maybe hope beyond the morning)
- awakening beat (56 minutes, provides good early character development for kohane, doesn't really require previous vbs events i feel like it explains what's been going on well enough)
- zookeeper experience (57 minutes, i'll be real i don't really remember what happens in this event but i think it was mostly vibes. mixed events aren't usually too plot relevant anyway)
- my footprints, your destination (58 minutes, incredibly important for mizuki but requires secret distance and exciting picnic)
- let sekai hear your song (58 minutes, tree sekai stuff but doesn't really require backreading because of exposition)
- color of myself (59 minutes, starts off shizuku's character arc. requires knowledge of what happens in restart)
- mirage of lights (59 minutes, focuses quite a lot on mafuyu's relationship with her mother, marionette is advised)
- that day the sky was far away (59 minutes, almost entirely flashback about shiho's middle school experience so doesn't really require knowledge beyond main story)
- full power! wonder halloween (incredibly important to rui's character and his relationships with tsukasa and nene. requires main story)
- unsatisfied pale color (starting point for ena's arc, requires main story)
if you're trying to do stamp missions just play chapter 1 of sekai new year 50 times and you can clear the stamp card within 20 minutes
Card stories are also a good way to learn more about the characters outside of plot focused scenarios. Alternatively, a lot of them fill in gaps from the event story, so you can get more details for stories you've already read.