Haikei, Arishi Hi ni Saku Hanatachi e - Vol. 4 Ch. 18.1

[hishokos]

Okay, I'm kinda ashamed at myself as I've never done this before, so I wanted to start. However, I went to the raws page and I can't find anywhere to "Like" them. Do I have to log in in order to see the "like" button? Is it "subscribing" to the manga that counts as a "like"? I'm kinda lost here (btw, I'm fairly okay-ish with Japanese but I just can't find it anywhere)...

You don't need an account. Click all the way to the end of the chapter and click the heart button.

 

[Ichigo69]

You don't need an account. Click all the way to the end of the chapter and click the heart button.

DOH!
Literally the ONLY place I DIDN'T look.....
Cheers, M8

 

[Astrophysicist55]

This is probably one of the most uncomfortable things I have read, yet it is nowhere near the most explicit depictions I have seen.

The sequence where Aoyama finally pieces together that her "relationship" with Yurika was abnormal and what it strip to at it core made me have to get up and walk around for a few minutes.

Excellent artisty in this series.

 

[useless]

Really, the imagery/composition in this manga is amazing. Powerful and vivid, it enhances the experience (even if it sometimes is unsubtle haha). This is something that is sometimes glossed over in manga/comics, but I like all the details and the way the author uses the space.
Also this is awful for our poor Aoyama.
Thanks Beltaro for the translation and the notes! You're amazing, bringing us this great work.

 

[T355d0]

Whoa how refreshing. She's being positioned as a bad person for what she's done instead of it being romanticised. Aoyamas gradual realisation that she was a victim and what happened to her was wrong is so realistic and beautifully portrayed.

This is the only manga I've ever read where I actually prefer reading about these fascinating side characters over the main couple.

 

[strawberrymilk0192]

damn

 

[Colonel-Picquart]

I don't think I've seen anything more heartbreaking than that one panel of middle school Aoyama saying "I wanted to call her Onee-sama too."
It's just such a small expression of what her own desires were for a relationship, that it's like finding a child's doll in burned out ruins.

 

[ScherryNights]

Why do I get the feeling this’ll end with another boxcutter incident?

 

[beThereShortly]

I don't have a witty comment. This was hard to read.
Yurika is gross, and I feel gross too.

 

[rudezki]

Yeah it was kinda obvious that she just took advantage of her.

 

[Oldfatbubba]

In a story that's chock-full of complex imagery and symbolism, this chapter is easily the most profound one yet, outdoing ch 17.2.

edit 1: FWIW, a translation group has began work on Igarashi's earlier work, Dominant.
edit 2: If you liked the floral imagery in this chapter, check out Igarashi's oneshot doujin, Curse & Lament & Broken.

 

[outinthegardener]

Toxic Yuri at its very best. I appreciate the symbolic imagery used to tell the story, in that it softened the blow. I imagine an alternate version of this that depicts the SA outright, indulging in prurience and shock. Instead we get a more subtle approach where we unravel an uncomfortable truth along with the character. It puts the reader in Aoyama's shoes.

 

[Pseudomania]

This has easily become one of my favorite Yuri's I've read to date, this is so fucking good man

 

[Slogye]

This is gut wrenching, I do not think I have ever seen such serious emotions being portrayed through art, in this entire chapter rather than using words igarashi decided to instead use the art to portray something that just if expressed using words would have never hit as hard as it did

 

[kiero13]

this was hard to read... not because of bad art or writing... very far from it

the storytelling and art blended so well, and it flooded the emotions to me as a reader... her finally getting the rose colored glasses off and realizing she is a victim...

hopefully its her step to moving forward. she seemed to have had time stopped on those moments. like did she not have any friends after that? did she have any development and new experiences?

 

[MelonManic]

Oh the tortured soul....

Oh my lord I got no words
THE BEFORE AND AFTER PANELS
IT REMAINS PEAK

That shit hit me in my FEELS

HAVE GOOD DAY