Damn… sad life. Thx for the translation tho
Slap was nice.
Bro needs to say something else besides, Sorry.
Messy, messy, messy
Yeah, that was rough and he that slap coming with all those "sorry"s lol
I think this is where hiding Kaori's face for 80 chapters does not payoff. Like obviously I feel bad for her but she was not a character for the entire run just so you wouldn't feel as bad about the cheating or hate Ozu as much you probably could have.
Yeah, I think the author did intentionally keep away for most of the story to lessen the blowback of Ozu cheating and have Hara have more favorable view than "unknown" girlfriend.
I read the raws years ago after scanlations stopped and initially felt the same. Years later though I realise that the reader’s lack of attachment to her is probably meant to reflect that Ozu doesn’t really have any attachment to her either and is just mid r going through the motions.
I think his first girlfriend[flashback several chapters ago] in college broke up with because she realized he was going through the motions and didn't really love her if I remember correctly. He failed to realize his been doing this the entire time with all his relationship until his relationship with Hara.
a lot of cheating stories come with a prepackaged excuse, like the partner was abusive or they were already cheating on the protagonist, but personally i think it's much more nuanced to show this sort of situation where you can imagine the betrayal Kaori is feeling. Obviously if there had been more communication between the two (we see how their correspondence is very sparse, multiple times in the story) there would have been less sadness and maybe they could have saved their relationship before he had grown detached past the point of fixing. But then we wouldn't have a story, so
Yeah, as ugly as this breakup and cheating is, I appreciate that the author didn't do something as lame as making excuses for it.
BOY YOU CHOOSE THE ZOO?! A dating spot?! Of ALL of the places to break up with her is the ZOO????? smh
Seriously, dude couldn't make a private reservation for a room or something. Now his soon to be ex girlfriend is have a breakdown in the public for all to see lol
Some real, "your friends are my friends, my friends are your friends - I don't think breaking up would work" vibes
Although I'm not feeling the same vibes, this is fucking hilarious
