Bloom Into You - Vol. 6 Ch. 34 - Overflowing

[MangaDex]

 

[WhimsiCat]

You all know there's only one solution to this

 

[ElSuperNova]

WAR
WAR HAS CHANGED

 

[livesofflight]

Haha what?

 

[Suzushiro_Mizuki]

This is so typical in manga, what kind of logic is that?

 

[tobil]

Dem why

 

[Pascal95]

Thanks.

 

[Weabooribs]

@Suzushiro_Mizuki
Yes it is super typical, but at least this was pretty much set up from the beginning. It was also handled quite well, giving both sides immediately in the same chapter. I'm looking forward how the rest of this arc will play out.
A big thank you to 4s for bringing us this chapter!

 

[GruntZone360]

ah fuck you bitch (To Touko)
now we'll have to wait what 20 chapters for them to get together

 

[Daemyx]

Ah, it’s another “just talk” scenario. It’s been a while.

 

[nyaririn]

Now I'm waiting for Sayaka's confession to see how Touko will react.

 

[Ju2c0c0]

DON'T DO THIS TO ME

 

[rfan23]

So it's "I like you a lot, but I'm not sure I can be serious about a relationship. Let's go on with just kissing (and maybe something more)".

 

[thelunchlady]

Everybody grows and changes. This has to be one of the best coming of age stories that's currently being published. I'm in love with this and i don't know why. I kind of like the pace. Yuu finally accepting and acknowledging her true feelings as a character is huge, I wonder what's going to happen with Sayaka.

 

[totallynotmike]

Oh, how i wanted you to stay pure of usual GL bullshit. Alas, it wasn't meant to be.

...but seriously, Yuu running away after "the confession" is incredibly out of character, and nauseatingly cliched behavior. Up till this point she was presented as someone, who could calmly take shit coming her way, without theatrical overreactions.

...yet suddenly she feels the need to act out shoujo heroine minor archetype. Why? Just because it's a trope, doesn't mean it's good.

At least she didn't cry (i hope). Tears in yuri come so, so, so cheap.

 

[Pachka84]

Tears in yuri and in any other genre usually only come cheap for dark-haired girls though.
It's far from a trope for a girl like Yuu to run away crying. And it's not out of character at all, because her terror of losing Touko because of her growing love for her has been a major subtext theme through the story. Now she was able to gather her courage, Touko's first words immediately tipped fear over to despair and Yuu doesn't want to hear anymore because she fears her confession has hurt the one she loved and it's breaking her heart.
Meanwhile, I'm very happy Touko is so mature about it all and recognizes that she has been taking advantage of Yuu and is able to accept Yuu's feelings.
At the same time, it's very in line with earlier writing that even though Touko can accept Yuu's feelings it is still a shock to her and she doesn't immediately know how to deal with this.
After putting an end to Touko's backstory with her sister - which contrary to Yuu's reaction here WAS the gigantic cliché about the dark-haired girl losing a family member and having a ludicrously melancholy character arc spinning out of that - I'm happy Nakani Nio is now able to leave that trope-y nonsense behind and is writing at her strongest in this chapter.
I only hope this story isn't ending soon, because apart from wanting to see much more of Yuu and Touko, Yagakimi is full of wonderful characters I want to see much more of.

 

[totallynotmike]

Tears in yuri and in any other genre

Not really. Take any bullshit GL oneshot and contrast it with any shoujo bullshit oneshot. Tru tearz can be found almost universally in the first drawer, usually after or during the kissu.

It's far from a trope for a girl like Yuu to run away crying.

It's perfectly within a trope's boundaries for a girl to run away after being rejected by romantic interest. Heck, That kind of behavior is a trope in itself. It creates the unnecessary drama, and it feeds the story by providing an opportunity for creating misunderstandings (worst kind of misunderstandings - ones based in lack of communication). Besides, what i said precisely, is that it was far from her character portrayal up till this point to do that. Especially the "crying" part, if it happened.

And it's not out of character at all, because her terror of losing Touko because of her growing love for her has been a major subtext theme through the story.

It is - she did not freak out about a single thing in any of the previous chapters. Not one, not once. Her most emotional reaction till this point was her clenching her fists in unexpressed anger. If you want to believe that "love makes you do crazy things" or "act erratically", go ahead, but usually, it doesn't. And it certainly wouldn't happen here, not considering Yuu's temperament. Unless you're throwing your writing out of the window, or playing some grander narrative scheme.

After putting an end to Touko's backstory with her sister - which contrary to Yuu's reaction here WAS the gigantic cliché

It really is like we're reading different comics. Or maybe it is that we want to read different comics. Doesn't really matter though.

about the dark-haired girl losing a family member and having a ludicrously melancholy* character arc spinning out of that

...yeah. You know, if the only thing you care about here is "romance", you don't have to stay. There are probably hundreds of other titles you can read. And i really don't get that obsession with hair colors.

*what? There's been nothing melancholic about that arc.

I'm happy Nakani Nio is now able to leave that trope-y nonsense behind

She was, up till now. For better or worse, it played deconstruction on some aspects of usual romance presentation and scorned selectively at its cliches. What she did here (specifically in this chapter), or what it at least looks like for now, is the exact opposite of that.

and is writing at her strongest in this chapter.

...just no. Just because she's reenacting something familiar, doesn't make it strong. What set this title apart from Yuri Hime forgettable crap was diversification of themes, and putting small personal spins on each of them. Regressing towards the mean isn't awful per se, but it isn't great either - i hope she isn't running out of ideas.

 

[HermesPasser]

fuuuuck

edit: WhimsiCat sure it is, and that manga is gold

 

[elefantine97]

Nah, it's not the same "runaway crying" cliche. It's very different, but it's not a technical difference, rather, it's a difference in how the moment was built up.
It'd take me at least 3 paragraphs to go in depth analysis over the last 34 chapters, so yeah, not gonna happen.
But I think if you're invested in the characters enough, you'd understand the scene better from their perspectives, especially Yuu's.
.
Yuu is not and has never been incapable of love like she's always thought, and that has been hinted since the beginning.

 

[TehSDragon]

@elefantine97 Think you're right, tbh. I normally would agree with @mikegnesium cuz I hate the misunderstandings-and-running-away trope that's prevalent in manga like this, but having literally binged through all of it up till this point in one go ... I kinda get it. It was kinda lowkey simmering throughout the story, but that reaction from Yuu didn't appear out of nowhere, despite her aloofness throughout the series, at least imo