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I just wrote a blog about a woman having an affair with a ghost

The things I do for you people!

I need a shower to clean myself of shame. Y'all better appreciate my dedication!

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Ushimitsu Gao... It is... A thing!

Paru has a talent to make us as weirded out as possible yet keeping our interest despite us feeling dirty as a result.

This manga... I read the first seven chapters. And it is probably Paru's most messed up work yet. And keep in mind that she wrote about a school student snake who ate his bully.

At this point, I don't see the point of adding a warning as it is Paru we talk about.

But this blog contains talk of sex, cheating and ghost fetish.

Megumi is a woman in her thirties who is a full-time housewife as well as living in a very unfulfilling marriage. It's not just that her husband is not very attentive, he is barely touching her.

Megumi also have another problem: She can see ghosts.

It's usually not a problem as the ghosts she sees mind their own business so she minds hers. But as she is in bed with her husband to try get pregnant and no other reason... a ghost in in their bedroom, watching them have unfulfilling and stiff sex.

Megumi is obviously disturbed by this. She at first is angry at this spirit she calls Gou for butting in, observing her.

But then, the mute ghost starts doing more than that. He touches her, paralyzing her body... and Megumi is very much into it.

Yes, Megumi has a bondage fetish. Her encounter with Gou made her realize that she for as long as she can remember liked it when she was strapped up in a rollercoaster.

So as the days turn to weeks, Megumi and the VEEEEERY friendly ghost Gou experiment as they have sex right next to her husband who is soundly asleep and unaware of what is going on.

I won't go into details about what is happening of weird shit in the first seven chapters, partly to not make you lose your interest in this blog... though I find it likely most who started reading this blog have left at this point, asking themselves why they read this in public transportation and want to get home and wash the shame away.

What is interesting about this story is the duality.

Megumi is clearly a victim. She has married a man out of convenience and because it felt weird to "date" as if she was a teen or a young woman, not an adult. And her husband, when he is not busy not being attentive, is mansplaining her hard(!).

But at the same time... what she does is wrong. She is aware what she is doing is wrong! Not just the cheating part, she is having sex with a god damn ghost for crying out loud!

My favorite page of the series so far is after Gou has possessed Megumi's husband for the first time to have sex with her through his body and they even have their first conversation instead of him making hand signals as a mute spirit. It all seems so tender, how happy she is that he cares for her, how Megumi feels fulfilment in so many ways...

And then...

Sheeeeeeesh.

Paru's story have three important parts: the beginning, the middle and, most importantly, the plot twist.

Megumi went from the deer-eyed poor housewife on one page to the crazy ghost-fucker who now uses her unaware hubby as a host body for her side-guy on the last page.

I honestly thought this would have been the perfect way to end the series. Building up sympathy for Megumi and then... THAT!

"Ushimitsu Gao" is a very... Alternative read that doesn't glorify cheating yet still makes us feel bad for the main character when we are not crossed out because of her weird gjost-fucking.

BTW, I want to make it clear I don't condone what she is doing at all, even if I don't like her husband. But I am intrigued and want to see where Paru is going with this.

ESPECIALLY since Megumi is experiencing side effects.

I'm Waezi2 and thanks for wasting time with me.

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@stanharu said: "Yeeaaahhh fetish ghosts!!!"

My mind went

XD

I'm gonna blog about fetish ghosts

If you are a Paru fan, then you know.

Also, a special announcement tomorrow

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I'm gonna blog about fetish ghosts

If you are a Paru fan, then you know.

Also, a special announcement tomorrow

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@hello423 said: "completely missed that it was a stun gun so I thought it was a big, weirdly shaped stick. I honestly thought, what do you think a stick is gonna do?"

Well, he could beat the shit out of the burglar :p

I love how Oguma runs into Louis’ room with the servants full gangster because he thinks his son is in trouble XD

Oguma: Louis is in trouble! (Fetches giant stun gun) you three! Grab whatever weapon near you and follow me! Butler: But sir, shouldn’t we call security- Oguma: CHARGE!

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Hi!! I'm glad I found your blog!! I really like your thoughts and posts. And before I start sending questions, I would like to clarify something with you - do you mind if I send you my concepts for Beastars along the lines of "what if?", concepts in which something is being changed or added. And in response, you would write what you think about it and what you think it would change or add to the canon. thank you in advance for your reply ^^

sure, go ahead. I will always share my thoughts with a Beastars fanfic writer

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Vi sketch commission for @waezi2

In the scenario described (as an 'alternate S2E7' situation), Powder passes away during the heist and Vi later becomes a carpenter.

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Why didn't I think of that?!

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Sorry

Guys, the two newest mangas Paru made... They are just too fucked up.

Yes, worse than the snake who eats his classmate who committed suicide.

It's just too much. Even I, the blogger who celebrates Paru's insanity, must say that enough is enough.

I can't do it. Sorry.

... Just kidding :p

I'm obviously gonna blog about these sick mangas. But be warned, they are out there.

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@hexmaniacjade said: "agreed imo. like that backstory is veeeeery impactful in the manga, especially with how her mother died"

Yeah, it really bothered me that we skipped parts like Leano finding some handsome rando to try have a child who would be more wolf like than she were, the reasons for the family portrait and how she locked herself in her room, leaving Gosha to raise Legoshi.

Im probably gonna get cancelled for this...

But my complaint about Leano (Legoshi's mom) in the anime is that she is showed her in a way too good light.

Yes, Leano is a victim because nature decided to play a joke on her by first making her an exceptionally beautiful wolf(btw, kudos to the anime for making her a model, that is my HC for her) but she was also a narcissist.

Yes, I'm aware that's not a very nice thing to say about this woman who killed herself, but it is an important character trait.

My guess is that the anime either skipped the parts of her backstory that showed her less nice traits (like spending more time in her room than with her son) either to save time or in fear that the viewers would be furious over the implication that she killed herself because she was ugly.

I'm not saying she is not a victim, I'm just saying she also a narcissist.

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@dream-about-dancing said: "I love these kind of stories, how Paru handles thse serious topics. but srsly he doesn't date a different species? maybe he will visit Sam amd falls in love with a penguin there"

Be a freak, South! Anything else would be crazy!

But yes, Paru writes about a wide variety of dark topics to without making it pretentious or overly sentimental. It's a nice touch that he is not an alcoholic but rather have a drinking problem. Not everyone who drinks too much is an addict, there is a difference. It's still an issue, obviously.

Waezi2′s thoughts on “Beast Complex” chapter 24.

Paru is back at it again!

Meet South the Iguana.

South is a twenty-nine year old lizard. Saying he is an alcoholic might be an exaggeration... but he very much have an alcohol problem. Having sensitive skin and living in a very warm area, South needs to stay hydrated, but he choose to mainly drink beer instead of water. Partly because of how it affects his skin but also o make it easier for him to not think about his problems.

But then his excessive drinking is cock-blocked by a penguin inside the beer fridge... Still not the weirdest thing I ever wrote.

Yeah, a baby penguin somehow ended up in the store where South gets his favorite brand of beer. To stay cool in the very warm area South lives in, the little guy is now inside the beer fridge and refuse to leave. Begrudgingly, South takes the little penguin to his small apartment so the shop can stock up on beer again.

Having a guest in his home for the first time in ages, South realize that his place is not just dirty, it is rather empty. He sleeps on a mattress, has a fridge for his beer and food and a microwave oven for his meals. His home is about as pathetic as he is.

As South thinks about how his life is kind of a fart, we learn something... shocking about this iguana.

Something that you have never seen before in Beastars OR in Beast Complex. Something so odd that you might find it revolting. It will make you wonder if Paru was even more unhinged than she normally is while making this comic!

You see, South...

... was in a relationship with a female WHO IS THE SAME SPECIES AS HIM!

Trust me, dear reader. I'm as shocked as you are! A Beast Complex character who was NOT dating an animal completely different from them?!

What madness is this?!

Okay, seriously speaking.

We get some good ol' Paru symbolism as we see that South's life has for a while revolved around his fridge. Or rather, what is inside it. It got out of hand to the point that his (same-species?!?!?) girlfriend dumped him and his boss feeling so sorry for him that he makes him take a break instead of downright firing him.

So South drinks when he gets anxious. But his increasing drinking makes him more anxious, which results in him drinking even more, making him more anxious and so on. As he thinks about his boss and ex, he once again gets "thirsty" and practically tears his fridge oepn.

South would probably end up as a drunken waist... if not for his new "roommate."

See, the thing about depression is that you often ends up alone, either because the people around you lose their patience or you choose to be alone. And when you are alone with a minimum of interaction with the real world, you stop caring about the small things like cleaning your home, a proper diet and your economy.

Best thing to do is actually to be useful somehow. Like doing voluntary work or getting a pet. Or in this case, a penguin in your fridge. If you are of use for someone else, you feel a little better about yourself.

And that's what South is to the baby penguin he has named Sam(a reference to the Japanese word for "cold"). The two of them can't really talk since Sam is a sea animal and has a entirely different language.

Whenever South has his panic attacks and go for a beer, he is instead met by the fluffy little bird in the fridge. So South has to clean the fridge for penguin poop and also spend extra hours in his part-time job since he spends more money on electricity because of Sam being inside the fridge. As the days pass, South finds himself acting like, well... a functional adult.

One day, South gets a reason to panic again as he realize that Sam is losing his white coat and looks skinny instead of fluffy.

If you know a thing or two about penguins, then you will know that there is nothing to worry about. But South knows jack shit about these birds, so he rush him to a hospital on his bicycle.

On their way, they pass the ocean... and we get this majestic moment.

There was nothing to worry about, Sam is just growing up and losing his fluff, finally ready to leave his nest and get in the ocean.

A pair of dolphins are luckily near and South has managed to learn to speak a little sea language so he can ask the dolphins to escort the young penguin to Antarctica.

Despite Sam having left his apartment, South still have a little of Sam in his fridge as the penguin sends him letters on pieces of ice.

So South's life still revolves around his fridge so to say, just in a much healthier way.

This was such a nice tale about a guy rebuilding his life by having to be dependent for someone else.

... Even if South is a freak, dating a fellow iguana. BE A FURRY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, SOUTH!

I'm Waezi2, and thanks for wasting time with me.

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Its my birthday!

Also, new year or something

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Actually, yeah. Self correction, she is narcissistic, not a narcissist

Im probably gonna get cancelled for this...

But my complaint about Leano (Legoshi's mom) in the anime is that she is showed her in a way too good light.

Yes, Leano is a victim because nature decided to play a joke on her by first making her an exceptionally beautiful wolf(btw, kudos to the anime for making her a model, that is my HC for her) but she was also a narcissist.

Yes, I'm aware that's not a very nice thing to say about this woman who killed herself, but it is an important character trait.

My guess is that the anime either skipped the parts of her backstory that showed her less nice traits (like spending more time in her room than with her son) either to save time or in fear that the viewers would be furious over the implication that she killed herself because she was ugly.

I'm not saying she is not a victim, I'm just saying she also a narcissist.

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Im probably gonna get cancelled for this...

But my complaint about Leano (Legoshi's mom) in the anime is that she is showed her in a way too good light.

Yes, Leano is a victim because nature decided to play a joke on her by first making her an exceptionally beautiful wolf(btw, kudos to the anime for making her a model, that is my HC for her) but she was also a narcissist.

Yes, I'm aware that's not a very nice thing to say about this woman who killed herself, but it is an important character trait.

My guess is that the anime either skipped the parts of her backstory that showed her less nice traits (like spending more time in her room than with her son) either to save time or in fear that the viewers would be furious over the implication that she killed herself because she was ugly.

I'm not saying she is not a victim, I'm just saying she also a narcissist.

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Biting you!! <3

I don't swing that way

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Feels like for everything the anime does differently that works, there are two that doesn't

I like that the Lion Mayor shows up here and there, being a scumbag.

But they really screwed up Juno's bonding with Legoshi. It felt extremely one-sided and we don't get their different perspectives on what it is like to be treated politely because others assume they are a couple