Imasara desuga, Osananajimi o Suki ni Natteshimaimashita - Ch. 55 - A Tiny (Yet Lethal) One-Up

[BackBrainKick]

They meant for each other

 

[NickieTheFool]

Liar

Yeah youre right this sucks its been in my hand for 2 months and I might be getting it removed today that or it'll be surgery

 

[karmsand]

Yeah, no. Just end this Maruto. Release Yom into the wild and put an end to our misery...

Yeah I need more tights fetish manga

 

[wozbond]

She was frustrated with it sure. But she could have gotten over it, Yuu on the other hand pretended to not have a thing for Yami then pretended to be over her and pretty much broke Hikari's heart even more than simply rejecting her. Yami put Hikari in a situation where she could've been sexually abused. Then after knowing Hikari liked Yuu but never came clean about being with him and then go behind her back and getting intimate with him again after pushing him away.

If being a little upset that her best friend got together with her crush is crazy then what the fuck are the other two!?

Everyone sucks here. All three are selfish, entitled prats. What concerns me is your failure to acknowledge that what happened prior to Hikari developing her crush is none of her damn business.

 

[story645]

that what happened prior to Hikari developing her crush is none of her damn business.

Dude, you legit wouldn't feel any type of away about finding out your crush who was also your oldest friend had all their firsts with your best friend? And that they kept it from you for months?

 

[story645]

ETA: also despite all those feelings, Hikari still showed up for Aya by giving Aya her and Yuu's numbers and telling Aya to reach out and by helping Yuu prep for the meeting (despite knowing it could cost her Yuu) & whatever it is Hikari and Aya are doing now. So yeah Hikari's miffed, but she's also not letting it get in the way of putting herself out there to help Aya.

Which has been running around in my head as a contrast to Yuu. When Aya disappears, Yuu knows she's got a step dad trying to sleep with her and a checked out mom and a violent home situation. And yet he prioritizes Hikari not finding out over trying to find out if Aya is safe.

 

[GennArc]

It's not clear that Hikari didn't knowingly take the train out that far:

It was Yami who took the trains, Hikari only followed. I think it was written in that chapter, but Maruto also confirmed in his tweet about it.

Spoiler

They took a taxi to the inn afterwards, so I guess that's when Hikari was the one making decisions.

Also to Hikari this inn isn't a random place where they had memories but an encapsulation of the very (domestic/warm/familial/ interlaced) nature of their relationship.
I think Maruto is being intentional here w/ them being at a place of Hikari/Yuu memories & Yuu a few chapters back not even considering the possibility.

Sure, it's not random, but the point is that they share tens or hundreds of such places since their families have been close for pretty much their entire life.
Maruto is intentional about it being a place of their memories, but this is not a setup where Yuu could reasonably guess that

1. Hikari ended up meeting Yami
2. They went in all sorts of random directions
3. And came right to the inn where they once stayed with their families

Maruto does use this concept of places of shared memories quite a lot, but never in a way to reflect them falling apart, especially not in this unreasonable way.

 

[MadScientist666]

Last chapter has 5000+ comments genuinely don't think I've seen that many comments on any manga chapter I've read combined

I couldn't believe it and had to check it for myself, but you're right, what the actual fuck?? The penultimate chapter has even close to 6k comments. I've never before seen so many comments on a chapter here on this website.

 

[youdontmatter308]

Dude, you legit wouldn't feel any type of away about finding out your crush who was also your oldest friend had all their firsts with your best friend? And that they kept it from you for months?

Bro she didn’t care enough to notice he had or girl or asked when he did. You forgot she mad her own friends and at a point didn’t go to his house for awhile. She was blinded until she liked him and started hanging with him more

 

[sazukisu]

rent-a-girlfriend levels of progress since like 30 chapters ago lmao

 

[story645]

Bro she didn’t care enough to notice he had or girl or asked when he did.

So that's a deflection b/c Hikari's issue isn't Yuu/any girl ever, it's Yuu/Hikari's best friend.

But also, she did notice and care. She asks if Saeki is Yuu's ex in 18 and Yuu deflects rather than clear the air. Yuu's also been actively hiding Aya's existence the entire time he was dating her- for example in 26.6 when Hikari is over at his house for dinner and he says he's w/ a "friend".

but the point is that they share tens or hundreds of such places since their families have been close for pretty much their entire life.

This stands out as pretty important to Hikari, but my point is more that Yuu outright dismissed that she'd choose a place important to the both of them b/c Yuu thinks she doesn't have them. Maruto could have written Yuu as listing off places like the inn to show how well Yuu knows Hikari, had Yuu guessing the inn b/c why not; instead Maruto plays this as hitting home how wrong Yuu is about how much he matters to Hikari. Hikari, Haru, Yuki, and even Aya have noted how little consideration he's actually given to Hikari's feelings for him (romantically and as a person) and I think this is in that vein and also I think the thread to pull on for either Hikari/Yuu endgame or closure.

 

[GennArc]

This stands out as pretty important to Hikari, but my point is more that Yuu outright dismissed that she'd choose a place important to the both of them b/c Yuu thinks she doesn't have them. Maruto could have written Yuu as listing off places like the inn to show how well Yuu knows Hikari, had Yuu guessing the inn b/c why not; instead Maruto plays this as hitting home how wrong Yuu is about how much he matters to Hikari. Hikari, Haru, Yuki, and even Aya have noted how little consideration he's actually given to Hikari's feelings for him (romantically and as a person) and I think this is in that vein and also I think the thread to pull on for either Hikari/Yuu endgame or closure.

I get your point more clearly now. I don't think the inn would ever cross his mind, even if he genuinely started considering places like that, but I do agree with your point about him underestimating how much he matters to Hikari. And I think the same came up in chapter 40, but in relation to Yami instead, so it's probably not Hikari-specific issue, though definitely more pronounced with her, given how he keeps going on about how strong she is and how she'll be fine.

 

[HYBRID_BEING]

I'm not exactly sure why people keep complaining. It was, from the very beginning, the love-triangle trainwreck, and we are all here just to see how this beautiful disaster unfolds. I feel like if you change anything, the story will just become something else entirely.

She asks if Saeki is Yuu's ex in 18 and Yuu deflects rather than clear the air. Yuu's also been actively hiding Aya's existence the entire time he was dating her- for example in 26.6 when Hikari is over at his house for dinner and he says he's w/ a "friend".

I don't think he was "actively" hiding her existence, though. He never announced it, true, but that's nothing out of the ordinary.
In ch. 18, i don't think he had any reason to avoid telling that Saeki was not his ex, other than genuinely being conscious of Hikari getting close to him at that moment. And in ch. 26.6 he didn't just said he was "with a friend", he said he "took a friend to the hospital", cause he had to make an excuse for ditching family dinner. And he did tell Saeki in chapter 12 (though, he did it rather reluctantly, only because she was pestering him).

 

[story645]

He never announced it, true, but that's nothing out of the ordinary.

Eh, it's a bit out of the ordinary that nobody knows about his girlfriend of six months. Never invited her over, never told his family about her despite not being able to shut up about Hikari to Aya (so like the boy talks about people he cares about), and I'm flagging 26.6 cause he didn't tell his parents he was going out on a date even though he'd planned to get home in time. Which would be normal for a new relationship sure, but it's been a few months at that point and Yuu claims he's serious about her but has absolutely no plan for the very necessary in a long term relationship step of introducing her to his family.

And I think the same came up in chapter 40, but in relation to Yami instead, so it's probably not Hikari-specific issue,

Oh definitely, though I'd frame it more in terms of him generally lacking consideration for their feelings. Like I think a part of why Aya had such a strong negative reaction to his offer to run away together is also b/c if he'd thought for two minutes about Hikari and Aya's feelings then he'd have realized how hurtful his offer was.

 

[aheiekf]

This chapter has convinced me to root for Aya not because I like her but because I can’t stand how deplorable her and the mc are. It’s past the point where I think MC can redeem himself, and the window for Aya closed ages ago. If Hikari wasn’t so proactive they’d both still be wallowing in self pity.

The only satisfying resolution is if Hikari stops putting emotional weight on either of those two’s relationships, because they’ve only showed how they’re willing to step over her feeling while refusing to open up without her forcing her way in.

I’m not sure why it took me this long to come to that conclusion I guess I had to let it digest for a bit. It’s one thing if he still holds feelings for his ex, but another if he can’t come out and tell Hikari he still loves his ex without leading her on. He’s putting her through the wringer and forcing her to do all the work keeping everything from falling apart I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a chapter where she totally breaks from the pressure.

 

[DumFck]

a beautiful friendship

 

[HYBRID_BEING]

Eh, it's a bit out of the ordinary that nobody knows about his girlfriend of six months. Never invited her over, never told his family about her despite not being able to shut up about Hikari to Aya (so like the boy talks about people he cares about), and I'm flagging 26.6 cause he didn't tell his parents he was going out on a date even though he'd planned to get home in time. Which would be normal for a new relationship sure, but it's been a few months at that point and Yuu claims he's serious about her but has absolutely no plan for the very necessary in a long term relationship step of introducing her to his family.

Huh, i must have missed that bit about six months, thought they were together for a summer break or something like that. As for him not introducing her to anyone, it could also be that this is what Yami wanted, perhaps? He's a total pushover when it comes to her, after all (no surprise he decided to stay with her instead of a planned family dinner).

 

[dowiet]

So is this turning into a harem or something?

 

[SirBlizz]

So is this turning into a harem or something?

No, if anything, these girls are getting increasingly fed up with the third party of this prospective poly-ship.

 

[wozbond]

Dude, you legit wouldn't feel any type of away about finding out your crush who was also your oldest friend had all their firsts with your best friend? And that they kept it from you for months?

Hikari is not his girlfriend or his wife. It's bizarre how you think being someone's friend means you're entitled to the most intimate details about your friend's life. 🤦‍♂️