How Mary Sue Effects Commoners
In this casual city where the cast of Yu Yu Hakusho lives, we can see what effects Mary Sue has on their daily lives and the lives of others that inhabit this town.
Case Three :: Love in Freight
The night is quiet at this time, a very dangerous time to be outside indeed. Thiefs, crooks, and weird people roam these streets at night. Gladly, tonight, Mary Sue is not one of them. And this time is the time that the lovely bishounen (pretty boy) Shishiwakamaru has decided to take a nice stoll, all by himself.
He steps outside his house as she looks both way before carefully locking his door. Goody boy, Wakamaru, thinking smart! Now, he puts the keys in his pocket as he strolls down his front walk and out onto the sidewalk. He looks both ways before he steps onto the pavement. No, no, silly boy, you are supposed to do that when you cross the street so you don't get hit by cars!
Watch closely now as he nears the corner of the quiet city. He looks both ways again before turning on the sidewalk. Why does he do this you ask? So he is not hit by Mary Sues falling out of the sky or other random places. Tsk tsk, poor boy scared out of his wits he can't even walk down his own neighborhood anymore.
Now watch as one of his neighbors on this street is outside, attending to her garden at this late hour. Of course, she is happily married to her husband and is a friendly lady, until you pick her precious flowers. Ah, now she notices Shishiwakamaru as she looks up and waves to her neighbor.
His eyes widen in fear. Oh no! Someone is waving to him! Clearly, they must be hitting on him. And with that, he takes off running down the street as fast as he can, while the garden lady is left dumbstruck, wondering what she had done wrong to upset one of her neighbors.
Now, safely away from the garden lady, Shishiwakamaru continues to walk. That is when he hears a curious noise. Someone is playing the harmonica in the middle of the night? Investigate, shall we, Wakamaru?
He walks down the street as the noise gets louder. Clearly, the player of this harmonica needs more practice. As the player comes into view, we can see that there is a preteen girl with dark curly hair sitting on her porch, playing this musical instrunment. She doesn't even notice that Shishiwakamaru can see her. And as he does, he immidiately becomes more paranoid.
He walks faster and faster, afraid of being enchanted by some strange melody which may be played. And this girl who is struggeling to learn this insturnment continues to play, hitting a wrong note every few seconds. Shishiwakamaru covers his ears from fear of enchantment. How dare this eleven year old try to make him fall in love!
And now, he walks on as the tune fades. Now it's time to turn that corner, and look both ways before walking on another sidewalk! Shortly after he is half way around the block, he sees the lights of a car coming in his direction! Oh no! A girl is going to accidently hit him and knock him unconsious, or she will get in a crash and he will be destined to save her!
But Shishiwakamaru isn't going to let this happen to him. He stops, drops, and rolls into the bushes. After all, we must be careful of those fire elementalists. Being so dark, the car has yet to see him, and he peeks through the bushes to spy on this car.
"Where will it go now?" he asks himself. The car slows down. Shishiwakamaru crosses his fingers for good luck, thinking this time it could be the end of him. But then, the car pulls into a driveway across the street. Casually, Shishiwakamaru slips out of the bushes, and brushes the twigs and leaves out of his hair. Yet again, he is safe.
As he gazes across the street, now continuing his small walk, he notices that a woman in her fourties is getting out of the car, most likely returning from a long day of work. The door opens, and a small girl no older than six steps out of the house. Her hair is tied back in a low ponytail, and she has two locks of hair hanging down near the side of her face.
"Oh no," he thinks to himself, as he studies her hair style. "She looks like she's my..." And then, he darts off as far away from the family as possible. "I don't want a daughter!" But what he has failed to notice, is that right after the father of the child comes to the door to greet the mother. Barely even bothering to look both ways before reaching the corner, Shishiwakamaru heads back down the street he lives on and rushes towards his house, unlocking his door quickly and rushing inside. What a shame, can't even walk through his own neighborhood without having a nervous breakdown.