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Classic culture clash in the comments, though I think that's good - it shows how manga can bring very different perspectives together. In the west, 15 year old couples getting freaky is very, VERY standard, so western readers see no issue. I know that for instance in India (just off the friends...

Quite a depressing character. He says 'they are polar opposites' as if it's two different personalities, but all I see in prez is an emotionally stunted individual who had to have undergone a deeply traumatic childhood and if he were to keep it up, by 40 he'll either randomly one day jump off a...

Anyone else notice just how much more introspective Junpei has become? He didn't outright reject the criticism of his little dream, he logic'd it all out, but could tell it was just a certain irrational pull he has that he can't get over. At this point I think via Junpei, Dance Dance is a real...

Lovely chapter. It was easy to initially assume that Eren and Koichi just had some sort of one-sided rivalry and it fizzled out, but now it's starting to get reinterpreted as Koichi trying to save Eren. It's possible that they went their separate ways under very different circumstances - not as...

...Wow. I had no idea you could actually do that, holy shit. Never even occurred to me that you could reverse the order and it would fix up double spreads. Thanks for the tip and the trivia!

The locals being drawn in black and then clearing up during Blanco's dance was such a beautiful way to communicate this 'bringing joy and hope back in people's hearts' effect. I do feel like Sasha could have used a bit more development time before dumping such an extremely intense backstory on...

Sad that the double-spread pages 18-19 didn't line up in mangadex so it's split up, it's a lovely composition. Sayuri's character is getting more and more interesting. Up to this chapter I was under the assumption she didn't actually have any strong feelings for Koichi, but just liked the mental...

Well at this point 'subversion of expectations' is starting to feel like this author's entire MO. I guess we can start treating every ch as 'likely unreliable narration' at this point and see if we can figure out what's 'wrong' before the author reveals it. Though the twists have always been the...

Gotta be honest, her listening to his 'confession' finally felt like it got a bit too insensitive. The guy just shared his most vulnerable feelings and she's deceiving him by not telling who she really is while letting it happen. Like of course, that's the premise, but before it was just light...

gasp an author who isn't handholding the reader and decided to mess around with the sequence of events. What year is this? The teacher being seen in the last ch making it unclear if something is up or just lazy drawing, acting as a bit of a hint to now letting it come together got played out...

I actually called it right last week - this was for showcasing his ability to adapt to the situation haha. I'm really glad the author went for this outcome, rather than making it all depressing due to some bad luck. I guess Sashko's 'thing' will be how much he imitates Blanco, rather than doing...

I don't think anyone is arguing against the fact there is an epidemic of loneliness and social isolation. That's not what this is about. It's about two people who are already flirting with each other day in and day out, have friends, are capable of normal human interaction (do they look awkward...

Find it utterly hilarious that the author actually goes on Twitter to clarify things for the readers. At this point I have zero investment in the story but all the investment into the discourse within this fan base. I have now gone full circle from thinking initially that the author was good...

Never met anyone acting like that in 30 years on this earth and I'm an extrovert who's in a field of introverts. It's almost like it's not about age and experience but cultural differences. I was calling out the Japanese here. I get why it's a thing, doesn't mean we can't air out our...

Oh I'd lost hope in this manga ages ago, it's still cute so I follow it along, the author did try to frame it differently during the intro chapters, it just quickly derailed.

I agree with the rest that the spoon rejection was a clear signal from the author to the reader, though I would not jump to the conclusion that this is because he's loyal to "the ideal of his not-gf". Rather, I'd say it's just a signal that he's not interested in the friend. I think both reads...

Nononononnoonnoo. Fuuuuck thaaaaaat. These sorts of external effects that fuck up a performance in these manga tilt me so hard. So evil of the author. Though it'd be funny if now Junpei somehow corrects even with those shoes and everyone is amazed he somehow saved a performance with bad shoes...

They ARE kind. They just aren't on the same wavelength as MC and since he doesn't communicate his problems with them and instead runs away, he finds the atmosphere difficult to be in, that's all. The Web novel had nice monologues of how he hated the vibe of those dinners, mangaka couldn't find a...

Oh wow, so we aren't just repeating the same cycle over again, the author is mixing it up a bit. The signaling was that he's just having an edgy phase, not an actual villain now, but it still caught Spica's attention. I see two routes: Route A: the guy continues to lie to himself that he's some...

Also yes, this. Just like in Gimai Seikatsu, here the wording is extremely important. A Step-sibling calling the other a senpai and not onii-chan is a very important distinction in how they see the person. It's a plot point in practically all these sorts of step-sibling stories so the translator...