Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta - Ch. 181 - Treasured Clips of Her Fave (Girlfriend)

[Hicleric]

It may have nothing to do with the main character arcs but goddamn that was adorable

And to think I was just explaining who MCR is to my elders earlier this week

 

[FoolTarot]

Hunk mode activated

 

[Erasmus303]

Prediction based rizz, that girl is a goddamn rockstar

 

[ezzhead]

Why do you guys keep complaining about this stuff? There's always gonna be only so much they can do in 4 pages, and the author seems to like dedicating chapters to random little things happening and they're FUNNY and CUTE so what's the problem???? Even if the last plot point was resolved lazily or abruptly which I don't think it was, why does even that feel wrong to you guys when I'm pretty sure the story's felt this way for a while?

 

[NLDutchie]

Why do you guys keep complaining about this stuff? There's always gonna be only so much they can do in 4 pages, and the author seems to like dedicating chapters to random little things happening and they're FUNNY and CUTE so what's the problem???? Even if the last plot point was resolved lazily or abruptly which I don't think it was, why does even that feel wrong to you guys when I'm pretty sure the story's felt this way for a while?

Some of us just want to enjoy good writing. Especially for something with such a high rating.

 

[DarkeLourd]

I thought it was an MCR hoodie. NGL I was surprised to see that too. I thought she was mainly an old head when it comes to rock music. It's nice that she likes stuff in the Naughties. Maybe we will get a Linkin Park Reference or Fall out Boy?

We did get a Fall Out Boy reference a couple months back, when she was babysitting one of Aya's little brothers.

 

[ezzhead]

Some of us just want to enjoy good writing. Especially for something with such a high rating.

I don't see how what's been happening recently constitutes bad writing... I get that the format and pacing changed after the time skip, and I prefer how the series was beforehand as well, but I don't understand the notion that this is bad writing just cause the scenes kind of jump around. If it was just pacing complaints I probably wouldn't care but to me it seems like people are criticizing the wrong thing

 

[TanyaTheEvil]

Thanks for the chapter and translation

 

[DMBLaan99]

Time for the weekly reminder since people are still bitching because they don't understand what a healthy relationship looks like - Their relationship was never in trouble, Mitsuki's problem was her own depression and had zero to do with their relationship beyond what she imagine, neither of them did anything unfaithful to the the other, they moved on because thats what you in these situations where there was nothing actually wrong to begin, since most chapters are 4 pages Mitsuki aired her problems off-sceen when she did her guitar solo, we can all move on. Should next chapter continue to have people bitching as if this story was "So do you want to go out, or?" (which is also good, don't get me wrong, lol), then I will take up my civic duty to continue to remind everyone, lol.

 

[Squidco42]

We did get a Fall Out Boy reference a couple months back, when she was babysitting one of Aya's little brothers.

Oh damn, I forgot about that! Imma go reread that chapter

 

[Orpheus7]

This ones feels a bit like an interstitial that isn't directly related in sequence to what the current plot was doing.

Like the other chapters in-between the "plot" that people claimed had to do with the story but didn't

Why do you guys keep complaining about this stuff? There's always gonna be only so much they can do in 4 pages, and the author seems to like dedicating chapters to random little things happening and they're FUNNY and CUTE so what's the problem???? Even if the last plot point was resolved lazily or abruptly which I don't think it was, why does even that feel wrong to you guys when I'm pretty sure the story's felt this way for a while?

I don't mind the random chapters it just feels off when one chapter is drama and the next it's like "but hey look aren't they so cute together". That and honestly after last chapter the four page problem is no longer an excuse if all it took was Mitsuki to shift the blame on Aya and turn a 20 chapter drama into a courtroom gag. I'm just asking for consistency here. I would not have mind if the drama was like 5 chapters then we had all that filler fluff afterwards. As for the story always feeling this way I disagree that's why most people enjoyed the pre time skip cause the story played out normally then we got the fluff chapters in-between and even then the drama itself had some good moments.

Time for the weekly reminder since people are still bitching because they don't understand what a healthy relationship looks like - Their relationship was never in trouble, Mitsuki's problem was her own depression and had zero to do with their relationship beyond what she imagine, neither of them did anything unfaithful to the the other, they moved on because thats what you in these situations where there was nothing actually wrong to begin, since most chapters are 4 pages Mitsuki aired her problems off-sceen when she did her guitar solo, we can all move on. Should next chapter continue to have people bitching as if this story was "So do you want to go out, or?" (which is also good, don't get me wrong, lol), then I will take up my civic duty to continue to remind everyone, lol.

Cope? So 20 chapters there was no problems at all? Also did you read last chapter. It wasn't cause of Mitsuki's depression it's cause Aya was hanging out with Shu and made MITSUKI FEEL INSECURE it had nothing to do with the band or Mitsuki not communicating with Aya noooooooooo. It was all Mitsuki being depressed and Aya not giving her attention. Gawd I don't know why I bitch about such peak writing..

 

[Jackal-Lantern]

Why do you guys keep complaining about this stuff? There's always gonna be only so much they can do in 4 pages, and the author seems to like dedicating chapters to random little things happening and they're FUNNY and CUTE so what's the problem???? Even if the last plot point was resolved lazily or abruptly which I don't think it was, why does even that feel wrong to you guys when I'm pretty sure the story's felt this way for a while?

I personally see it a bit like an equilibrium. Imo, if you're going to dedicate a significant amount of time (say 40 pages worth or so) on a misunderstanding that literally ends up threatening to break up their relationship, then a similar (or close enough) amount of time should be dedicated to showing not only the resolution, but it's build-up, and even the aftermath to make it satisfying. If you're not willing or capable of that, then you may as well just remove the conflicting misunderstanding (or massively reduced its length).

And sure, we can (which is likely the case) assume that the resolve mostly happened off-screen, but then it goes back to, why even show misunderstanding at full length, when it could've also happened mostly offscreen, which would've been better fitting with the story's format.

Now of course, with the right catalyst, it's more than possible to naturally shorten the resolution and make-up time frame with the right circumstance and situation, and maybe that's what the author was hoping to go for, but it fell completely flat imo. Simply due to the fact that such situation usually requires a major enough situation to actually scale up to the time length of the misunderstanding, and what we got did nothing like that.

Long story short: Did we really need to go through that long misunderstanding just for a quick fix up, with no proper resolution? I'm for conflict (especially for yuri romance), but if that conflict's resolution is just swept under the rug, then what's the point? Especially if possibly another conflict would be lurking around the corner, the moment the author feels the story may be getting stale.

And before someone tries to say something like, "You don't have to read this..." The answer to that is No shit, just like you don't have to read or even respond to my or other people's complaints, and yet you do... so here we are.

 

[miharusshi]

WAIT that's the black parade hoodie what the hell!!!! i thought her favorite band was nirvana? if Mitsuki is a fan of MCR then she's goated as fuck

But she can have multiple favorite bands, no?

 

[wilsonh]

I wonder if Sumiko is a fan of the show Adults. This mimics a funny little storyline with Paul Baker when he goes into Manhattan.

 

[yuri_enjoyers]

Yeah I'm getting the feeling that we won't get any resolution on that little plot hook.

Who knows, maybe it'll pop up again in another four months.

This is 1 time I'ma just forget about that, their kinda bad at writing quarrels

 

[MelonManic]

That money questions definitely a trap

Those are some descriptors for sure
I dunno if their the ones is use but you do you koga

Such yuriness
Mayhaps a calm before a potential storm?
After the last stuff a breather is much needed anyways

HAVE A NICE DAY

 

[bladahbla]

Influencer culture sounds horrible for introverts, please don't stop me on the street like that

It's so awkward declining them as well. I once turned around and walked away as fast as I could from the camera. But one time when I was younger, some small time influencer was doing that hidden camera prank thing and posted us without asking .