Houkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga aru - Ch. 53 - Kuromiya-san and Hiruno-kun

[MangaDex]

 

[brainman]

Whew, progress averted. We almost had some real development there, but thankfully we managed to revert back to a more comfortable distance we can milk for a couple dozen additional chapters.

 

[pop_x3]

Well. At least both of them know. I’ll take that.
Kinda cute tbh. Go follow your idol dream, girl.

 

[Erbakhan]

Hey, a progress at least

 

[Loliconi]

Whew, progress averted. We almost had some real development there, but thankfully we managed to revert back to a more comfortable distance we can milk for a couple dozen additional chapters.

What do you mean dozen? Author shut down any possibility of actual romantic progress until years in the future AND she selfishly went "yeah, just wait for me, dunno how long tho“, all decided on her own while giving all these contradictory hints.

Don‘t get me wrong, there is romance but the most important thing that this manga is about can only be achieved through a time skip now and those 9 out of 10 times suck.

 

[BonBozo]

Ah, we get the window representing the sudden separation in page 12. Is it a classic move in manga? No idea. But I think I've seen it before.

I think she's being selfish to expect him to wait. If she keeps him at arm's length for too long, he might start to feel doubts about their relationship and how she perceives him.

 

[Dingo777]

Honestly, I don’t love this development. It’s super cringey to me that they’re presenting a lifestyle where the female lead is constantly overworked and is denied the most basic aspects of youth as something so precious that it’s worth supporting. That’s why I prefer my “idol rom coms” to lean into secret relationships instead of pushing the “idol-fan disconnect”.

She’s basically saying “I’m gonna sacrifice our relationship developing for my work” and that’s 100% a red flag.

 

[Lex79]

Totally expected. Still disappointing.

 

[Dingo777]

Ah, we get the window representing the sudden separation in page 12. Is it a classic move in manga? No idea. But I think I've seen it before.

I think she's being selfish to expect him to wait. If she keeps him at arm's length for too long, he might start to feel doubts about their relationship and how she perceives him.

Imagine the girl you dressed in drag and attempted to confess to going “Yeah my boss said I can’t even call you by your first name lol but someday when I’m ready to retire okay?”

Like the relationship’s dead in the water at the point, that’s basically code for “I feel literally no urgency to date you” while also saying “please stay devoted to me for however long I feel like it”. I don’t care how awesome the girl is the right response is “Gotcha, I’ll find someone else”.

 

[Dingo777]

Hey, a progress at least

Yeah, backwards progress

 

[ciera]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[Daymare]

It's like some of you guys have never seen a story beat in your lives. You build conflict to provide resolution. As some people have pointed out its maybe not the best character writing but simply expecting a manga to go "Well, status quo established see you in 300 chapters" is an insane thing to expect a writer to do.

I swear Kanokari just lives rent free in the heads of the comment section of every romcom that doesnt have a tidy drama to resolution thoroughput in one self-contained chapter.

 

[martianpaws]

There is a lot of progress this chapter

kuromiya knows thats hiruno likes her now 100%. That was her goal in the previous arc

So the plot arc might actually be the one that forces the confession. Something will happen which will make hiruno be the one to confess and kuromiya accepting it while balancing her idol career

 

[Dingo777]

There is a lot of progress this chapter

kuromiya knows thats hiruno likes her now 100%. That was her goal in the previous arc

So the plot arc might actually be the one that forces the confession. Something will happen which will make hiruno be the one to confess and kuromiya accepting it while balancing her idol career

Was there? She basically said “my job comes first”

Why would he need to be the one to confess? She put HIM on the back burner.

 

[oryzas0]

Since we're talking about name. Hiruno Hizashi's name means sun light at noon while Kuromiya Rei's name means darkness in zero. In that moment Hiruno literally shine his light onto all of Kuromiya's anxiety and nervousness. Which is pretty cool.

 

[jolynehoestar]

Like this arc ended lame especially after that awesome cross dressing chapter but dammmn guys be chill it is not terrible yet I trust in this series

 

[cthalupa]

More glamorizing and glorifying toxic industry practices that are all about controlling the agency of a person so you can create unhealthy attachment and a sense of ownership in the fans and sell more tickets and merch.

It's gross that the world functions this way. We know that parasocial relationships are unhealthy, so it's bad for the fans. We know that forcing people to live in such a regimented and restricted way that denies them the ability to undergo basic human experiences is unhealthy, so it's bad for the idols. The only people this structure is good for is the industry ghouls profiting off of the talent of young people and the sales to fans, all while they purposefully manipulate both of them.

Instilling a sense of ownership and entitlement, that the idol or star is single, is all about nourishing a small idea in the mind of fans that lets them fantasize about being The One. They don't need to actually believe it, just the hint of the idea helps them milk the fans more, but it also is part of what enables the creation of more stalkers and obsessed fans engaging in dangerous behavior. It normalizes the sense of ownership, which then makes even more insane behavior less of a jump. We see stalkers, etc. for celebrities in other places where this practice isn't as common, but just not at the rate that it happens for celebrities where this is the norm.

You can have 'plot beats' and drama without normalizing shitty industry practices. And I also agree with everyone else on how Hiruno should handle it. She wants to focus on her career? That's fine. But the expectation shouldn't be that she can take advantage of the fact he likes her and expect him to just wait. The conversation should be "Hey so we both have a thing for each other but I want to focus on my career so a relationship isn't an option," because that's the fair thing to do to someone. If he wants to wait, well, he can make that decision, but you should never just expect someone to put their romantic life on hold for an indefinite period of time without any sort of discussion.

This was cute because it seemed like they were going to sidestep a bunch of this stuff and not glorify shitty industry practices, and that even the manager seemed to be supportive. But so much for that.

 

[AnonymousContributor]

Whew, progress averted. We almost had some real development there, but thankfully we managed to revert back to a more comfortable distance we can milk for a couple dozen additional chapters.

Average shounen romcom

 

[warm_panties]

The Japanese exploiting parasocial relationships before it was cool 😎

 

[shinshom]

when we thought we could have a decent amount of progress...... hahhaha back to square..... one or two idk.... some progress but little...