Discussion Introducing the Wingboss!

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  1. otaku31

    otaku31 Well-Known Member

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    Wingboss: The recently-coined term for a new breed of bosses (in manga) who encourage budding workplace romance. Warm and considerate, they answer to reader-fantasies of the ideal superior. They also function as reader-inserts in their voyeuristic enjoyment of fluffy moments b/w the leads. Moreover, the hint of intrigue that accompanies a wingboss adds extra oomph to the story. :blobmelt:

    Natural habitat: Office rom-coms.

    TL;DR Wingbosses are AMAZING! :aww:

    Various examples of bosses are presented below (there might be some overlap):

    The Angel; he's a winged-boss!
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    Src: Dad, Beard Gorilla, and I

    The fluff-chaser/Stalker/Spot-the-Boss
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    Src: My Company's Small Senpai

    The Mind-reader/ Reformed(?) creep
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    Src: Bijin Onna Joushi Takizawa-san

    The Meddler/Advisor
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    Src: Cigarette and Cherry

    So, how many wingbosses hv you come across (manga/anime/novel only) till now? Got any more to add to the list? Pls share. :blobsmilehappyeyes:
     
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    the last one looks like Anzai-sensei from Slam Dunk, tho the hairstyles are a bit different
     
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    0000000 I B SMILING!

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    So basically creepy old men with nothing better to do other than supervise and now meddling with his employees' love life?

    Also, office love life is often misses than hits, becsuse who the fuck wants to muck up the already f up office life with friendship, then now more intimate love life?
     
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    It's just manga, not RL. *scoffs* Even I don't hv much faith in RL romance.
    And not all of them meddle nor do they throw their weight around. If you don't read this genre, it'd be hard to understand, TBH. :blobsalt:
     
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    0000000 I B SMILING!

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    Still creepy old men to me though.
     
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    Well, if you are bent on thinking that way, suit yourself. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯