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They're not prone to self reflection. They're very used to being told what assholes they are, and just convince themselves that others just don't get it, regardless of evidence to the contrary. Of the ones I've known, they can have their behavior explode in their face, and they'll still compartmentalize it into parts to so they can blame most of it on others, but take fake blame for tiny parts only where it can make them seem sympathetic.
Like, the part with not caring how her book would hurt others is actually EXACTLY something one of them would do. I've talked to the brick wall of "But how does that ACTUALLY affect you?" many, many times. Where when something they do, or want to do, really upsets someone, they're unwilling or unable to empathize with feelings, no matter how you try to explain it, it won't land if you don't frame it in a way where it will negatively impact them. They simply don't feel like they need to justify themselves. That they want to do it is in itself justification enough, though this obviously is a one way street to them.
The problem with the book scene isn't that it's not something a sociopath would do, it's that it's not a behavior (specifically, simply discounting their victim's feelings instead of trying to bribe, placate or justify), one would do without some way to keep those people close. Be it leverage, blackmail, misplaced affection, financial benefits.
As in, she wants to at least keep Futaba and Akira in her life. Likely for self serving reasons, but she does. She wouldn't do things to make them out and out angry with her without some kind of leverage to keep them around. But she literally just showed all her cards and scuttled her leverage. Blackmail? She just published it in a book. Affection? Akira really has none for her, and it's such a betrayal in Futaba's eyes that she risks total cutoff, despite the old friendship.
For a sociopath to do that to someone with no leverage and then act with dismissiveness would mean they no longer see you as a valid asset. They no longer care if you stick around.
But she kinda does in game, it's just everyone simply keeps letting her get away with it.
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Ah how times have changed...
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Now that I think about it, this is the first time I ever seen Akira smile for real, what a beautiful scene
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I think I'll have to disagree here. Nodoka definitely displays some supernatural elements. However, I agree that she exhibits many traits that give off that "TV Genius" feel.
Most likely, what you meant was strictly that her portrayed intelligence isn't supernatural but rather a caricature/misrepresentation (intentional or not) of an extraordinary genius; and yes—you're right—but I don't feel like her intelligence was ever implied to come from a supernatural source, just that her brain is more potent than regular people's (outrageous memory, raw computational power.) At least Nodoka herself doesn't think so. And amusingly, the fact that her intellect was meant to be "natural" is the most implausible thing about the whole character.
Which (non-super) human can calculate square roots to four decimal places in milliseconds?
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Since no one talks about Imani, I wanted to bring up something funny I noticed.
Imani in Chapter 4:
Sensei in Chapter 3:
Imani literally got sister-zoned.
Imani in Chapter 4:
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Imani literally got sister-zoned.
Imani sure has some surprises headed, first that Akira considers her like little sister, but also that even so he'd still fuck her. Rollercoaster of emotions for poor Imani!
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The irony of not wanting to fuck someone he considers a sister but plaps his actual niece/daughter on the daily
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Considering Akira likes fucking immediate family Imani is already half way there! All she has to do is reveal her tragic backstory and she'll become 100% fuckable in Sensei's eyes. Being seen as a sister but also having a gut wrenching back story makes it nigh impossible for Sensei not to turn her into a Swiss Roll.
(That metaphor made me feel uncomfortable on the inside to make)
Probably better than getting mom-zoned. By someone twice your age.
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I mean, he'd fuck his mother (Touka) and daughter (Ami), but not his sister? (Noriko gets him hard when she plays an imouto) - let's get real, Akira. You have fucked a watermelon.
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I don't know why Akira sees Touka as a mother figure when Sara has always been right there. You can't tell me Touka is better at being a mommy and caretaking than Sara, but both are very good at it.
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When has Sara been a mother figure to Akira though? In actual fact, it's only recently that Sara has been a mother figure at all and that's almost only directed at Ami. Her relationship with Akira is that of a hyper-sexual teenager in an adult's body that runs away from her son's death through alcohol, avoidance and pestering him to marry her every other sentence (I like her, just pointing out that she isn't motherly to him). She wants Akira to care for her, rather than care for him.
Touka, though, with Yasu alone seems much more like a mother than Sara to Sana. Cause obviously Sara cares for Sana, but she also treats her daughter's worries with either alcohol or avoidance.
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Over here asking why Akira sees Touka as a mother figure and my mind is like...
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Oh yea I kept forgetting to comment how a lot less expressionless he has been during v0.40! He sure has changed a lot from just the default poker face and can actually show more expressions even not under strange or strained moments. My favorite from this update is this one when getting UGH with Kaori; this frowning long face feels so rare.
"NO GURL..."
His smiling technique sure has improved a lot since the relic from the past
I remembered feeling quite cursed after just staring at that dumb face for 2 sec
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Oh cmon, the book might be a misunderstanding, but having sex with Sensei after Futaba explicitly told her not to do that is definetly not.
She needs some consulting from Otoha
Speaking of Imani, have we gotten the backstory on her scars somewhere and I missed it, or is that still a mystery?
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Still a mystery sadly - she's only had 5 events so far.
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It seems like Nodoka, Otoha, Rin, and Sensei are still keeping that secret, but when that comes up, I am curious what Nodoka is going to say. I can see Nodoka going for the loophole, that Futaba unintentionally gave her when she mentioned the fantasy smut novel condition, which Nodoka definitely played into:
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The irony about Sisters, when it comes to Sensei, is that it seems that those he sees as Big Sisters (Sekai, Niki, and I guess Otoha), are those he's more willing to fuck. Little Sisters like Imani and Noriko (maybe Rin?) on the other hand, seem to be almost at the bottom of the fuckable category.
Nodoka may be some kind of sister/daughter/parrot/outlet thing, but she's an enigma even for Sensei.