Harapeko Oyako to Motokare Yanushi - Ch. 12

[Ninoren]

Friend is kinda ass 😐

Going behind his back and telling her and then inviting out a minor, behind the back of her guardian 😐
Dude weird af

 

[nyoron77]

It's feel extremely uncomfortable for this MC fren to be alone with the girls ....

He may look like trying to help MC

But he only gives vibe he trying to lure that girl for himself

 

[ARealCoolGuy]

I think her interest in the MC's art further enforces that she may be his child - though it still doesn't add up, given that he said outright she couldn't be his child (she isn't the right age for that).

I suppose they'll just use her interest in his art as a means for them to form a deeper connection.

 

[Kurshir]

Gorsh, showing something naughty huh?
Plus she's cute 🥺


I still wonder that too, and we don't even know what the fuck happened as well

who is he, where is he !!!?!??!?!

he is on a bus to get milk

 

[Kurshir]

It's feel extremely uncomfortable for this MC fren to be alone with the girls ....

He may look like trying to help MC

But he only gives vibe he trying to lure that girl for himself

meh he didn't give off any shady vibes at all, you are reading too much lol

 

[usman1000]

Y’all are being so weird about this guy. Chill out there’s no reason to think he’s a groomer or the kids dad, this series is too light for any of that level of drama

 

[dokidoki]

Find it funny how everyone's asking about the dad etc when that's like one of the MAIN REASON for the story lol

3 plots in this story
why the break up
who is the dad
will they hook up again and marry one another
^that's literally the point of the series

so yea unless they cut this series short, I doubt we will get info on the dad any time soon

 

[quicksilvir]

Seems really inappropriate to hand a girl directions to a place on the back of what looks like a softcore sketch of her mom. Even if it isn't that or gravure it's kinda sus. Why would you even keep that on hand to use as note paper? Like even if you were going to reveal what the two of them are doing the method is weird.

 

[dacraziguy]

This is weird and it makes me worry... where are the haters? Too many normal comments for my taste.

Leaving that aside, even tho I'm enjoying this, I wonder when we are going to get some context about anything. 0 answers so far.

 

[HenkumaEnthusiast]

I wonder who the dad of the daughter is?

It will probably come up at some point but personally i prefer it unkown.

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[lightingcloud]

I love the art, it's so warm

 

[Takuma_Aki]

Ehh... isn't this just show that Takaharu isn't very good at his job when the daughter doesn't recognize her own mother, even if it was supposed to be when she was young?

 

[EulBassist]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[mdqp]

Chapter 12 is here! Return of the Nosey Friend!

This might be the best chapter so far. Admittedly, it's also because nothing really happens for most of it. That's usually when the problems pop up in this manga, so if you just focus on the small things it's easier to be endearing (I feel like I said something similar for a previous chapter, in fact). What little plot development we get is once again done a bit poorly. How come the friend is used as a crutch to push the story along so often? He just interferes whenever the author feels like. I wonder if we'll get the reveal (for Midori) that her mom is working with/for Takaharu, and all the related misunderstandings (not that they'll last very long, but still). Maybe they'll wait a bit longer for that and this is just her showing up at a work meeting between the two friends, and it won't out Kyou's actions yet. I am not sure why Takaharu is being secretive, even if his art were to be a bit sensual (but the standards of the characters in this manga are so out there I probably shouldn't question this).

The other bit is that the sketch is likely portraying Kyou, but if that's the case we have to believe the daughter can't recognize her mom. Now, if she was a toddler, MAYBE that could happen, but this seems pretty far fetched (so it's probably what the author is going for, given the track-record). People usually take pictures as well, and I knew from a young age what my mom looked like as a kid, teenager and young adult (maybe this is a point for the "adopted daughter" theory? But even then it sounds like she would have been with Kyou for a long time). Again, this would be less annoying if it wasn't one of the few "narrative developments" that are coming out of this chapter.

I think Midori collecting the drawings and enjoying them as potential surprises with each grocery list is cute, so kudos to the author for coming up with the idea. The fact that she is a gluttonous, daifuku-fueled "guest" is also kind of funny (I guess that comes from Kyou).

Where is this going? Probably nowhere. I need my dose of nonsensical plot points, damn it!

 

[Snuffsaid]

That is my bet, I think the break up from 17 years ago was related to family problems that made her move out, and somewhere down the line she adopted the daughter from a relative who passed away or something like that

Oh maybe the family problems were a death (multiple?) In the family that left her having to lock in and focus on raising the daughter as her own

 

[saredesu]

the daughter route

 

[HaartieeTRUE]

I wonder who the dad of the daughter is?

Careful now: the "THE FATHER THOSEN'T MATTER, WEIRDOS, STOP MAKING SCENARIOS IN YOUR HEADS, AND ONLY APPRECIATE THE CUTNESS" crowd will come for your throat.

 

[HaartieeTRUE]

The sketch is of mom, and the father is probably an irrelevant nothingburger, plotwise.

Ah, sure. The 1/2 reasons one of the main characters exists is irrelevant.

 

[mangakotooo]

Ehh... isn't this just show that Takaharu isn't very good at his job when the daughter doesn't recognize her own mother, even if it was supposed to be when she was young?

wasn't the sketch said to be old?