Chihaya Re:Start! - Vol. 1 Ch. 2 - Let's go drink a Cola.

[MangaDex]

 

[nikutameruraput]

I love stories about failures... because it's so relatable.

 

[UdenEmpati]

I'm sticking with this for the long haul, but holy hell I can't stop my feelings from oscillating all over the place about Chihaya.
I'm so glad she's not shoving everyone away from her though, because I would have in her situation at that point in life after everything she went through - and while infuriatingly relatable, I suspect a self-pitying but violently-isolating protagonist wouldn't be fun to read about, for any extended period of time.
Though running into her long-ago rival might pull the "crash out" part of her to the forefront.

Thanks for the TL work.

 

[Mangamoz]

Guessing that rival-chan also had her fair shares of troubles in life growing up.

 

[Ashez42]

Thanks for the translation

 

[Seether00]

This speaks to be me

 

[jackjack9]

Times flies and reality hits hard.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Guessing that rival-chan also had her fair shares of troubles in life growing up.

Given she's getting drunk alone at the standing bar while complaining/venting about being judged by her voice, I would say you are very correct.

To say nothing of becoming a local station anchor when she was all about the running thing previously. People change, but those are not in the same orbit of Things One Can Do In Life, by my reckoning.

 

[Velificatio]

This is excellent so far, really glad it was picked up.

 

[Serenata]

I didn't expect a time skip and shut it, but also that's when covid hit the world so if there was a period of 2 or 3 years to become a shut in, that was the prime... however, it was way more than that.

 

[UdenEmpati]

I didn't expect a time skip and shut it, but also that's when covid hit the world so if there was a period of 2 or 3 years to become a shut in, that was the prime... however, it was way more than that.

as far as the 7 years after graduating - given she (in her own words) "wasted her entire high school career for nothing", and she was already halfway depressed because her "one thing" was effectively taken from her by her rival...I do kinda get falling fully into a deep shut-in depression over it all.
But also 8 years sets up the world around her along with the other characters and establishes their lives while she's been in stasis, so that while she's effectively starting from zero (arguably even worse than that, contextually), it'll make her rise all the more inspirational, and entertaining, to witness.

 

[ThatNaiGuy]

Mio and Ayase look a little too similar, I was confused for a hot second at the end there.

 

[awwwchuu]

VERY NICE SOUND EFFECTS

 

[detarameMangadex]

Thanks for the chapter :D

There is already some interesting characterization being done here. Chihaya's relapse after the cancelled Nationals is different from her becoming a shut-in during middle school. The first time, she was just be shocked by the collapse of her identity. This time, she's completely unable to do anything because she convinced herself that things will always go wrong; she's afraid to set goals and "give things her all" after she spent her entire high school career training for a race that never happened.

The thing is, she's not exactly wrong. Even though she missed out on everything through being a shut-in, her specializing was what led to her having nothing to show for anything, both in middle school and high school.

On the other hand, Mio clearly faces different issues. I wrote in the last chapter discussion that she clearly has a motivation for running; we won't know her current issues fully until we know why she enjoyed running so much. I suspect she enjoys running because she has to put effort into it; she likely envies Chihaya, who used to run just for the sake of it. Because of the pandemic, Mio probably had to settle for a normal, boring life, where she was never able to "give things her all..."

But that's all speculation, of course.

Anyways, that was another fantastic chapter. I can't wait to see more.

 

[swetiyo]

Hello everyone! We have also created a discord if anyone wants to join the convo and get notified for releases: https://discord.gg/Bx3bQSYE

 

[mcmoor]

Mio and Ayase look a little too similar, I was confused for a hot second at the end there.

Yeah it makes me go back to confirm whose name is whose lmao.

Also I'd hate it if this become just another neet empowerment manga. I don't see a way for the running to become relevant again soon.

 

[Mythicalbulp]

Wtf this is soo relatable 😭😭

 

[es_kan]

Wait a minute, this isn't a sports manga!

 

[alfirizkyr]

That feeling of being left behind is too real. Mio's complaint about being objectified is too real. I didn't expect the reunion to happen so quickly, this should be fun.

Thanks for the TL!