Imasara desu ga, Osananajimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimaimashita - Ch. 36 - After The Festival、Before The Storm

[nogoodsumbeach]

I don't know, what just happened in that classroom is a pretty yuge betrayal of friendship, and Hikari in this chapter is broken up about it. I genuinely feel the friendship with Yami might just be broken.

my thinking is if hikari can forgive yami for almost whoring her out, she can forgive her for almost anything lol but yeah maybe you are right idk

 

[GennArc]

a text from hikari would def make her come imo, especially if she think that not outsider will be at the dance party

Don't forget that Yami is the one with the most awareness regarding the situation. She alone knows she just betrayed Hikari's trust and is likely feeling guilty about it, so I can only imagine her running away from the school immediately (which of course depends on how that scene ended). In this particular situation I can see her ignoring Hikari's messages too.

Similar vein: I can't imagine Hikari having stuck around this long.

Fair point. I could see this being a matter of pride, just to see what he is gonna say in his defense, but that's probably not Hikari's case.

 

[essensue]

A conversation neither of them owes Hikari.

Come on, that's not fair. Aya definitely owed it to Hikari the minute that she knew Yuu was Ta-kun. Not telling her is letting her walk into ten kinds of minefield just to avoid feeling awkward. She has no problem telling Hikari all the sexy details of their relationship that she maybe doesn't wanna hear... mention the elephant in the room that you've draped a blanket over.

And Yuu not telling her about this big part of his life either needs further justification or looks sus as fuck.

Let's not base our conduct in friendships on "what we can get away with not doing, after sufficient lawyering."

 

[Venedixkt]

Where can I find the novel version? And is it translated?

 

[LuckyThePirate]

I think you're pretty damn on point I wouldn't say he did NOTHING wrong him (seemingly) lying about his phone dying and then being gone for seemingly hours was shitty but also very understandable that he doesn't want to talk about what happened especially, since he's likely going through his own emotional shit after that and like you said not exactly the timer place to fuckin trauma, dump

Also I don't think it's really fair to say it's her fault for feeling this way- her childhood friend who she's in love with now just kissed her best friend her being so upset over it is also quite understandable just because her romantic feelings didn't develop until more recently means it's her fault for having them that's not really how feelings work

Also this might sound pedantic as hell but it's not really in the title because saying "it's a little late" is different from "it's too late" it's a small by definitely distinct difference

honestly in this situation i blame yami the most. she is the only one who knew yuu and hikari were cf. but you are right, yuu shouldnt have lied but depending on how things went he probably just wants to go home. if yami rejected him, then yeah hes justified in saying whatever he needs to to gtfo of there.

 

[LuckyThePirate]

why is everyone convinced yuu knew yami went to that school? if he knew, he def would have tried to get into contact with her. someone tell me what chapter shows yuu knowing yami was there, because the way some of you are shitting on yuu your saying he should have said something. what was he supposed to say he sure as shit was surprised to see her there and SHE KNEW he was coming, its like everyone is trying so hard to not say anything about yami and i dont understand. i think yami is a pretty shit person all around and both yuu and hikari are victims of her foolishness.

 

[nogoodsumbeach]

why is everyone convinced yuu knew yami went to that school? if he knew, he def would have tried to get into contact with her. someone tell me what chapter shows yuu knowing yami was there, because the way some of you are shitting on yuu your saying he should have said something. what was he supposed to say he sure as shit was surprised to see her there and SHE KNEW he was coming, its like everyone is trying so hard to not say anything about yami and i dont understand. i think yami is a pretty shit person all around and both yuu and hikari are victims of her foolishness.

my man, i think you better re-read the whole yami arc again here lol
but seriously, yuu find out the very first time he met yami that she went to the same school as hikari

 

[essensue]

why is everyone convinced yuu knew yami went to that school?

It's the whole basis of their meeting - she's skipping and he's just bombed the entry exam and recognizes her uniform. It's all over the chapters post-21.

if he knew, he def would have tried to get into contact with her.

and yet... boy respects some personal space I guess.

someone tell me what chapter shows yuu knowing yami was there,

here, for example

because the way some of you are shitting on yuu your saying he should have said something. what was he supposed to say he sure as shit was surprised to see her there and SHE KNEW he was coming,

did Yami know before he set foot on campus? Hikari's other friend seemed surprised.

its like everyone is trying so hard to not say anything about yami and i dont understand. i think yami is a pretty shit person all around and both yuu and hikari are victims of her foolishness.

 

[GennArc]

why is everyone convinced yuu knew yami went to that school?

Because that's how they met in the first place.
What he didn't know is if she continued skipping school or started attending again. But chapter 18 (WN version) might imply he learnt that she was going to school again and maybe even the part about being friends with Hikari. And chapter 19 also strongly implies that his reluctance to come to Hikari's school is because of the potential awkwardness of meeting Yami.

 

[Alzu]

my thinking is if hikari can forgive yami for almost whoring her out, she can forgive her for almost anything lol but yeah maybe you are right idk

That’s different, Yami and Hikari weren’t really friends when that happen, and Yami was around the corner just in case. Which, in Hikari’s mind, is easy to forgive since “nothing” essentially happen. Whereas, Yami kissing Yuu, after Yami told Hikari to go confess to him and basically help her on some dates only for her to kiss Yuu during the festival is something else. That’s a stab in the back and from a best friend

 

[story645]

Let's not base our conduct in friendships on "what we can get away with not doing, after sufficient lawyering."

Yup, and also what even is a close friendship if you can't be honest about the most important, will hurt your friends when it comes out, things? This climax is literally "why it's bad to keep explosive secrets" - Hikari is as upset (if not more) that she didn't know as about the kiss itself.

why is everyone convinced yuu knew yami went to that school?

They have a whole conversation about it in chapter 26.

 

[middle-the-nerd]

honestly in this situation i blame yami the most. she is the only one who knew yuu and hikari were cf. but you are right, yuu shouldnt have lied but depending on how things went he probably just wants to go home. if yami rejected him, then yeah hes justified in saying whatever he needs to to gtfo of there.

Oh I COMPLETELY think Yami is the most responsible she knew Yuu and Hikari were cf, knew she was in love with him and STILL decided to kiss him again at the festival especially after the bullshit she pulled ghosting him

 

[nogoodsumbeach]

Seriously, though, for me it's mostly Shit Vibes coming from him in this chapter and the fact that he completely failed to mention his relationship with Yami to Hikari. Like, we don't know what their relationship is like, and maybe it really is one of those "we hang out with each other because it's easy to fall into this comfortable groove and we can forget the rest of our real lives and relax and not talk about what's stressing us out" kind of deals.

But my guilty-until-proven-innocent of hiding a relationship from a female friend is that he doesn't want it to hurt his chances with her, and by the time he's no longer into Hikari (IF he's ever no longer into her,) the ship has kinda sailed and it's awkward to go "Hey, funny story about my doomed whirlwind romance with your senpai..." It's just that it's the kind of thing where there's no way Yami wasn't the most important thing happening in his life at that time, and when you're that in love, it takes a superhuman effort to not make it the only thing you talk about. Even Yami was sick of hearing about Hikari from him, so the fact that it didn't go the other way is kinda eh. Either way, though, it's fundamentally about misrepresenting himself to Hikari, and I expect better of him. As far as we know, Hikari wouldn't do him like that.

Edit: Like, seriously, huge credit to Yom for subtly making it such that Yuu's relatively innocent-seeming words and behaviors during just a few panels give me such fucked vibes of "oh I see you, you piece of crap."

yeah man i really dont know where you get the shit vibes from yuu is in this chapter lol maybe i am just being delusional or me thinking too highly of him but i genuinely believe that he just feels sorry for ditching hikari

and yeah i see where you are coming from on the yuu and keeping his relationship a secret thing. It does look bad for yuu and it does feel like him keeping his option or something like that.
But if you are looking at it through the guilty-until-proven-innocent pov, im gonna be the one giving him the benefit of the doubt on this matter until we find out the real reason why hahaha
Like i have several theories on it but all of them seems dumb lol but still hopefully im proven right on this yuu matter cause idk would be pretty sucks if real reason is just him keeping his options open lol

 

[Kippithekappamancer]

Could've saved that one for April Fool's joke

 

[nogoodsumbeach]

Don't forget that Yami is the one with the most awareness regarding the situation. She alone knows she just betrayed Hikari's trust and is likely feeling guilty about it, so I can only imagine her running away from the school immediately (which of course depends on how that scene ended). In this particular situation I can see her ignoring Hikari's messages too.

yeah it does seem more likely that yami wont be there. But yeah man feels it would be a major let down if she isnt that building really, hopefully i am right and in 2 weeks time we gonna talk about the chaos of 3 of them being at that dance party lol

 

[nogoodsumbeach]

That’s different, Yami and Hikari weren’t really friends when that happen, and Yami was around the corner just in case. Which, in Hikari’s mind, is easy to forgive since “nothing” essentially happen. Whereas, Yami kissing Yuu, after Yami told Hikari to go confess to him and basically help her on some dates only for her to kiss Yuu during the festival is something else. That’s a stab in the back and from a best friend

yeah maybe you are right. Still think that the friendship will stand tho, purely because of ch18.5 and just hikari being the way she is

 

[mug3n]

yeah it does seem more likely that yami wont be there. But yeah man feels it would be a major let down if she isnt that building really, hopefully i am right and in 2 weeks time we gonna talk about the chaos of 3 of them being at that dance party lol

Tbh I'm banking on the classic trope of Yuu and Hikari clearing things and her pushing him to go for Yami while in the rain and they reunite below a rainbow. Then, days after she let this shit out of her system, Hikari bumps into an adorkable hunk while going to school, toast in mouth. The hunk is Shigeo Kageyama from Mob Psycho 100 and a sequel is announced. We all celebrate.

 

[essensue]

yeah man i really dont know where you get the shit vibes from yuu is in this chapter lol maybe i am just being delusional or me thinking too highly of him but i genuinely believe that he just feels sorry for ditching hikari

and yeah i see where you are coming from on the yuu and keeping his relationship a secret thing. It does look bad for yuu and it does feel like him keeping his option or something like that.
But if you are looking at it through the guilty-until-proven-innocent pov, im gonna be the one giving him the benefit of the doubt on this matter until we find out the real reason why hahaha
Like i have several theories on it but all of them seems dumb lol but still hopefully im proven right on this yuu matter cause idk would be pretty sucks if real reason is just him keeping his options open lol

I guess to clarify, it's because he's approaching this in "damage control" mode, testing the waters, only apologizing for what he knows he has to and what he's been caught doing, while knowing he has more to feel guilty about. It's strong "infidelity (that I plan to continue with)" vibes, even if they aren't in a relationship or anything.

It says "however bad I feel, I'm still more concerned about the immediate consequences than I am about being honest and making things right." And that just shouldn't be how you treat a friend you really care about, who you've hurt as badly as Hikari very obviously is. If he thinks she's crazy and overreacting, fine, then he sucks for other reasons.

I'm clinging to the title's coming "storm" by my fingernails to quickly force them out of this dishonesty stalemate, because I can't deal with the fact that both Yuu and Hikari seemed perfectly content to make the secret-keeping the new status quo.

Edit: But also, I wanna stress you're not wrong. We just don't know anything because the whole story is more gaps than content.

 

[middle-the-nerd]

You know it's a little funny to me some people try to use the reasoning of "Hikari is too late he already moved on" on why they think there's no way they will get together and he will end up with Yami...but Yami if anything isn't any better lol she litterally was IN a relationship with him then fucking ghosts his ass like there's no way he wouldn't have SOME bitter feelings over that and try moving on from her she had her chance and blew it lol

 

[mug3n]

It says "however bad I feel, I'm still more concerned about the immediate consequences than I am about being honest and making things right." And that just shouldn't be how you treat a friend you really care about, who you've hurt as badly as Hikari very obviously is. If he thinks she's crazy and overreacting, fine, then he sucks for other reasons.

I sorta agree, but at this point I don't think he knows what she saw, so going out like "hey, sorry, I was making out with your best friend, who I had a relationship with until she ghosted me" it's not what anyone would do, but yeah, it's damage control for a situation he partially provoked. Of course he should have told her about his affair and make things clear beforehand, but it is what it is at this point, he kept her in the dark and now it came to bite him in the ass like an idiot.