GIRL ON A DIAMOND PEDESTAL

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Jul 27, 2024 (PST) | Translate to English
  実の親子でも別人格
  Even real parents and children have different personalities
  子は親を選べないというけど、本当は選んで来てるという。全てが完璧すぎる世界から，不完全、不自由を経験したいため、難アリの親こそ子宝に恵まれやすいとも。ヒロインもヒーローも必死に生き真実の愛にめぐり逢えたのも、あの親の元に生まれ、不遇な子ども時代を生き、幸せを人一倍求めたからかもしれない。心境の変化、心情描写が丁寧で引き込まれました。心に傷を負った子どもが幸せになるお話しは泣けます。

  It is said that children can't choose their parents, but they actually chose them. Since they want to experience imperfection and inconvenience from a world where everything is too perfect, it is also said that difficult parents are more likely to be blessed with children. The reason why both the heroine and the hero lived desperately and met true love may be because they were born to those parents, lived an unfortunate childhood, and sought twice as much happiness as anyone else. The changes in my state of mind and the depiction of feelings were careful and drew me in. Stories that make traumatized children happy make me cry.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Mar 22, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English
  しっとりと
  Moist
  終始、静かなショパンの調べを思わせるストーリーです。そして、終始イーサンが暗い(笑) さちみ先生の大爆笑ありのストーリーも好きですが、こういったストーリーも大好きです。イーサンに人生を救われたノエルが、イーサンを救います。互いになくてはならない存在だということが、物語を通して描かれます。どーしよーもない親同士ですが、その呪縛から解き放たれて良かった。もっとその後のイチャイチャな2人が見たかったかも。

  The story reminds me of Chopin's quiet investigation from beginning to end. Also, I like stories where Ethan is dark from beginning to end (laughs) with Sachimi sensei's loud laughter, and I also love stories like this. Noel, whose life was saved by Ethan, saves Ethan. The fact that they are indispensable to each other is depicted throughout the story. They are parents who have nothing to do with each other, but I'm glad they were freed from that spell. Maybe I wanted to see the two more flirtatious people after that.

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  Posted by Readers in Japan

  Nov 19, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English
  傷ついた僕は何をしても許されるはず
  If I'm hurt, I should be forgiven no matter what I do
  巷で言われるところの毒親に振り回された子供２人のお話。利用するだけ利用して捨てていった母を恨むヒロインノエル。言葉巧みに懐柔して 味方だと誤解させて母の無念を晴らそうとノエルを利用するヒーローイーサン。復讐という目的を一つにして共闘する２人だが、その背後にちらつく子供の頃の純粋なイーサンの好意に読み手は胸が締め付けられる。復讐を止めて２人手を取り前を向いてほしいと。最低な親なのは理解したから、それでもイーサンには幸せがどんなものか教えてくれる祖父がいる。それは祖父曰く「私が教えてこなかったものだ」と。無責任な父など放っておけば自滅するのだからと私としては説得ばかりが頭を擡げる作りとなっていた。特に、２人で何も語らずに海を眺めていたという部分がとても好きで、感情の共有が２人の慰めにも希望にもなると感じた。お互いの傷を舐め合うのもいいだろう けれど、時間をおいて距離を取ってお互いの心中と向き合うことで素直になって進めばいい。嫌悪するものとは距離を取って自らの場所を作ればよい。そうしてくれてハピエンは心底嬉しい。２人のために。

  This is a story about two children who were swayed by toxic parents in the street. The heroine Noel has a grudge against her mother who just used and threw it away. Hero Ethan uses Noel to relieve her mother's regrets by skillfully conciliating her words and misleading her that she is on her side. They are two people who fight together for the purpose of revenge, but the reader's heart is tightened by the pure kindness of Ethan when he was a child that flickers behind it. I want them to stop their revenge and take two hands and look forward. I understand they're the worst parents, but even so, Ethan has a grandfather who tells him what happiness is. My grandfather said, “It's something I didn't teach you.” For me, it was designed so that only persuasion would blow my mind because if I left my irresponsible father or the like alone, he would self-destruct. In particular, I really liked the part where the two of them were looking at the ocean without saying anything, and I felt that sharing feelings would comfort and hope for both of them. It would be nice to lick each other's wounds, but you should keep your distance and proceed honestly by taking time to face each other's hearts. You should keep a distance from what you hate and make your own place. Happien is really happy that you did that. for 2 people.

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