Houkago Kitaku Biyori - Vol. 3 Ch. 26 - Let's Start Something New

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Piggybacking off the Japanese talk, a big part of what makes what Shun says to her that makes her blush so cool isn't just what he says, but how he says it. It doesn't come across in English, but I believe (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, I didn't exactly check lol) this is the first time he's used informal Japanese when talking directly to her.

If you know anything about formal speech and hierarchies in Japanese, since Chokki-chan is his senior, he is expected to speak to her using polite, formal Japanese, and has been doing so since they first met (again, I'm pretty sure). If you read enough manga, even if you don't know Japanese, you probably already know that informal speech to someone (such as calling someone by their first name instead of their last) isn't rude (although it can be), but actually says a lot about what the person speaking thinks about how close their relationship is.

A good anecdote an old Japanese professor once told me, for example, is that a clever way for a girl to start dropping not so subtle hints to her boyfriend that she's no longer interested in him is to switch to talking to him in more formal Japanese, as it denotes the person she's speaking to isn't as close anymore. You get the reverse in many romcom manga where the main chars freak out about calling each other by their first names and dropping -san.

Anyways, tangent over, but Shun specifically uses 俺 ("ore") instead of 僕 ("boku") when saying Chokki-chan would get bored without him, and his tone using くせに ("kuse ni") at the end is a bit on the rude or annoyed side in most other situations. This is the important part.

This is a side of Shun that Chokki-chan has never seen. He's never talked to her like this. And it sucks that it doesn't come off in English translations because she almost definitely thinks it's cool as hell. He is being a straight up linguistical Chad here. I think this is a big part of why she gets so flustered, and it unfortunately didn't come through in the English.

Anyways, sorry for another long Japanese post from me on a manga I enjoy haha

This is why I can't translate anything because I would have appendices of TL notes full of weird/useless/pedantic shit like this.
 
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tldr it's a verbal kabedon huh

when there's not a wall behind her you have to improvise, this guy's pretty resourceful

you should translate things i would read your appendices
 
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This is why I can't translate anything because I would have appendices of TL notes full of weird/useless/pedantic shit like this.

And this is why comprehensive TL notes should be included and why you should translate, because we have no idea if Mangadex would suddenly vanish tomorrow due to a copyright takedown, and if that happens all this important knowledge in the comment sections & forums would be lost to history.
 
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glad to see the comment thread going over 200 haha

but aaa this chapter let's goooooo
 
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LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Oh man, Shun went for the direct critical hits on Chokki, and even she wasn't naive enough to miss how cool he was being.

When she saw him interacting with the kids, have to wonder if she's thinking how he'd make a good father. If so, she should starting working on claiming him for herself.
 
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ABSOLUTE PEAK
Seriously, this manga is so good. I love the slow development, starting from just a random encounter, to being good friends, to finally falling in love. It feels so natural and real, and it didn't take 100 chapters.
Their love feels so innocent, pure and, at the same tame, real and juvenile but mature :hearts:
 

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