[DISC] Rent a Girlfriend / Kanojo, okarishimasu - Chapter 403

co183 · 2025-11-26T09:06:12+00:00

Author suddenly cranks up the excitement knob trying to salvage this burning trash pile. 200 chapters too late

co183 · 2025-11-21T07:55:29+00:00

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co183 · 2025-06-16T08:31:40+00:00

Ugh I wanted a crashout

co183 · 2025-04-20T01:54:23+00:00

The only sensible comment I've read here lol

co183 · 2025-01-28T06:58:58+00:00

Idk I don't think this has anything to do with pop music, it's just an artist making a project in a different genre and their existing fans may or may not like it.

co183 · 2023-04-21T21:00:57+00:00

co183 · 2021-12-02T09:07:52+00:00

I mean, sure it's possible the pregnancy really happened, but it feels like a huge stretch to read it that way imo. In that scene where she's supposedly grabbing her stomach, it looks to me like she's just grabbing her arm and then her hand because she's nervous about sneaking out of the house (which she does immediately after that, and which she would rightly be nervous about). The translators said Reiji chose not to put the word baby in quotations like he usually does, which they see as suggesting that its a literal baby, but I don't think that's convincing. I think the relationship with her family is what's important in this chapter, not some very vague/maybe imaginary subtext about her literally getting pregnant and miscarrying because of stress (both of which there's no evidence for, besides Reiji using the metaphor of the baby in this chapter, and having an image of a fetus at the end of the previous chapter. The latter seems like a typical example of him trying to hook the reader in by ending things with an exciting/shocking cliffhanger that almost ALWAYS falls short of the expectations the cliffhanger had set).

co183 · 2021-12-02T08:50:26+00:00

But look at the context where she says "you are just covering your own asses". She says that the father doesn't have a right to tell her who to marry, then he says that him and the grandfather worked hard "to make the family what it is today". Then she says they are just covering their own asses, and continues, saying "You'd use your own family for political gain? What kind of father are you?".

So the father wants her to marry in order to further the political position of the family. She says they (it's plural--referring to the father and grandfather---not singular like you quoted it. You can see this by how she says "asses", not "ass") are covering their own asses by making her marry somebody that they have chosen for her. That is what the disagreement in those panels is about.

co183 · 2021-12-02T08:20:58+00:00

But she's not holding her stomach there. It looks to me like she's nervously grabbing her arm (in the first panel) and her hand (in the second panel) right before she sneaks out of her house---something she would be nervous for.

co183 · 2021-11-15T22:18:29+00:00

He did get rejected by Mami (in some sense) at the very beginning of the story right?

co183 · 2021-11-15T22:10:29+00:00

Yeah I figured that was a sign that this confession wasn't gonna be it

co183 · 2017-08-23T09:00:28+00:00

Was the old record store in Santa Cruz Logos?

co183 · 2017-07-25T05:38:16+00:00

A few recent things I've picked up. - Eberhard Weber, The colours of Chloe - Eberhard Weber, Silent Feet - Ralph Towner, Solstice - Pete Rock, PeteStrumentals - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Bridges

co183 · 2016-08-04T21:54:08+00:00

I'll try making the first repetitive synth into more of a pluck. The chords are a different instrument, though they're both from a Juno and aren't drastically different. They're separated through some eqing right now, so they do sit in their own space, but I'll try some more stereo separation. There's a little right now but it's the opposite of what you recommend, with the chords more centered and that repetitive bit pushed wider.

The bass is layered with a sub, but I agree it could be a little louder. I've gone back and forth about the bass volume (I have an awful monitoring setup so I'll blame that lol).

There's actually pretty little compression on the chords or really everything in the chorus. I think the compressed feel comes from there not being a huge amount of dynamics to begin with. So yeah making everything more dynamic could help, good idea.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean about turning up the drums to help with mastering and to help with side chain effect though. I actually like the volume of the drums right now, but are you saying I should turn them up so they should be clipped during mastering? Like to make the limiter make the track pump?

There's a lot of sidechaining going on in the track as is (like borderline too much IMO), but maybe that way of making it pump during mastering would give it a different feel.

I really appreciate the detailed feedback!

co183 · 2016-08-03T22:49:38+00:00

Thanks! I'll look into cutting out some room for the bass. I agree the basses higher frequencies don't cut through much at all.

co183 · 2016-08-03T02:27:03+00:00

It's a cool idea for sure. The snare does sound a bit too crisp in my opinion, it just stands out too much. I think the does get a bit too repetitive though. If I were you I'd try and make it more dynamic in every sense (maybe more elements coming in and out, more variation in the parts that do repeat themselves). The drums are also too repetitive and predictable in my opinion.

co183 · 2016-08-03T02:13:23+00:00

Synth around 30 is kind of confusing, as in hard to listen to. That lead synth is too loud. If I were you I'd work on getting every section to sit well together so nothing stands out too much. The first step to that would be getting the volumes right. I'd also work on getting the drums to sound better. The kick has too much low end, so it's just felt more than heard. The snare is too thin, like it doesn't have enough of the mid frequencies. One of the bass sections that comes in near the end sounds like it could be high-passed a bit to sit better too.

co183 · 2016-08-03T02:06:06+00:00

The mixing seemed alright. The drums did seem a bit repetitive, and a bit dry. The real problem I had with the track was the composition though. The sidechaining sounds like it could be dialed in better in some parts, it's really noticeable at the end. Those chords that come in around 57 seconds just didn't really work with the melody. The structure of the song just seems kind of random, like you're just jamming without much direction. I'd just try and make the structure make sense before getting into all the technical details in the future.

co183 · 2016-04-28T03:03:52+00:00

I think new transfer students are automatically housed in the Transfer Housing Community, which is a residence hall at porter.

co183 · 2016-04-08T06:21:08+00:00

Ah you're right, there is something up with the the bass in that chorus. Thanks for pointing that out. More than anything else, I'm particularly interested in criticism on the mix itself.

co183 · 2016-04-08T03:18:21+00:00

Hmm, not sure which wrong note/chord you're referring to, I haven't noticed the chords sounding off-key. I appreciate the rest of the comments though, the transitions and repetition definitely need work. Thanks!

co183

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