Imasara desu ga, Osananajimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimaimashita - Ch. 27 - When Summer Comes

[Coldlight]

Yikes, Ayami's dad had more than one mistress? He's one real scummy POS. But wait, since this is still in the past, then doesn't that mean he's also the exact same scumbag who attempted to rape her, leading to her running away and meeting Yuu? Or is this cheater a new stepdad and like, her mother's spouse #3? Like, Bio dad -> Rapey scumbag -> Cheating playboy? In any case, seems her mom has abysmal luck with men...

Certainly an interesting writing choice in how we've been fed the perspective of a losing heroine from the start like a decoy protagonist, and then the (arguably) real female lead of the story shows up after being introduced like a villain; she's developed so much she's effectively replaced the previous female lead (at least with some readers). I mean, picture this: we now know more about Ayami and her family than Hikari and her family! I don't think even Hikari has been developed as a character yet to this degree.

So considering the war going on downstairs in her house, I kinda fear for what's coming next and how she'll end up breaking it off with Yuu. After a questionable beginning they've developed an actually sweet relationship going on, and now another storm appears to be coming; it might be the one we know their relationship isn't gonna survive, since they're already ex-lovers in the present time.

 

[Deadlybat]

I would like to point out that in the Web Novel's chapter 21, Hikari takes ten minutes to reach her classroom. So Yami and Yuu were in the classroom talking all that time, maybe even more, before it devolved into a shouting match before Yami slapped and kiss Yuu. And that's not mentioning the fact that Yuu ignored all of Hikari's txt message

Would you pull out your phone to check your messages if you were in the middle of an argument with your ex-girlfriend?

 

[KVRQ06]

Right, 'just female friends'. Having a girlfriend but still being back-to-back with another girl in his room, changing clothes in front of another female peer, going to the amusement park alone with another girl, letting another girl wear a tank top and lay on his bed and even inviting her to the swimming pool. Meanwhile, this girl (Hikari) doesn't know about the existence of his girlfriend (Yami), so does his girlfriend know what they did during summer break? I bet she doesn't, what do you think?

I mean yeah, that’s all pretty normal friend stuff. The only thing from your list that I would consider even slightly romantic is the Amusement Park and that was Hikari’s idea, not Yuu’s. All of those things are stuff guys do with their close friends anyway. Why should it be any different when it comes to Hikari? Also, Yuu isn’t obligated to tell people about his love life especially when there isn’t any reason to bring it up. I could be wrong about this, of course, but that’s just the nature of ongoing manga. If something like that does turn out to be the case then I admit that I’m wrong but, as of now, I wouldn’t say that Yuu has done anything bad.

 

[shwiftyshfifty]

Next summer I will - RIP AND TEAR UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT.

 

[Alzu]

Would you pull out your phone to check your messages if you were in the middle of an argument with your ex-girlfriend?

No, which is why I think that's more damning than people believe it to be since, Yuu ignored Hikari even before meeting Yami.

Waves of visitors, who'd been wandering the campus all day, were now flowing out through the school gates. The campus had turned into a chaotic mess.

And in the middle of all this I was probably the most frantic-looking person here, running around the school grounds like my life depended on it.

[ I'm done here! Ta~kun, where are you right now? ]

No read receipt yet on the message I'd sent.
With all the noise around, my notification sound had probably been drowned out.

Our class's exhibit had wrapped up earlier than planned.
Not because of the rain forecast, but because we'd completely run out of the snacks we'd prepared thanks to way more visitors than we expected.

Which, honestly, was fine by me. Finally freed from my shift, I was now rushing around trying to meet back up with him.

Technically, there was still cleanup left to do in the classroom, but out of nowhere, Aya-chan had swooped in with a cheerful, Don't worry, I'll handle all the cleanup! Like some kind of savior.

...Okay, so maybe it wasn't completely selfless. She'd been slacking off for most of the shift and vanished who-knows-where, so everyone was more than happy to dump the entire cleanup duty on her and scatter.

Normally, I'd feel too guilty to just leave everything to her, and I'd have stayed behind to help. But today? Sorry, Aya-chan, I owe you one. I'll make it up to you later, I promise!

...Anyway, back to the matter at hand.

"He still hasn't read it yet..."

I haven't received any reply from him yet.

Could he have already gone home?
It's about to rain, after all. And I did keep him waiting for over an hour.

That's literally the beginning of Chapter 21. Hikari continued to search for Yuu in the festival before deciding to head back to her classroom, which took 10 minutes.

 

[schmackinthedack]

idek what to expect from this manga anymore but regardless im fine w whoevers cheeks mc decides to clap

 

[rgyyttt]

I mean yeah, that’s all pretty normal friend stuff. The only thing from your list that I would consider even slightly romantic is the Amusement Park and that was Hikari’s idea, not Yuu’s. All of those things are stuff guys do with their close friends anyway. Why should it be any different when it comes to Hikari? Also, Yuu isn’t obligated to tell people about his love life especially when there isn’t any reason to bring it up. I could be wrong about this, of course, but that’s just the nature of ongoing manga. If something like that does turn out to be the case then I admit that I’m wrong but, as of now, I wouldn’t say that Yuu has done anything bad.

Well, you missed the most important part: does Yami know what he did with Hikari during summer break, if they were still in a relationship during that time period? According to chapter 26, I think she does care their friendship, doesn't she?

But of course, all of this is based on the premise that they were still dating at that time, which is why I'm curious about why they broke up, who initiated the breakup, and when they broke up.

 

[Deadlybat]

No, which is why I think that's more damning than people believe it to be since, Yuu ignored Hikari even before meeting Yami.

That's literally the beginning of Chapter 21. Hikari continued to search for Yuu in the festival before deciding to head back to her classroom, which took 10 minutes.

Is it specified how long Yuu and Ayami have been arguing? They might have bumped into each other in the hallway, started talking, and, to avoid drawing attention, decided to continue their conversation inside the classroom. Using time as an argument when there’s missing information doesn’t seem like a good idea to me.

 

[KVRQ06]

Ah! It does seem like he got slapped in chapter 21. But I think it's more due to his sudden presence. And it never seemed like he was trying to create any sort of distance from Hikari. If he wanted to distance himself, why write down for Hikari to contact him when her shift is done. It seems like he wanted to quickly confront Ayami and get closure rather spark up an old fling.

In retrospect, “distance” was poor wording because I was referring to a specific scene, not the idea that Yuu was trying to distance himself from Hikari. I can‘t recall what chapter it is, at the moment, but there’s a scene a where Hikari and Yuu are hanging out together and she approaches him from behind while he’s on his phone. Yuu tells Hikari to back off of him once she gets close to him though, says it was because he was feeling down but it wasn’t explained at the time. Looking back on it, people seem to speculate that Yuu told Hikari to back off either because that was the moment Ayami broke up with him, via text, or because that moment with Hikari reminded Yuu of his time with Yami, specifically in the manga cafe. Sorry about my poor word choice.

Also, in Chapter 21, Ayami does state, “Ahh… That’s why I went and I hid away… ….Ever since he stepped foot into this school, into our classroom, I ran away.” In her inner monologue.

 

[Notme321]

I never played it, is this what The Last of Us 2 was like?

If you dont care for this story at all & only care about the girl mc (like me), then yes, this is exactly like tlou2

 

[davidna]

Author on X:

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If you’re looking to blame someone for the recent pacing, blame Yom. But hey, it seems like the story’s finally starting to move again.

Thanks for the chapter!

Wait, why yom? Isn’t yom just the artist?

 

[zeroto7dan]

I really dont mind the current arc is its just that I didn't read this manga for this, I already have other manga to fill this kind of shit, I read this manga to cleans my palate, now I have more shit to read.

 

[Tremble123]

In retrospect, “distance” was poor wording because I was referring to a specific scene, not the idea that Yuu was trying to distance himself from Hikari. I can‘t recall what chapter it is, at the moment, but there’s a scene a where Hikari and Yuu are hanging out together and she approaches him from behind while he’s on his phone. Yuu tells Hikari to back off of him once she gets close to him though, says it was because he was feeling down but it wasn’t explained at the time. Looking back on it, people seem to speculate that Yuu told Hikari to back off either because that was the moment Ayami broke up with him, via text, or because that moment with Hikari reminded Yuu of his time with Yami, specifically in the manga cafe. Sorry about my poor word choice.

Also, in Chapter 21, Ayami does state, “Ahh… That’s why I went and I hid away… ….Ever since he stepped foot into this school, into our classroom, I ran away.” In her inner monologue.

That's on me for taking the word distance literally lol.

I feel that Yuu getting flustered in that scene would be due to the former rather than the latter. He was fine in chapter 1 when reading back to back with Hikari. It might also be Hikari getting close in terms of her questioning about Yuu's relationship with his kouhai. Rather than his ex being her, it was Ayami. Yuu dropping the conversation so Hikari doesn't figure out or gain some suspicions.

 

[NerimaShinjuku]

Or is going to be something stupid that will make the rating of this manga go even lower?

🤞🤞🤞🙏🙏🙏

 

[Deadlybat]

In retrospect, “distance” was poor wording because I was referring to a specific scene, not the idea that Yuu was trying to distance himself from Hikari. I can‘t recall what chapter it is, at the moment, but there’s a scene a where Hikari and Yuu are hanging out together and she approaches him from behind while he’s on his phone. Yuu tells Hikari to back off of him once she gets close to him though, says it was because he was feeling down but it wasn’t explained at the time. Looking back on it, people seem to speculate that Yuu told Hikari to back off either because that was the moment Ayami broke up with him, via text, or because that moment with Hikari reminded Yuu of his time with Yami, specifically in the manga cafe. Sorry about my poor word choice.

Also, in Chapter 21, Ayami does state, “Ahh… That’s why I went and I hid away… ….Ever since he stepped foot into this school, into our classroom, I ran away.” In her inner monologue.

You’re referring to chapter 18, but by that point, Yuu is already single. In that chapter, he mentions a junior who showed up at school with a new boyfriend. Back in chapter 12, when Yuu rejected the junior, he didn’t mention being in a relationship; he said he had a girl he liked.

 

[Litreara]

Wait, why yom? Isn’t yom just the artist?

The chapters of the novel and manga are released simultaneously, and Maruto mentions that he added some lovey-dovey scenes, like those in chapter 26, at Yom's request. However, adding these scenes slows down the pace of the story.

 

[Darklight99]

At this point I feel bad for Yom for having to draw this shit

What sort of patronizing bullshit is this?

 

[story645]

All these questions are suddenly brought up, and we are dragged along with the female lead to this realization and are now learning from the other side, the other female lead, what her love meant. This is amazing. But all these dumb fucks who just wanna read things they call "fluff" without any sense of irony are still mad that the story isn't what they wanted it to be.

Eh, like these aren't inherently contradictory? Like I (folks) can appreciate that the storytelling is structurally interesting - hell I think it's the most (maybe only) somewhat novel part of the story - and also be annoyed at reading a spiraling soap instead of of the easy fluffy thing I started to destress.

 

[Oured]

When judged independently, it honestly does seem like both the Hikari chapters and the Ayami chapters could've been two entirely separate manga from the start. Hikari's chapters could've continued on as a comedy where she tries to hook up with her childhood friend, while Ayami's chapters could've been the drama where she's trying not to lose the MC to another girl. Both are fairly engaging on their own, but mashing them together into a single story clearly serves no real purpose at this point.

And it's funny how Maruto is throwing shade on Yom for being a vanillachad, when it's the latter's suggestion that's carrying Ayami's storyline so far.

 

[KVRQ06]

Well, you missed the most important part: does Yami know what he did with Hikari during summer break, if they were still in a relationship during that time period? According to chapter 26, I think she does care their friendship, doesn't she?

But of course, all of this is based on the premise that they were still dating at that time, which is why I'm curious about why they broke up, who initiated the breakup, and when they broke up.

I will concede, that is a little concerning. The only real explanation is if Ayami and Yuu broke up before the events of the manga, which is really up in the air at this point. Some people seem to believe that’s the case, some people believe that their breakup is a more recent development. It’s possible that Yuu never brought it up but that seems like a stretch.

Actually, I just looked through the chapters and it actually is kind of possible for Yuu not to have told Ayami about Hikari while they were dating. First off, Yuu seems to already know that Ayami is somewhat insecure when it comes to his childhood friend, so he already has a reason to not fully reveal all the details to Ayami. Secondly, he could always explaining reading manga with Hikari in his room/chilling in his room as just “hanging out with a friend” to Ayami if the topic ever arises. Third, it’s implied that the amusement park IS when Ayami finds out that Hikari’s crush is Yuu. She realizes this through text when she realizes that Yuu and Ta-kun are the same person. So, she actually would know about him being with her at the Amusement park and them going to the swimming pool together, since she and Hikari went swimsuit shopping together later on. So, if they did break up during Hikari’s arc, and not before, then it likely would’ve been after the trip to the amusement park but before the swimsuit shopping. The amusement park could even be a reason why they broke up. This is just one possibility though, who knows where this manga is going.