Hope You're Happy, Lemon - Ch. 71

[ale_city]

I'd like an ending where Lemon manages to move on

honestly, that'd be an stellar "Hope you are happy, Lemon" because it seems even her feelings of love pain her in multiple ways, it seems maybe persuing Sunao might not make her happy simply because of her feeling she is taking him away from something else.
Honestly I still don't know where the series will go, but part of me trusts the story is willing to explore that these feelings are actually complicated, even if I think it didn't do the flashbacks about the misunderstanding and its aftermath well, it did acknowledge there was more under the surface and there was no big drama fight for a resolution, just an adult conversation to resolve issues. It seems clear to me the story is now moving to a "love triangle exploration" phase now that the whole breakup misunderstanding is resolved between Sunao and Lemon. Hope the resolution to this arc is better executed, the love triangle situation had already been set up but left in the air, now it's being actually developed.

 

[slackingaround]

Man I really disliked lemon and I wanted her to move on but the more she is introduced the more I like her and want her to end up with him rn I still want her to move on but if we get a few more chapters about just lemon I might end up switching teams

This is exactly what i predicted gonna happen. To be honest with you, as much as other want kogahara to win, i am leaning towards lemon side. The problem with kogahara is that it doesn't matter how good of a person she is, her role in the story right now is pretty lacking, there's no Character arc and barely enough conflict for her to become more prominent character in the story. Lemon on the other hands get much more focus along with sunao, wich is understandable considering both are the main character, however the more spotlight she got, the more chances are people gonna care are feels more shympaty towards her Character than kogahara. Your comment is a prof of what that, wich is why i think in order for me to even care to rooting for kogahara at this point is for her to get her own arc, or something to make her presence more prominent in the story. One new series that do this right is Yane no Shita no Artemis, or Artemis under the moon, both the FMC and love rival get equals screentime and both had prominent presence in the stories wich is why it make me a bit confused on who i supposed to support after. I recommend you to read it, it's on mangadex.

 

[slackingaround]

Same. She had her chance and it's over. Life is like that, you can't always win. It would be a healthy message for the manga too

i think like that first too, it would be fitting for the title hope you're happy lemon". However by the things is going on now, i want kogahara to had more arcs and her to become more prominent in the story first. Because to be honest, as much as i want kogahara to win at first, her lacking on focus departement make me shympatize more towards lemon now than it is to kogahara. As good as a Character she is, her role just not significant enough for me to care at this point.

 

[Anonymous4245]

I hope you'll be happy Lemon

 

[Uk2897]

Man what a beautiful chapter. Really loved the puzzles falling into place.

I am first and foremost always team Lemon. But I also equally want Lemon to be happy.
Lemon and Sunao's chemistry is off the charts. So I'll always hope for this.

3 good characters. One of them is obviously severely underdeveloped as a character... But a nice character nonetheless.

 

[Uk2897]

Surprisingly, well, not too surprise, a lot of jp fans already hate lemon :v

I've read a bunch of comments in the raws website, a bunch of them rooting for kogahara, wich is understandable for how good of a person she is. They also think that lemon's reason for hurting sunao is stupid lol. Wich is add the fuel to the fire. Some still rooting for lemon, but the majority of them leaning towards kogahara.

JP fans also love and obsess over NTR. JP fans are crazy.
Regardless both girls are great. It's upto who the MC feels best with and how the author shows that.

 

[slackingaround]

JP fans also love and obsess over NTR. JP fans are crazy.
Regardless both girls are great. It's upto who the MC feels best with and how the author shows that.

Jp fans are weird ngl, maybe is cultural difference, but again, i am Asian but in my country it's not that severe at least. I personally as of right now leaning towards lemon, i am on kogahara side at first but the lack of focus really makes her Character feels pretty unsignificant. I hope the author give kogahara more screentime or arcs, just so she could Became more relevant to the story.

 

[RollOmega]

Love really is a two-person game, huh?

No it isn't, just hook up with both into a throuple and all the problems are solved

 

[Rafalga]

Oh, i see where this is going. In order to keep any further resentment off of Lemon (at least more then there is already), it will be Sunao who is gonna bring up the romance stuff between them. Last chapter kinda made it obvious.

 

[Dennis-aka-Denji]

So, Lemon back to old Lemon, huh?

It's as if you cannot read

 

[UdenEmpati]

Look, I am ok and fine with Kogahara winning at the end.

But we need her to have her own character focus arc for herself to earn it, and develop her beyond her current "cute npc character" role she currently has.

I fully expect it'll be in the upcoming arc.
The "Big Talk" has happened between Lemon and Sunao, and that's a huge plot point resolved between them.
I suspect now we're heading toward the "Relationship Dynamics" arc, which will put the love triangle front and center, and start really delving into Natsumi and her relationship with Sunao as it deepens--contrasted against Lemon possibly oscillating between wanting to cheer them on to help "melt her feelings", and finding herself (un)consciously sabotaging them when she and Sunao Swap because she still likes him.

Also she's gonna fuck up Sunao's life with a job, so hopefully she offers to split the pay with him or something as compensation.

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

"Its ok, I will simply put these feelings asside, ignore them, and wait for them to go away on thier own" Yes, yes. An excellent, time-teste recipe for absolute success.

Lemon, just pick up a copy of the Book of Mormon, it'll be less trouble for everyone in the long run.

 

[invaliduser_]

its fucking over

 

[the_blip]

I'm an ardent Lemon hater and I loved this chapter. Why was this so well written? Honestly, so great.

 

[TheLostLight]

Maybe I'm just delusional, but this chapter kind of felt like setup for a slowburn poly arc.

Lemon moving on would be an interesting and bold angle to take the story though. I'd be fine with either tbh.