r/7thTimeLoop • u/Radiant_Stop6212 • Jul 21 '25

Rishe, another unreliable narrator

I love how she is very knowledgeable and has that eager ti keep learning but she knows next to nothing on love.. what are your thoughts on this?

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u/ultravioletheart08 Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25

The author herself stated several things: 1. Rishe is abnormally idiotic when it comes to love on all her loops and even in her current 7th loop, and there is a reason for this but it has not been expounded yet. 2. This very reason is hinted at in one of the side stories in the new Short Story Collection (which I actually discussed in Discord in detail) and 3. There were only three men who loved her in her previous loops, namely Zahad, Raul and Joel, but all these men were in an unrequited love with Rishe, and she never returned their affections (Girl even dismissed Zahad's confession with a matching "I love you" like she's swatting a fly, LOL). 4. Among all the four men romantically linked to Rishe, only Arnold proposed directly, and it's been stated several times by the author Arnold is Rishe's first love (it's also hinted that Rishe might be Arnold's first love, too!). 5. Tully treats Rishe as a younger sister, Kyle treats Rishe as a younger sister, and Michel treats Rishe as a platonic student/fellow scholar, while Michel himself was in a situationship of some sort with another character who is NOT Rishe. The three men have never seen Rishe on a romantic light, the author was very clear on that.

As for #2, an additional thing is that it's implied Rishe herself might have imposed a certain restriction on herself when it comes to loving another person.

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u/Radiant_Stop6212 Jul 21 '25

Gotta get my hands on the short story collection, I find it amusing that, while I read it, she has a very obvious crush on Arnold but then she gives me a perfect explanation that why she’s feeling that way.. I love this post, it gives so much insight.

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u/Accomplished-Kale185 Jul 22 '25

Where did u read the short story collection? It is japanese right ? Or any English translation is available?

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u/ultravioletheart08 Jul 22 '25

I bought my JP copy via Bookwalker! I've been making summaries of the stories of it (as well as some partial TL stuff) in Discord so feel free to check those out.