Reviewer: chrlorez Signed
Date: May 10 2014
Title: Chapter 12: Some Ground Rules
Well, I had to continue reading. I don't know why.
Again, the writing is excellent, and might be one of the few things that keeps drawing me back to the story. I do have two problems with the story, and they're problems that I've had for a long while.
One, why does James have so little control over his penis? He's got to be minimum 40-45 years old and I've had better before I turned 11. I don't care how the condition's affecting him down there; his self-control is borderline inept.
Two is the big one. There's a general lack of a certain sympathetic feeling. It's "concern". Literally NO ONE is concerned about James' condition. No doctor (whom he could really sue for malprractoce and negligence), Kyra, Jame's coworkers, or even James himself. It's an element that makes everyone seem more cruel than they really should, qnd I don't like it.
And again, no numerical rating. It's too good for anything except 5 stars, butbi really don't like it. It's like reading the giantessworld equivalent of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Author's Response: "One, why does James have so little control over his penis?" --> I suppose it's possible that the shrinking has affected his hormone balance or something. But I prefer to think of it just being because Kyra is so much bigger and more overwhelming (physically and sexually) for him as he shrinks.
"Literally NO ONE is concerned about James' condition." --> Yeah, maybe this makes it less realistic, but I really do enjoy the story this way personally. Especially as he shrinks, having people care about his rights and feelings less and less.
I started watching Neon Genesis once, but didn't get more than a few episodes in. I guess anime isn't really my thing, lol.