
I kinda relate to Ruri on a personal level. English was not my first language, so I had massive difficulty talking to people for a long while. When I was 3-5, I didn't talk to any of my play-school classmates at all and would just play dolls by myself. Until i was like 7, I actually got more confident in my English and actually tried to make friends as before, I was really quiet and refused to talk to anyone (I know I brought that onto myself). But since I had such a slow start, I'm still trying to develop this skill of talking to people naturally. Even now (I'm 15), I still have difficulty talking to adults due to honorifics and even my family. I can talk to kids and my friends normally as they tend not to care if I make mistakes. But even then, I would overthink the things I say and start thinking things like "nobody cares. Just shut up already" if I talk to people for more than 2 minutes at a time...

Is it that you refused to talk or that you couldn't get yourself to talk. There is a slight chance you might have had selective mutism. It's a mental disorder where a person can't get themselves to say anything. It's more common is people with speech disorders and people who are learning a second language. I'm not saying that you have it but that there is a chance. It's very common for people to say that the person is refusing to speak so it would make sense if you did actually think that about yourself.

Hmmm, so you're saying that you could get yourself to talk but not for a very long amount of time? You were ok with saying short things. So what kinds of short things were you ok with saying? Was it just words, a sentence or perhaps a few sentences. I'm in no way a professional, you shouldn't take anything I say at face value. I'm just interested because you do seem to have some parallels with someone with sm.

I don't think it is in any way, serious. I just have a, I guess you can say, "fear" of talking to people. Unless I know them REALLY well, I won't really talk much to them. But even when it's to someone I know, I would still be very cautious of the time I'm wasting of their lives And sometimes it's just me being 'unable' to talk for too long as I start to stumble on words and things eventhough I clearly know the answers to it. My words start slurring and I find myself starting to have a lump in my throat that eventually stops me from talking. I didn't really think much about it, but just the fact of having to talk to someone is frightening to me, I generally start feeling like I'm gonna throw up or start sweating profusely. But then again, that seems like a normal thing that probably anyone that has social anxiety will experience, so I don't think it is anything HUGE atleast i hope not lol. (See this is my problem, I talk alot in text but irl I just can't seem to put my thoughts into words as easily)

When the dad said that, I literally felt so bad. For both Uka and the Dad. Yes, it's natural to feel lonely when your child starts wanting to be independent and do things with her friends, especially when she didn't particularly have any before. But he shouldn't have blatantly say that to her face, that's just gonna make her feel bad for making friends .___. And for Uka, yes hanging out with friends is important but so is your family, especially when they've been with you for so much longer :/ she should make time for both tbh

I think she is. Her curfew is 5 to which she keeps. She doesn't lie to them or keep anything from them, hence the mom already knew she went to a karaoke with friends. The only thing I think she has keep from them is that she was bullied and how that affected her school decision. But he never asked he what she wanted. He just assumed the best and didn't try to have dialog. And no spoilers but what he does next pissed me off to the max that any sympathy I could have felt flew out the window at light speed.

But I wonder if he would listen. When her father tells her that he though she would have better friends she tell him that they are to which he just rebuffs her and jumps straight to transferring her. Though yes she should have just tried telling him what she wanted but I think the reason she hadn't was because her reasoning involved the fact that she was severely bullied in middle school. I think (not confirmed) that she was trying to cover up her pain but by doing so of course her dad doesn't understand her
.............................................Did...you actually get me to sympathize with her dad????
..........hmmm well I wasn't expecting that........Σ(  ̄□ ̄||)

Well I can understand why Uka didn't tell her dad that she was getting bullied and how she HAD no friends, I'm the same lol. But it's about time she stood up and put her foot down if she really values her friends. He can't just expect her to be his little pet/baby forever and believe that they will listen to his ever order. That's unreasonable and uncalled for. I get the idea of wanting to keep protecting your child, but this is like.. pass that :/ it's almost obsessive. And that's basically forcing Uka to basically just never have friends since I doubt he will ever be happy with ANY friends that she makes ._____.

True but she had been in a bubble most of her life, maybe she doesn't know how to put her foot down with out hurting her dad. She is just learning now how to stand up for herself but that is with others who don't mean as much to her (not saying she doesn't care about these people but she really loves her dad). Not excusing his actions either because he is crossing a HUGE fucking line -_-

Lol well its only the opinion of someone that hasnt read the raws (me) im pretty sure our opinions will be similar by the time the actual translated chapters come out. Cus just hearing people talking about how terrible of a person the dad is, I'm already making a judgment in no time, I'm pretty sure I'll make the final one lol

This author TT^TT WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO AMAZING AND TEARING ON MY HEART STRINGS BRUH?!? Personally I like Takiko as a character, and the Genbu arc more just cus the heroine is more mentally strong (which is what I like in a heroine) and she can fight!! Plus, the story was just so heartwarming yet heartwretching at the same time (you'll understand if you've read it). So now everytime this arc mentions Takiko, I just remember the ending and start bawling my eyes out TT^TT I love this author so much and was so looking forward to the updates, tho I might not like it as much as I did with the Genbu arc. But maybe I'm speaking too soon. But I CAN say; in my opinion, that these 2 are so much better than the Suzaku+Seiryuu arcs ngl. I wished that the Genbu arc got an anime instead TT^TT the people in the anime just pissed me off so much... too many bitches (yes. I'm talking about Tamahome XD), too many betrayals that I just want a straightforward and pure love between the heroine and protagonist. Like Uruki and Takiko had, eventhough it was a really bitter love, they truly loved eachother without buts ._. Unlike Tamahome and Miaka... ugh sorry, you can legit sense the biasness in me speaking okay I'm done rambling

I'm sorry to offend... this is scary as fuck Like idk Why, but this scares me more than Killing Stalking, and THAT'S literally tagged as a horror but seriously, having a creepy little shit like that follow you and STALK YOU (that is an understatement) is just a no for me I mean if he wasn't so creepy, id probs dig it
NOOOOOOOO! HE LOST HIS MEMORIES TT^TT WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPENNNNNN ╥﹏╥
He didn't actually lose his memories. He faked it to protect her.
DUDE, SPOILERS MUCH Well atleast I can rest easily now TT^TT
That wasn't a spoiler at all. He recognizes her in this chapter.
*This
I mean in the same chapter he claims to forget her, half way through the chapter - before it got cut off - he clearly recognizes her.