Hyouketsu Reijou-sama o Follow Shitara, Mechamecha Dekiai Sareteshimatta Ken - Ch. 16

[jokerxhisoka]

I was taking the series seriously, as if it was drama, but I guess I should throw all that through the window.

 

[fujihiro]

"HAHA,EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED READERS!!"
-The author probably

 

[Crystalball]

It's actually on brand for a story about reading real intentions to hide its intentions. Well played.

 

[Scipo0419]

#CalledIt

I'm expecting a "bait and twist" there was too much "you'll learn who you truly love" and "are you sure you want to go through with this" and even Maya's "my lady..." despite her actions last chapter.

I wouldn't be shocked if she gets pulled through that door and finds out Gray is there waiting for her and the whole thing was a ploy to see if she'd truly want to marry a commoner despite the opposition from family and if she'd stand up for him even after he "fled," and to see if Gray had the resolve to fight back against those same odds.

Would it be stupid? Yes. Would it redeem this shitty arc? No.

 

[negativeinfinity]

Gray:

 

[galaxia9]

Alright, that ploy completed suckered me in. Nice twist. And further twisted with the cleaver wielding psycho at the end, she's gonna be fun.

 

[Kazukikazuto]

Wow... Finally, A bait that WAS BELIEVABLE

 

[USB3pt0]

Damn, Grey parried the axe.

 

[DrarRV]

Author got me good, faaahhhh!

 

[pepinotomate]

Did things changes form the web novel(?)? Can I no longer trust the comments?

So, honestly? Probably not. What you read in this chapter is right about what I remember reading in the web novel. The previous commenters may have been getting him (the young lady's cousin or whatever) mixed up with some later villain type character.

No, this goes completely different from the WN because this is following the LN, an important distinction in the events between both because the web novel is subtitled as Web版・バトル仕様 (Battle Version), so is alot more gory and with a different focus, Grant get killed by the mc in a duel at the coliseum in chapter 47 of the web novel with the aftermath at 48, is this same guy but in the WN he show up alot later, because the leads are already in a relationship and Gray is attending the Knight Academy

 

[GalladeGuy]

It's as if the author thought the series was getting axed and had to do a sudden ending this chapter, then the day before the manuscript was due the editor told him "actually nvm, 2 more volumes please". It's just such a half-assed and sudden way to conclude the arc.

 

[sparky3787]

Fuck I got baited.

We got baited twice

Baited by the plot, and baited by the axe. About 2/3 of the way through I thought “there’s no way that this isn’t the final chapter”

 

[Filype]

Called right, but I think I got mixed up with another series, said that cuz my memory recalls another way things occurred...

 

[Seraphsent]

just a prank bro

 

[NightSpark115]

Normally an adaptation would end here, but it seems to not be the case here

istg I though it was the end and I was like "wait did the series get chopped???"

 

[robopiplup07]

Damn, this is what happened? So glad I dropped this and forgot about it when I did. It was such a nice fluffy romance story then they started the NTR baiting, come to find out the author went full fucking bore with it and bam, it was all a ruse haha. No, fuck off, you just couldn't help yourself and wanted to NTR bait. Fuck these authors who can't contain their fetishes.

 

[GIN_8_6_]

Acting or not
I liked how mc punched that blond-yarou on the face

 

[evbil]

BTW the girl at the end of the chapter is yandere for alicia and doesn't like Grey getting in between alicia and her, so the love rival / NTR bait BS isn't over