Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san - Vol. 5 Ch. 31 - You lack that spirit of adventure, Senpai

[sdarkpaladin]

So... I tracked the bottle and they really did swap them.

Up till page 10, you can clearly track which bottle was which. And when the camera is facing Nagatoro, the one on the right was Senpai's.

Up until page 12, 774 tries to trick us by not showing which bottle Senpai took. But from the label, you can see that Senpai clearly took his left one. That is to say, he took the right one when the camera is facing him and away from Nagatoro. If he had taken his right one (our left), the words would not be covered by his fingers whereas the other one would.

So... Q.E.D.

 

[drag0nb0rn]

Schrödinger's indirect kiss.

 

[Bogdan6222]

½

 

[tehelgee]

Assert dominance, take a drink from each bottle.

 

[sketches]

Poker face:

 

[Wexmajor]

Some of you guys put a lot of effort into finding trivial things to complain about.

 

[hbalck]

Always leave with a smile after seeing these two.

 

[Redsaint]

@tehelgee
If he did ,she might ramp up the dominance by taking a drink from him

 

[N0Mi0]

@breizh

The whole (in)direct physical contact thing in Japan is a lot bigger than in Europe or NA, though. Rephrasing, from an Asian POV there's not much unusual about their reactions. They're somewhat exaggerated for entertainment purposes, of course, but not much. Also, it's somewhat okayish if you're just acquaintances, but if it's potential love interests, it shows that the guys are conscious of each other. One could even go as far as claim that this very chapter moved the plot to some degree. It's still a weekly gag manga, so don't expect too much though.

@DarcknightX

Never forget: Tropes are plot devices, neither bad nor good.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TropesAreTools

Spoiler

RTFM

 

[Marenjii]

Thanks for the upload.

 

[havelmom]

wow the author managed to make this trope even dumber, which I thought it was impossible
Schrodinger's indirect kissu 😅

 

[Tarage]

Cute nerds.

 

[casualima]

lol this is cute

 

[lauermeer]

This "indirect kiss" thing makes me cringe but I guess it's normal in Asia...

 

[emMeBi86]

Please. Seriously. Stop this lewdness

 

[Varler]

Lmao. This is so dumb!

 

[ichigoteguz]

Schrodinger's kiss 😂

 

[Bainhardt]

It's a shame she couldn't have found some way to drink from both of them beforehand.
Then he would've fallen victim to one of the classic blunders!

Spoiler

 

[Uvenam]

@Bainhardt

I didn't know Nagatoro was Italian. No wonder she is so noodle-ly

 

[fdsfdsfsd]

am i crazy or did this exact chapter happen before