Heisei Haizanhei ☆ Sumire-chan - Ch. 65 - The Woman Left Behind

[MangaDex]

 

[Boomthorkell]

May our young hero wreck this hag.

 

[Churkey]

NOOOOOO do not TOUCh da precious bean! She needs some attention and love from people that actually CARE about her!

 

[FantasyMaster]

Damn, this woman gives worse girl-failure energy than Sumire....
Like, Sumire is funny, but this woman? She's just sad...

 

[Burner5]

Damn, this woman gives worse girl-failure energy than Sumire....
Like, Sumire is funny, but this woman? She's just sad...

The thing is she ISN'T a girlfailure. She's just the end result of terminal middle manager brain. She's "successful" enough to keep her job but is too arrogant to see how her methods aren't working like they used to.

 

[mrboxeater]

Damn, not sure if this crusty cunt can be saved especially targetting that dumbass Sushi....good luck to the MC

Korean and Japanese entertainment industry trying to pimp out the female talent is too real.

thanks for the double chapter!

 

[SuperOniichan]

Why do I get the feeling they weren't discussing her potential as a talented peson, but as a product?

 

[t28]

Why do I get the feeling they weren't discussing her potential as a talented peson, but as a product?

Welcome to the idol & gravure industries

 

[FantasyMaster]

The thing is she ISN'T a girlfailure. She's just the end result of terminal middle manager brain. She's "successful" enough to keep her job but is too arrogant to see how her methods aren't working like they used to.

Yeah, I missused the term
Still...she's still a sad character. I don't mean that I pity her, but the fact that she's so stuck up to the past....I can't help but wonder how many times she went or was sent to sleep with big shots during her idol days and how many she sent from when she started being a producer/manager....
And now I also wonder: could it be that First Love failed not only because she was a bad producer but also because Sumire (as the group leader) refused to do that or let any of the other girls do that? I wouldn't be surprised if that was her plan all along or at least the lifeline

 

[rabidfish]

A very broken woman, indeed. sad and pathetic.

 

[mgRdr]

And now I also wonder: could it be that First Love failed not only because she was a bad producer but also because Sumire (as the group leader) refused to do that or let any of the other girls do that? I wouldn't be surprised if that was her plan all along or at least the lifeline

At least Souko and Ayumi, when Yuusei asked them about it, didn't recall anything about her pushing them to do any of that. Maybe Sumire did shield them somehow from Todoroki to the point that they are not even aware of any such attempts, but I imagine it would've been easy for Todoroki, who's Souko's and Ayumi's producer, to push them directly even if Sumire was against it.
Sumire does hide something in relation to why Sweet Lovers failed, but I think as far as it goes for Todoroki, she was just an irresponsible and incompetent producer who was doing bare minimum to keep herself aflot in her position given the means and skills at her disposal, and attempting to prostitute Sweet Lovers was perhaps too much effort. Just as is now, she has a few parlor tricks which do include some forms of prostitution, which take less effort than succeeding at her job and which until recently let her maintain her current position.

 

[MasterKurosawaKakeru]

Damn, this woman gives worse girl-failure energy than Sumire....
Like, Sumire is funny, but this woman? She's just sad...

More importantly, Sumire is likeable, while this lady is not. Sumire is an impulsive wreck, but does not mean anyone any harm, this lady is actively exploitative and seemingly willing to use others without a care just to stay afloat.

 

[mgRdr]

but does not mean anyone any harm

I thought so too up until the moment she tried to rob Souko of her earnings. After that, well she has to prove that she's any different from Todoroki.

 

[Joseki]

The other girls are girlfailures.
This new one is just an asshole.

Learn the difference folks. Never engage with the 2nd group.

 

[tomatomandarine]

The thing is she ISN'T a girlfailure. She's just the end result of terminal middle manager brain. She's "successful" enough to keep her job but is too arrogant to see how her methods aren't working like they used to.

"terminal middle manager brain" is such a good way to put it. For me she's an example of the Peter principle. She may have been a good idol but the promotion to management was a mistake and she's barely holding on to her job, most likely just due to her relationship with the president than anything else.

 

[Soneca]

With the strategies Todoroki is using and considering she started her idol career at 13... I wonder how much she was subjected to that herself. It's very grim if you think about it.

Tyvm for the scanlation, can't wait to see the next reunions and what comes next.

 

[Boomthorkell]

Yeah, I missused the term
Still...she's still a sad character. I don't mean that I pity her, but the fact that she's so stuck up to the past....I can't help but wonder how many times she went or was sent to sleep with big shots during her idol days and how many she sent from when she started being a producer/manager....
And now I also wonder: could it be that First Love failed not only because she was a bad producer but also because Sumire (as the group leader) refused to do that or let any of the other girls do that? I wouldn't be surprised if that was her plan all along or at least the lifeline

Great theory, Sumire cunt-blocking her entirely reasonable attempts to whore them out for social credit points in the industry.

 

[Boomthorkell]

I thought so too up until the moment she tried to rob Souko of her earnings. After that, well she has to prove that she's any different from Todoroki.

Well, Sumire is comically unstable. This girl is consciously deliberate. That's the difference.

 

[Brobobo]

Hope our resident depraved mangaka hits the nastiest elbow to her temple

 

[Weebius]

See, if artists like Asanagi focused their craft exclusively on women who deserved it like this lady, I'd be down for it.