OMG A No Go!

That's true. Even if I'd rather not have anything to do with with people, I would still want to save them. I'd rather face the pain of getting bullied. It's my conscience screaming.
And yes, those girls are nuts. I don't get this school.

Uh, Wtlef? You're blaming the victim rather than the effing rapists, sweetcheeks. Sick. I've been bullied. If a person was about to be raped, I would save them, but I know not every bullying victim CAN do that. Guess I just have compassion...? I bet if someone was NOT a victim of bullying and tried to stop the rape then were bullied because of it, you'd blame THEM for putting themselves in the position of being bullied. Yuck. In fact I can kinda see you doing that, already. After all, the other boys, such as Munechika, are aware of the girls' viciousness yet you aren't saying anything about them coming to Mizutani's rescue. Oops?

The only self-centred ones I see, here, are the girls who'd want to rape someone, Seriha and people like YOU. Sad enough that I have to see them in real life as well as fiction, but also, here, online? Sucks to be me I guess.

And, btw, I have news for you, naive sweetcheeks. Amanda Todd and Rehtaeh Parsons killed themselves because of BULLYING not because their sexual rights were violated. Oops, again?

Finally, it's sad that you people can't even keep your stories straight. You say that she did nothing but then another poster then goes on to blame her precisely BECAUSE she did something. It's almost as if I were right.... You people are like fictional characters such as Seriha, damning others if they do AND if they don't. Again, very sick. Ktbn.

I just don't know where to begin. First I most certainly was bullied as a child. So harshly that I had to seek refuge in the principal's office. And yes I hated it, and wouldn't like to be bullied again as I was then, but even as a teen I understood better and grew to hate what bullies did. I would never have stood by and just ignored other people being bullied, never mind raped, even if that meant the spotlight would turn on me. Thankfully I never encountered in any of the schools I was in, neither to myself or others, any actual cases of bullying since. But I wasn't in the US.

Rise most definitely does NOT want to get involved or be known as his GF because of her own self-interest, despite knowing that he will be raped by the other girls if he doesn't have a GF. Her concern is being bullied again while his is being gang raped. Which would you say is worse? So while I do understand her desire not to be bullied as who would wish to be, her attitude is selfish and self-centered because she seems to think that he ought to leave her alone, be gang raped, just so she can avoid being bullied. Even though this time Rise wouldn't be facing it alone, which you should know helps a lot.

My problem with this story was manifold. The unlikely unbelievable premise was first and foremost. But also an unsympathetic MC, who despite knowing full well what was going on and what would happen to the guy but only cared about herself. And even when she starts "caring" about him it's still in a very self-centered way. All along I felt that Rise lacked empathy. I would have understood and liked it better if the character had been more nuanced, someone who did agree to the plan, and without the resentment, but with the obvious fears that Rise has. It was going to be bad for her.

Having bad things happen to you in the past, and fearing that bad things might happen again shouldn't stop us from doing what is right. Or the bad guys win.

And just because I don't approve of Rise's attitude doesn't automatically equate me with the girls who would gang rape guys. That is plain NASTY and DISGUSTING! And I think you owe me an apology for making any kind of suggestion of the sort.