Ochinai Yogore wo Boku wa Nanto Yobeba Yokatta noka - Ch. 18

[MangaDex]

 

[joe.dev.og]

Fuck you fuck you fuck you author

 

[Ragnolock]

Tbh this development is more annoying than anything else. This is why I generally dislike the Childhood Friends in these types of settings. They never attempt to bridge the gap until someone else comes along. They desperately try to maintain the status quo instead of advancing the relationship until someone else is around.

Now she is essentially putting him in a rough spot by telling him to not answer it yet. This will just lead to awkward time spent together walking on egg shells during the rest of the festival. When he never intended on leaving her there during their time together. She spent so long hesitating, and then decided to take action at the worst possible time. Be it unintentional or not.

It all feels so contrived at this point. Waiting for another month to get essentially nothing that we could have already assumed through context of previous chapters.

She just put him on the spot because of her assuming he was going to leave, and essentially just trying to monopolize his time. I can't really feel any sympathy for her right now, because we don't even know her.

 

[Arx724]

It'd be one thing if she was relevant throughout the series, but this late addition just feels like drama for the sake of it.

 

[Esgar]

Why author, WHY. I can barely bring myself to read these anymore. You had something great going, but then you have to break my heart like this. It's still good, but it just makes me so sad lol

 

[Doctor_Malsyn]

Man what a mess, and it just won't go away either.

 

[ThelunchofChickens]

Another day, another poorly executed trope

 

[MasterPannya]

It's funny because at first I defended the MC with his germophobia.

Now I just wanna bury him 6 feet under. Preferably alive of course, with a tube for air and a shovel just to see if he can dig himself out of the grave or die cringing.

 

[mrclamp]

Tbh this development is more annoying than anything else. This is why I generally dislike the Childhood Friends in these types of settings. They never attempt to bridge the gap until someone else comes along. They desperately try to maintain the status quo instead of advancing the relationship until someone else is around.

Now she is essentially putting him in a rough spot by telling him to not answer it yet. This will just lead to awkward time spent together walking on egg shells during the rest of the festival. When he never intended on leaving her there during their time together. She spent so long hesitating, and then decided to take action at the worst possible time. Be it unintentional or not.

It all feels so contrived at this point. Waiting for another month to get essentially nothing that we could have already assumed through context of previous chapters.

She just put him on the spot because of her assuming he was going to leave, and essentially just trying to monopolize his time. I can't really feel any sympathy for her right now, because we don't even know her.

While I generally tend to agree these types of developments aren't necessary for a plot like this, if taken in the context that this has now happened and we have to follow along then I can genuinely see things from her perspective.

Our MC has shown that he has an aversion to being around people. She just assumed (for better or worse) that he would continue to be isolated and no one would even try approaching him. She stayed at arm's length recognizing that he had hang ups of being around people too, including her. It isn't her fault, it is just the way he is.

Then, when seeing that someone else invaded his personal space where she WANTED to be, she threw everything at him desperate for his attention. She wants to be the one next to him and with him so it makes sense she would act this way. Is it right? Maybe not...but also they are high school kids. Can't say high school age makes the right decisions all the time. Heck...I am an adult and I don't make the right decisions.

 

[razorshaleh]

Oh man... justice for the childhood friend, justice for the short-haired girls Why does it always feel like they're destined to lose no matter how good they are

thank you for translation

 

[Sanctuario]

It sucks because we all know this is just prolonged drama, there is zero chance the childhood friend even gets to win. If she does, then all those development of the MC and the (assumed) FMC will just be thrown out the window. If there's any semblance of good writing this drama should immediately stop.

 

[Akiles117]

 

[Ragnolock]

While I generally tend to agree these types of developments aren't necessary for a plot like this, if taken in the context that this has now happened and we have to follow along then I can genuinely see things from her perspective.

Our MC has shown that he has an aversion to being around people. She just assumed (for better or worse) that he would continue to be isolated and no one would even try approaching him. She stayed at arm's length recognizing that he had hang ups of being around people too, including her. It isn't her fault, it is just the way he is.

Then, when seeing that someone else invaded his personal space where she WANTED to be, she threw everything at him desperate for his attention. She wants to be the one next to him and with him so it makes sense she would act this way. Is it right? Maybe not...but also they are high school kids. Can't say high school age makes the right decisions all the time. Heck...I am an adult and I don't make the right decisions.

Even if it is normal to act like this at her age. It still does not justify her trying to monopolize him like this. She has already had plenty of time with him at the festival. Now what she is doing is coming off as guilt tripping him into staying with her. Potentially isolating him off more, because she only ever sees him during summer break. What about after summer break? From her position she is making him "Blow off a friend" so she can continue to monopolize him. He showed the respect to her for prioritizing their plans to go to the festival together, but now she isn't respecting his plans he makes after the festival. It comes off as unbelievably selfish from anyone else's pov. She is not showing him the same respect he showed her, and on top of that guilt tripping him into staying with her, and blowing off his other friend.

 

[jackjack9]

I know he's being put in a tight spot now, but I don't want Tsuzuri to be sad.

 

[HyperSonic0509]

Managaka: "so when I twist the knife, should I do it clockwise or counter-clockwise?"



Also I refuse to believe this man would take books out of a library given how dirty library books can be.

 

[Silfir]

I don't even understand how this gets past an editor. Chapter 14 was already a full flashback chapter covering this exact same backstory. It was narrated by Arata and therefore technically from his perspective, but there was absolutely no ambiguity about the fact she was in love with him. How on earth, just three chapters later, are we sitting through another flashback chapter covering the same time period? To learn what? That she started talking to him and getting to know him because she thought he was cute? Well STOP THE PRESSES.

Something's got to be going on behind the scenes. Was the female lead of this romcom based on the author's girlfriend, they broke up, and now he's scrambling to find a way to make her lose that isn't completely unbelievable? If so, it's backfiring, and hard!

 

[Kurosaki1580]

When the guy says "You're joking, right?", that's pretty much all you should need to hear to know that you have no chance.

Let's be honest, we know that this girl was only added for the story to last longer, the poor girl literally lost the moment she was born lol.

 

[kodakato]

He should be paired with a sanitizer bottle and both girls can be happy with someone else.

 

[Raphael_gt]

Some of y’all need to remember that these are 13 maybe 14 year old kids. Girl’s been crushing for years now and just had her whole game plan and existence crushed by seeing that photo of him at the beach with another girl (in super close proximity, in a way she never has without him flinching) She assumed he’d never build a close relationship to anyone but her, but as she said last chapter, he’s changed since they got into high school. This kid is desperate now to try and salvage her one sided feelings at any cost, cause again, she’s just a kid. She’s obviously gonna be selfish at that age especially now that she knows that her crush likes another girl without him even admitting to it yet. She’s been fighting a losing battle ever since she moved away in middle school and this is probably gonna be her last stand. 🪦

 

[zbek]

It sucks because we all know this is just prolonged drama, there is zero chance the childhood friend even gets to win. If she does, then all those development of the MC and the (assumed) FMC will just be thrown out the window. If there's any semblance of good writing this drama should immediately stop.

after the lastest hima-ten chapter im not so sure about there being zero chance