Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. - Vol. 6 Ch. 58 - Noa-Senpai and A Hug

[draxdeveloper]

Well, fwiw, she is admitting to her faults. I think ther is a slow growth and rihito seems to be getting used to handling her. Slowly getting better while getting closer seems to be the idea behind this manga and i can gel with it i think.
Thanks for the chapter.

And this what annoys me somehow. I fear that the author will never make a real progress beyond the wish of progress.
I Know that real progress in people with serious issues requires even years of work WITH a professional, but since those professionals don't exist in most fictional works (specially romcoms and not just in Japan) we need accelerated progress.
Heck, if we had the characters going to therapy the lack of progress would be more torelable

 

[draxdeveloper]

author didnt forget dude, the story just developed into a new extreme asking noa "what will you do if rihito gets married" this is plain the reaction she gives to that question, which even in the context of the story her own answer was "i want him to say that he loves me" and rihitos reaction was "thats too importants to just say it like that" and gave her a hug instead something that even gets told its special enough to him, this is as on the nose in progress as you could get, are people blind?

Yeah, to be honest, I did write this before finishing the chapter. But as I explained in another comment, I just fear the author don't do real progress beyond the wish of a character progress.
(also, complementing my other comment, why therapy is inexistent in almost all fiction)

 

[UnderLevelMob]

Yeah, to be honest, I did write this before finishing the chapter. But as I explained in another comment, I just fear the author don't do real progress beyond the wish of a character progress.
(also, complementing my other comment, why therapy is inexistent in almost all fiction)

personally i think its fine enough progress between them, the setting in the story just puts them both as people that do office work most of the time, then go hang out for a bit on the regular, sprinkled around with moments where they spend time closely together, reaching a part where they point out its only been a handful of months, with characters actively pointing out that both noa and rihito have developed personally on this period of time even, their closeness feels like it makes sense given their personalities

 

[kanjutbautai]

please put reni first

 

[Punllarena]

what a heavy woman

 

[Dddfffxxx]

Normally her insecurity is kind of cute but this chapter is actually really unhealthy and annoying. In real life if your girlfriend thinks that you should prioritize her over your own family especially on your birthday that’s a problem

 

[Kaito57]

Maybe Menhera Noa is annoying to some, but she’s still a billion times more likeable than Bully Tsundere Reni imho.

 

[Kaito57]

Fellas, if your girl friend thinks she's more important than your family, and that she has priority over them in an event like your birthday... that's a big no no.
Noa goes from adorkable to absolute controlling psycho (ngl kinda hot) in seconds.

I mean… If your family is really more important to you than your girlfriend just because they are « family », then, maybe don’t bother dating in the first place. Just stay single and live with them.m, just saying.

 

[Quroh_JG]

I mean… If your family is really more important to you than your girlfriend just because they are « family », then, maybe don’t bother dating in the first place. Just stay single and live with them.m, just saying.

That's why I said "girl friend". Maybe I should have wrote female friend.
And with your comment, well, it depends on multiple factors. Some people think family is more important than a partner, others think the other way, other would say that a girlfriend is not more important but a wife is... I don't think there's a "correct" answer to that, and, as I say, it depends on the person

 

[anonymousthief]

She's cute and all, but in real life this kind of behavior would be really toxic and exhausting to deal with.

 

[anonymousthief]

Isn't established very early? Multiple break ups affected her perception of romance so much she desperately clings to more safe "friendship" relationship. If Noais this worked up and fearful of not losing Rihito in the "friend" status, the thought of losing him when she is much in love with him would break her completely, I doubt she ever recovers in case of ultimate rejection.

I'm fairly sure her insecurities and clinginess are what caused those multiple breakups, not vice versa.

 

[Alex646]

So much contrast with the previous chapter. In a bad way.
Poor Rihito. He had to be stern about this. So much similar shit waits for him in future, just cause he couldn't say 'no' now.

 

[GhostX64]

Ah yes She needs attention from him on HIS birthday. That's the textbook case of red flag here my friends.

Not to add to the fire, that she still hasn't shown any kind of commitment to him all the while asking priority over his family.

I want to see the face of every person who argued with me in the first 5 chapters that she is indeed an attention seeking wh*re.

 

[Nemo2342]

Is there a level above landmine? Because I think Noa is a whole minefield.

 

[LocoBolon]

I will comment this again, I am still unsure what the author thinks of Noa's behavior. Does the author think Noa's behavior is bad or good?

Getting mixed signals here.

what? Dude, you need a new brain. A better one

 

[Rh0n]

Can I ask for some spoilers, please? Does she gets better?

Their relationship will get bumped to a new level soon. And I feel like plenty of people would be particularly happy about certain development that got prophesized in comments.

And this what annoys me somehow. I fear that the author will never make a real progress beyond the wish of progress.
I Know that real progress in people with serious issues requires even years of work WITH a professional, but since those professionals don't exist in most fictional works (specially romcoms and not just in Japan) we need accelerated progress.
Heck, if we had the characters going to therapy the lack of progress would be more torelable

This is not what romcom veterans would qualify as "progress-lacking" series and it has continuity that often flows chapter to next chapter, it's not even that episodic compared to many of similar type. And their relationship is growing, we literally getting status quo upgrade in 10 chapters.

 

[Nemo2342]

I will comment this again, I am still unsure what the author thinks of Noa's behavior. Does the author think Noa's behavior is bad or good?

Getting mixed signals here.

The author has always had an issue with playing what appears to be extremely toxic behavior for laughs, but it feels like it's gotten worse lately.

 

[Quroh_JG]

Their relationship will get bumped to a new level soon. And I feel like plenty of people would be particularly happy about certain development that got prophesized in comments.

Now I'm curious. I've seen the raws, but I was too lazy to try to read them in japanese. I think I'm gonna try to do it

 

[Weebshit5149]

I'm kinda over this story. It's been nothing but annoying for awhile, nao hasn't had any development since the first chapter, watching her get catered to like a special needs kid is getting real old real quick and I get " big booba" huhuh but that only goes so far before you might aswell move to a hentai.. but for real this is ass, had promise but got stale. If your story is going to revolve around a wholly unlikable protege then there needs to be some sort of comeuppance or catalyst for change

 

[chusetto]

Don't hug your bipolar waifu