Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu - Ch. 178 - I Can Endure This

[Sky_Ravager]

thanks for the chapter

 

[RiffRaffROTFL]

Yay, more band stuff...

 

[ShovelMan]

I swear to god when i found norio i am gona seduce her put my twins in her marry her and took control over this story cause i think she lost the sauce

 

[Telesto44]

This is why I hate Yamada’s work! She had to reject him and distance herself from him because of the nonsense that is the entertainment industry. I’m starting to really like Moeko, but she needs someone other than Ichikawa. Ichikawa and Yamada need to resolve the issue with her job soon. They either have to set boundaries for her work (no being intimate with another actor, the second season of Yamada’s favorite manga is looking bad for their relationship with that kiss scene and all) or, even better, Yamada should find something else she loves to do. Hanazawa Kana, one of my favorite seiyuu, recently got a divorce from her seiyuu husband because their work made it impossible for them to have enough time for each other. This is just one example of how the entertainment industry messes up relationships.

The whole point of the manga was showing what it's like to date an idol, Yamada simply finding a different career isn't in the cards.

 

[the_legendary_klobb]

Anna is starting to really suffer from Kyotaro Deprivation Syndrome

 

[Erricane]

And there it is. The perfect NTR plot for the doujins. I've already seen multiple artist making Moeko and Kyotaro NTR. But now with this, more may happen.

wears my helmet Brace yourself.

 

[Frostisss]

Why does this series take place in middle school and not highschool? Every time I’m reminded, it weirds me out.

 

[Dorito_Kun]

Why does this series take place in middle school and not highschool? Every time I’m reminded, it weirds me out.

It is a feature of the story to talk about the problems of growing up, forcing the main characters to go through all these aspects of adult life, especially in relationships, at such a young age. If this story took place in high school, it would not be as impressive and would stand out much less. In addition, it conveys all these themes to a target audience of the same age who have MC and will find it easier to identify with Kyotaro when he is just beginning to mature like them.

 

[Dorito_Kun]

Even if Ichikawa is focused on his exams, they would still find time to see each other if Yamada weren’t stuck in the entertainment industry.

Dude...

It's not Yamada's job that prevents them from meeting somewhere privately. Kyotaro would still prioritize his exams, and that would affect their meetings.

In Karte 156, they have a literal agreement that if they want to meet, they can arrange it at any time. Yamada doesn't do this not because of work, but because Kyotaro is actively preparing for exams right now, and she decides to just wait until he does, as was even indicated in the title of this section. Karte 174 established this behavior, and in Karte 170, Yamada literally explains that she wants to meet with him, but she considered her desire to disturb him selfish and tried to behave like an adult. The only thing this affects now is the inability to communicate at school, but there are only morning classes left anyway, and no one asked Kyotaro to act like they weren't even friends because of this. That's why I'm saying that it's unclear why you started talking about Yamada's work under this part when everyone was discussing the chapter on Twitter, Reddit, and in the comments here. Only you brought up something that has little to do with the chapter because of your concern.

Her job is still the root of the problem, no matter how you look at it or how much it’s ignored in one chapter.

This doesn't mean that it should be discussed in every episode, regardless of its subject matter. It is similar to complaining in every episode of “Avatar” that Aang simply does not go to fight Ozai when he needs to master all four elements. It's clear that the overall drama of the manga is preventing you from enjoying reading it.

And let’s be honest, blaming Ichikawa for helping his sister is unreasonable. That song isn’t just important to his sister, it’s meaningful to him and to Yamada as well.

Dude...

(I have nothing against Kyotaro, he wants to help them and this shows how much he actually cares about others, if he didn't deny empathy for others but not being able to see his girlfriend because of exams doesn't work when you have no problem spending time on something else besides them)

I wrote that I understand him, but the excuse about exams doesn't work here, and only the fact that he is helping the band makes it justified this time, which he practically wrote to Yamada in a text message. She actually held back a couple of times in Volume 12 because of this, but if he gets distracted from his exams again (which he shouldn't be if he wants to improve his grades) and it's not related to the band, then there will be trouble. I'm also concerned that he doesn't ask for help with his exams (which is also part of the plot, obviously).

I’m not saying she should abandon her acting or modeling career just for Ichikawa, but I sincerely hope she finds something healthier and more fulfilling.

I didn't even oppose the idea, I just said that the plot isn't in a state where it would be a viable option right now. Also, if Yamada quits his career, the story will end, because “meeting an idol” and the problems associated with it are an integral part of the manga, lol. Even if you finish reading it, you'll still have to deal with Yamada's career as one of the sources of drama, anyway.

I also believe intimacy should only happen after marriage

I'm surprised you're reading this manga after chapter 10. The whole point of the chapter is that there's nothing wrong with sexual desires, and even Norio wrote in the postscript that sexual relations are very important in a relationship, while you are very conservative on this issue.

so the idea that Yamada could be forced into such scenes doesn’t sit right with me.

I don't understand how the second half of the sentence relates to the first, as if she will be forced to have sex with another actor. Is it a kiss for the sake of work, which will not happen because the conflict itself is for the sake of tension, called what should happen after marriage? Is it worth reminding that we are talking about manga and not real life, and it will not resort to what the plot does not require and doesn't need, because Norio can simply decide that she will never even appear where there are sex scenes? Is it worth reminding that this is the whole point of the conflict, so that it can be resolved later, and that she won't even be allowed to kiss him because she is 15 years old? Is it worth saying that Norio won't do things that don't fit the tone of the manga and the way she wants to tell the story?

You can’t deny that the biggest hindrance to their relationship is Yamada’s job. I’m not saying it’s the only issue

but pretending the entertainment industry isn’t a threat is naive.

The entertainment industry is toxic whether you like it or not, especially in East Asia.

I never said that the entertainment industry isn't toxic. I never even thought that, so don't attribute opinions to me that I never held. You missed the point of what I said. The point is that:

1. Despite being the main source of drama, her work never brings up things that don't fit with the story Norio wants to tell.

2. Her career is just one of the mouthpieces of the story that fits the theme, and my example shows that it's like a deliberate source of tension, and if Anna's career were replaced with another job, there would be the same conflict (which is impossible because her career is one of the few where you can work full-time at that age). Even hiding relationships has been played out quite often in other stories for less justified reasons, since Kyō's inferiority complex would not have disappeared if she had not been a model and actress.

3. You know, the labor market and work ethic in East Asia in general are unhealthy and even toxic. Even in terms of education, you can even google “examination hell.” Their education system is incredibly harsh, people are incredibly concerned even about the choice of SCHOOL and its prestige. Parents can put a lot of pressure on their children, and failure can cause them to fall into despair (literally the backstory of why Kyotaro became the way he was at the beginning of the manga and still hasn't recovered) and even commit suicide. Kyotaro now puts pressure on himself in a similar way, setting barriers between himself and others due to his inferiority complex, and treats the impossibility of entering his first school choice as the end of the world or as “all or nothing,” when it was not his failure on the previous exam that caused him to stop communicating with Kinoshita and Takano and scare away his friends. If, theoretically, he fails and doesn't survive, he may again break off contact with Yamada, Moeko, and others, but obviously this problem is not as important to discuss as Yamada's career, even though this very problem is in the foreground.

4. Yamada also puts pressure on herself to grow up quickly in order to overcome her inferiority complex, because she always gave up when she failed and there were always people who were better than her, which is why she ended up in the entertainment industry. That's why she doesn't dare to say that she doesn't like kissing scenes, and in her mind, adults have to do all the work they are told to do, and to go against it means to behave like a child. Is it worth remembering that this is the reason why Kyotaro never said what he thought about the idea of filming her in such scenes? That's why I say that Yamada's decision to quit her job is not the best one. First and foremost, she, like Kyotaro, needs to completely overcome her complexes and anxieties. Will she be able to do so as a result of giving up her career? I don't know, but the entertainment industry is not the root of Yamada's problems in this story, but rather her thinking and anxieties, which prevent her from solving the problems that the entertainment industry itself can cause her.

They both put pressure on themselves as a result of the things they face and the complexes they experience. Sometimes it seems that people complain more about her work because it prevents her from being the “perfect” girl for Kyō, as for some reason they prefer to ignore how his decisions and thinking can negatively affect both him and his relationship with her. Neither of them is acting in the most rational way; both are putting pressure on themselves, and both need to figure themselves out, and they will manage to do so.

They’re still high school students, not adults, and their relationship shouldn’t be this strained.

Literally one of the point of manga. It is a feature of the story to talk about the problems of growing up, forcing the main characters to go through all these aspects of adult life, especially in relationships, at such a young age. All the tension and problems they encounter are deliberate. All the experiences the characters go through are deliberate. The theme of the manga literally teaches the target audience how to deal with all of this. Because these problems are real, and the story of a boy who meets an idol, who herself got into this industry as a result of the same complexes and anxieties, is the theme of the manga, which is used as a way to tell the audience about it.

 

[micz7ryu]

The whole point of the manga was showing what it's like to date an idol, Yamada simply finding a different career isn't in the cards.

I don’t think the whole point of the manga is about dating an idol. For one, Yamada isn’t an idol.

 

[draxdeveloper]

Honestly... Last arcs are... Mild? Don't know, sometimes I even get lost in the story

 

[Dorito_Kun]

I don’t think the whole point of the manga is about dating an idol. For one, Yamada isn’t an idol.

Norio Sakurai literally confirmed in an interview that idol-stuff is one of the foundations of the manga, so her career will continue until the end of the manga, and if she quits in any way, it will only happen at the end of the story. It makes no sense to expect her to give up her acting career and for the story to continue after that.