Haite Kudasai, Takamine-san - Vol. 6 Ch. 37 - You Can Do Whatever You Want

[MangaDex]

 

[abdullah17]

You fucking dense fucker. And I thought he had feelings for her. Nope he's just a huge M who wants to be a slave AHHHH

 

[ReimeiNoRaimei]

I wish I was the gloves. Also prez is super cute ^_^

 

[dementati]

I mean, yeah, the MC is completely useless, but it just feels like a lot of what Takane does is straight up counterproductive. She's explicitly said before that she's making moves and dropping hints in order to get him to go after her (when she was consulting with Eri), like dressing up in cosplay and whatnot, and in this chapter she's inviting him to have sex (albeit vaguely and indirectly). But then when he doesn't get it and she backpaddles, she says a lot of things to him that'll encourage him to continue to misunderstand her as well as make him afraid of drawing such conclusions in the future. Like hinting that she was setting him up with hidden cameras, etc. It's like, he's already dense as fuck and super insecure, and you are feeding into that all the time, making the likelihood that he'd take the initiative and do something proactive drop closer and closer to zero. Isn't that the opposite of what she'd want?

 

[PhantomReaper101]

It's not prez nor MC it's both of them that make every attempt at an "advance" on their relationship fall through

 

[EldritchNeko]

I mean, yeah, the MC is completely useless, but it just feels like a lot of what Takane does is straight up counterproductive. She's explicitly said before that she's making moves and dropping hints in order to get him to go after her (when she was consulting with Eri), like dressing up in cosplay and whatnot, and in this chapter she's inviting him to have sex (albeit vaguely and indirectly). But then when he doesn't get it and she backpaddles, she says a lot of things to him that'll encourage him to continue to misunderstand her as well as make him afraid of drawing such conclusions in the future. Like hinting that she was setting him up with hidden cameras, etc. It's like, he's already dense as fuck and super insecure, and you are feeding into that all the time, making the likelihood that he'd take the initiative and do something proactive drop closer and closer to zero. Isn't that the opposite of what she'd want?

He's not even all that dense, he's just under a specific sort of impression about their "statuses" and her behaviour sends such mixed signals. He's still somewhat dense, but really it's mostly on her with how she behaves. On one side, her body language and the degree of familiarity with which she treats him indicates interest (which I imagine his subconscious understands on some level, considering his increasing familiarity), but on the other hand her words completely throw off that impression. Worse, it's not straight up tsundere, it's a mixture of tsundere and oujodere, which blunts the "tsun" part by making it a status thing, which also results in making the "backwards affection" thing harder to notice. And worst of all, she can't even have those "moments of genuine praise/appreciation" since she does give him genuine praise, she just covers it up by making it appear negative (ex. in "he's become an irreplaceable part of seeing the first snowfall", the "the contrast" could alternatively be construed as the contrasting feelings of the crisp and cool beauty of the first snow, and the warmth of being together with the one you love).
On the other hand, she's at least able to be honest with herself (and even others) about her feelings, she's just no good at telling the person who really matters (which I would assume is likely a matter of either excess pride or inadequate courage). I honestly figure this puts her at more of an advantage than most tsunderes. Personally, I consider being honest with oneself and cognizant of one's emotions is one of the most important skills that a person can have.

 

[EldritchNeko]

"-make fun of you all the way to my grandchildren's generation"
Translation: She was planning to bring it up at family gatherings when their children and grandchildren come to visit. I have no doubt that she genuinely did intend something of the sort (assuming the hidden cameras are real), but now she'll just have to content herself with a wholesome memory viewing instead. Less spicy, but still enjoyable (and she can show it to the grandkids earlier than she'd have been able to with the other one).

 

[Catrito]

She is just a bitch, how can her think "how he dont notice", really? You in every chance degrade and insult him(in the very first interaction of them she just shows how far she can fuck his life) and he is already low self-steem dense moron. Hope the most she gets is more romantical frustration from here own stupid tsundere bullshit.