Au Tabi ni Hikuku natte Iku Onnanoko - Oneshot

[MangaDex]

 

[DROID.EXE]

my heart it hurts so much

 

[loonacrunch]

I DIDN'T READ THE TAGS AHHHHHHHHH

 

[DavelovsPIZZA]

oh i remember reading this on reddit!

 

[Oeconomist]

“shorter”→“lower”

“taller”→“higher”

 

[undeed]

 

[sevenMeru]

man

 

[Victim_16]

Such is life...

 

[manga_follow_75743857]

Thanks I do scans BTW.
Didn't expect the tragedy

 

[That-Guy]

Maybe it's just me being exposed to a lot of sad/tragic animes that this Oneshot felt more comical than tragic. It reads like speedrunning tragedy.

 

[Airzpool]

I don't hire onion ninja or making rain but tear still come.

 

[D0ncoming5torm]

Don't worry guys. She just had her operation overseas and is currently on a plane back to Japan fully healthy.

 

[johnpoop2529]

I don't think there was a tragedy tag when I followed this, I usually avoid those cuz I'm weak, but how the fuck is this romance?! Disappointment all around

 

[TwisterJR]

Thanks, I hate it

 

[Tak2Hu]

“shorter”→“lower”

“taller”→“higher”

ok thx, done

 

[TakGamerYT]

Brooooooo I didn't expect this ;-;

 

[nueee]

smoke weed everyday.

 

[Remocracy]

Damn the oneshot roulette strikes again

 

[zombielunch]

Just like the majority, didn't read the fucking tags.

 

[Eighty-six]

ok thx, done

The line is「会うたびに背が低くなっちゃまうよな」. 背が低い is "short" (in terms of a person's height) rather than "low" (低い by itself means "low", though it could also be used as "short" in its own right-- 背が低い is explicitly about a person's height, 背 meaning "stature" or "height", as it acts as subject for 低い).

The way he corrects himself, saying 「いや... 違うか / 誰よりもたかいんだから」(approx. "No... I guess that's wrong*/because you're taller than anyone else, right now."), 高い (which can mean either "high" or "tall") would almost certainly have to be understood as "taller" as a turnaround to the previous "shorter".

So, it was "shorter" and "taller" all along. With him looking to the sky as he says the latter phrase in question, it could have been "shorter" and "higher", since it appears that he's playing with the fact that 高い signifies both "high" and "tall" even by itself (whereas English speakers are more inclined to distinguish between those two ideas). But, absolutely, he said that she gets (or "happens to get", is the most likely nuance) shorter every time they meet.

*The か in 違うか is used here to indicate doubt in his declaration that what he just said is wrong, or that he supposes what he said isn't correct.