"Furetai" wa Koi no Hajimari - Ch. 15

[ju2no]

Cuute!!

 

[FiddlePop]

Thank god I missed the updates for past 2 months and got to read 13 to 15 in one go.

This arc was painful and abysmal.
The only good thing is that the resolution was quick and happy.

 

[Roodypatooti]

This is... doing absolutely nothing for me, sorry. Just paint by numbers yuri plotting. Unfortunately Sauceless.

 

[BlueStallion44]

yeah - my read on this story, is a portrayal of different forms of loving a person, and how discrepancies in what Person A might recognize versus what Person B might recognize, can create issues that risk the breaking of a relationship between them--established or hypothetical.

Kaede requires that verbal affirmation - perhaps that has something to do with being an avid reader, with no real personal experience? Where so many stories, by virtue of being written down, rely on verbalized declarations between people in love, I could see an argument where Kaede has internalized that as the "way to express" one's emotions and intent.
But as you said - Momoka is very "show don't tell", and we know that blew up in her face with Shiori, after a fashion. Incongruent methods of expression one's feelings, but that first time, it wasn't surmounted, and things fell apart for her.
That, coupled with everyone in Momoko's life calling her doll-like for her apparent lack of expressiveness, and she'd have very mixed signals on whether she is expressing her feelings in a way they're understood.
But she tried all the same, and Kaede, for her part, was largely receptive and reciprocated by affirming Momoko as a person, and as a person worth loving.

The disconnect being that Kaede wanted that verbal affirmation in return, not recognizing Momoko's actions as the equivalent. She knew that Momoko was expressive, but didn't--or couldn't--interpret her actions as the love she sought.

Luckily - they both have made a point of communicating, and as you said, Momoko learned to not simply give up in the face of wanting something (from Kaede, no less), and so this chapter was the result.

Hopefully, assuming this continues past this bit, Kaede can learn Momoko's love language, and they learn how to communicate meaningfully even if their "voices" aren't identical.

Well said!! Love languages should be compatible and known. Very important to communicate nowadays. That’s a good read on the characters though, I agree that while its navigation and newfound exploration they’re also learning from past mistakes established in this manga and implementing new practices to be better for each other.

 

[arcosapphire]

Why do I feel like only few chaps left and it'll be over

I'm good with that if it's what happens. Honestly this story has been pretty vague...it just doesn't seem as well established as most premises are. Like both characters are supposed to be popular and idolized in some way...the story tells us that, but we never really see it. The whole thing has just felt pretty half baked to me. I don't really see how it can sustain a long plot, unless the characterization changes a bit.

Contrast to Green Yuri for example, which had an immediately gripping scenario, expressive characters, plenty of actual events, character growth, etc. It's no surprise it's been running for a long time. (Well, except that it's a yuri story, so it's always surprising to see one last more than 200 pages.)

 

[MelonManic]

Oh that's right THE GODDAMN TURNS HAVE TABLED WHY JUST THEY ALWAYS TABLE? WHY CANT THE TURNS JUST CHAIR FOR ONCE


...
THATS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT
YOU FOOL YOU STRETCHED YOUR RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE SHE NEVER TOLD SHE LOVED YOU WHEN YOU SHOULD KNOW DAMN WELL OF HOW SHE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH EMOTIONS, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE PICKED UP ON HOW HER BEHAVIORS CHANGES AND and, those three words come at their own pace...
Shits real

YOU FOOL, Possessiveness is a sign of true love, you can also attribute that behavior to jealousy, another sign of true love

Sly bastards tricked me into think the turns had tabled when instead they actually chaired
Have a blessed day