Futari Bus - Ch. 49 - Mismatched

[Sheza]

PSA from a speedcuber:

If anyone is tempted to make a dumb purchase after reading this chapter, consider just getting a GAN cube, or just any off-brand made for speed.

Those original ones are slow as hell and break really easy. If you get into it they quickly become paper weights.

Anyway looking forward to these two passing a 12 x 12 around the house after they become a couple.

as someone whose not a speecuber, how the hell do you guys solve this things blindfolded? i cant for the life of me memorize an entire sequence of letters and keeping my fingers all at the same time

 

[chrno_12]

How cute An already acting like Shunpei's wife.

 

[JoeKerr]

I have very little to say except...
Congratulations on the reprints.

 

[Trobilobada]

Playing with Shuncuck's Rubik's cube... Indirect hand-holding... 😳

 

[nomunire]

as someone whose not a speecuber, how the hell do you guys solve this things blindfolded? i cant for the life of me memorize an entire sequence of letters and keeping my fingers all at the same time

Eh I see it as muscle memory, rather than traditional memorization.

You don’t really “think” about it as much, because you train your body to remember the patterns to solve it.

Same as with learning an instrument or just playing a video game really well, you repeat the process until you “feel” what to do, you don’t use brainpower to do it.

I also think that Rubik cubes have the advantage that you can take them anywhere unlike an instrument or a gaming device.

You can really pull one out whenever you are in an idle situation or waiting room in order to practice. Commute or travel can quickly make a speedcuber out of most.

That said, I also prefer mirror cubes when doing blindfold (they are the ones based on area, not on color). It’s not as fast or the same difficulty as memoing from the initial pattern, but I like the more tactile experience.

 

[Coppered]

Those flashbacks from when Shunpei did the high jump... That was another instance of Shunpei working really hard at improving a skill specifically so he could show off to An. Is that the mental connection she made?

If so, doing the Rubik's cube herself is a way of finding out just how committed Shunpei is to impressing her, or, by extrapolation, just how much he is into her. It kind of connects her to him, like walking in his footsteps. Maybe I'm just being overly fanciful, but I figure the mind goes to strange places when you only get to meet your crush on the bus ride to and from school and you're too awkward to move things forward from there in a natural way. Places like "How much does he love me? I must know. And the only way to possibly find out is by solving this cube."

Or she really is just mad at the cube itself and solving it in an effort to assert dominance, but then what was the purpose of those panels relating to Shunpei's high jump?

pretty sure is just admiration of his dedication and determination to achieve what he sets his mind to, i don’t think she’s put together that she’s to common denominator

 

[thE_air124]

Just use CFOP, bro. Easy as beans

 

[shyevsa]

I never bought cubic myself, but whenever I get a hold on one it really get me hooked up. never able to remember the last face solving step tho.

 

[Chuito]

An getting kinda bossy these last couple chapters.

Ofc! She has to make it obvious who that man belongs to

 

[nanashi2022]

Those flashbacks from when Shunpei did the high jump... That was another instance of Shunpei working really hard at improving a skill specifically so he could show off to An. Is that the mental connection she made?

If so, doing the Rubik's cube herself is a way of finding out just how committed Shunpei is to impressing her, or, by extrapolation, just how much he is into her. It kind of connects her to him, like walking in his footsteps. Maybe I'm just being overly fanciful, but I figure the mind goes to strange places when you only get to meet your crush on the bus ride to and from school and you're too awkward to move things forward from there in a natural way. Places like "How much does he love me? I must know. And the only way to possibly find out is by solving this cube."

Or she really is just mad at the cube itself and solving it in an effort to assert dominance, but then what was the purpose of those panels relating to Shunpei's high jump?

I thought of that too, but honestly, I don't think An-chan has figured out her true feelings yet. She probably respects the MC's determination and is impressed, but she also hates the idea of losing—especially after the MC casually mentioned they could solve it easily from now, which definitely ticked her off a bit.

 

[Panino]

This is what "grooming" looks like.

 

[peachiestkeen]

Those flashbacks from when Shunpei did the high jump... That was another instance of Shunpei working really hard at improving a skill specifically so he could show off to An. Is that the mental connection she made?

If so, doing the Rubik's cube herself is a way of finding out just how committed Shunpei is to impressing her, or, by extrapolation, just how much he is into her. It kind of connects her to him, like walking in his footsteps. Maybe I'm just being overly fanciful, but I figure the mind goes to strange places when you only get to meet your crush on the bus ride to and from school and you're too awkward to move things forward from there in a natural way. Places like "How much does he love me? I must know. And the only way to possibly find out is by solving this cube."

Or she really is just mad at the cube itself and solving it in an effort to assert dominance, but then what was the purpose of those panels relating to Shunpei's high jump?

correct reading

 

[Panino]

Imma be honest, if I can't solve it after an hour, I just shatter the cube and rebuild it in the right order.

Tried watching a tutorial.
Tee trick is simple, but I can't simply see what are the sides I need to move, I just can't visualize them in the right place. Impossible.

 

[EulBassist]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[nyoron77]

I alrdy giggle like some idiot when reading raw ver and now I doing it again 😂...

This chapter way too cute ...

Too bad out guy don't have guts to ask her for more cookies tho

 

[ninjacookie]

I used to try peeling off the stickers lmao

Still never properly solve the rubik's cube till this day.

 

[xanon]

Shunpei can only benefit from this early training when they're married.

 

[Chronigan]

To me, it seems An was upset, or maybe bothered is the better word, that Shupei is changing, like he is pulling away from her.

 

[Lunkli]

UTMOST GRATEFUL... He is very arigatouful.

 

[Kirin-kun]

get married already