Imasara desu ga, Osananajimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimaimashita - Ch. 38 - Happy End

[HellJester]

Called it. Ever since earlier chapters I've been saying Yuu was going to be a major fault in this. One of the biggest issues with him is us never knowing what it is he's actually thinking. But if what you say is true then Yuu is has been complicit in lying and hurting hikari. Now while like you said he is intent might not be bad he's still at fault.


So to the other commentors I'll pose the same bet I did last chapter.

Malice or stupidity. Call it.

100000% stupidity. Bottom of page 2 chapter 12 Hikari says it best. "I get that feeling of yours! It doesn't matter if he hates you or loves you, you just want him to put more of his feelings into words, right? That gosh darned blockhead."

Yuu is a dumb dumb and while on rare occasions it appears he might have some emotional quotient for the most part he's an idiot.

Yuu can be described by Hanlon's Razor - never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by neglect, ignorance or incompetence. Yuu is all three.

 

[story645]

, you've kinda lost your mom in that you don't speak anymore and now there's a chance you might lose the only stable thing in your life - your friend group.

I broadly agree with you but Aya's relationship with her mom has always been terrible b/c her mom is classic manga trash fire - neglectful clingy/codependent hopping from boyfriend to boyfriend and always prioritizing them over Aya. My theory is a lot of Aya's push/pull in her relationship with Yuu was actively fighting against falling into her mom's patterns while also replicating them.

Malice or stupidity. Call it.

Insecurity and cowardice, which Hikari is calling out.

Which Aya and Yuu's actions can totally be understandable/reasonable and it can also be fair for Hikari to want nothing to do with them b/c they chose to hide stuff/lie.

 

[HellJester]

You know, I think Hikari was so quick to forgive Yami and give her more chances because despite the things Yami did in the past, there was at least some logic or intelligence behind the actions. You could see the cause and effect or at least talk to her and glean what was going on under the surface. It was obvious to Hikari that Yami was hurting and lashing out.

When it comes to Yuu, everyone is kinda like wtf you doing man? Your actions don't make sense. I've been trying to give Yuu the benefit of the doubt and approach his actions with some sort of logic or plan but there's just too many unknowns.

Even if it's only 1 chapter of quick 1 to 2 panel flashbacks I need something to help me get in his head. At the very least I need more info of what was said and done in that classroom before the slap kiss.

 

[mindfield001]

Alright, your stupid meme page at the end actually got a chuckle out of me this time. Thanks for the translation. The story finally feels like Maruto in his sweet spot.

 

[SyrupyJerupy]

Hallelujah she has a backbone

 

[pushpakg]

Good for her mc is always contradicting he says he liked her for soo long but didn't think twice to be fwb with a random at that point

 

[story645]

When it comes to Yuu, everyone is kinda like wtf you doing man? Your actions don't make sense. I've been trying to give Yuu the benefit of the doubt and approach his actions with some sort of logic or plan but there's just too many unknowns.

So I think the problem is assuming there is a plan. He very much comes across as short term deal with things as they come person. Like clearly that's the deal w/ going to the festival - appease Hikari in the moment, deal w/ Aya if he runs into her, defer the fight w/ Hikari (hopefully she'll forget & also deflection seemed to have worked w/ Aya).
Eta: also dating Aya - at the time he assumed dating Hikari was hopeless so he was gonna take the chance to move on.

 

[_Lugh]

So it seems Yuu is also pretty manipulative.

Dude, you can't NOT tell the girl you (allegedly) love that you were kissed by another woman, that shit needs to be aired out or it's gonna rot your relationship from the inside out.

 

[InformerMaz]

We need to start taking bets on how this series ends.

1. No one ends up with anyone.
2. Yuu ends up with Yami.
3. Yuu ends up with Hikari.
4. Hikari ends up with Yami.
5. Yuu, Hikari and Yami are a throuple.
6. Hikari ends up with Yami's mom.
7. Hikari was one of Yami's stepdad's cheating partners and we get a 30+ chapter flashback on how this whole series was orchestrated by her all along. "IT WAS ME, YAMI I JERKED YOU OFF AT SUPER SPEED!!"

Honestly, I would love to see how all of these play out in the end lol.

 

[javajulien]

She ain't wrong. lol

There's nothing wrong with previously dating someone, but trying to white wash it all only establishes the new relationship on being built on shaky foundation.

 

[Ajira]

F the story. I'm just here to read the reactions. More entertaining...

 

[InformerMaz]

I am ever bewildered by how judgemental people can be of a bunch of insecure, flawed kids.

Yami is a child with a long history of abuse, but she did a bad thing, so she should burn in hell. Even though she literally hates herself and that makes her self-sabotage, she deserves no compassion or forgiveness.

Yuu had a relationship with a girl while still harboring feelings for his childhood friend, which is either impossible or "cheating" apparently, and he also didn't tell his childhood friend whom he loves about it even though it is literally none of her business and should have no bearing on their relationship, so he should burn in hell too.

Oh, he lied to her about his phone? Are you all saints who have never once lied in your lives? Never once made an excuse to get out of a messy situation? Yes, it was not right of him to lie, but he is also not required to tell her about the Yami situation, irrespective of his feelings for her, especially since far as I'm aware he doesn't know the two are friends, and the only way that would be wrong would be if he initiated that kiss, which I do not believe he did.

Hikari ended up seeing the kiss, which complicates things, and she has the right to feel upset about it and demand answers before entering a relationship, but that doesn't somehow make Yuu be in the wrong for not explaining his entire dating history to her beforehand, nor is it anywhere near the level of "betrayal" some of you folks pretend it is.

I would agree with you on the fact it wasn't wrong for Yuu to reveal his dating past, if that relationship was someone completely random. The thing is: it wasn't someone completely random. It was Hikari's (arguably) second-best friend at that point. And if he didn't know she was her friend would've made sense - the thing is, the fact he lied to her, about the reason why he was hesitant to go and about where he was when his phone supposedly died, could in fact be confirmation to Hikari that he did know that Yami was her best friend.

Sure, maybe he didn't know. But I find this theory very improbable, in my opinion. Just so we're clear, I'm referring to the fact that in your closing statement that, from what I gathered, you seem to believe that he is not in the wrong for not telling Hikari that he was once seeing Yami. I agree with you on the fact that people saying Yuu and Yami are irredeemable are wrong, at least for now. If more context adds to the fact they were hiding things on purpose or makes their reasons for hiding their relationship to be somewhat more malicious, I would maybe agree with them lol.

Also, my bad if someone said something similar to you earlier. I'm just replying to some comments I see interesting as I read through the pages.

 

[casgar]

It's a happy ending for Hikari, for not standing up for herself and rejecting this dumbass

oh yeah I wont disagree with that its just all of this bs could be avoided and it couldve been a normal story but no lets use rotten apples not sugar.

 

[ipmanvsthemask]

Absolutely her business when he is lying to her face lol. Loved you since we met? Who you fooling.

So what if he lied to her? It wasn't her place to know. She doesn't deserve any of that information at this point of their relationship. If she really want to know about it, she should've been upfront about it with him and see if he lies to her then.

 

[ipmanvsthemask]

Reminds me of when people treated Setsuna as a victim in WA2 who Hikari is based off of though in this case Hikari does not have a lot of negative qualities that Setsuna has and even if we get a Yuu POV he is still gonna be hated for being another Haruki

I think Setsuna was definitely a victim. But I most certainly donot think Hikari and Setsuna are that similar. For one, Setsuna didn't dream up a version of Haruki that didn't exist and then proceed to blame him for not living up to her standards. She didn't even blame him for stuffs that he did do. Setsuna also wasn't as nearly as innocent as Hikari is (imo, Hikari inherited Kazusa's innocence) and that resulted in her playing the game for Haruki better than Kazusa did.

 

[HellJester]

I would agree with you on the fact it wasn't wrong for Yuu to reveal his dating past, if that relationship was someone completely random. The thing is: it wasn't someone completely random. It was Hikari's (arguably) second-best friend at that point. And if he didn't know she was her friend would've made sense - the thing is, the fact he lied to her, about the reason why he was hesitant to go and about where he was when his phone supposedly died, could in fact be confirmation to Hikari that he did know that Yami was her best friend.

Sure, maybe he didn't know. But I find this theory very improbable, in my opinion. Just so we're clear, I'm referring to the fact that in your closing statement that, from what I gathered, you seem to believe that he is not in the wrong for not telling Hikari that he was once seeing Yami. I agree with you on the fact that people saying Yuu and Yami are irredeemable are wrong, at least for now. If more context adds to the fact they were hiding things on purpose or makes their reasons for hiding their relationship to be somewhat more malicious, I would maybe agree with them lol.

Also, my bad if someone said something similar to you earlier. I'm just replying to some comments I see interesting as I read through the pages.

I just can't see Yuu as malicious. He's too much of an oaf, a goober to be doing all this maliciously.

Did Yuu know Yami and Hikari go to the same school? - absolutely.
Did Yuu know Yami and Hikari are in the same year/grade? - it's been pointed out to me by others that based on the novelization, Yuu should be aware that Yami was repeating a year so he should absolutely know they're in the same grade.
Did Yuu know Yami and Hikari are in the same class? - There hasn't been any evidence that Yuu has this knowledge as far as I can tell.
Did Yuu know Yami and Hikari are best friends/close friends? - There hasn't been any evidence that Yuu has this knowledge as far as I can tell.

I'm fairly confidant in saying, based on the knowledge and information we've been shown so far, that Yuu was only hesitating to go to the festival because he feared running into Yami and having to explain to Hikari what his relationship with her was. I believe if Yuu knew Hikari and Yami were best friends he would have never agreed to go to the festival. The risk would have been too high. He would have instead freaked out and had a meltdown trying to figure out how he'd reveal to Hikari that he used to date her best friend.

 

[story645]

If she really want to know about it, she should've been upfront about it with him and see if he lies to her then.

She was? She asked about him having an ex back with the kohai and she asked point blank if/why he doesn't want to go to the festival and she asked where he was/what happened when they met up after the kiss.

Eta: like I feel like this is the inherent difference between Yuu's lies and Hikari - at no point did Yuu ask her if she liked him (which reasonable really) and she almost definitely wouldn't have lied/deflected if he had. Which the convo in this chapter is proof of - she's super mad at him but still owns up that she likes him.

 

[Captainken]

EMIYA?

 

[Litreara]

Can't believe I'm defending Yami but the Yami in the present (not counting anything that happened at the festival) is actually much much better than she used to be. Hikari and other characters mention that since she joined Hikari's friend group Yami has drastically improved.

Also, keep in mind that Yami has only known that Ta-kun = Yuu for I believe a few months. Yes, she absolutely should have immediately told Hikari but I can understand why she was scared to.

Please keep in mind that for Yami, she's experienced a bunch of crappy things one after the other. First there's the divorce of her biological dad from her mom. Then she experienced her mom marrying her stepdad who not only cheats on Yami's mom but has been trying to (or succeeding) to molest Yami. Yami mentioned this to her mom and got ignored (most likely because the stepdad is rich and is using his money as leverage). Japan does not look at single mothers favorably. With no family or friends to turn to, Yami runs away from home but you need money for that so she felt she had no choice but to prostitute herself.

She meets Yuu, the first bright thing in her life in a long time and clings to him. Starting to feel better about herself she decides she needs to try to square things with her mom so she informs her of the stepdad's cheating thinking that'll be the thing that brings mom and daughter closer and gets rid of the toxic stepdad for good. Instead, Yami's mom goes off the deep-end and chooses the stepdad again and then needs to be hospitalized (suicide attempt? mental break?).

Yami ghosts Yuu because she feels she doesn't deserve to be happy after she torpedoed her mom's marriage. She lashes out at anyone around her. It's not until Hikari refuses to leave her alone that she starts to come out of her protective shell and heal.

Now imagine you go through all that. You've made some close friends and a really close best friend. Your life is looking up and then you find out that your best friend is in love with the guy you used to date and ghosted. You also find out at that same time that the girl your ex was in love with and kept talking about is your new best friend. You've lost your ex, you've kinda lost your mom in that you don't speak anymore and now there's a chance you might lose the only stable thing in your life - your friend group.

How do you find the courage to tell Hikari? Would she forgive you? She's forgiven you before but this is different. I can understand why Yami didn't say anything even though I think that was the absolute wrong choice.

First, a small correction: Yami's mother didn't divorce her biological father—he died. Yami tells Yuu this in Chapter 24.

Second, it's understandable that Yami's past shapes her actions—trauma doesn't exist in a vacuum, and her behavior makes sense in context. But making sense isn't the same as being okay. Just because something is understandable doesn't mean it's justified, and it definitely doesn't erase the harm she's caused.

Some readers lean so hard into sympathy that they overlook the real harm Yami is causing—especially to Hikari. If Hikari truly is her best friend, then Yami’s choices, like hiding the truth about Yuu, aren’t just missteps; they're a failure of trust if you want to be generous, and outright betrayal if you don't. Either way, they call for accountability, not just explanations.

Sympathy and consequences aren’t opposites. You can both recognize Yami’s suffering and expect her to take responsibility for the pain she’s inflicting. Trauma might explain why she’s struggling, but it doesn’t absolve her. Real growth means facing what she’s done—not just benefiting from others’ forgiveness because she’s been through hell.

 

[HellJester]

First, a small correction: Yami's mother didn't divorce her biological father—he died. Yami tells Yuu this in Chapter 24.

Second, it's understandable that Yami's past shapes her actions—trauma doesn't exist in a vacuum, and her behavior makes sense in context. But making sense isn't the same as being okay. Just because something is understandable doesn't mean it's justified, and it definitely doesn't erase the harm she's caused.

Some readers lean so hard into sympathy that they overlook the real harm Yami is causing—especially to Hikari. If Hikari truly is her best friend, then Yami’s choices, like hiding the truth about Yuu, aren’t just missteps; they're a failure of trust if you want to be generous, and outright betrayal if you don't. Either way, they call for accountability, not just explanations.

Sympathy and consequences aren’t opposites. You can both recognize Yami’s suffering and expect her to take responsibility for the pain she’s inflicting. Trauma might explain why she’s struggling, but it doesn’t absolve her. Real growth means facing what she’s done—not just benefiting from others’ forgiveness because she’s been through hell.

I agree that Yami should have absolutely come clean the moment she found out but I also understand why she didn't.

It's just sad though because Yami only really has those three girls. Yami's mom doesn't really interact with her. She doesn't have any adults in her life. When she was being told she was in danger of repeating a year her teacher acted like he couldn't be bothered by the whole thing. In fact, her teacher sent Hikari to deal with it.

I can't imagine having no one in my life other than 3 friends and let's be honest, is Yami even that close to the other two? I can see why she'd hesitate to tell Hikari as there's a non-zero chance that doing so would blow up her relationship with Hikari, the only real relationship she has left in her life, just like she blew up her relationship with her mom. Surely you can see why she'd hesitate and cut her at least a little bit of slack.

I mean the parallel between her mom and Hikari is pretty clear. She's about to tell a female she trusts and has a good relationship with that the man they love is not exactly the paragon of virtue they think they are. She's done it once and suffered the consequences, I can see why she wouldn't want to take the chance again.

All that being said, yeah, she absolutely should have pulled Hikari to the side after the amusement park date and been like...hey girl, you called your crush a different name. Is his name Yuu? You have a picture? Oh snap, I had no idea until this moment but I need to tell you that your crush and I dated a year ago and I ghosted him. Let me give you some space to process this.