Arakure Ojousama wa Monmon Shiteiru - Ch. 58 - Anything But Ordinary

[Xystus]

"Well, what's similar is our faces, not our personalities"

Yeah well we're about to find out that this is just one big fucking lies Tadashi LOLOL

 

[Silfir]

Recontextualise is certainly a word you could use. Correct me if I'm wrong though but wasn't early Tsubaki literally trying to get rid of Tadashi in the manner described as being villainous, thus earning the moniker?
I'm not naiive enough to believe this was a long term plan of the author to redeem her either. So many manga are written by the seat of the mangaka's pants that I doubt this was even a thought in the author's head before having her baby.

The plan to redeem Tsubaki, so to speak, probably came alive in chapter six, way prior to the first maternity hiatus. It was the one where she "confesses" to Tadashi under a tree and gets reality checked. The chapter ends with her sobbing into her bedsheets, no punchline. At that point the story stopped being just Wile E. Coyote hunting the Roadrunner (i.e. Tsubaki trying to entrap Tadashi and hilariously failing) and became an actual romance.

By chapter 10 long-term planning was definitely in place; that's when we first see the name "Yarino Mana" appear on the leaderboard, long before the actual character appears, and even longer before her name actually becomes a plot point.

 

[can_zero]

is the author trying to gaslight us, she talks about how Tsubaki was always a victim of harrasment, and all the thing about honey traps and entrapment to men were just rumors, yet the first episode is about she trying to honey trap this guy, to the point of ripping her shirt off camera, to get this guy expelled, not because she tought he was dangerous or pervy, but because he annoyed her, I like the direction and growth of the characters, but she was an absolute bi*** at the start of the series

 

[alexandergc]

Predictions:
1) Tadashi-mom is nervous as heck.
2) Tsubaki misunderstands this as disapproval.
3) Tries to use Tadashi's advice (my mom is just like me) but misunderstands totally.
4) Somehow, it works out because they're doofuses.

 

[Bargiel]

Thank you so much for the translation.

 

[sleepless42]

Okay ngl when his mother was introduced I thought it was his little brother or somethin

 

[Jenaxu]

hmm what would be the problem....

hear me out guys, i'm just throwing this out there.. could the father mistress was similar looking to tsubaki(or similarly endowed)? (it can't be the family as tadashi already mentioned her name before to the family and nothing happened)

That was my first thought too, but maybe it'd be too predictable to play it straight like that

 

[Lex79]

Yeah it woukd be actually more wholesome to show that they both changed thanks to their mutual love rather than pretending early Tsubaki wasn't villainous.
Anyway, my bet is that the mom is just speechless since her son brought home a bombshell, let's see if that's right.

 

[rayce]

A mother's possessiveness over her son can be something. After her husband was stolen by another woman, she could possibly be unnerved by another woman taking her son as well.

 

[Flame-2-Haze]

Plot Twist: His mother's EX is somehow related to Tsubaki.

 

[Rafalga]

So that's why he is obsessed with morals and hated physical intimacy that much. Thanks dad.

 

[SilverGrove]

is the author trying to gaslight us, she talks about how Tsubaki was always a victim of harrasment, and all the thing about honey traps and entrapment to men were just rumors, yet the first episode is about she trying to honey trap this guy, to the point of ripping her shirt off camera, to get this guy expelled, not because she tought he was dangerous or pervy, but because he annoyed her, I like the direction and growth of the characters, but she was an absolute bi*** at the start of the series

Haven't read the beginning in a while, but I think that's right. The one caveat I would make is that in the first chapters, it was very much treated as a comedy beat, her using her own past of harassment (confirmed real on many instances, thus "justifying" her attitude towards men in general) and her reputation for entrapment (just rumors although she seriously did try to do it to Tadashi but it's implied she never actually did it to anyone else) to try and get rid of Tadashi until she realizes she is horny for him which turns into actual infatuation.

She was absolutely a vile person at the beginning and at this point the story kinda glosses over that part. Until she decides to confess to him and gets rejected, the whole thing is mostly just a joke around her doing stupid stuff to try and get rid of the guy, most of the times backfiring spectacularly because she is horny for him then in love.

I remember feeling pretty strongly against her in the early chapters, but I will have to read them again to be properly informed. But there is absolutely a lot of recontextualization done to move some of the absurd comedic stuff (like the typical groupie gang) into the more "real" atmosphere of the manga.