Full of Malice: Oh boy. This story was so creepy and reminded me a lot of the horrors movie "Smile" where the protagonist sees the people around them break out into unsettling smiles. It's also interesting to think of a dystopian world where the mentally ill or physically disabled have parts of them cut away and used as science experiments. Also the ending where they say the narrator's malice has "spread" through their whole brain, as if it were a disease was also an interesting thing to me. The story also implies that while the outside world doesn't know exactly what goes on in these facilities, they also don't want to know. Very sad.
Twelve Twitter Stories: Very confusing, I literally have no idea what to say to that. The buttered man imagery was so uncomfortable.
The Hole: I have a lot of questions: Where did she work/ what did she do as work? What was the figure she saw in the rain that could have been a person? what was with the mysterious nature of the mother-in-law's favor and being short on her end of cash? What's with the hole? The animal? The behavior of the neighbors? The secretive messages of the husband? This story seems like the telling of a boring housewife's day in the life but it has so many details that remain unresolved.
I Want To Kick You In The Back: I guess because we're missing a good chunk of context, this story comes off a little odd. We have a protagonist that has an overwhelmingly negative view of others. She's a pessimist. She finds displeasure in other's enjoyment. She dislikes most people, yet feels this incredible loneliness. She alludes to an unpleasant middle school experience but we don't get much more than that from her. When she thinks she can find a comrade in her male classmate, her fellow "leftover" she is once again displeased with this person's character. She finds fault in everyone she narrates. When recounting the day she met a famous super model, Oli-chan, she described herself as shameless. She didn't care what people thought of her (but now she does), and acted however she'd like. This attracted the drunken model. This interaction, too, soured, much like the other interactions our speaker had described in the story. Odd.
People Who Talk To Animals Are Nice: I liked this story. I could relate a lot to Nanamori in the aspect of desiring the idea of dating but not the practice. He's struggling with the weight society puts on romantic experience and the problems that may arise from romantic entanglement. He also struggles with distinguishing romantic and platonic feelings. Is he worried for Mugito as a friend or more? If he doesn't romantically like his girlfriend, or agree with her views on the societal pressures of gender, why does he stay with her? Does he feel obligated towards society to be a man in a relationship like everyone else around him? Why does he feel the need to seek this validation? It can be hard to exist in a society such as high school or college where the most valuable thing you can offer is your relationship status. Using gossip and dating as a way to distract from heavier issues going on in society. I suppose that was the appeal of the Plushie Club. A place where you can talk about the things weighing on your heart without judgement.
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