The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All - Ch. 132 - Tick-tock

[MangaDex]

 

[HarleyEllis]

Tragedy tag addition incoming! Jk hopefully it’s just appendicitis.

 

[Mangamoz]

Tragedy tag addition incoming! Jk hopefully it’s just appendicitis.

Yes the tragedy is that they still have long nails.

 

[AccForManga]

Tragedy tag addition incoming! Jk hopefully it’s just appendicitis.

Could also just be all this stress, can absolutely cause stomach pains.

 

[Stormageddonffs]

Tragedy tag addition incoming! Jk hopefully it’s just appendicitis.

I'd go with stress-induced cramps. Those fit the bill of what is happening

 

[DumKunt]

Man, this chapter's heavy like a brinks truck

 

[k1rumaaa]

cant wait for the next chapter

 

[R3ader0.01]

Aya-chan getting worried that everyone is leaving her behind🥹. but Girl because of you those guys wouldn't know or be friends if weren't for you your there Core Girl especially to Mitsuki

 

[MeganeR]

She needs her stress relief (Mitsuki)

 

[dkchubs]

Now taking bets on if Aya actually talks about what's worrying her or if she sticks with the 'bottle it all up' strat.

 

[ozanty]

A small finger smith act can help her for her stress a lot.

 

[greenyuriloverbecauseimcoollikethat]

I think that she either has stomach cramps from stress, or possibly feeling weak and stomach aching from not eating. Either way I'm scared. But I still love the angst sooo

 

[Gu7]

Tick-tock
Heavy like a brinks truck
Looking like I'm tip-top
Shining like a wristwatch

 

[Laparoscopic]

Hope it’s just nausea and not an ulcer… A hospital visit would really mess up her study plans.

 

[outinthegardener]

Stress-picked fingers, noticed. Catastrophic stomach cramps, unavoidable. It's time for an intervention!

The high-stress pressure-cooker exams theme is a major trope at this point. But what I think is interesting in this comic is the implicit comparisons between Japan Circa Late 90's bubble collapse to now, and to the USA's teenage culture in the 90s and 2000's. Western Music acts as a metonym for a greener pasture than their own. Yet this story doesn't look into the socio-economic forces of the grunge era, or the dot-com bubble, or the post 9/11 forever wars.

It's a mirror to how I was a teen in the 90s who grew up feeling the alienation of failing neo-liberalism, then streaming services made it easier for me to access anime and manga, and now I'm fetishizing J-Rock instead of DInosaur Jr.

But both of these cultures have a lot in common. They both have angsty rock music for their alienated youth, and both have glossy sacharine bubblegum pop music, and both have a lot of dystopian fiction preparing us to accept the conditions of late stage capitalism and climate disaster.

 

[Roodypatooti]

Well this ain't good


Also yeah anxiety stomach aches are the worst.

 

[VariousThrenodies]

Healing soon, trust the plan.

 

[Hicleric]

Too young for an ulcer, right? Appendicitis would be pretty tragic too, so hope this is all psychosomatic.

 

[TanyaTheEvil]

Thanks for the chapter and translation

 

[Gaporigo]

Oh damn, Mitsuki got her pregnant already.