Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta - Ch. 167 - Love Me Anymore?

[Hicleric]

What was the sound effect in green at the end? Given the highlight it must have been important...maybe the tearing of the poster?

I liked this chapter a bit more than the last couple. The internal monologue really crystallizes the a major issue which (fingers crossed) they will actually confront next time.

 

[yoorie19]

 

[Orpheus7]

I do like this chapter and seeing Mitsuki mindset. It's very dramatic and the visual look great... I just can't believe this all because she played in some lame band in front of Aya. Imo it doesn't feel that serious. I also don't get why chat sides with Aya here. I get Mitsuki tries to brush off the conversation with Seggs but like I've said before , had Aya taken Mitsuki to the concert and tried to reconnect with music maybe Mitsuki would've open up. Instead Aya put all her music love to Shu. I just want the blue Yuri man

 

[UdenEmpati]

I do like this chapter and seeing Mitsuki mindset. It's very dramatic and the visual look great... I just can't believe this all because she played in some lame band in front of Aya. Imo it doesn't feel that serious. I also don't get why chat sides with Aya here. I get Mitsuki tries to brush off the conversation with Seggs but like I've said before , had Aya taken Mitsuki to the concert and tried to reconnect with music maybe Mitsuki would've open up. Instead Aya put all her music love to Shu. I just want the blue Yuri man

It's because Mitsuki just stopped talking about music after the concert flop. Like, entirely.

Not just not playing guitar, but Aya comments on it in chapter 154, how Mitsuki completely closed up and wouldn't open up to her about what happened. She just quit the band and never picked up her guitar again, and any time Aya tried to approach Mitsuki, something got in the way, and they started spending more time apart as a result.

I would bet Aya wanted to take Mitsuki, but she felt like even bringing up music would set Mitsuki off. So a concert would be right out.

and at the same time, she has been getting closer to Shu. And, she knows that music played sufficiently loud can drown out other problems, so she took Shu to see if the concert would give her relief in her knee for a bit. (Which, it did, see chapter 163.)

And, it turns out Mitsuki had a work party for her boss's birthday that day, anyway.

Yes, it's not airtight, but the precedent is all there for Aya to have felt that asking Mitsuki would have been a bad move. We know, because we're outside the story. But from her perspective, Mitsuki has shut down and shut her out, and at that point Aya wanted to respect Mitsuki's space and wasn't pushing to pry her for answers at that point.

And I think "chat sides with Aya" because it would be simple if Mitsuki would just speak up. Aya being the one who has to pry answers out of her, isn't fair to Aya, because it becomes her having to do the emotional labor of fixing her girlfriend, when her girlfriend seems content to just ignore and run away from her problems.

Aya is her own person too with her own plate of needs, wants, and responsibilities. She shouldn't have to also badger Mitsuki into fixing Mitsuki's issues, too.

 

[Zejfi]

Yo, Mitsuki! Aya literally told you what her problem is! She feels lonely! Guess why, bitch?!

 

[daSweep]

Nope. That's enough. This is not the nice and cozy romance I loved, it just makes me feel bad every chapter. Time to drop it.

 

[CommanderWeeaboo]

I don't think this arc is bad, but the 4 pages and pacing is making it unbearable. I think the worst part of it is that its just cause of no-talk-jitsu, which yes is very realistic and even relatable but realistic/relatable does not always make for fun entertainment.

 

[Trevoga]

y'all, there isn't much room for talking in this chapter, it's fine
there's introspection instead of them just looking at each other from a distance being jealous of whoever happens to be next to the other

 

[WolfenLady]

I feel like I'm going to get in trouble for saying this. I've been thinking and read the story again from the start because I didn't want to talk shit. But isn't Mitsuki and her problems/insecurities always the reason why they always end up "fighting"? The Onii-chan thing was about Mitsuki not wanting people to find out her true self but still getting close to Aya without coming clean. The story with Aya's friends was Mitsuki acting without talking to Aya because she didn't want to be the reason Aya fought with her friends (Aya was fighting with them because their different taste made Aya find a new person to talk music to and the friend got jealous). I won't talk about the school dance because they were both idiots on this one. And now this. It's a pattern I didn't want to see but clearly a recurring thing.

Mitsuki doesn't want to open up. Aya makes efforts to help/understand until the breaking point. Mitsuki get angry/scared in her head because of past trauma. Our yuri knight shares words of wisdom or Aya bulldozes all over Mitsuki's insecurities and demands communication, not taking no for an answer. Mitsuki communicates and everything get fixed... Until Mitsuki got another problem who ends up causing issues in their relationship.

Now we're on the "Mitsuki get angry/scared" part. So I supposed either a 3rd party ends up blasting Mitsuki's ear with the truth or Aya get sick enough of the situation to kick open Mitsuki's door to demand answers.

 

[RokkuHyena]

That depression be doing its thing.
Y'all this be hurting to go through. Like being force to craw naked on a floor made of extra coarse sandpaper.
I'm not asking for happy fluffy shit. Stuff like this is realistic. I just can hope that there can be some sort of communication after this.

 

[Loner210]

Can we ask for a proper communication after she has sobered up?

 

[C4l]

Green Yuri straight into green angst

The disasterpiece continues

 

[UdenEmpati]

I feel like I'm going to get in trouble for saying this. I've been thinking and read the story again from the start because I didn't want to talk shit. But isn't Mitsuki and her problems/insecurities always the reason why they always end up "fighting"? The Onii-chan thing was about Mitsuki not wanting people to find out her true self but still getting close to Aya without coming clean. The story with Aya's friends was Mitsuki acting without talking to Aya because she didn't want to be the reason Aya fought with her friends (Aya was fighting with them because their different taste made Aya find a new person to talk music to and the friend got jealous). I won't talk about the school dance because they were both idiots on this one. And now this. It's a pattern I didn't want to see but clearly a recurring thing.

Mitsuki doesn't want to open up. Aya makes efforts to help/understand until the breaking point. Mitsuki get angry/scared in her head because of past trauma. Our yuri knight shares words of wisdom or Aya bulldozes all over Mitsuki's insecurities and demands communication, not taking no for an answer. Mitsuki communicates and everything get fixed... Until Mitsuki got another problem who ends up causing issues in their relationship.

Now we're on the "Mitsuki get angry/scared" part. So I supposed either a 3rd party ends up blasting Mitsuki's ear with the truth or Aya get sick enough of the situation to kick open Mitsuki's door to demand answers.

I have to wonder if Mitsuki defaults to physical intimacy because her love language is in actions, whereas talking is clearly not her strong suit.

We see when Aya is super hungover a few chapters back, and Mitsuki gets her a hat, sunglasses, hangover drink and food, and all of it quick and ready to go, like magic.
And, when Mitsuki gets sick from running in the rain and then getting soaked walking home with Aya, Aya fixes her soup, and surprises her with the Fiona Apple CD. And Mitsuki says "you really love me, don't you Aya".

Because Mitsuki understands and is comfortable with action and physical contact. Which, maybe that's why she defaults to sex; it's how she confirms they're still "okay". Which, is why she is so hurt by Aya rejecting her and demanding they talk instead.

They have incongruent ways of communicating, and it's something that needs to be addressed to ensure things work.

Otherwise, I think you're onto something. I do wonder if Rinko & Shu will actually be part of that "third party" who needs to push them into a room to sort things out, and that the seeming 'cheat partner' angle is merely a red herring/fakeout.

But either way, it's a pattern that, ostensibly, might be coming to a head with Mitsuki. I could see this being the "big one" that's meant to really push her behavior patterns out into the open, to deal with once and for all.

 

[henman]

sebian lex rules the land

 

[AHomicidalTelevision]

i swear this drama better end soon. its getting irritating

 

[Sheerluck_Holmes]

I want to get off Mr. Blue Yuri's Wild Ride

 

[Rinno7]

Lowkey want to punch Mitsuki because Aya has tried already to talk to this dumbass but she refuses to open up and now is like "oh, poor me...", like, GIRL 🫩

 

[Bad_habits]

Green yuri:📚📚📚📚📚📚


Green yuri if they just took a second and communicated with each other instead of whatever this is:📚

How does one not talk to the person they literally live and share a bed with?🫥

 

[flowsthead]

I feel like I'm going to get in trouble for saying this. I've been thinking and read the story again from the start because I didn't want to talk shit. But isn't Mitsuki and her problems/insecurities always the reason why they always end up "fighting"? The Onii-chan thing was about Mitsuki not wanting people to find out her true self but still getting close to Aya without coming clean. The story with Aya's friends was Mitsuki acting without talking to Aya because she didn't want to be the reason Aya fought with her friends (Aya was fighting with them because their different taste made Aya find a new person to talk music to and the friend got jealous). I won't talk about the school dance because they were both idiots on this one. And now this. It's a pattern I didn't want to see but clearly a recurring thing.

Mitsuki doesn't want to open up. Aya makes efforts to help/understand until the breaking point. Mitsuki get angry/scared in her head because of past trauma. Our yuri knight shares words of wisdom or Aya bulldozes all over Mitsuki's insecurities and demands communication, not taking no for an answer. Mitsuki communicates and everything get fixed... Until Mitsuki got another problem who ends up causing issues in their relationship.

Now we're on the "Mitsuki get angry/scared" part. So I supposed either a 3rd party ends up blasting Mitsuki's ear with the truth or Aya get sick enough of the situation to kick open Mitsuki's door to demand answers.

I wouldn't say it's quite as clear cut as this. Aya's test anxiety was also Aya not talking to other people, but most of the time it is Mitsuki not saying anything.

Not only that, but Kanna draws explicit parallels between her relationship with Joe and Aya's relationship with Mitsuki. It's a bit of a family trait in them being poor at expressing themselves and taking the people around them for granted. Kanna asks Aya if she'd be able to stay in a position where Kanna couldn't. Aya didn't really have an answer to this, but she put in effort to support Mitsuki in whatever way she could. She was supportive when Mitsuki was making an album and ignoring the world, supportive when Mitsuki could potentially get a record deal, and supportive when Mitsuki was bullied for her music writing.

The issue here is that Aya is generally not confrontational. The first concert happened because Mitsuki needed to make up for lying, but Aya never pushed the issue. Prom happened because Mitsuki needed to make up for being wishy washy, but again Aya didn't push the issue and wanted to be supportive of Mitsuki's music. Here for the first time Aya is confrontational with Mitsuki, and unlike before Mitsuki isn't doing anything about it. Something needs to change.

 

[amaniza2010]

TALK DAMN YOU!!!!