Dance Dance Danseur - Vol. 18 Ch. 159

[MangaDex]

 

[ciera]

Thank you for the scanlation

 

[bakasennin]

Nakamura bro ;_;

 

[Cidolfas]

Just a tiny 2-month timeskip at the end, leaving about a month left on his ESTA visa

 

[LordofAlI]

Ok 2 month time skip.

Also idk with the shadow and stuff I thought he grew a bit of a beard for a second there.

 

[Felkin]

Oikawa's reaction was really something. George has really done such a good job in building her up as this extremely scary authoritive figure whom you know means well, but my goodness can she put the fear of God in you. I don't think she was serious, but he won't come off easy for all this.

Nakamura's end to this arc was beautiful, him reflecting of how Junpei has grown, taken in all the lessons he taught him. That moment of seeing your student succeed must be truly magical.

The time skip happened as I expected, though much shorter. I guess he didn't actually get mentored by Blanco yet and just spent the two months getting much better under Olga and now has to prove himself to Blanco.

I thought that the time-skip would be the entire training under Blaco so the fact George already skipped once suggests we will actually have the entire training covered (skip into a few chapters into skip again would be far too weird).

Exciting chapters ahead!

 

[yosoji]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter ! I just wanna say that the way the teacher left was fucking so well done. The manga had done such a great job with his character too. I loved that because I wasn’t thinking about him leaving and it dawned on me when it did on Junpei. Beautiful stuff.

 

[cokelemon]

Oikawa's reaction was really something. George has really done such a good job in building her up as this extremely scary authoritive figure whom you know means well, but my goodness can she put the fear of God in you. I don't think she was serious, but he won't come off easy for all this.

Nakamura's end to this arc was beautiful, him reflecting of how Junpei has grown, taken in all the lessons he taught him. That moment of seeing your student succeed must be truly magical.

The time skip happened as I expected, though much shorter. I guess he didn't actually get mentored by Blanco yet and just spent the two months getting much better under Olga and now has to prove himself to Blanco.

I thought that the time-skip would be the entire training under Blaco so the fact George already skipped once suggests we will actually have the entire training covered (skip into a few chapters into skip again would be far too weird).

Exciting chapters ahead!

So I binged this series until probably about somewhere before this competition arc. After I stopped and had time to think about it, I realized Junpei, while very earnest and hardworking, kinda left a sour taste in my mouth.

He's been too frivolous and been getting away with too much. From taking ballet lessons for free in the beginning, to suddenly joinin Oikawa's scholarship selection for free, to getting it, and then doing whatever he wants. He hasn't received any consequences of those actions yet, so it was only a matter of time. I agree with what Ayano said. Everyone has put so much into him and he's just constantly chasing the next thing that catches his eye with no gratitude (at least not with his actions).

 

[Felkin]

So I binged this series until probably about somewhere before this competition arc. After I stopped and had time to think about it, I realized Junpei, while very earnest and hardworking, kinda left a sour taste in my mouth.

He's been too frivolous and been getting away with too much. From taking ballet lessons for free in the beginning, to suddenly joinin Oikawa's scholarship selection for free, to getting it, and then doing whatever he wants. He hasn't received any consequences of those actions yet, so it was only a matter of time. I agree with what Ayano said. Everyone has put so much into him and he's just constantly chasing the next thing that catches his eye with no gratitude (at least not with his actions).

This is one of the main perks (and risks) of having extreme potential value to everyone. Everyone bends backwards because they see all these possibilities within him and are investing in his future, but this also means he can do whatever he wants and start to forget the people he's leaving behind.

In this particular case, I think it's kind of a commentary on different cultures again, as has been a big theme this whole arc - the Japanese absolutely value loyalty like this to a tremendous degree, but if you look at the west - loyalties like that hardly exist - the talented individual will go wherever his talent allows him to best realize himself & find the most happiness. Personal happiness > loyalty. I personally resonate with Junpei a lot on this, because I've moved countries multiple times for my career, chasing the one place where I can realize myself the best and find the most happiness. And while there was always some tug from my home country to come back and build something there with the skills I built elsewhere, everyone nevertheless wasn't pushy about it and said I should do what makes me happy. It's a difficult situation, but at the end of the day - it's Junpei's life and he has the potential so why not try and push for it as far as he can. This is what sensei is also seeing - while the gamble is there - it's a route to truly realize greatness, something that any 'true' artist would want to see to it's final point. He hasn't betrayed Oikawa yet. That might happen later down the line, though

 

[Lustrist]

o7 NAKAMURA

 

[cokelemon]

This is one of the main perks (and risks) of having extreme potential value to everyone. Everyone bends backwards because they see all these possibilities within him and are investing in his future, but this also means he can do whatever he wants and start to forget the people he's leaving behind.

In this particular case, I think it's kind of a commentary on different cultures again, as has been a big theme this whole arc - the Japanese absolutely value loyalty like this to a tremendous degree, but if you look at the west - loyalties like that hardly exist - the talented individual will go wherever his talent allows him to best realize himself & find the most happiness. Personal happiness > loyalty. I personally resonate with Junpei a lot on this, because I've moved countries multiple times for my career, chasing the one place where I can realize myself the best and find the most happiness. And while there was always some tug from my home country to come back and build something there with the skills I built elsewhere, everyone nevertheless wasn't pushy about it and said I should do what makes me happy. It's a difficult situation, but at the end of the day - it's Junpei's life and he has the potential so why not try and push for it as far as he can. This is what sensei is also seeing - while the gamble is there - it's a route to truly realize greatness, something that any 'true' artist would want to see to it's final point. He hasn't betrayed Oikawa yet. That might happen later down the line, though

What an insightful comment! Thank you for this. I haven't thought about the cultural differences because I'm from an asian country myself. I do agree that too much or blind loyalty is dumb. And like you said, it's their (and your) life in the end, so in the end what makes them happy is the most important.

 

[UXLZ]

This is one of the main perks (and risks) of having extreme potential value to everyone. Everyone bends backwards because they see all these possibilities within him and are investing in his future, but this also means he can do whatever he wants and start to forget the people he's leaving behind.

I mean, in this case the reaction felt off because this wasn't Junpei doing it. Unlike the other times, he didn't suddenly run off on his own at the last moment to go to Blanco, he was brought there by his teacher, he even protested it a bit saying that Sashko won. Yet Oikawa acted like it was all Junpei's fault? Hell she phrased it as him betraying Nakamura, but you can't fault the kid for wanting to study under his idol. To begin with it's not like Blanco and Olga are running a competitor theatre troupe so it doesn't even make much sense, he'll still be bringing those skills back to Oikawa. I feel like it was overdone for the sake of drama, and while Junpei very often pisses me off (especially how he treated his girlfriend) this situation was entirely not his fault.

Remember that he's like fifteen years old. Despite how the characters act and look, they're barely even teenagers.