Scum Male’s Whitewashing Manual Chapter 102 Discussion

What a strange thing - the first thing that comes to mind is that the MC could be a bunch of different guys with the same name - he has strictly no character development

so a new « host » come to replace a bunch of guys - we're being told they would have been scum - very awful men, but most often the story starts before something drastic happens so the scummy thing to wash off is small enough - the. The host becomes a « great » guy - that stereotype will often be super rich, always hardworking, filial and unreservedly devoted to his (future) wife

the values deployed there are a bit awkward - the characters will be happy : so lots will envy them, they'll often be tycoons, and the girl will be avenged from past grief in extreme manners

there's often a bunch of horrible background or alternate horrible stuff on a thematic : child ab*se or thieving, bullying, animal ab*se, hardships of doctors or teachers - etc - sad backgrounds that paints horrible side of society

bad people are pure s*upid cannon fodder, there have no rhyme or reason, greed and jealousy is their drive - they are often poor (does it makes people dishonest ?)) -they brings no color to the tale, they just add evil (could seriously live without if there really was a story or something to solve)

i don't like the all powerful money part - I'm not sure of what to think of the « perfect » relationship that is described either : women become dependent, because they are « treasures » or « princesses « part of it seems cute and fluffy, but overall it makes me feel uncomfortable : are they made of glass or something ?, they don't seem like people, but weak and pretty things that will bat their beautiful eyelashes fanning at the beautiful MC... none seems le a person

in fact neither does the MC

the ideal life archetype is too strong too : rich, good work (powerful enough to do as they please - dominating), one child, glued together even when buried - a recipe with slight variations, but it's mostly « have » not « be » - possession not self realisation or personal growth (personal needs to be emphasized, yet the characters gets diploma and a carrier, but even the artist doctor stays a doctor and never fulfilled her deepest aspirations to be a painter)

i don't really get any world hopping feel and that's quite disappointing

so good part is that these relationships are consensual without extra « violence « And obviously many will like the « sweet » but to me it's very unnatural sweeteners and I can never really get involved - kept scrolling for the (bad) social problems that each story seems to base itself upon at each episode

i'd say the withewashing might have been a little bit fun but it only works one or two chapters where there's an obvious « re write » of what happened before the host came in - it's manipulative yet witty, but that seldom happens

thanks for the translation !