Chieri no Koi wa 8 Meter - Vol. 3 Ch. 31

[Snegerd]

CURSE YOU FIREWORKS-KUN

 

[Extreme-Tactician]

I think she got the message right? Please tell me she did.

Yumeji was really cool here. Yeah, he can't help Chieri in the same way as before. But he can always be there for her emotionally, and that's what counts in the long run! He's a good boyfriend! Even if he can't carry Chieri anymore, and even if he is kinda insensitive about her weight...

The mix of slapstick and sappy romance was so good in this chapter.

 

[Saybah]

"I can't carry you the way you are but I can still carry your feelings"

Smooth line right there. Well done MC.

 

[AnotherDuck]

Oh, noes, the sandal strap snapped. Those things are as fragile as Japanese characters' immune systems.

How the fuck are you so dumb you even consider carrying her on your back? That's not a reflexive habit any way you cut it. It's like starting to boil a steak because you're used to cooking pasta.

I'm getting confession drowned out by fireworks vibes.

Sadly, I did say that.

"I can't carry you the way you are but I can still carry your feelings"

Samwise vibes.

 

[Angelonius]

Marry him already, Chieri!

 

[Ammutsito]

GET FIREWORKED IDIOTS

 

[rafimaulana]

As I say, don't see the fireworks when you wanna conves... 😓

 

[isoycrazy]

Yay! Progress and a confession before Chapter 50! That is very impressive.

Thanks for the translation.

 

[Remocracy]

DAMN YOU, FIREWORKS-KUN!!!!!

Fireworks-kun strikes again

 

[JumboWheat01]

Nearly a To Love-Ru level of lucky pervert moment there, having a large girl fall (but not squish) on you and somehow getting tangled up in their yukata and pulling it apart.

 

[xanon]

What a trifecta, folks! Sandal strap breaks causing near accidental 1st kiss followed by fireworks cock block!

 

[D00T]

I was about to write something about the fireworks but the RETURN OF THE COLOUR PAGEEEEEEEE!

 

[Shinigamisama]

Even if she's soft and squishy on many places, I think her falling over Yumeji was really dangerous. Yumeji pancake would've been quite a mess on her yukata.

 

[Dusty-kun]

I got my hopes up only for everything to be ripped away from me

 

[KeyboardLord]

I am going to kill the CEO of fireworks

 

[Lightningxp]

I love how the author uses common romcom tropes but instantly breaks the 4th wall by reminding readers there's no way they would work because of cheri's size lol. That's some next level writing.

 

[Coldlight]

Really going through the checklist of all the "must-have" classic romcom tropes, huh.

• Broken footwear strap for the girl in a yukata ✔
• Literal stumbling into an ecchi situation ✔
• Comedic violence after said situation ✔
• Boy offering girl a piggyback ride ✔
• Fireworks interfering with a confession(?) ✔

I knew I said I wasn't expecting a kiss, but ok. Mixed feelings. Maybe I should be satisfied it's at least self-aware about one of the tropes... I don't know if I could consider the events of this chapter as progress. I'd be very surprised if Yumeji actually confessed at that moment, that Chieri heard it (and somehow responded positively to it, off-screen?) and that they'd be dating after this festival (because why confess, accept and not date...?).

This is a classic interruption by fireworks given that Chieri's reaction after is too muted and Yumeji is way too calm for somebody who just confessed (even more so if the situation is that she just hasn't given him her answer yet), but I'll be glad to be proven wrong. The expressions of the two girls at the end say it all.

Y'know it could be worse, at that moment Yumeji could've said "best friend"

"I can always shoulder your feelings" -> I admit this was nice (but this isn't the first time Yumeji tried to look and sound cool like this) and the pretty color page did help save this chapter for me. At least visually, it was good.

 

[pab101]

The heck did he say?

 

[Outflanks10]

If you didn't figure the fireworks would be the thing that interrupts them then you haven't read enough rom-com manga.

Thank everyone over at beeg scans for the translation

 

[Diagus]

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