Imasara desu ga, Osananajimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimaimashita - Ch. 33 - Not Over There

[Dingo777]

In fairness you can, as a rule, safely ignore anything that guy says

 

[meltbro]

People keep trying to reference white album 2.

This isn't white album 2 and this is shit. Just because a writer made one ok thing doesn't make the rest of their works good.

That IS part of the problem, yes - it is not White Album 2. But it's a precedent that Maruto made himself and then utilized in this specific instance. I would even go so far as to say he is utilizing this type of beat BECAUSE he made White Album 2 - if it worked for Setsuna and Tomo - Tomo who nearly got her rival Setsuna left with a group of pickup artists while Setsuna was drunk and emotional, theoretically it could work for Yami and Hikari. In that sense, that's the type of relationship that I would think he was envisioning even if it turned out relatively different for them in the past chapters.

Not once did I say whether this was good or not - the only thing I am saying is that he's using something from a story that was good and put it in here. And that because he used something from White Album 2 it's possible he's treating the characters/wanting the characters to be like the ones he created in White Album 2.

 

[story645]

What did Yuu do? The worst thing he did (if you want to take it in the worst way) was ditch her during the culture festival to kiss her best friend.

Months of hanging out with Hikari and apparently "my girlfriend who is a senpai at your school" never came up even though he says he was falling in love with Aya is very much not a good look. (Which to be fair, I figure was probably out of insecurity over the relationship.) Neither is not saying "heads up, my ex goes to your school and if I run into her things might get messy".

And this is a nit, but in both Aya and Hikari's POV Aya kisses Yuu. Aya is pretty much always the one initiating affection w/ him in her flashbacks, (I have read this thing too many times for my own good) which is just one of the many reasons why I personally think he's a bad boyfriend for Aya, given how important physical affection is to her.

ETA: which usual disclaimer that I don't think this necessarily means Yuu is in love with Hikari.

 

[mug3n]

Yeah, fuck this girl. Hikari should just turn 180° and run very fast. Throw Yuu as a bait for Yami and don't look back. These are the kinds of friendships you throw out at some point and when time passes you ask yourself why the fuck did you hang out with this katamari damacy of toxicity.

 

[Nobi]

I hope that bastard is Yami's ex-stepfather for extra edge.

 

[Gothic_Catalyst]

Yeah, that was scummy.
Thank you for the chapter.

 

[Burner5]

Months of hanging out with Hikari and apparently "my girlfriend who is a senpai at your school" never came up even though he says he was falling in love with Aya is very much not a good look. Neither is "heads up, my ex goes to your school and if I run into her things might get messy".

And this is a nit, but in both Aya and Hikari's POV Aya kisses Yuu. Aya is pretty much always the one initiating affection w/ him in her flashbacks, (I have read this thing too many times for my own good) which is just one of the many reasons why I personally think he's a bad boyfriend for Aya given how important physical affection is to her.

Yami ghosted him for a week and then blocked him. This happened after they had one of the happiest moments together. You aren't gonna tell your first love about your ex, especially if your ex ended things with you in that way, it would be too painful. Also they dated more than a year before the kiss and (at minimum) a few weeks before Yami even knew Hikari existed. Hikari isn't entitled to know about his past loves, ESPECIALLY if she hasn't made the effort to confess to him or be a factor in his love life.

About the bad boyfriend comment. You may be right about them being a bad match but generally speaking he was a good boyfriend. He reciprocated her feelings and gave her a sense of normalcy. Sure, he wasn't the one who initiated sexual contact but that wasn't really important to Yami. Him makkng her feel loved and normal was. His more "pure" and earnest nature was why she dated him in thr first place, not him being sexual with her.

 

[story645]

You aren't gonna tell your first love about your ex, especially if your ex ended things with you in that way, it would be too painful.

I'm talking about the months in which was dating Aya, he was also hanging out with Hikari all the time-at least according to the novel far as I know.
Concurrent events here. Most people tell their friends about their girlfriends, especially when they're very very happy about the relationship. Like "sorry can't hang, have a date" usually just naturally comes up.

Hikari isn't entitled to know about his past loves, ESPECIALLY if she hasn't made the effort to confess to him or be a factor in his love life.

It's good to give your very close friend a heads up about potential drama at the thing they're inviting you to.

but generally speaking he was a good boyfriend. He reciprocated her feelings and gave her a sense of normalcy.
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Him makkng her feel loved and normal was.

Like he's not making her feel secure b/c throughout their relationship and a year later she still thinks he likes Hikari more. He's not making her feel like he's fully committed cause she seriously asked about moving in together. Even the normalcy is iffy b/c she thinks normal dates look very different from their dates.

And I don't think this makes him a bad person, just a kid who understandbly can't read his girlfriend's mind. Basically I think he's got the potential to be a good boyfriend but Aya kinda, probably unconsciously, sets him up for failure here.

His more "pure" and earnest nature was why she dated him in thr first place, not him being sexual with her.

Yeah it's not about sex but it is about physical affection. The thing about reciprocating is that the insecurity spiral says that he's only doing it b/c it's available (the snark about him missing getting laid) but it (her) is not something that he values enough to put effort into initiating.

Which extra side note, but "chatGPT - list of non-crowded places to see fireworks in [their town]". Invites her to something he expects her to say no to and doesn't even try to mitigate what he thinks is her reason for saying no. Legit the lack of effort is both completely understandable in a "these are teens" way and also like 🙄

But also my biggest crackpot, I'm like 99.99% sure I'm wrong, theory is that all the mentions of sex is Aya being an edgelord.

 

[rmremail]

Not sure how laws are in japan for something like that, but that's an interesting way to catch yourself a charge where i live, depending on how bad it would get, or what the person appearing does even more charges

Until the mid '90s, the age of consent in Japan was 14.

 

[Ninoren]

Until the mid '90s, the age of consent in Japan was 14.

?..

What has anything here to do with consent, when there was never a question of anyone consenting in the first place, it's not like Yami asked beforehand

 

[Burner5]

I'm talking about the months in which was dating Aya, he was also hanging out with Hikari all the time-at least according to the novel far as I know.
Concurrent events here. Most people tell their friends about their girlfriends, especially when they're very very happy about the relationship. Like "sorry can't hang, have a date" usually just naturally comes up.

I could justify that as him feeling awkward about it as Hikari was his first crush.

Like he's not making her feel secure b/c throughout their relationship and a year later she still thinks he likes Hikari more. He's not making her feel like he's fully committed cause she seriously asked about moving in together. Even the normalcy is iffy b/c she thinks normal dates look very different from their dates.

And I don't think this makes him a bad person, just a kid who understandbly can't read his girlfriend's mind. Basically I think he's got the potential to be a good boyfriend but Aya kinda, probably unconsciously, sets him up for failure here.

I haven't read the novel so you may be right there. However, in the manga, the only time he really fails Yami is with the moving out comment. It wasn't the best but I wouldn't call him a bad boyfriend over it.

Even Yeah it's not about sex but it is about physical affection. The thing about reciprocating is that the insecurity spiral says that he's only doing it b/c it's available (the snark about him missing getting laid) but it (her) is not something that he values enough to put effort into initiating.

Fair enough. I concede there. However, I disagree with ghe fireworks comments. It seemed like he really thought they'd go to see them. I doubt he would be texting her constantly if he thought there was no chance she'd go for it.

But also my biggest crackpot, I'm like 99.99% sure I'm wrong, theory is that all the mentions of sex is Aya being an edgelord.

I'd agree until after her being in a relationship with Yuu because she was a virgin until she slept with him. I wouldn't be surprised if she prostituted herself out due to being a self-hating trainwreck. At the same time, I doubt she'd try to get Hikari raped so willy nilly. I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't her who set this current situation up.

 

[foist]

LMAOOOOOOO

 

[black1210]

I dunno who this new character is, but she is getting in the way of Yami and Yuu's romance

 

[story645]

I could justify that as him feeling awkward about it as Hikari was his first crush.

Totally, and like I think it was b/c he wasn't feeling super secure in the relationship (the comments about Aya lying). Understandable and not a great look aren't mutually exclusive.

However, in the manga, the only time he really fails Yami is with the moving out comment.

There's also when she's thinking to herself that "does he know that Hikari is another reason I don't want to go to school?" From Aya's POV, he gives a wishy washy "well I'd like to go school w/ you too" when like what she wants is probably a full throated "I like you, I'm committed to you, Hikari is [insert rivalry speech he gave to Hikari that convinced Hikari he wasn't into her]" He may have told Aya some of this stuff before they started dating, but repetition is good here.

I doubt he would be texting her constantly if he thought there was no chance she'd go for it.

So I looked and to be fair he basically immediately walked it back to watching it at like an internet cafe...and then it was just a plea for her to contact him.

I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't her who set this current situation up.

I would, but that's cause I just don't think Aya thinks that far ahead. ETA: to be fair, that's basically a defining characteristic of teenagers/young adults.

Not to remotely defend her, but Aya probably really doesn't understand the horrific seriousness of what she's done. She's already got trauma due to pervy older men and so far she's been treating sugar dating as a bit of a dark joke. ETA: I'm also fairly sure she hasn't actually done any sugar dating b/c this is her first day back at school and she just spent the past month being driven crazy by her mom.

 

[black1210]

Damn reading the comment section is crazy. I already thought all Hikari fans left a while ago, and only Yami apologists stayed.

 

[Dingo777]

Damn reading the comment section is crazy. I already thought all Hikari fans left a while ago, and only Yami apologists stayed.

Nah, we’ve been waiting for a perfect “I told you so” moment lol

 

[BlackHoxton]

Nah, we’ve been waiting for a perfect “I told you so” moment lol

I miss the good old days when Yami banging yuu was the only thing to defend

 

[BlargET]

As a Yamin hater, it feels good to be further vindicated in my dislike of Yami. We were already justified in not liking her, but this? To call this vindicating really is an understatement.

 

[Flame-2-Haze]

Yami = Dark

Hikari = Light

The writing's on the wall the whole time.

 

[BackAlleyWeeb]

I hope Yami takes her own life at the end after having driven everyone away and burned every bridge. Just dies alone, miserable and forgotten, washed away by the waters, never to be found or remembered at all.