While the right flank of the dating plan is in disarray due to Youichi’s allergy to romance, the left flank is also wavering.
Contrary to what Akane likely expected from him, Hiroki has no experience with crossdressing, and very mixed feelings about the general concept, especially in connection with a date. A date with some guy he’s never met before, but who has sent him a cute female outfit complete with frilly panties. A certain amount of wavering was only to be expected. In fact, you’d expect more wavering on this flank than on the other, but leave it to Youichi to waver violently at the most harmless things.
But the flank holds, saved at the last moment by the fortuitous appearance of three itinerant crossdressing advisors from Mexico. Guided by the professional instincts that always guides these fellows to where they are needed, they have been brought to Hiroki’s side to bolster his sagging conviction – and make sure he’ll look his best once he resigns himself to his fate. And something tells me he’ll realize quite quickly that there’s no getting away from these guys once they’re on the case.
You might feel it’s quite the contrivance that three Mexican crossdressing advisors would happen to be in the general area just at this critical juncture…but it might not actually be as much of a coincidence as you might think, for these three Mexican crossdressing advisors are, in reality…
…quite typical for the roving bands of Mexican crossdressing advisors that have been a feature of this province of Canadapan for many generations. Yeah, you know. One of these local oddities that go back to some long forgotten twist or turn in a region’s history. In this case, the local legend has it that these Mexican transformismos descend from the entourage of the exiled Mexican general Jose de Mondragon y de la Zapato Negro Izquierdo del Viejo Amigo de la Escuela de la Virgen de Goudaloupe*. He was, so it is said, exiled because even Porfirio Diaz thought his name was ridiculous. The crossdressing might also have played a role, Diaz wasn’t exactly progressive and tolerant…
More on Monday.
*Not to be confused with Guadeloupe. Goudaloupe is generally similar to Guadeloupe, but they produce Gouda cheese in order to keep Snuka off their backs. Snuka took a vacation in Guadeloupe at one time, and they suffered from serious deflation after he left…carrying 63% of the local cash in his suitcases. Goudaloupe doesn’t want the same thing happening to them.
…the sad thing is, I’m actually confidant this will work.
Like, in the real world there’s no way he wouldn’t see through their disguise, but in a B-Movie? This feels plausible.
And even in the real world, I know a lot of gay high schoolers who would’ve considered playing along with this just in the off chance it led to a real date. I knew a surprisingly large number of desperate gay guys in high school… which it would’ve made sense to have date each other, except that astonishingly enough they hated each other.
Well, your confidence definitely isn’t misplaced – but that’s mostly because it’s fiction, and that kind of plot. XD
As for real life, a relationship initiated with a specific fetish the other person doesn’t share has a relatively low chance of succeeding, to put it mildly. Which isn’t the same as saying nobody would ever fall for this sort of thing…especially if the person in question are high schoolers, who are expected to know nothing about dating, but understand everything about it, and usually don’t quite live up to that expectation.
So, yeah…Hiroki is going to do it, because the plot requires it, but it wouldn’t be a great idea in real life. Which is why I did make him hesitate a lot, and brought in the three Amigos to talk him into it. XD
“Think of a man, and then take away reason and accountability.” – John Updike
That quote is often attributed to John Updike, but he has denied saying it. And that’s quite believable, since I doubt anybody has ever asked John Updike “How do you write women so well?” XD