Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. - Vol. 7 Ch. 66 - Rihito and Reni's Day Off

[BaitoDesu]

I love the little panels of Reni locking the door before going crazy again.

 

[nxneil13]

Thx for the TL!

do we know who sis's friend is? cus why do i have an inkling thats its noa

 

[PersonalGeekery]

these two girls are funny

 

[knewworld]

the best chapters are always the ones where Reni makes an appearance , she's such a cutie 😭😭!! anywho, Thanks for the triple update! I really really really appreciate it!!!!!!!!

 

[bernardomoura]

I'm sorry girl but Rihito face is probably looking like he's thinking "what the hell is this woman saying" almost literally all the time

 

[wandere]

I had a partner with bpd, I guess a few years back at this point. It was for a short while, although I knew them for longer than that (I sort of just fell into it to be honest). It was kind of suffocating, and not entirely due to them but also because due to all of the horrible things they had been through with past partners (this tends to happen a lot to people with bpd) it felt like I had to make up for that. The bpd itself...they were desperate. Not super clingy 24/7, but clingy when they felt especially concerned about our relationship. Absolutely willing to help me in any way possible (even up to offering to give me money, which was kind of the "I can't handle this" moment for me; the sort of thing where if you actually accepted you would feel like a shitty human being) And eventually I broke up with them and at least in my mind I was one of many dominoes leading to a huge spiral. Luckily, last time I checked seemed to have recovered; gotten psychological help, etc.

The point being here is that even if it's not said straight out, Noa clearly has bpd. It's blatantly obvious from the string of abusive relationships to the tendency to have emotional outbursts when they feel particularly unstable or cornered to the fixation on things that clearly are exacerbating the issue. Maybe not 100% accurate, but enough that I can somewhat identify with this story. And I say this in a completely non-"I'm projecting on this character" way (there were other problems that caused the break-up and I'm not enthused on being in a similar situation ever again), but I'm on Team Noa and Rihito getting together in the end. Why? Because it's not necessarily the friendship that is healthy for Noa, it's someone who doesn't feed into her impulses to cling as hard as possible or exploit that impulse. A long term friend is probably a good base for a healthy relationship when (based on my experience) there can be a tendency to become romantically attached to people extremely quickly if they let them.

Not sure why I wanted to say this.

 

[drakenation]

You underestimate my hornyness power

My brother in arms, never underestimate a crazy bitch.
Not even Takeshi's legendary horniness can match their insanity.

 

[RobertK22]

I had a partner with bpd, I guess a few years back at this point. It was for a short while, although I knew them for longer than that (I sort of just fell into it to be honest). It was kind of suffocating, and not entirely due to them but also because due to all of the horrible things they had been through with past partners (this tends to happen a lot to people with bpd) it felt like I had to make up for that. The bpd itself...they were desperate. Not super clingy 24/7, but clingy when they felt especially concerned about our relationship. Absolutely willing to help me in any way possible (even up to offering to give me money, which was kind of the "I can't handle this" moment for me; the sort of thing where if you actually accepted you would feel like a shitty human being) And eventually I broke up with them and at least in my mind I was one of many dominoes leading to a huge spiral. Luckily, last time I checked seemed to have recovered; gotten psychological help, etc.

The point being here is that even if it's not said straight out, Noa clearly has bpd. It's blatantly obvious from the string of abusive relationships to the tendency to have emotional outbursts when they feel particularly unstable or cornered to the fixation on things that clearly are exacerbating the issue. Maybe not 100% accurate, but enough that I can somewhat identify with this story. And I say this in a completely non-"I'm projecting on this character" way (there were other problems that caused the break-up and I'm not enthused on being in a similar situation ever again), but I'm on Team Noa and Rihito getting together in the end. Why? Because it's not necessarily the friendship that is healthy for Noa, it's someone who doesn't feed into her impulses to cling as hard as possible or exploit that impulse. A long term friend is probably a good base for a healthy relationship when (based on my experience) there can be a tendency to become romantically attached to people extremely quickly if they let them.

Not sure why I wanted to say this.

Thank you for sharing. This was very insightful 😊

 

[Cloymax]

Noa is so annoying that it's dealing damage to scanlation efforts. That's crazy

 

[Rh0n]

his sister is also annoying but she's right... the pros/cons are way too unbalanced, the only thing kinda balancing out all that is her absolutely rocking bod. Period.

I'm sorry, but after recent 20 chapters it's hardly true if we talking about Rihito's relationship with Noa. As we see more and more him bringing up positive value that he gets out of relationship with Noa, despite all her flaws his life became better with her in it - and vice versa.

Meanwhile nearly all the time we see Reni she is being negative judgemental menhera that is heavily biased against Noa to the point of ignoring and dismissing any argument that is given to her. She just projecting her almost siscon-like desire to be with her brother to the point of control and insults. Ironically if we take pros/cons approach then Reni looks way worse then Noa with very little positive healthy contributions to his life.

Sorry, but whenever I see people given her behaviour a pass because she is "young and cares about his brother" while simultaneously yapping about Noa's "toxicity" I say - this is simply hypocritical bullshit. Either take a balanced approach and don't pretend Noa's menhera moments are this much worse and admit she has significant positive qualities that is good for Rihito ... or talk shit about Reni on the same level, if not more then towards Noa.

Also thank you for trying to catch up with raws (we are 24 chapters behind), after being up to date with japanese release and knowing that there is progress and things aren't static it was tiring hearing same shit in the comments. Especially when some readers just forget what happened in last chapters because TL takes too long. Thanks bros 🫡

 

[AxeBurningfire]

Why is every woman in his life batshit insane? This has to be paranormal, right? The effect of some curse or something.

 

[rabidfish]

I'm sorry, but after recent 20 chapters it's hardly true if we talking about Rihito's relationship with Noa. As we see more and more him bringing up positive value she gets out of relationship with Noa, despite all her flaws his life became better with her in it - and vice verse.

Meanwhile nearly all the time we see Reni she is being negative judgemental menhera that is heavily biased against Noa to the point of ignoring and dismissing any argument that is given to her. She just projecting her almost siscon-like desire to be with the brother to the point of control and insults. Ironically if take pros/cons approach then Reni looks way worse then Noa with very little positive healthy contributions to his life.

Sorry, but whenever I see people given her behaviour a pass because she is "young and cares about his brother" while simultaneously yapping about Noa's "toxicity" I say - this is simply hypocritical bullshit. Either take a balanced approach kr

His sister is a fucking annoying count, yes. I'm not gonna defend her lol. But Noa is just too much for anyone to handle, her mood swings and overwhelming personality are just way too high maintenance for anyone normal.
Of course Rihito is clearly not someone normal, as it's clear by now.

 

[Rh0n]

His sister is a fucking annoying count, yes. I'm not gonna defend her lol. But Noa is just too much for anyone to handle, her mood swings and overwhelming personality are just way too high maintenance for anyone normal.
Of course Rihito is clearly not someone normal, as it's clear by now.

Well yeah, but that's the point. I don't think manga wants Noa to be normal, same with Rihito, they are not exactly normal - and they shouldn't be. They already hang around enough with coworkers and has other people. Them becoming better may be a consequence of time and them interacting, but main point of having a positive special relationship between Rihito and Noa- which is what manga is slowly achieving.

Though I do get having irl perspective of how it would be to have Noa and Rihito around, sometimes I feel like people forget we are talking about the story and things happening in their context. Our tolerance is kinda irrelevant 😂

 

[Crystalball]

It's kinda funny how everyone focuses on the explosive crazies around him, when Rihito himself is a total weirdo. This is a manga about weirdos interacting.

 

[masonery]

the door reveal, I haven't laughed this hard at a manga in a while

 

[K_Takuya]

Reni should get the backhand from Rihito once, it'll do her good in the long run

 

[Kaito57]

Yes, no : that chapter officially proved that Reni is worst than Noa could ever be.

Clingy will always be better than Abusive.

 

[Tinker_OwO]

I think we should to see Negi-san more often

She balances out the annoyingness of every character in this series. She's like the sugar to this really bitter coffee

 

[Kaito57]

Reni is a rare case of me not liking the classic romcom brocon imotou.

She crosses the line way too much into just being emotionally abusive to her brother.

And she’s surprised why he rather hangs with the woman who at least try to make it fun for everyone involved…

 

[havelmom]

GOD, I love his sister too
Tachibana, Noa, Reni
they're all literal 10/10 s