Childhood Friend, Big Love - Ch. 37 - Childhood friends and February 14th

[NicholasTurner]

The people have spoken comrade author, they are now dating.

 

[shittycoolusername69]

Do they attend an all girls school? Or was it just coincidence that all the background characters were also girls

Probably. I skimmed the whole series again and every student in the background wears skirts, at least.

 

[Sandrascarlet]

They are not dating??? (They are)

 

[WolfenLady]

I won't even comment... Wait... I just did 🤦🏽‍♀️

 

[himi-cat]

I feel that was a really good way to handle the translation! I always confuse honmei and giri chocolate, and what you chose sounded much more natural while still preserving the core meaning of the sentence.

Was going to say the same - that's a /really/ good way to handle it in this context, it should probably be used more often when the author is aiming for a touch of ambiguity. The way Japanese handles "love" seems to be far more nuanced than English the language can handle readily, as well as Anglo cultures more broadly - you need this kind of thing to convey more of the subtleties, where it's even possible.