Yeah, it felt at once like an inversion of expectations, but also a natural teenage reaction to embarrassment (I like that Yamada hid inside his hoodie).
I love that spread of Nanami saying "I love you". I love how spare the background it with just the outlines of the kitchen behind her and the use of tone at the bottom left just so we have that panel from Kaede's perspective. Thank you for scanlating.
Woof, this chapter was rough. I really like how the mangaka kept almost the whole chapter to Touma's POV so we can follow his perspective. I can't wait to read the next chapter.
Thank you for the scanlation! Gracias por la traducción!
Girl Jun is adorable <3 And Hana-chan is an awesome side character. I can hear her nasally, braces-lisping voice in my head.
@808bee Yeah. I think the abrupt ending is what doesn't sell it for me. It just felt like they got to the point where they could actually start to self-actualize and then 'welp the manga's over nevermind, I guess all these feelings I've been expressing for most of the narrative don't mean...
Yuji's unrequited love of Masaki not working out made sense and felt right. However, Yuji not transitioning after all of that buildup (not to mention it being part of the premise of the manga) feels like a copout and kind of fucks up the whole story on some level. Yuji just deciding to live as a...