GraPara! - Ch. 134 - By Strip, You Mean…?

[box2024]

Well, at the rush the manga is going, they could make it seem like Shinobu has already forgotten her in 134. I don't think he thought about Sakura at any point in the chapter.

He hasn't thought much at all these few chapters.

 

[diphuc1]

131 and 134 are different rooms. It's just a fake news to make people hate Sakura and fucboy for more. See it yourself and you'll not be their victim easily. @diphuc1 @box2024

Everyone knows now they didn't live together but we can't confirm their relationship.

The idea came from the JP side I believe where they said something about the furniture arrangement looking like fucboi, but in 131 we only get 3 panels where it's all in the bedroom, and in 134 there are 0 bedroom panels shown I believe since the conversation took place all in the living room area.

Being unable to confirm their relationship is a tougher debate. Sakura feels close enough to him to feel the need to seek his advice/approval for taking this offer but this could qualify as just good friends? Their conversation really was devoid of romantice gestures, and fucboi wasn't even paying full attention for half of it I believe as he's reading something. A simple thing like having her sit down next to him, or him standing up near the end of the conversation and walking over to Sakura for some romantic gestures and to allow him to try and control the conversation better would've helped confirm this as well but it was not done.

 

[diphuc1]

But she took everything, didn't she? The room looked completely empty in Chapter 131

Yes, and its been months so this would have to be the most plot convenient development of all time, that she suddenly remembers something to left at the old place. You are correct.

He hasn't thought much at all these few chapters.

We get some of his inner thoughts as he's thinking about the movie and Fumi over the directors proposal but it stops there. I do feel like he's being given the Sakura treatment. We can't really say how he feels about Sakura atp much more until the finale sequence begins and we see how the writer feels about it.

 

[SS-2010]

If ShiFumi stick together and have a less awkward conversation Shinobu should be able to protect her, unless he gets plot conveniently distracted by Sakura out of nowhere. As for Sakura herself, if its the single and back to gravure life she should at least transfer to Mio's agency and that can be a happy enough ending for her, because it's more than what she deserves atp if nothing really changes in the two chapters left. Which is why I think 135 will have everyone wrong in how they predict, in a good way, but we'll have to see.

Sakura went to ask for an opinion, not for permission. If she was truly staying there, she ought to change into comfortable clothes and act as if she was in her own home, rather than behaving with the kind of awkward reserve one shows in someone else's house. She's like someone who is afraid to even sit down properly, acting as if she’s in a rush to leave and won't even sit and have a drink.

 

[jonasadan]

The idea came from the JP side I believe where they said something about the furniture arrangement looking like fucboi, but in 131 we only get 3 panels where it's all in the bedroom, and in 134 there are 0 bedroom panels shown I believe since the conversation took place all in the living room area.

Being unable to confirm their relationship is a tougher debate. Sakura feels close enough to him to feel the need to seek his advice/approval for taking this offer but this could qualify as just good friends? Their conversation really was devoid of romantice gestures, and fucboi wasn't even paying full attention for half of it I believe as he's reading something. A simple thing like having her sit down next to him, or him standing up near the end of the conversation and walking over to Sakura for some romantic gestures and to allow him to try and control the conversation better would've helped confirm this as well but it was not done.

Well, I think they were at least sex friends. I think the 131 panels is 90% sure it happened. I still think that they were a couple, I don't see Sakura being able to turn down that fuckboi

 

[Orpheus7]

Are you using the 'because she's naive' excuse to defend Sakura again? She literally gave the director a blowjob while having a boyfriend, yet just because she saw a kiss from an angle that wasn't even front-facing, she immediately labeled Shinobu an adulterer, didn't give him a chance to explain, and ran straight into another man's arms right away. And then what? Even if you claim she was weak-minded that night, instead of it just being a 'one-night stand' accident, she cold-heartedly cut ties with Shinobu completely and replaced him with a new boyfriend immediately. How can you even make excuses for such a terrible woman? Sure, Shinobu had to focus on his filmmaking career—and since Fumi happened to be working on it too, they interacted more and he had less time for Sakura on her own film set—but didn't Sakura herself always look at that playboy with affectionate eyes and spend more time with him than with Shinobu anyway? Sakura claims she could manage on her own and supported Shinobu spending more time on his filmmaking dream, but then what? She was constantly bored and upset when Shinobu didn't have much time for her—she's so awful, what else is there left to defend? On the night Sakura lost her necklace, Shinobu was just celebrating the successful shoot, drinking happily with the entire film crew, not just Fumi alone. He was simply way too drunk, and Fumi just helped him back to his room when he was completely out of it—that's nowhere near Sakura consenting to give a director a blowjob while in a normal state of mind, is it?

My bad I wasn't trying to defend her I was just trying to say she's stupid and it was a response to the person claiming "Sakura should've known better". I don't think she really does

 

[joshalper]

Since there’s more people up now. Here’s a truly despairing manga.


https://nhentai.net/g/350661/

 

[hugorito420]

Since there’s more people up now. Here’s a truly despairing manga.


https://nhentai.net/g/350661/

Stop it man! Don't make people more depressed in this forum.

 

[pablomulete]

I'm sorry I haven't read all the reviews, but when I came in there were already over 540. However, after reading the chapter, I really wanted to write my thoughts here. It's impossible to finish the manga in a remotely adequate way with only two chapters unless they do a time jump of years after Sakura and Fumi's sex scene, showing what happened to each of them afterward, including their relationships with Shinobu. On the other hand, in "normal" movies, sex scenes are fictional; they don't actually have sex like in porn, so aside from kisses and some caresses, the actresses' purity isn't at risk. In any case, it's a failure if it ends in two chapters, and the explanation they give us will undoubtedly be insufficient for most readers. Of course, they could invent something outlandish, like when the lovestruck Sakura hooked up with a fuckboy in less than five minutes after months of being with Shinobu, but any explanation they give will be unbelievable. The images of Sakura's argument with Fuckboy suggest they're a couple but don't live together. It's strange that she's wearing her coat while they argue, and then she leaves when they finish. She runs into Mio by chance and leaves with her in a car—where to? I think it's been a disaster since chapter 128, and they don't know how to fix it, nor do they know if it's even worth trying.
If I were the author, I'd use the next chapter for Sakura and Fumi to say yes to their respective producers, maybe for Sakura to break up with Fuckboy, and the last chapter would be a time jump of several years showing where each of the main characters and other characters are now.

 

[joshalper]

Stop it man! Don't make people more depressed in this forum.

But how will I spread TRUE DESPAIR otherwise?

 

[diphuc1]

Sakura went to ask for an opinion, not for permission. If she was truly staying there, she ought to change into comfortable clothes and act as if she was in her own home, rather than behaving with the kind of awkward reserve one shows in someone else's house. She's like someone who is afraid to even sit down properly, acting as if she’s in a rush to leave and won't even sit and have a drink.

It really was weird seeing her just standing there in formal wear, and fucboi sitting there the whole time ( at least he looked at her I guess lol). It's natural to think they are an item by now though, but this conversation does feel like it supports it at all and if the writers wanted to they could go with them not being a couple pretty easily in a simple reveal (or just do an offscreen breakup after that fallout'ish).

Well, I think they were at least sex friends. I think the 131 panels is 90% sure it happened. I still think that they were a couple, I don't see Sakura being able to turn down that fuckboi

Maybe we'll get some reveals on this right in the next chapter, for now both sides can still hold to their arguments fairly safely imo, and that'll have to suffice for another 2 weeks.

 

[Gonli]

Since there’s more people up now. Here’s a truly despairing manga.


https://nhentai.net/g/350661/

This isn't sad or anything. It's just a dude raping his best friend...

 

[diphuc1]

I'm sorry I haven't read all the reviews, but when I came in there were already over 540. However, after reading the chapter, I really wanted to write my thoughts here. It's impossible to finish the manga in a remotely adequate way with only two chapters unless they do a time jump of years after Sakura and Fumi's sex scene, showing what happened to each of them afterward, including their relationships with Shinobu. On the other hand, in "normal" movies, sex scenes are fictional; they don't actually have sex like in porn, so aside from kisses and some caresses, the actresses' purity isn't at risk. In any case, it's a failure if it ends in two chapters, and the explanation they give us will undoubtedly be insufficient for most readers. Of course, they could invent something outlandish, like when the lovestruck Sakura hooked up with a fuckboy in less than five minutes after months of being with Shinobu, but any explanation they give will be unbelievable. The images of Sakura's argument with Fuckboy suggest they're a couple but don't live together. It's strange that she's wearing her coat while they argue, and then she leaves when they finish. She runs into Mio by chance and leaves with her in a car—where to? I think it's been a disaster since chapter 128, and they don't know how to fix it, nor do they know if it's even worth trying.
If I were the author, I'd use the next chapter for Sakura and Fumi to say yes to their respective producers, maybe for Sakura to break up with Fuckboy, and the last chapter would be a time jump of several years showing where each of the main characters and other characters are now.

Sakura likely has her own place since they are not living together. The conversation doesn't concretely indicate anything about their relationship after having read it over enough times. Now it COULD be a conversation between lovers, but it also could just be a conversation between friends/coworkers just looking for a second opinion on something because there were 0 romantic gestures or attempts between them to understand each other's feelings.

No one knows what's going to go down next chapter but if the end panel is some indicator it'll be between Fumi Shinobu and Sakura potentially, and honestly if they need to sideline the movie and sex scene sub plots to focus on the relationship between these three in some way I wouldn't mind the plot going in a completely different direction from what everyone expects.

 

[elisias]

My bad I wasn't trying to defend her I was just trying to say she's stupid and it was a response to the person claiming "Sakura should've known better". I don't think she really does

Yeah my bad for expect standard from KA work

 

[hugorito420]

Sakura likely has her own place since they are not living together. The conversation doesn't concretely indicate anything about their relationship after having read it over enough times. Now it COULD be a conversation between lovers, but it also could just be a conversation between friends/coworkers just looking for a second opinion on something because there were 0 romantic gestures or attempts between them to understand each other's feelings.

No one knows what's going to go down next chapter but if the end panel is some indicator it'll be between Fumi Shinobu and Sakura potentially, and honestly if they need to sideline the movie and sex scene sub plots to focus on the relationship between these three in some way I wouldn't mind the plot going in a completely different direction from what everyone expects.

The last pannel of theses made it look like the fuckboi is not relevant anymore.

 

[diphuc1]

The last pannel of theses made it look like the fuckboi is not relevant anymore.

I think my vibe also checks out on this, and I believe in your 70/30 split on a potential breakup (if they were steady).

 

[joshalper]

This isn't sad or anything. It's just a dude raping his best friend...

…how is she his best friend if he doesn’t want her friendship? Yes hes doing something he really shouldn’t be doing…but this was never a friendship. This was a pursuit.

 

[hugorito420]

I think my vibe also checks out on this, and I believe in your 70/30 split on a potential breakup (if they were steady).

I think is 80% to happen a break up.

 

[Kuroageha]

Judging by the comments, looks like it's ending next chapter

Not yet, there is stil more.

 

[diphuc1]

I think is 80% to happen a break up.

Deserved, and if its ShiFumi to the end I hope Sakura will still be good friends with them and they all work around Mio's Agency. Hard to see Fumi doing this because she's not even a full-time actress so this movie might be her final one and her path splits again from Shinobu hmmmm. Why did they have to show both relationships cracking istg KA please for once.