Kakkoii Onnanoko to 12-centi no Yakusoku - Ch. 74 - The bath

[jak]

I like their developing bromance.

 

[LifeLight]

#icantbeleiveitsnotyaoi

 

[rymar]

Throuple? Tsugumi a bottom?

 

[outinthegardener]

Get yourself homies who tell you they like you in the bath. They're like ancient greeks on the Philia train.

Hey hold on, the author doesn't know how clavicles work! They don't go halfway between the shoulders and neck, they go above the shoulders where they connect to the scapula.

 

[ThatGuyScifi]

And you guys was smacktalking Tsugami. I shall tolerate no further Tsugami slander. Look at how precious he is!!!


Well, maybe there was a little bit of BL thoughts going through my mind--

He has, in a shockingly positive way, been the one driving a lot of Tomo+Ibuki romance forward. When he was first introduced there was a lot of folks who just assumed he was going to be the NTR guy trying to steal her away for the dramas. Instead he's been one of their best wingman trying to help both of them.

Hopefully the author doesn't forget that and writes up some satisfying relationship for him too.

 

[UdenEmpati]

I know she just complete her BL work very recently...but straight men don't lock their arm to other guy like that ....even towards female ....

She needs make difference between her BL work with straight work

That sounds like a "you" problem, actually.

 

[nyoron77]

That sounds like a "you" problem, actually.

Give her too much praise and she will keep milking the situation for dragging this series ...

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

I dunno about you but nothing I do quite as straight guy is more straight than going full dong out with my bro and talk about our feelings and relationships while putting my arm around my bros.

yaoi lovers getting a real treat here lmao

Blud have you not been seeing Ibuki? This is gateway BL.

I know she just complete her BL work very recently...but straight men don't lock their arm to other guy like that ....even towards female ....

She needs make difference between her BL work with straight work

This BL only we're reminded the least feminine character in the main cast is a girl.

aka this is BL but everyone's hands are normal-sized

 

[Skater901]

Almost wondering if Tsugumi is gonna get a romantic crush on Tomo.

 

[LittleFlower]

What the heck? Tomo looks so handsome. No wonder Ibuki falls for him. His face with his bangs up makes me blush like he is seriously good looking especially with that serious face he put on.

 

[BringinTheBeefUS]

ive seen enough, Tomo is the GOAT

 

[LTalon]

God forbid the author take some time to push the character development of a supporting character instead of the main couple...

 

[BREAD123]

they are better than that baiting asshole

 

[ShootingGuard186]

My homie Tomo with that slickback hair looks exactly like Itadori Yuji after Timeskip

 

[dudelookatree]

 

[Septazia]

yaoi lovers getting a real treat here lmao

page 8 is quite funny because you could use it to bait yaoi lovers

 

[nyoron77]

God forbid the author take some time to push the character development of a supporting character instead of the main couple...

25++ chapter are not some you know ...and what kind development that need supporting male char glued himself with FMC when he just know her ??

 

[rogpete]

Tip for manga authors if you want to portray straight guys naked in a tub together ... Don't have them blush after the other dudes says he likes him. That is not straight dude behavior. Is BL bait a thing like queer baiting?

 

[Reimarry]

He has, in a shockingly positive way, been the one driving a lot of Tomo+Ibuki romance forward. When he was first introduced there was a lot of folks who just assumed he was going to be the NTR guy trying to steal her away for the dramas. Instead he's been one of their best wingman trying to help both of them.

Hopefully the author doesn't forget that and writes up some satisfying relationship for him too.

He so, very deserves it! Give our boy his happy ending he deserves! Give him happiness god damn it!

 

[outinthegardener]

@nyoron77 @rogpete Some context for you all: the origins of the BL Genre began way back in the 70's. Female fans, called Fujoshi, would read mainstream shounen/shoujo Manga and make up situations where two male characters had affection for each other. Then they would make derivative fan works about those characters and disseminate them at doujinshi conventions. The BL fan base is a large part of how doujinshi events like Comiket and Comitia got started.

Now that means the BL genre encompasses a spectrum of works. Some are explicit, pornographic works. Some are vanilla romances that don't depict sexual acts beyond kisses/handholding. And some fit the original spirit of those early doujins where the BL is barely implied. There was a funny gag about this in recent anime The Klutzy Class Monitor and the Girl with a Too-Short Skirt. Their Fujoshi friend was in the manga club, where it was a known secret that they were all drawing BL. At the end they finally reveal the BL manga the club was making and it's just a literal battle shounen with zero romantic content. The Fujoshi tells them 'duh, that's the best kind of BL!'

There's an element to this where the question of "How BL is this?" is up to the reader to answer. Someone could take Naruto, which is obviously not meant to be BL, but apply their subjective filter to it and imagine the BL relationship between Naruto and Sasuke. It might not be technically correct, but so what, if you have fun? (Death of the Author is a thing.)

Which brings us back to 12 cm promise, a romance between a short king and an androgynous girl. It's not strictly BL because they're hetero. But it has several easy BL interpretations, such as imagining Ibuki as a boy, or imagining the side ship between Tomo and Tsugumi, or a yuri harem between Ibuki and her fan club. It's there if you want to take it. Or you can ignore it and read it as a straight romance. The author knows what they're doing!