Asako - Vol. 5 Ch. 21

[MangaDex]

 

[mrboxeater]

Masashi having no clue wuts going on thanks for the TL

 

[dsid2814]

ah, the american poison reached this comic too.

 

[musicfreak12]

ah, the american poison reached this comic too.

This manga handles it wayyy better than how most American story handles it. Feels natural somehow.

American story that pull this is always so on the nose and pulls the "Oh look, I'm lgbtq, this will be my only defining characteristic in the whole movie and I will remind you of this every 3 minutes"

 

[dsid2814]

This manga handles it wayyy better than how most American story handles it. Feels natural somehow.

American story that pull this is always so on the nose and pulls the "Oh look, I'm lgbtq, this will be my only defining characteristic in the whole movie and I will remind you of this every 3 minutes"

more like that fact its even around.

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.
Don't understand the "american" comment, there are crossdressing and genderswap all over the place in mangas.
This one is quite delicate though.

 

[Kaarme]

This one is quite delicate though.

This went forward so fast that I can't call it delicate. This was the first time Kouichi and Asako met, while Asako was conscious, yet they went forward full throttle. It seems to me Kouichi has had enough of his home's suppressive atmosphere and is past being delicate about it, more or less. He gives the impression that once he's in Tokyo, he won't try to hide anything, reasonably speaking.

 

[Mangamoz]

I'll be honest, after so long since the last chap, the only characters I remember are Asako and the mc boy/man.

Everyone else have completely vanished from my memory, so this reveal goes over my head since I don't remember the context.

Reread time again I guess.

 

[aveney41]

ah, the american poison reached this comic too.

It insane that you read this chapter and instantly go "GOD DAMN YOU AMERICANS!" lmao.


Anyways I kinda felt bad for Masashi. They leave him out of the conversation (which is understandable) but Asako gets a little short with him when he gets jealous over senpai's reason for wanting to leave. But it was still a sweet chapter minus the nasty mom.

 

[slyss]

ah, the american poison reached this comic too.

Yoshida Morohe has always been somewhat progressive in this area, as she has delved into these topics in her other works, with varying levels of maturity and seriousness. They don't take the central stage, but they're there. (Inari Konkon got a few people talking because of how she handled her Lesbian character, and that was in the early 2010s, for example) So, honestly, the inclusion of a trans character doesn’t really surprise me.

 

[danvolodar]

ah, the american poison reached this comic too.

Uhhh, you realize that issue precedes the establishment of the US by... a couple thousand years, at least? Right?

I'll be honest, after so long since the last chap, the only characters I remember are Asako and the mc boy/man.

Haha, I felt the same about the latest chapter of Story of the Useless Prefect. However, here in this chapter we only have MC, FMC, MC's sister, and her crush. Really not a lot to keep track of!

 

[D0ncoming5torm]

yeah, fuck no

 

[Samhill]

This went forward so fast that I can't call it delicate. This was the first time Kouichi and Asako met, while Asako was conscious, yet they went forward full throttle. It seems to me Kouichi has had enough of his home's suppressive atmosphere and is past being delicate about it, more or less. He gives the impression that once he's in Tokyo, he won't try to hide anything, reasonably speaking.

There is probably only so much room to put this in along with everything else.

 

[toru_okada]

mamma mia what a spicy meatball.

seriously though good on Kouichi for being able to express himself this one time

 

[hiddentheory]

Yoshida Morohe has always been somewhat progressive in this area, as she has delved into these topics in her other works, with varying levels of maturity and seriousness. They don't take the central stage, but they're there. (Inari Konkon got a few people talking because of how she handled her Lesbian character, and that was in the early 2010s, for example) So, honestly, the inclusion of a trans character doesn’t really surprise me.

Inari Konkon was good until second half was basically a repeat of first.

 

[eviljackspicer]

Thank you for the chapter!

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter. Good as usual

 

[jcuum]

As an "american poison" hater myself... this was NOT poison

Like I would use that term for the velma tv show and the disney remake slop, not this

This was pretty fucking tame in comparison lmao

 

[Jhonathan45]

Why is the translator assuming that the character is trans?
There's so many other identities that they could be alluding to, the character may not even have an issue with their identity, it's very possible that they're just someone who likes to express themselves in a feminine way.
I don't believe in stuff like "American Poison", japanese works have always dealt with this unusual and non conformative forms of gender and sexuality. I only take issue with the determinism shown by the translator

 

[Outflanks10]

This mangas author aways handles and develops their characters so well.
Seriously love how every character is flawed and shown to either have growth or other implications.
And this chapter was just rather wholesome over all.

BTW does anyone know what the hell BBs are yet? still trying to figure that one out.

Thanks for the amazing translation Daphie's