やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4 Quotes by Wataru Watari

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やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4 by Wataru Watari
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“No one could simply overturn the tide. Thanks to that, even if someone had their misgivings, they wouldn¨t do anything about it.

You can¨t overturn popular opinion. There are times when you have no choice but to act against your true feelings.

Because ＾everyone￣ said so, ＾everyone￣ was doing it, so if you didn¨t do it too, you wouldn¨t be one of ＾everyone￣ anymore.

But no one person is ＾everyone￣. They don¨t speak and they don¨t beat you up. They don¨t get angry and they don¨t laugh. ＾Everyone￣ is an illusion created by the magic of group-think. It is an apparition born without anyone¨s knowledge. It is a ghostly spirit created for the sake of shrouding the individual¨s miniscule evils. Through a monstrous transformation, it would devour anyone outside their circle of friends and even scatter curses on its own friends. Former members would also become obstacles to it. That¨s why I despise it.

I despise a world that emphasizes ＾everyone￣. I despise the vulgar peace built upon the backs of scapegoats. I despise the empty ideas created solely through lies, blotting away even kindness and justice, making them out to be mere opportunism, a thorn in your side with the passing of time.

You cannot change the past nor the world. You cannot change what has happened, nor can you change ＾everyone￣. But like I said before, it¨s not as if you are obligated to enslave yourself to the system.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“If you¨re worrying about your relationships, then just destroy those relationships and your worries will disappear. Cut off the cycle of defeat at its root. That was fine. "I mustn¨t run away" is something only strong people think. It¨s wrong because that¨s what the world forces on you.

The words ＾I¨m not wrong �C the world is￣ might feel like an excuse, but they are certainly not off the mark. You can¨t possibly be wrong all the time. There are plenty of cases when your neighbours, society and the world at large are in the wrong.

If no one would attest to that, then I would.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“I couldn't speak. It wasn't because I was frightened. I was entranced, frozen in place by a crisp, terrifyingly icy beauty. Her gorgeousness seemed like a taboo, something forbidden to approach or even speak of, never mind touch.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: attraction, beauty, forbidden, icy, romance, taboo, young-love, yukino-yukinoshita

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“That's just your persecution complex talking. Maybe you feel like I'm looking down on you because you're simply conscious of your own inferiority?”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: argument, bullying, inferiority, persecution-complex, yukino-yukinoshita

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“After all, the entire process of "getting along" is nothing more than a cycle of deception. You're lying to yourself and others. They acknowledge that they're being deceived, and you acknowledge that they're deceiving you [. . .] In the end, it's nothing more than falsehood, suspicion, and deceit.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: aloneness, arrogance, deceit, friendship, hachiman-hikigaya, loner, suspicion

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“The words "everyone get along" were the main culprit in and of itself. It was an accursed phrase.

Those words emphasized the problem. They were Geass.

It was an evil law imposed by teachers in a narrow?-minded world. For the sake of complying with that law, they forcefully established the tactic known as ＾turning a blind eye￣ to the friction that inevitably ensued. It showed in how they handled personality types that didn¨t adhere to the mainstream. There were cases when you have to deal with those you hated, too. In those situations, if you spelled out ＾I hate you￣ or ＾I don¨t want to put up with you￣ to them, things could possibly change. There was also a chance things could improve or open up to negotiation. But that became impossible when you stifled your problems and only smoothed over the surface issues.

It was tacit approval of the lazy deceit known as ｀tone policing¨. That¨s why I shot down Hayama¨s words.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“There comes a time or two in life when you should face isolation. No, you have to. Constantly being accompanied, having someone by your side always and forever -- that is far more abnormal and creepy. I'm positive you can only learn and feel certain things when you're alone. If there are lessons to gain from having friends, then so also are there lessons from not having friends. These two things are two sides of the same coin and should be treated as equally valuable. So this moment, too, will also have worth for that girl.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: abnormal, aloneness, friendship, hachiman-hikigaya, loner, romance, social-capital

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“I wonder if all these bad things will change when I¨m a high schooler´￣

＾At the very least, they most certainly won¨t change if you intend to remain the way you are.￣ Way to go, Yukinoshita-san! Not going easy on the young'un just after you finished apologizing to her!

＾But it¨s enough if the people around you change,￣ I remarked. ＾There¨s no need to force yourself to hang out with others.￣

＾But things are hard on Rumi?-chan right now and if we don¨t do something about it´￣ Yuigahama looked at Rumi with eyes full of concern.

In response, Rumi winced slightly. ＾Hard, you say´ I don¨t like that. It makes me sound pathetic. It makes me feel inferior for being left out.￣

＾Oh,￣ said Yuigahama.

＾I don¨t like it, you know. But there¨s nothing you can do about it.￣

＾Why?￣ Yukinoshita questioned her.

Rumi seemed to have some trouble speaking, but she still managed to form the right words. ＾I´ got abandoned. I can¨t get along with them anymore. Even if I did, I don¨t know when it¨ll start again. If the same thing were to happen, I guess I¨m better off this way. I just?￣ She swallowed. ＾?don¨t wanna be pathetic´￣

Oh. I get it.

This girl was fed up. Of herself and of her surroundings.

If you change yourself, your world will change, they say, but that¨s a load of crap.

When people already have an impression of you, it¨s not easy to change your pre?existing relationships by adding something to the mix. When people evaluate each other, it¨s not an addition or subtraction formula. They only perceive you through their preconceived notions.

The truth is that people don¨t see you as who you truly are. They only see what they want to see, the reality that they yearn for.

If some disgusting guy on the low end of the caste works his arse off on something, the higher ones just snicker and say, ＾What¨s he trying so hard for?￣ and that would be the end of it. If you stand out for the wrong reasons, you would just be fodder for criticism. That wouldn¨t be the case in a perfect world, but for better or worse, that¨s how things work with middle schoolers.

Riajuu are sought for their actions as riajuu, loners are obligated to be loners, and otaku are forced to act like otaku. When the elites show their understanding of those beneath them, they are acknowledged for their open-mindedness and the depth of their benevolence, but the reverse is not tolerated.

Those are the fetid rules of the Kingdom of Children. It truly is a sad state of affairs.

"You can¨t change the world, but you can change yourself". The hell was up with that? Adapting and conforming to a cruel and indifferent world you know you¨ve already lost to �C ultimately, that¨s what a slave does. Wrapping it up in pretty words and deceiving even yourself is the highest form of falsehood.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“When you tell someone to dress for unhindered movement, going naked seems like the best option to me.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: hachiman-hikigaya, nakedness, nudity, reasonable, summertime, unhindered-movement

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“One girl to send her to the guillotine, one to cut the rope, and one to eagerly await the result.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: adolescence, bullying, guillotine, guiltless, mean-girls, social-dynamics

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“And that was why she got it. She understood those feelings of guilt. Yuigahama's kindness was not blind benevolence. Her compassion was born of her awareness of the repulsive, ugly, and cowardly nature of humanity, and she nevertheless reached out without averting her eyes.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: averting-her-eyes, benevolence, guilt, humanity, romance, yui-yuigahama

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“Once you've seen something that's got nothing to do with you, you can't claim ignorance. But you're still powerless. So at the very least, you want to let yourself feel pity and leave it at that. Those emotions are beautiful and noble, but they're also a cruel and ugly excuse. It's nothing more than an extension of the deceitful youth ideology that I loathe so much.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: childhood, deceit, hachiman-hikigaya, ignorance, loathing, middle-school, youth, youth-is-a-farce

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“Equality in happiness is, in the first place, impossible.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: culture-of-happiness, economics, equality, hachiman-hikigaya, happiness, impossible, taxes

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“Kids who don't like writing about books often don't enjoy reading them in the first place, and kids who hate reading inevitably end up being terrible writers.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: hachiman-hikigaya, learning, literature, reading, reading-is-fundamental, writing

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“Only a horrible person would think of a plan like that. But maybe it's precisely because you're so low that you can approach someone else at rock bottom. That's a valuable talent.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“Hayama smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. They were too full of pity.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“Rocks are too hard, and my spirit is too soft.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“I wasn't interested in trying to force her to say something she didn't want to. I think part of it was the comfortable relationship we'd built by not knowing each other very well.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: friendship

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“Yuigahama's kindness was not blind benevolence. Her compassion was born of her awareness of the repulsive, ugly, and cowardly nature of humanity, and she nevertheless reached out without averting her eyes.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: friendship

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“When there's no other lights around, the stars shine clearer. In that case, I bet loners shine extra hard, since there are so few others around them.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: humor, introvert

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“Trembling on the inside, I scanned the area. I thought I could see a figure among the trees... Something incorporeal... Or maybe just arboreal.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: horror, humor, trees

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“What meaning is there in a friendship built upon the sacrifice of someone else's dignity?”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“When you start middle school, you still hold the same negative score you racked up during your younger years. You may presume you can make new friends, but the liabilities of your past will sneak their way in somehow. Like it or not, your personal history becomes public domain in the form of funny stories and anecdotes. They have their fun, use it as a convenient communication tool, and then it's all over.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“By the way, though Yukinoshita had distanced herself from me, she was also nearby. An aloof-style loner has a wide circle of personal space and emits a strong negative aura that keeps people at bay.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: humor, introvert

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“I'm so self-conscious that generally, whenever someone in our class giggles, I assume they're laughing at me, and it's a source of pride. This sort of prediction is a simple task for me.
Man, it's tough being popular! ...It really sucks.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: humor, introvert

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“She's got unbelievable antiskill when it comes to cooking.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: cooking, humor

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“They didn't openly avoid her. They didn't reveal their feelings by clicking their tongues or kicking the ground in frustration. They didn't attack her. They communicated via atmosphere alone. Without even raising their voices, their accusation was clear. Their violence was nonverbal, nonphysical and nonactive: just coercive.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

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“At the very back of the group, the girl's eyes wandered toward things the rest of the party ignored. Just as Stand users are drawn to one another, loners also apparently excel at discovering their kind.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: humor, introvert

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“They were especially energetic, active looking, and fairly fashionably dressed. Their interactions with each other made them sound like a giggling gaggle of gossips. I got the impression that this quintet would become central figures in their grade level once they went on to middle school. They were normie eggs, so to speak.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: humor, introvert

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“I'm super grown-up, though. I make idle complaints, tell dirty lies, and do unfair things.”
― Wataru Watari, やはり鯵の楳敢ラブコメはまちがっている。4

tags: humor

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