That's fair. I trust this author not to shit the bed by falling into the worst genre tropes. It's not the only way to avoid the axe... There's still the option of good writing, right? Please?
I've been trying to make "neh?" happen ever since I read it in Ender's Shadow. It's the perfect word American English is missing - neh? Isn't that true? Isn't that so, neh?
I'm afraid it'll be closer to 60 chapters. A year has already passed in story.
It pains me to put that out there, but people should prepare their kokoros for a short but sweet journey.
The "bro" and Shun's frequent "girl..." aren't in the raws. The bedroom exchange is just "yeah, this is my home" and "cute pants you're wearing." So it's either the TL adding their own flavor, or trying to translate informal vs. formal speech. Formal/informal JP is notoriously difficult to...