Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman. - Vol. 13 Ch. 78 - My eyes will be on the prize!

[NorseLoki]

Waiting this long should be illegal

 

[wallsg]

still boggles my mind why the author still brought up the running thing, i know jiro wants to prove something with those 2 extra guys then that apologizing to his past self but isn't this already been addressed during the sports festival? he need to prove himself twice?


and the thing is I THOUGHT THE EXAM IS ALREADY FINISHED FROM THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER, is it some sort of mock exam????????

Right? He said the exam was over. He's not waiting on results or wouldn't still be studying for it.

 

[wallsg]

I still don't get their "oh no, we can't date yet" shit, even his friends tell him in quite a direct and roundabout way how dumb it is. Sure, they do not need to overdo it, but it could help relieve stress if they didn't need to worry about their relationship status and that, in turn, also helps with exams. But it's a manga, so logic usually takes a backseat.

It's the idiocy of gating something important behind something you could fail at.

You could considered it as not wanting to let a relationship get in way of passing the test, or you could consider as a coward's way of putting something off just a little longer.

 

[wallsg]

Imagine he fails then just tells Akari that means they can't date and boom the manga ends

 

[MadScientist666]

It's the idiocy of gating something important behind something you could fail at.

You could considered it as not wanting to let a relationship get in way of passing the test, or you could consider as a coward's way of putting something off just a little longer.

Well, there's some logic to it, but if I was in this situation, having unsolved relationship questions, I'm not sure if I could focus on the exam before solving them. Maybe, but maybe not.

 

[JBlazer]

Why is it so british alluva sudden?

 

[Giga]

Thanks for the chapter, MS.

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It's funny, sure, but he's got a point. Apparently by the author's pen, Jirou's getting real high off the idea of romance, such that he's betting Akari on whether or not he can pass an entrance exam; Akari seems to be in on it, too. Whether or not. Did either one of them think about what would happen if either of them either fail or is otherwise unable to attend his/her school of choice? This is the kind of thing people do when they're in love with the idea of being in love, rather than actually just being in love; for some people, their love of the idea is all they have.

That's the actual "wanking"--Jirou's waxing dramatic over a prize he's already won.

If they love each other--which they do--there's no reason to wait. There doesn't have to be some proper time to start a relationship for maximum romance points or some other similarly stupid abstraction; they should declare it immediately to themselves and the world immediately, because they don't know what tomorrow brings. If all it takes is one bad emotion to cast a pall of doubt on the entirety of their loving connection, then they don't have the time to waste, because every day has 9001 sources of such an emotion--especially for people who are highly emotional.

That said, they're already in a relationship anyway. If either of the two started gallivanting with someone of the opposite sex, there'd be hell to pay. It's not because they're "just friends, but it's complicated".

 

[Coldlight]

I don't even remember if Jirou's parents were shown before, but wow, his mom looks like the grown-up tomboy archetype whose shoes Mei is now filling in for this manga.

As expected of a (former) runner, sometimes a run is what he needs to sort his feelings and clear his head. He should've just told them he's dating Akari, instead of being completely honest about their agreement. That way, maybe they wouldn't have said any weird stuff about FWBs (I feel like that was a dig at Akari being a gyaru) and it would've been a sort of power move, too.

Don't worry, Akari. I'm sure Jirou is also very excited to be officially living together with you soon.

 

[ojkjertoijdflk]

loved the use of british slang, had me in stitches lmao

 

[breadfr]

Guessing shioris mum died but he didn’t go because he stopped talking to her

 

[Psyk]

Being an extrovert doesn't matter. Having social skill does.

Full and complete couple. Nothing less. No almost, sort of, kind of. Dating. Just not banging. The only "almost" is "almost married".

Never laugh at a guy crying. He'll stop, and you'll be wondering why he doesn't show his emotions.


Yeah, that's my impression as well. Trying to be deep and emotionally reflective and shit, but manages little more than being the manga version of an inspirational poster. It could maybe be better if you read it all at once, but I'm not sure.

It's definitely better if you read it all at once. It's much easier to understand and not as deep as you're saying. Their past trauma was something quite common and silly, but at the same time it seems to be the worst thing in the world for them, as it usually is.

 

[Psyk]

I think I'm sort of following it, but this whole story is like... trying to be deep, but failing at it. It's like a not-smart person trying to write a really smart story. It reminds me of OreGairu but without the intelligence required of the author.

I think the basic idea is that because of what happened with Shiori (people around them becoming more aware of the difference between boys and girls, maturing, becoming teenagers, that sort of thing), and that being pushed onto Jirou and Shiori, Jirou basically couldn't handle it, didn't know how to deal with it, so instead rejected everything and isolated himself out of fear of being... judged, made fun of, idk.

His greatest fear was always losing what he had and caring too much about what others thought of him, so he spent his whole life trying not to create or achieve anything for himself or anyone else, desperately trying to preserve what he already had as much as possible and not moving forward. But one day he couldn't hold on anymore and it slipped through his fingers, because the world changes whether you want it to or not.

In the end, Jiro and Shiori realize that they always pretended not to see the changes, keeping their true feelings to themselves and running away from everything and everyone, isolating themselves and always ending up hurting each other in the process. That's why they decide to confront the past and, in Jiro's case, literally go back to running and climbing the hill.

He remembered that he can also lost races, and that it's okay, because that's how you discover new things, new feelings, and even if everything goes wrong there's always someone to support you when you fail.

Akari will always be there to smile at Jiro and say: "You did your best."

It's a bit silly, but it's cute