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

[Deadlybat]

Why are you assuming he didn't want to? Maybe he wanted to go to see Aya/Yami and that's why he had a weird reaction

He only agreed to go because Hikari got upset when he hesitated to give her an answer. If he really wanted to see Ayami, why wait until Hikari got mad to say yes? Plus, he’s Ayami’s ex, so if he wanted to reach out to her, he could probably find another way without needing to show up at her school and risk making things awkward with Hikari—especially since it was Hikari who invited him.

 

[rgyyttt]

Oh by the way, I also want to know when they broke up. If it's after the summer break, then fucking good. Having a girlfriend (Yami) while being so close with another girl (Hikari) - yeah, that's exactly what a boyfriend should do, good job Yuu!

 

[Deadlybat]

Personally, I think it was because Yami was insecure and believed that Yuu and Hikari would be better off together, regardless of her own feelings. I think it’s likely that Yami was the one who broke up with Yuu, and not the other way around, since it’s said that Yami was trying to avoid him after their breakup and he was looking for her. The discourse between Yami, Hikari, and the twist as a whole has sorta made people forget that Yami and Hikari are still best friends (before the kiss atleast) and Yami still cares about Hikari as her friend. So, in her mind, she probably thinks that Yuu deserves to be happy with someone “better“ than her, like Hikari, and Hikari deserves to be happy with Yuu, especially when both of them seem to have feelings for each other. So she breaks up with him, so that Hikari and Yuu can be together, not necessarily because she and Yuu fell out of love with each other. This is just speculation, of course, so it could really go whichever way. I do wanna say, though, that I don’t think any character here deserves a “bad” ending. I’ve seen a lot of hate towards the three character, mostly Yami and Yuu, and I feel that it’s pretty unwarranted. At the end of the day, they’re all just sorta inexperienced teenagers trying to figure out their emotions and feelings when it comes to romance. I don’t even think it’s necessarily bad writing either, the author clearly cares about this story if he’s willing to release a web novel AND manga completely for free.

There's no evidence that Yuu was actively looking for Ayami when he went to their school. It's more likely they just ran into each other by chance.

 

[KVRQ06]

Also you can call me Captain Obvious, but the kiss some chapters back seems more and more to have been Yami's last effort action to rekindle the relationship between her and Yuu. Never felt like Yuu wanted to redo whatever fling they had, let alone even see Yami

I don’t think that’s really the case here. Yami mentions that she was trying to avoid and hide from Yuu, suggesting that she didn’t want to rekindle her relationship with Yuu. Plus, we see that Yuu clearly isn’t over his breakup with Yami, considering we see Yuu distancing himself away from Hikari after being reminded of Yami. So, Yami likely didn’t want to get back together with Yuu for whatever reason.

 

[KVRQ06]

There's no evidence that Yuu was actively looking for Ayami when he went to their school. It's more likely they just ran into each other by chance.

Maybe I misremembered then, but I don’t think that negates anything I said.

 

[story645]

Never felt like Yuu wanted to redo whatever fling they had, let alone even see Yami.

The endgame to me still feels like it's Hikari and Yuu, but the story went from decently generic to a dramatic yet entertaining car crash of a read. Not bad. For better or for worse, I'm hooked.

I think it's purposely ambiguous so that either girl can be endgame...like Yuu can be in love w/ Aya while still having a lingering what if for Hikari & have lingering feelings for Aya while hanging out with Hikari & that's why part 1 and 2 are playing out as such and the timelines converge on a kiss initiated by Aya.

 

[NickieTheFool]

I'll be real I still don't understand why people like her at all but ig props to you, to me she's still this insufferable asshole but maybe in a couple chapters ill understand

 

[KVRQ06]

Oh by the way, I also want to know when they broke up. If it's after the summer break, then fucking good. Having a girlfriend (Yami) while being so close with another girl (Hikari) - yeah, that's exactly what a boyfriend should do, good job Yuu!

Can guys not have female friends? Like, do you really expect him to just avoid his childhood friend because he has a girlfriend? I mean, I would imagine that someone would be close with a friend from childhood, regardless of gender or romantic interest.

 

[rgyyttt]

Can guys not have female friends? Like, do you really expect him to just avoid his childhood friend because he has a girlfriend? I mean, I would imagine that someone would be close with a friend from childhood, regardless of gender or romantic interest.

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?

 

[story645]

Can guys not have female friends?

Sure, when the female friend knows that the gf exists.

 

[Kinger556]

Still waiting for when we go back to Hikari. This flashback is long and annoying.

Like, I get it. I haven't learned any new information in 3 chapters and each chapter takes 2 weeks to come out. This is going nowhere.

 

[Deadlybat]

Maybe I misremembered then, but I don’t think that negates anything I said.

Your initial hypothesis was that Ayami was the one who broke up with Yuu, not the other way around. You backed this up by suggesting she was actively avoiding him while he was supposedly searching for her. However, since there's no evidence that Yuu was actually looking for her, it weakens your hypothesis.

 

[Tremble123]

I don’t think that’s really the case here. Yami mentions that she was trying to avoid and hide from Yuu, suggesting that she didn’t want to rekindle her relationship with Yuu. Plus, we see that Yuu clearly isn’t over his breakup with Yami, considering we see Yuu distancing himself away from Hikari after being reminded of Yami. So, Yami likely didn’t want to get back together with Yuu for whatever reason.

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.

 

[dejw]

Yami, my beloved. All pretty women should look like handsome boys.

 

[Weoooo]

I AM PROUDLY ABOARD THE YAMI EXPRESS

 

[Korath]

Has someone timeline knowledge? Did the artist of this manga know where the original novel was heading to before starting the adaptation? Comment section is blaming artist as they would be responsible for the plot.

 

[Alzu]

Ah! It does seem like he got slapped in chapter 21. But I think it's more due to his sudden presence

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

With that determination fueling me, I sprinted up the stairs -- second floor, third floor -- until I finally reached the fourth floor, where my classroom was. It had taken me about ten minutes, but I was here.

 

[noleafclover75]

Has someone timeline knowledge? Did the artist of this manga know where the original novel was heading to before starting the adaptation? Comment section is blaming artist as they would be responsible for the plot.

No, though i can't be sure he didn't know the direction or not.

Maruto writes the story and yom draws it, but the story is being simultaneously released with the manga.

This isn't like traditional artist/writer mangas like death note or bakuman where it's just the manga that is being written.

The light novel and manga are released on the same day. So it's more maruto's story and yom just draws it. Unlike Ohba and Obata who worked on just the manga together.

Edit: I'm sure yom has some say in the story but not full a collaborative type

 

[Litreara]

Has someone timeline knowledge? Did the artist of this manga know where the original novel was heading to before starting the adaptation? Comment section is blaming artist as they would be responsible for the plot.

The novel and manga chapters are being released simultaneously, which is why the author can include scenes at the artist's request.

 

[Weoooo]

If the format makes an unpleasant story unpleasant to read, is that not a meta commentary itself? Before, yes, it was a cute and simple story. Now, it's a complicated and painful one. Setting it up as such and continuing on with the same format is in that way a bold creative choice. I gotta say, I'm "enjoying" it as-is. It's like a shock treatment to the pure childhood friend narrative, taking it to new and less morally simple places. Relationships are not so simple, and humans (girls) are not so one-dimensional. Love is complicated business, or more accurately, finding love is.

Perhaps recent events have had me feeling more annoyed at how dumb the general public seems to be, but I'm honestly aggravated that something this interesting is as hated as it is. People call it directionless, but for god's sake the thing is called "It's a little late, but I've fallen in love with my childhood friend" and these chapters are why it's a little late. People say they can't feel any emotion for the characters, but Yami here has been fascinatingly developed, her depression spiral hookup after being sexually assaulted by her stepfather becoming a place she feels she belongs. People say the format doesn't work for it, but it's the same damn format as before, and that makes it MORE INTERESTING because this is the same story, delivered the same way, just another part of it.
Like fuck, man, this shit is fascinating. A cute story about two people who had crushes on each other encountering the reality that one of them already had a deep, intense, and emotionally involved relationship. How did it end? Why did it end? Where do we go from here? What's the best outcome? 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.