Well, let's say the nebbish is an American working in Japan.
While she may be over the age of consent for Japan as a whole, I've read somewhere that the consent law changes depending on whether the older person is gaijin or not.
Plus, allowing for Age of consent to be waved away, there is still the stigma of being a cradle robber... For example, since she is still school age, she goes to school. Her "peers" will be constantly interfering with the advancement of her relationship... once they find out that her "older boyfriend" is in his 30's rather than his late teens. Prior to this, I can see them giving her advice that adds to the comedy goldmine. Teen Cosmo advice columns and "trendy" makeovers, anyone?
Advancement of this is probably going to be along the lines of Ai Yori Aoshi or Ah! My Goddess! That is lots of WAFF more than Fan service...
Hmm. Brainstorming is open, folks. I need:
A dull, dead-end type of job for the nebbish {Lori gets him a better one somehow, something like he has a wasted talent that she would have gotten him to use if she'd been on time}
Lori's "peer group"
Her inevitable rivals and "family", etc.
I'd like to keep her supernatural things limited to her arrival rather than making her a goddess, genie, etc. because our one free premise is Lori herself.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
While she may be over the age of consent for Japan as a whole, I've read somewhere that the consent law changes depending on whether the older person is gaijin or not.
Plus, allowing for Age of consent to be waved away, there is still the stigma of being a cradle robber... For example, since she is still school age, she goes to school. Her "peers" will be constantly interfering with the advancement of her relationship... once they find out that her "older boyfriend" is in his 30's rather than his late teens. Prior to this, I can see them giving her advice that adds to the comedy goldmine. Teen Cosmo advice columns and "trendy" makeovers, anyone?
Advancement of this is probably going to be along the lines of Ai Yori Aoshi or Ah! My Goddess! That is lots of WAFF more than Fan service...
Hmm. Brainstorming is open, folks. I need:
A dull, dead-end type of job for the nebbish {Lori gets him a better one somehow, something like he has a wasted talent that she would have gotten him to use if she'd been on time}
Lori's "peer group"
Her inevitable rivals and "family", etc.
I'd like to keep her supernatural things limited to her arrival rather than making her a goddess, genie, etc. because our one free premise is Lori herself.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll