Imasara desu ga, Osananajimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimaimashita - Ch. 25 - Before Dawn

[Iiveleak]

Bro wtf is ts like genuinely 🤦‍♂️

 

[Takuma_Aki]

Only place its going is to its end. The title is childhood friend, if yami wins there is no more story. Its either yami loses here and all the people who are cheering for the plot twist leave or yami wins and it just ends.

Not quite sure I follow along your implication by 'the end' or maybe I was just reading too much into things; but I can see what you mean overall. I'm still in Hikari's camp, but very not against seeing her hurt here. I'm not against Ayami winning, if author can build it well enough, but I can see that the story have to end right then and there when she win, otherwise it's all downhill in every direction I can see.

BTW, totally forgot to mentioned this to scanlator: P.3 bottom left box, I think it should be 'not having asked me for my contact' rather than 'not having to ask me...'

 

[CynicalPepper]

The problem isn't that in my opinion. It's really hard to argue anything these days because people just throw a label at you and disregard a opinion they don't agree with.

Right now, my problem with the story is that the tone shift was horridly handled, I don't even know why he decided to go for the lowest hanging bag of traumas he could get. Yami's character turned out to be a sad girl for reasons that are barely relatable to anyone, her issues are all super serious stuff that's present in many other works when an author want to garner some quick pity for their characters, multiple of those cheap hooks.

Right now, I feel this is just vulgar, blunt and unintentionally funny. It doesn't have the nuance and depth required to generate a complex mix of feelings that could make this story stand above others and you connect to the characters beyond coming to some discussion forums to fan the flames for a bit. the only reason people are even bothering reading this in the first place is because they were baited by either the beginning of the story or the shitstorm that followed the twist. If the story start from this segment of the story it would be straight up trash from the beginning.

One could say he succeeded in marketing by making people react to this? Does this mean the series is good? The ratings plummeted everywhere, the story used to reach 250+ likes in their official site, now it cannot even reach 200 anymore. It generated buzz but not in a good way.

I mentioned Honna Wakou in my previous comment, and I think that's a pretty valid comparison because right now this feels like reading Nozoki Ana but in a situation where the author is asking us to have sympathy for Kotobiki out of all characters.

Sex doesn't make a story mature or good by default. Molestation, abuse, prostitution and whatever else was in Yami's past also don't. Stalling the story for this cheap flashback isn't doing it any favors.

Couldn't have said it better myself really cause this whole time I'm just thinking, at an author's standpoint, "What is the point in all of this? What is the meaning they are trying to have us derive from this?" Especially since it wasn't hinted at all before all of this occurred and y'know, like, what even is the purpose? I just don't get it, why write it if there isn't a purpose to it? It's so out of the blue that it's hard to sympathize with this character who is essentially a stranger to me. I've seen comments talking about how "it's interesting to explore this" or something on the same lines but like, why? What is the draw to a plot point like this when there is no meaning or purpose to be derived other than a random right hook you get after rounding a corner in the street? Sometimes being unique isn't always a good thing. It's just pointless drama essentially, I see no point in it.

Mind you too, we're talking about a story. If the purpose of this story is to go, "Well, look, nothing is ideal and sometimes reality is like this" or whatever and the main character somehow doesn't end up with the dude, it once again begs the question, "Was there a reason to make this a story?" to begin with since that's not a meaning to derive from or a real purpose, it's just cynical and bothersome reality.

At the end of the day, I'm also thinking, "what sort of progression will this lead to for the FL?" What sort of character arc are we even supposed to go to from here on? What about this situation will progress her character in anyway? She'll just go, "Oh my god, I missed my chance" be sad and then get over it or? These are the questions I have really.

Note: I should clarify by the way. I DO NOT hate these characters. None of them, I do not fault them for any decisions made. I think this is completely the fault of the author cause I legit do not give a single shit about this girl who was essentially relegated as a side character before this who had zero interactions with the ML before this moment, I quite literally do not give a fuck about her. I feel nothing, literally nothing. Not even after hearing her pitiful backstory that was suddenly trauma dumped onto me. Sorry for the harsh take but, yeah, I just do not care.

 

[Weoooo]

okay but the tiptoe kiss is adorable

 

[impendio]

Excuse me what the fuck?

 

[Flame-2-Haze]

This belongs inside the sun-sized incinerator.

 

[Saybah]

What is even author cooking at this point

 

[story645]

One could say he succeeded in marketing by making people react to this?

Man, I kinda wonder if the whole "hotel no sex - hand holding no sex - leaving w/ no number - sex" dance was intended as rage bait b/c like they end up having sex for the same reasons that motivated the first two attempts.

The MC isn't any less likeable because he's no longer a NEET Virgin.

No, he's less likable b/c he went and had sex w/ a random girl he just met. Even if he didn't like Hikari at the time (and Aya thinks he did), this is not an endearing quality in a romantic male lead.

 

[handtied]

Imagine being an exhausted office worker that just on way back home after spending the entire night working overtime, only to see some brats snogging first thing in the morning.

 

[Mangamoz]

okay but the tiptoe kiss is adorable

Honestly, I have been completely disconnected from the story to the point that I didn't even notice that.

I don't feel anything for these characters now, they are just toys for me to poke fun at from a distance.

 

[CynicalPepper]

Honestly, I have been completely disconnected from the story to the point that I didn't even notice that.

I don't feel anything for these characters now, they are just toys for me to poke fun at from a distance.

I said this in one of my posts but yeah, I just don't feel anything. I do not care anymore, I just feel nothing towards these characters. The decisions aren't not understandable either, it's just I DO not care due to how sudden this all is. I feel nothing towards it and the frustrations I have are only directed at the author and no one else.

 

[Chita13]

To be honest I don't really remember Aya that much in the earlier chapter. But after reread it from the start, her arc doesn't feel out of nowhere like a lot of people complaint about. Now I can see why Ta-kun quite hesitate to go to Hikari school festival.
Most important, is not even NTR when Hikari and Ta-kun not dating at all. People really love to trow NTR easily now days when their ship is not as their expected.

 

[AAA1]

also gotta say the translator is really asking for trouble with that note

Translator bringing oil to the fire

 

[Chifuee]

I wasn't sure about this before but now I'm fully on team Yami
YES MY DARKNESS

 

[h1sd]

Man, haven't laughed this hard in ages. Big thanks to the author!

 

[ShadowSilence]

I'm glad someone mentioned chapter 21, because I forgot why the fuck we were supposed to care about this girl

 

[thedinowarrior]

Atleast she's not a whore, still a terrible friend but...could be worse....nah this is worse

 

[bakanisan]

Are they another characters in the same manga world? Is this another storyline of another pair?

 

[Potaru]

This author is a true degenerate. He baited us all again. Man needs to just stop.

 

[Boomthorkell]

Based.