Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko! - Vol. 3 Ch. 23

[UGSchoolboy]

So glad that this is almost fully translated…please do Black and White by the same author next!

 

[stavekoff]

About damn time! Now let me casually look at how many chapters are left

 

[byakukarasu]

FINALLY they were getting soooo irritating

 

[naimrv]

FUCKING FINALLY!! PULL UP WITH THE BEER AND THE BOOMING SYSTEM, WE GOTTA CELEBRATE FOR THE TWO YEARS OF WAITING, FOLKS!!!!!

 

[10milestereo]

i'm refreshing every hour on the hour waiting for the heart-pounding finale

 

[Anthropie]

Those angry face reminded me a lot of Black and White.... A yuri that died too young.

 

[pab101]

Frucking finally!

 

[bluebluered]

Those angry face reminded me a lot of Black and White.... A yuri that died too young.

b&w isn't dead (as in dropped) it only ended a few months ago, but i think it did have a hiatus so sal jiang could write this. if you're talking about the unofficial english translation, yeah it's dead, but the official one has the 2nd volume coming out next year.

 

[Anthropie]

b&w isn't dead (as in dropped) it only ended a few months ago, but i think it did have a hiatus so sal jiang could write this. if you're talking about the unofficial english translation, yeah it's dead, but the official one has the 2nd volume coming out next year.

interesting, thank !

 

[IamaTire]

The amount of feeling shown in this chapter its amazing, that was the only way to crack the shell that she put herself into.
One of the most perfect confession.

 

[1Sun_2Moon]

AHHHH WHY AM I CRYING

 

[RavenNightstar]

Finally! This was frustrating to watch

 

[IbnAurum]

My queen Ayaka 😭😭👑👑👑

 

[kny793]

i cant even feel happy for them anymore

 

[maeribaeri]

Hah, yeah, it figures that those two always were aware about Hiroko. Also, Kumi's anger after that business dinner hits twice as hard now. She and Yuuya always looked up to Hiroko, who they knew had to hide a significant part of herself for most of her life, and they couldn't even stand up for her because they knew that Hiroko's concern was valid, and also because they wanted to respect her decisions. So they were just forced to watch her smiling and nodding through people invalidating a core part of her being for years on end. Glad they found a way to directly support her, after all that time.

 

[maeribaeri]

And of course:

Let's
Fucking
Goooooooo!

Communication! Actual communication! Working through their issues! They did it! They actually managed to get together in a healthy way!
So incredibly stoked

 

[seonlele]

I can kind of see why people feel like Hiroko's reluctance to accept Ayaka's feeling was kind of drawn out too long, but personally, I think it was actually a bit too short. We have to remember that Hiroko's had to carry this world view for so long that it's practically ingrained into her habits, which I found very realistic. This chapter went more in depth on how her experience of having to protect her department during shaky times shaped her leadership style. From my observations, her determination to do everything to ensure the security of her position is out of a protective stance, not only to -in her mind- make-up for the sacrifice of her senpai, but also so her employees will not have to suffer through her early corporate experience. I find it very interesting how her mindset contrasts against Ayaka, who is young and new to the corporate environment. Ayaka's boldness is what shakes Hiroko's world, bringing in a new perspective, preventing Hiroko from continuing her spiral down (losing herself to her kindness and guilt).

As someone who also suffers in a similar way to Hiroko, it truly is hard to escape the mental cage. Ayaka's persistence in helping Hiroko see the world in a different way essentially forces the door open. Yes, Hiroko's friends are supportive, but we can see that they are not as direct and forceful as Ayaka, which is why she is successful in slowly breaking down the walls Hiroko built around herself. I think this manga so far decently portrays some of the realities of the corporate world. Ayaka's boldness and optimism stems from her innocence while Hiroko's hesitance stems from the hardships she had to weather through, faced with the truth that in the past, LGBTQ+ was looked with disdain while in modern times it is, frustratingly and unfortunately, incorporated in businesses as a form of "modernization".

Anyways, this is a long ramble, but I think this manga is very beautiful. Thank you author for bringing light to these topics.

 

[splatsoni]

fucking hell finally

 

[deenzfan12]

Ahhh, it's not coincidental that everybody around them is so supportive... It's the environment inadverdently fostered by Hiroko's strength and kindness all these years... It's too good