Futari Bus - Ch. 49 - Mismatched

[BlackSword]

An is very lucky Megu and Hina didn't ask where the cube came from.

 

[Kagimizu]

I think An is just feeling a little competitive. She's seen how Shunpei can excel when he puts his mind towards something, which she doubtlessly is impressed by and admires.

....But advanced school or no, she is still a middle-school girl. "Anything you can do, I can do!" after all xD

 

[foist]

This series manages to somehow be the sweetest thing ever without being overly sugary. Love it

 

[rephrete]

Bro this is so damn cute

 

[telefonevoador]

For those that want to take a stroll down memory lane, Shunpei jumps on chapter 16

 

[GreenOwlRanger]

Entered the tsundere arc.

 

[Black-swordman]

I can solve Rubik's cube in 20 second

 

[Panino]

Tried watching a tutorial.
Tee trick is simple, but I can't simply see what are the sides I need to move, I just can't visualize them in the right place. Impossible.

TNC!! 💢

 

[Fauntleroy]

PSA from a speedcuber:

Any tips getting below a minute? I can't cut time below that :')

I see An is noticing her own feeeliiiinggsss, hehe.

 

[RedArowana]

Oh no, so she got captured by the high jump, too.

The Emiya Shirou tactic of getting girls never fails

 

[Juicebun]

I don't know if I my heart can take much more of this

 

[Juicebun]

PSA from a speedcuber:

If anyone is tempted to make a dumb purchase after reading this chapter, consider just getting a GAN cube, or just any off-brand made for speed.

Those original ones are slow as hell and break really easy. If you get into it they quickly become paper weights.

Anyway looking forward to these two passing a 12 x 12 around the house after they become a couple.

MOYU works pretty well too for most beginning speed cubers I think!

 

[3leaves2]

rubic's cute

 

[lolfacesayshi]

Gosh these two are so adorable

 

[Tinker_OwO]

Those flashbacks from when Shunpei did the high jump... That was another instance of Shunpei working really hard at improving a skill specifically so he could show off to An. Is that the mental connection she made?

If so, doing the Rubik's cube herself is a way of finding out just how committed Shunpei is to impressing her, or, by extrapolation, just how much he is into her. It kind of connects her to him, like walking in his footsteps. Maybe I'm just being overly fanciful, but I figure the mind goes to strange places when you only get to meet your crush on the bus ride to and from school and you're too awkward to move things forward from there in a natural way. Places like "How much does he love me? I must know. And the only way to possibly find out is by solving this cube."

Or she really is just mad at the cube itself and solving it in an effort to assert dominance, but then what was the purpose of those panels relating to Shunpei's high jump?

The way I interpreted it is that she feels like he's growing and changing very quickly, which leaves her a little worried (and impressed too). That's why she starts solving the Rubik's cube, like she doesn't want to be left behind

There's also a bit of irony, in how the very actions she notices about Shunpei's growth, and change are what make her feel this way, even though he's doing all of those things specifically for her (well more to impress her loll)

 

[Tinker_OwO]

Honestly this might be my favorite chapter yet. it's just so smart and efficient with showing so many aspects of where An and Shunpei are in their relationship, their worries and motivations

 

[zeroyuki92]

I never bought cubic myself, but whenever I get a hold on one it really get me hooked up. never able to remember the last face solving step tho.

At my childhood I did some sort of comprehensive IQ test. I get the result that among many categories my spatial skill is the worst (although iirc it's not even that bad). Since it alligns with what my brain assumed at the time, "I'm bad at spatial skills" has been one of my core assumption since. Thus I never tried cubic, that's one of my weaknesses afterall.

Brain works stupidly sometimes.

 

[JoyceAbsolutZero]

I'm living off the scraps of this manga... For a manga that looks like it’ll have 200 chapters, reading it weekly is killing me, I’m starving for some romance. And I’m talking about romance romance, flustered glances, hands brushing against each other, blushing, daydreaming about the other person, wanting to stroke their hair, missing each other when you’re apart... ahhhh

 

[KNOOK]

PSA from a speedcuber:

If anyone is tempted to make a dumb purchase after reading this chapter, consider just getting a GAN cube, or just any off-brand made for speed.

Those original ones are slow as hell and break really easy. If you get into it they quickly become paper weights.

Anyway looking forward to these two passing a 12 x 12 around the house after they become a couple.

What's ur PB/Ao5 if i may ask? Always great to see a fellow speedcuber out in the wild. I avg 14.xx (sub15) with a pb of 9.5. I've been working on cross+1/Xcross recently, it's kicking my ass though.

 

[nomunire]

What's ur PB/Ao5 if i may ask? Always great to see a fellow speedcuber out in the wild. I avg 14.xx (sub15) with a pb of 9.5. I've been working on cross+1/Xcross recently, it's kicking my ass though.

Wish I could brag about a sub 10 or sub 15 pb. I'm still hanging around 17.xx's with my Ao5/Ao12.

I became pretty rusty and I keep trying to find time to practice at work, but my cubes keep disappearing and appearing at random times from my desk.

Not really complaining though, I've got other folks interested in cubing that way. Specially nice to see when others bring their own cube or puzzles to share.