Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk - Vol. 15 Ch. 115 - Hana and Kaede

[MangaDex]

 

[hatoken]

Awesome scanlation!

I honestly was hoping that the previous version wouldn't come to light, but now that it has; I genuinely prefer this.

Even though it might have been better to just start with this flashback rather than do last chapter as awkwardly, I think they were pidgeonholed into it by the teaser at the end of volume 14.

I assume the last panel is supposed to be ambiguous? I have no way of interpreting if the her is Hana/Mei, or the it being in Iruma/being a crossdresser/etc.

 

[pink_rabbit]

Thank you for the chart!! It helps a lot on who is currently in the love triangle

 

[fgjsk]

Awesome scanlation!

I honestly was hoping that the previous version wouldn't come to light, but now that it has; I genuinely prefer this.

Even though it might have been better to just start with this flashback rather than do last chapter as awkwardly, I think they were pidgeonholed into it by the teaser at the end of volume 14.

I assume the last panel is supposed to be ambiguous? I have no way of interpreting if the her is Hana/Mei, or the it being in Iruma/being a crossdresser/etc.

Thank you! I much prefer this version as well, though I found delinquent Kippei pretty amusing too. Chapter 114 actually wasn't part of volume 14 at all, as far as I'm aware, though I guess it's wrongly listed on here.

Considering Hana's request was for Kaede to let her know should she ever run into Mei again, personally I'm assuming that Kaede was saying she'll definitely tell Hana if she sees her, so that might be a mistranslation on our part where "you" probably should work instead, oops :']

 

[hatoken]

Thank you! I much prefer this version as well, though I found delinquent Kippei pretty amusing too. Chapter 114 actually wasn't part of volume 14 at all, as far as I'm aware, though I guess it's wrongly listed on here.

Considering Hana's request was for Kaede to let her know should she ever run into Mei again, personally I'm assuming that Kaede was saying she'll definitely tell Hana if she sees her, so that might be a mistranslation on our part where "you" probably should work instead, oops :']

Ah, I didn't mean 114 proper, rather this on the last page of the volume.

 

[fgjsk]

Ah, I didn't mean 114 proper, rather this on the last page of the volume.

Ohhh you mean the volume previews itself. Yeah, it was probably already set to release by the time the decision was made to do the rewrite, so they probably couldn't deviate too far from the original chapter's beginning I assume.

 

[Darklight99]

So there was an original release where Kippei was a delinquent who liked Mei, but it was rewritten into this current chapter with him being Yuuma's doppelganger?

 

[fgjsk]

So there was an original release where Kippei was a delinquent who liked Mei, but it was rewritten into this current chapter with him being Yuuma's doppelganger?

The intent of making Kippei look eerily similar to Yuuma (enough that Kanoko and Shuumei both mistook him for the latter in the original) was still the same, except he was a lot taller + definitely designed to be more delinquent-like. He fell for Shuumei first as "he was just his type" before running into Mei at a later date and somehow recognising them as the same person. While Kippei got petty and jealous when finding out Shuumei had a friend he was fond of who looked just like him and yet he got rejected when they met, it was nowhere near the level of possessiveness the current Kippei/Kaede has for Yuuma/Hana, LOL.

 

[Loxosceles13]

Man, I hate these types of characters that are introduced out of the blue and have some random niche ability to disrupt the main characters, ie in this case being a duplicate and about to go do a bunch of annoying stuff while pretending to be hana.

 

[Darklight99]

The intent of making Kippei look eerily similar to Yuuma (enough that Kanoko and Shuumei both mistook him for the latter in the original) was still the same, except he was a lot taller + definitely designed to be more delinquent-like. He fell for Shuumei first as "he was just his type" before running into Mei at a later date and somehow recognising them as the same person. While Kippei got petty and jealous when finding out Shuumei had a friend he was fond of who looked just like him and yet he got rejected when they met, it was nowhere near the level of possessiveness the current Kippei/Kaede has for Yuuma/Hana, LOL.

And those chapters were released and then retconned? Like what Murata does with One Punch Man?

 

[fgjsk]

And those chapters were released and then retconned? Like what Murata does with One Punch Man?

The author wrote themselves into a dead end without thinking about how the new plotline will lead up to the final arc on top of going through some health issues. After a request and negotiation with their editor they agreed and decided to revamp it, so I guess its less of a retcon and more of a rewrite instead, this time while leading up to the inevitable ending.

 

[voliol]

I think my problem with last minute (faux) romantic triangle characters like this, is that I end up wanting them to have a happy end as well. But then being newly introduced they don't have any connections to the secondary cast, and a happy end through self realization has to compete for time with the main romantic resolution of the whole series. Ah well, it's still fun, so I guess it's okay.

Thank you for the chapter!

 

[Darklight99]

The author wrote themselves into a dead end without thinking about how the new plotline will lead up to the final arc on top of going through some health issues. After a request and negotiation with their editor they agreed and decided to revamp it, so I guess its less of a retcon and more of a rewrite instead, this time while leading up to the inevitable ending.

Yeah that sounds like Murata with OPM. It doesn't fill me with confidence that the author can make major changes like these after releasing chapters.

 

[yuri_witch]

Wtf happened with these last two chapters? Everything just changed out of the blue!

 

[Darklight99]

Awesome scanlation!

I honestly was hoping that the previous version wouldn't come to light, but now that it has; I genuinely prefer this.

Even though it might have been better to just start with this flashback rather than do last chapter as awkwardly, I think they were pidgeonholed into it by the teaser at the end of volume 14.

I assume the last panel is supposed to be ambiguous? I have no way of interpreting if the her is Hana/Mei, or the it being in Iruma/being a crossdresser/etc.

Where did the previous version come to light? I didn't even know about it until now.

 

[antarctico]

This new narcissistic doppelganger plot twist seems like pure filler. The mangaka seems to just be delaying the inevitable full-stop end of the manga that happens once Yuuma and Shuumei's misunderstandings finally get revealed.

Still, it would be very interesting to read translations of the original, pulled chapters 114 and 115. I would kind of like seeing for myself what corner the mangaka painted for themselves that was so fatal two chapter had to get yoinked.

 

[hatoken]

This new narcissistic doppelganger plot twist seems like pure filler. The mangaka seems to just be delaying the inevitable full-stop end of the manga that happens once Yuuma and Shuumei's misunderstandings finally get revealed.

Still, it would be very interesting to read translations of the original, pulled chapters 114 and 115. I would kind of like seeing for myself what corner the mangaka painted for themselves that was so fatal two chapter had to get yoinked.

This has been going on since the end of the school festival, and I'd argue its more likely the editor who's forced it onto the author because they are kinda the golden goose of MagXIV.

The festival arc (which had Nakamura's whole arc about being angry for Shizuku lying about crossdressing):
1) Had Nakamura not find out about Hana
2) Had Shizuku never meet Mei, or see Hana x Mei despite working at the cafe
3) Had neither Mei or Hanae confront the message Nakamura was yelling at them
4) Had Hanae literally cornered with his sister
etc, etc.

Also the school festival confession on the roof is such a big trope, I can't imagine it not being planned for.

It was then followed with:
1) A filler arc about punks that did not change the story and was entirely skippable
2) A filler arc about lesbians that rehashed early plot points (Yorunaga being gay, Kanoko being bi)
3) One chapter of character development
4) A filler arc that retconned a background character into a crossdresser
and 5) A filler arc about a new character.

This arc is redeemable if they do crossdressing shenanigans with Mei though, such as her being broken down by crossdressers at the Otokonoko cafe. Hana was already mentored a bit by Shizuku, but Mei is still far from the whole otaku-adjacent Otokonoko subculture.

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

were on the final arc?

 

[tokichiroaoi]

 

[N2O]

Wait where the heck did this guy come from again..?