From: thetruemelissa@gmail.com   
      
   Hello, manga fans. I've been retained as the editor of a   
   fanfic set in a manga world, and I'm not familiar with   
   manga.   
      
   Is it normal for the characters to be very immature   
   compared to real people? I find most of these characters   
   extremely off-putting, because they act like middle   
   school kids.   
      
   For instance, a handsome co-worker briefly talks to two   
   women, at their workplace. When he leaves, one of them   
   squeals, "Hotness overload!" and goes on for a while   
   longer. At another point, a woman literally *screams*   
   (while at work!) because she just learned she'll go on a   
   trip with an attractive man.   
      
   I just finished a scene in which two women in their mid-   
   twenties become irresponsibly drunk and are retrieved by   
   one's father, and they don't even have the grace to be   
   ashamed. Instead, they hector the man to make them   
   grilled cheese sandwiches. I think I'm supposed to see   
   this as cute.   
      
   Is this normal for manga? If it is, I'll ignore it.   
      
      
   Melissa, an editor who just never got into manga   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)