Ano Koro no Aoi Hoshi - Vol. 5 Ch. 14.1

[MangaDex]

 

[butchcat]

umi's friends other than her roommates (baba and fuki iirc?) piss me off so bad jeez

 

[NicholasTurner]

So many of these girls are terrible human beings.

 

[LeElFreil]

I really like the trivia in the credits!

 

[dqvdqv]

I hope the Inotani girl can forgive herself and maybe join the club again for the remainder of the time.

 

[Mr.Van]

Nah this MC is pissing me off. Her personality in the first half of the manga was good to see, rather assertive and pursued her interests.

Now it feels like she always gets dragged along by everybody else, even when it comes to her girlfriend. Who is more important to you? Rando #7 or your fking GF

 

[sollasollew]

Her friends are really annoying and seriously, so many girls here are not very good people.

 

[Wichossj]

One thing this manga made think about is the inherent unfairness of social relationships. Segawa was bullied and ostracized as a child because of her hobbies and that made her close herself off from the rest of her classmates. But now that she’s older, even tho she is technically a victim, she has to accommodate to norms of the world. There’s been a few chapters in which Segawa is criticized for how she either closes herself off from everyone(as in she is the cause of her own lonelines) or she is portrayed as “needy” in her relationship with Koumoto. Even tho her behavior was caused by the bad treatment she received from others, she is expected to be responsible for her problems. And I do believe this mirrors real life. Despite the world being responsible for giving you pain and trauma, you are the only person that can help yourself, you must be the one that seeks betterment for your life even if it wasn’t your fault. Because people won’t search for you and make things right for you. Everyone has their own lives and they WILL move forward with their lives with or without you. So in this manga, despite Segawa being a victim, she has to be the one to change instead of society changing for her, otherwise her life won’t improve.