You’re an upstanding citizen in society, simply taking a stroll through the evening as you walk home. Suddenly, you stumble upon a girl sitting on the sidewalk. I’ll slide her a good 17 years old. You ask if she’s alright, and she says she’s running away from home. “So like, how you gonna survive tho” you ask. She has no answer. Now fellas, are we offering her the chance to stay at your place for a few days while she gets her life in order?

The above situation is similar though not a carbon copy of the plot to a new anime airing this season, After Being Rejected, I Shaved And Took In A High School Runaway and no I did not make that title up. I can be a pretty empathetic guy at times, so my first instinct was to say I’d talk with her for a bit first and if she seemed sane-ish I’d let her stay for a few days, until she realizes running away and shacking up with strangers sucks and figures out a plan B. However, halfway through the episode the main character reads a news blurb on his phone that someone else in the area was just arrested for suspicion of abducting a child. It was at this point that I had to reconsider my stance a bit, cause jail is not very epic for Snooze. 

Yes if you could get that JAILBAIT ass off my screen bud.

On one hand, damn 17 is close as fuck to 18 she’s a few months away from being grown enough to make her own decisions, parents and guardians be damned. Then again, if this whole idea goes haywire and the parents get the police involved, what the fuck is my dumbass going to say to them? “Well you see, she told me she was running away from home unannounced, but like, I thought she was just memeing officer so I let her stay here.” I forgot to mention the added spice that this girl is trying to seduce the MC the whole time. Thankfully my boi realized that was a horrible fucking idea and resisted, but it wasn’t easy. I know my virgin ass doesn’t need that extra pressure on top of everything else surrounding the situation. At the end of the day I’d probably write down the name of a homeless shelter or something in the area and call that the best I can do.

For the record, I don't agree or disagree.

Real life just ain’t like these anime. Maybe I worry too much, but this whole situation would be way too much stress on my little heart for very little in return. If she was like 20 or something then maybe ok, but even then the idea of letting someone you don’t know that well into your home for a while is a very hard pill to swallow. Would you offer a place to stay for a few days? Are you going to watch… damn we need a shorter name for this one. Are you going to watch Rejected, Shaved, Runaway? Invite some strangers into your house in the comments below!