Namaiki Asahi-chan wo Wakarasetai - Vol. 3 Ch. 21 - I'm Sorry...

[MangaDex]

 

[Kaarme]

I suppose in the Japanese culture most people wouldn't force their way out of such a shack, unless there was no other choice, after an extended period of time of no rescue arriving. Considering they were trapped in by a third party, even if the door was damaged getting out of the shack, it would be no skin off their backs. That's how I see it, but I reckon much of Japan sees it differently.

 

[NotSomeone]

Uh, I don't know how to feel... it kinda do be a little rapey huh.
I understand she was being bratty and stuff... But the moment she said wait and stuff and he kept going, even if he had no intention it felt really uncomfortable, but maybe it's because I was almost a victim of sexual assault.

 

[UdenEmpati]

well I can't say I'm impressed with Asahi continuing to behave that way this chapter, but it's consistent, and I also realize it's just a defense mechanism for her to lean into the "teasing/antagonizing her older childhood friend" because it gets her to look his way.
BUT, I don't think that gives him a right to push her down and start stripping her. He's bigger and stronger, and he didn't stop when she asked him to. So I'm putting him as "in the wrong" on this one, given he did it because he was angry, not because he felt threatened by her.

And now that we get the classic misunderstanding situation and a cut-off after only 18 pages' worth of a chapter, I guess we'll just have to wait around to see whether they spill the beans on the Prez's simp being the one to put them in there in the first place.

Also, I guess Prez had a key? because I thought they were locked in, unless the door was physically barred. I don't see it showing one way or another between last chapter and this one, and there was no indication they even tried the door to see if they were stuck.

Still kinda just unimpressed with these last several chapters. I felt like maybe Asahi had finally turned a corner, getting her feelings out, but then she just went back to her "annoying mode" and was immediately pushed down for it, only to cry and roll over with apologizing.
Which, also point against him, he still either doesn't realize just how much he hurt her (and has, to a degree, for awhile), or he does, and just doesn't care enough to apologize. Also, she did apologize, in a rather authentic way I'd argue, and he just continued admonishing her.

It's a shame that Asahi probably can't just give up on him and walk away. I feel like that's the only way she has left to actually get him to consider her anything more than "his annoying kouhai/childhood friend", at least; if he suddenly realizes she's gone from his life, or on her way out, maybe that would trigger something in him to chase after her? And if he doesn't....well, he's not worth her time, then.

Guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Mirai_Shikimi]

Uh, I don't know how to feel... it kinda do be a little rapey huh.
I understand she was being bratty and stuff... But the moment she said wait and stuff and he kept going, even if he had no intention it felt really uncomfortable, but maybe it's because I was almost a victim of sexual assault.

I am with you... but even before the "wait". When his hand grabbed her ass that was already too much for me. It just does not fit the manga imo

 

[Lunkli]

Uh, I don't know how to feel... it kinda do be a little rapey huh.
I understand she was being bratty and stuff... But the moment she said wait and stuff and he kept going, even if he had no intention it felt really uncomfortable, but maybe it's because I was almost a victim of sexual assault.

I don't necessarily disagree, but to be fair, she was literally just doing the exact same thing to him just before that. Like, she got on top of him first and kept trying to take his shirt off even after he told her to stop. And I think that the implication is meant to be that he was trying to "turn it back on her" just to show her how he felt while she was doing that. Like to explain why she shouldn't do something like that.

But it definitely does feel like a bit much and a bit out of character for him.

 

[JustAPasserbyToday]

Uh, I don't know how to feel... it kinda do be a little rapey huh.
I understand she was being bratty and stuff... But the moment she said wait and stuff and he kept going, even if he had no intention it felt really uncomfortable, but maybe it's because I was almost a victim of sexual assault.

Absolutely no doubt its a weird scene regardless but she was also taking his shirt off so its bad touch on both sides

 

[Joemetheus]

This shit is a such bad look oof
What the hell were they thinking here

It’s not even like it’s a misunderstanding now either like these situations usually are in manga

“It’s not what it looks like, I swear! I mean yes I absolutely did touch her like that but, like, to prove a point”

What the fuck, dude lmao

 

[Werebearguy]

Both are equally at fault, enough said. It's over, they're on track to getting together, and that's that.

All things considered though, I didn't realize how tiny she is. Like, I knew she was short, but his hand was as thick as her thigh.

 

[Jackist]

Mods and terminally online losers frothing at the mouth wanting to add the sexual violence tag.

 

[andrespeg]

imma act as if nothing happened

 

[UdenEmpati]

Mods and terminally online losers frothing at the mouth wanting to add the sexual violence tag.

thank goodness we can count on you to always show up being needlessly incendiary toward others with no provocation or constructive contribution.

 

[Acolytus]

What is there to explain, my dude? You were actually doing what they think you were doing lmao

 

[77px]

Man they were both in the wrong for this but I hope this stupid arc is over now. Thanks for translating!

 

[EnFiveFour]

Nothing says “trying to repair our relationship” like an attempted sexual assault.
I don't know what the author was thinking (and I don't want to know), but he's managed to, for the first time, make me feel happy knowing that this series has been axed.

 

[drakenation]

We were this 👌 close to having a brat getting corrected! 💢💢💢

 

[NotSomeone]

I don't necessarily disagree, but to be fair, she was literally just doing the exact same thing to him just before that. Like, she got on top of him first and kept trying to take his shirt off even after he told her to stop. And I think that the implication is meant to be that he was trying to "turn it back on her" just to show her how he felt while she was doing that. Like to explain why she shouldn't do something like that.

But it definitely does feel like a bit much and a bit out of character for him.

I get the author was going for the "turn the situation and show her how bad it is" route, but it still seemed like it was a bit too much... I guess the problem here is not what happened, but how it was all framed. Here it is played for arousal: the panels focus on him groping her, her ass, thigh and breasts.
Two teenagers almost raped eachother, an adult wrote that down through sexual lenses, it's disgusting the more I think about it.

 

[soulhunterz]

BREED THY KOHAI /j


but on a serious note, i really wish president was the winning heroine, i like Asahi and think she's cute, but damn she would be extremely annoying IRL. Meanwhile President pushes their relationship to improve and grow on each other mutually, that's healthy.

 

[Graywing]

Definitely should have stopped when she said so. I think the author could have done better here. Thanks for the chapter!!!

 

[UdenEmpati]

I get the author was going for the "turn the situation and show her how bad it is" route, but it still seemed like it was a bit too much... I guess the problem here is not what happened, but how it was all framed. Here it is played for arousal: the panels focus on him groping her, her ass, thigh and breasts.
Two teenagers almost raped eachother, an adult wrote that down through sexual lenses, it's disgusting the more I think about it.

The tonal whiplash between how "serious" the panels of him groping her under her clothing were, and then her passing out at his "do you understand now?" followed by them being discovered and the ending "I can't explainnnn" made it all very flippant.

The whole reason she shoved him down first was because he told her he'd never see her as a woman. It was dumb on her part, but her character has always defaulted to trying to get a rise out of him, even when this was a much better chance for her to actually air out her grievances with him. I don't actually understand why the author decided on this chapter at all; the setup was there for them to actually have a fight, and instead they just default to old behavior and end on a "see? Comedy!" note of having them discovered in a compromising situation by the others. But this does nothing to address the outburst from her or the coldness from him from two chapters ago, and the glasses girl is entirely in the wind (since she wasn't there when they were found), so that's another plot point that needs to be addressed.

The fact this is supposedly ending at chapter 28 has me wondering if this is actually supposed to be a "Asahi wins" sort of deal, because I would think they'd need an additional volume to not rush or outright hand-wave a resolution to what's wrong between them, given it requires Asahi having an actual emotional growth arc to expand her world beyond just the one guy who happened to be with her since childhood.