It's Japan, so rework your relationship expectations a bit, first off. That aside, I don't know many countries today where knocking a girl up and then just seemingly not reacting is considered a cool thing to do. And where's this 'non-standard relationship' nonsense coming from? They had a...
I actually think the answer is simpler than that. I think with the alchemy skill form follows function. If you literally had to have the exact knowledge it would require to build the thing the normal way, it being a magical skill would be rather pointless. Even saying the blueprints have to...
The fact that she seems to continuously lie for their father is her own fault. If she were just friendly and supportive, he likely wouldn't have a problem.
Same to an extent with the brother, minus the lying. The problem in both cases seems to be the 'yeah, you aren't as bad as him, but you...
This is one of those stories where if we weren't purposely going for the slightly taboo rom-com story, the best answer would be for Gen to end up with the high school girl his age and her older relative to end up with the seemingly very nice older teacher her age who is happy to take up the...
adulthood is not 21 in america, it's 18. 21 is just the drinking age. Yes, it's different.
However, while you're wrong on the numbers, the reality is that the age of majority in Japan IS the same as it is in the US. 18, at least in the vast majority of states.
1st cousins are barely incest in much of the world. 2nd and beyond is stretching the concept so far its meaningless (how many of your second cousins do you even know well?). They seem like they might even be beyond that or possibly just by marriage. Really not incest.
this is a level of shyness that starts to become aggravating. It doesn't take Don Juan to realize that once you're dating it's fine to want to see the other in swimsuits and all the rest.
it is and it isn't. It is a very real thing, but like with the handholding it's become a trope in manga to MASSIVELY overstate its importance. They likely already would have been on a first name basis given how long they were friends and how often they hung out. Especially among the younger...
I both like and dislike the sis. It's nice that she's supportive in her own way, but there's a difference between being a wingman and just being a meddler. Takano's bro is a wingman, Usami's sister is a meddler.
I'd have to go take a look at the Japanese to be sure, but it's largely a matter of cultural difference leading to linguistic difference. The Japanese almost never use the word love, even when confessing their love for each other. They have a word for it, but generally speaking, 99% of the...
I kind of wish the story wasn't quite so bent on making a height fetish thing. A short-ish guy and a tall-ish girl aren't impossible (my parents have that dynamic), but for a guy in Asia to be surrounded almost entirely by girls that just happen to all be that tall is just author appeal. It's...
every once in a while when reading manga you'll see a page and go "I don't even have to look it up to know this mangaka draws the other sort of manga as well." This was one of those times.