Imasara desu ga, Osananajimi wo Suki ni Natte Shimaimashita - Ch. 36 - After The Festival、Before The Storm

[GennArc]

What could she say that wouldn't tip him off that she's dumping him?

As if "fall in love" couldn't already tip him off.
Again, she stops mentioning the childhood friend completely after 26. Doesn't sound like a huge barrier you are talking about.

Chapter 13.5 makes clear that she thinks the CF is the best candidate b/c she thinks he's already in love w/ her.

She hears about him saying that he's been in love with someone for a long time, so yes, combining 2 and 2 she comes to that conclusion, especially with all her efforts to make him forget about her.

 

[story645]

especially with all her efforts to make him forget about her.

What efforts? She ghosts him. If anything, it has the opposite effect of haunting him - which she knows b/c he keeps texting her.

Like if she legit thinks he's gonna forget about her it's cause she thinks he has someone to move onto when she's out of the picture.

As if "fall in love" couldn't already tip him off.

When I said that, you said it was just banter.

Doesn't sound like a huge barrier you are talking about.

Which is why it's the first thing that comes to mind when she sees him again?

Clearly it's not actually a huge barrier cause Aya kisses him anyway, but that doesn't mean she hasn't built it up as a big thing up to that point.

 

[GennArc]

But given the shitty way she described the story only to us the reader, I really got the vibe "This story sucks. Here's what instinct tells me to do. But I suppose I should still humor her."

I can only repeat that it doesn't read to me this way at all. Even without all the context those are just an absolutely normal banter-style thoughts about your energetic and naive friend who you like a lot but who is also fun to tease and play some tsukkomi to their boke with.

They seem pretty pumped to step in and help out starting with like, 5.5, through the theme park date, etc., and I take their frustration as proof of their excitement and impatience.

I take their frustration in the same manner - demonstrative sighing, teasing and a mix of sympathy, support and humor you feel at your friend's non-consequential failures.

I just completely reject the shitty, awful characterization of Hikari and Yuu's burgeoning love story from Hikari's side as "the kind of over-the-top, nauseatingly sweet love story that only [Hikari] could be excited about," and I feel like the fact that people read this manga supports my argument lol

But that's because readers actually see and undertand Hikari's feelings first-hand. That's kind of what I was referring to: when it's fiction, you witness all their emotions, feelings, thoughts and gestures to their full extent. When it's real life, all you can see and hear are some words and some actions, which is like a tip of an iceberg of what is actually happening.

 

[GennArc]

What efforts? She ghosts him. If anything, it has the opposite effect of haunting him - which she knows b/c he keeps texting her.

From a meta perspective yes, indeed it might have the opposite effect. However, she made sure to play that role (the one we discussed before) until the last minute, trying to come off as someone carefree, some transient existence that comes and leaves.
And of course he'd be texting her at first, they didn't break up after all. But she wouldn't see how long he would've kept doing that.

When I said that, you said it was just banter.

Yes. Is that contradictory? She could tease him with the childhood friend too.

Which is why it's the first thing that comes to mind when she sees him again?

What do you mean? We don't know what came to her mind when she saw him again yet.

 

[essensue]

That's kind of what I was referring to: when it's fiction, you witness all their emotions, feelings, thoughts and gestures to their full extent. When it's real life, all you can see and hear are some words and some actions, which is like a tip of an iceberg of what is actually happening.

Whew, that's a relief, you just meant first person vs. omniscient viewpoints. I thought you meant you couldn't relate to the concept of non-fictional love itself, which bummed me out but then made me feel shitty about my choice of words in being enthusiastic about it if you were aro or something.

 

[nogoodsumbeach]

Honestly If she does go through with it despite everything I’ll be proud of her. Yuu couldn’t work up the courage because of a self-imposed requirement and Yami had it all and ghosted because she was scared. If Hikari sees this and still goes for it it’ll really highlight Yuu and Yami’s continued cowardice. Walking into a battle expecting to die takes guts rather than “Oh they deserve better so I won’t even try”. We’ll see how the next chapter plays out.

Honestly that is true as well it'd be stupid imo sure but I'd respect the hell out of her for going through with it

But I also wouldn't mind her confronting Yuu about what happened instead of bottling it up lol

also- yean Yuu and Yami really are both cowards

Genuinely think we could see both you know. Like hikari confessing but only after telling yuu he saw the kiss.
Hikari gonna stop yuu before he answer tho cause she think its gonna get rejected, then she is gonna run into the rain after having yami come to the dance party to set yami/yuu up lol

So yeah in this scenario hikari gonna walk into the battle expecting to die while also thinking they deserve better so she gonna step aside for them hahaha

 

[Dingo777]

Genuinely think we could see both you know. Like hikari confessing but only after telling yuu he saw the kiss.
Hikari gonna stop yuu before he answer tho cause she think its gonna get rejected, then she is gonna run into the rain after having yami come to the dance party to set yami/yuu up lol

So yeah in this scenario hikari gonna walk into the battle expecting to die while also thinking they deserve better so she gonna step aside for them hahaha

I’m really gonna need to stock up on booze before the next chapter drop, this is gonna get a LOT worse for Our Girl™️ Before it gets anywhere close to better I’m sure.

 

[nogoodsumbeach]

I’m really gonna need to stock up on booze before the next chapter drop, this is gonna get a LOT worse for Our Girl™️ Before it gets anywhere close to better I’m sure.

We gotta stay strong my friend, there will be light at the end of this tunnel and Our Girl™️ will have a happy ending she deserves at the end of all this shit she is currently facing

 

[Shitty]

Free my girl hikari wtff

 

[story645]

trying to come off as someone carefree, some transient existence that comes and leaves. But she wouldn't see how long he would've kept doing that.

That last convo w/ him though, he basically said that her scheme didn't work (he's falling for her) and she kept on it and then blocked him when her plan kept not working (or cause she didn't actually want confirmation that he'd forgotten her).

She could tease him with the childhood friend too.

That's a landmine b/c, going back to the convo about going back to school, Yuu fumbles when she brings up CF in a way that bothers her.

Which right that's what I'm trying to get at, the CF was an elephant in their relationship - it's been a year and she's still got the perception that Yuu endlessly talked about Hikari - and meeting Hikari only reaffirmed the story she was telling herself. Granted, I think this was an excuse she was giving herself about why they weren't meant to be in that she could (should) have talked to him about it rather than assuming she lost.

We don't know what came to her mind when she saw him again yet.

The "my ex is Hikari's crush" text box, which granted is more Hikari's feelings than Yuu's.

 

[middle-the-nerd]

I'll go with 4 the way she acted with yuu feels like 4

I like the idea of 4 because then she'll what that shit feels like

Believe me when I say a hunk will come to her rescue. I'm not coping. I'm not.

I BELIEVE DAMNIT

What efforts? She ghosts him. If anything, it has the opposite effect of haunting him - which she knows b/c he keeps texting her.

Like if she legit thinks he's gonna forget about her it's cause she thinks he has someone to move onto when she's out of the picture.

As someone who's been ghosted- yeah it really sticks with you closure is fucking REALLY IMPORTANT in a break up

She was just massive fucking coward it's simple as that it was an absolutely HORRIBLE thing to do there is N O excuse for it

Genuinely think we could see both you know. Like hikari confessing but only after telling yuu he saw the kiss.
Hikari gonna stop yuu before he answer tho cause she think its gonna get rejected, then she is gonna run into the rain after having yami come to the dance party to set yami/yuu up lol

So yeah in this scenario hikari gonna walk into the battle expecting to die while also thinking they deserve better so she gonna step aside for them hahaha

PURE P A I N

Only way it could get worse there is if Yuu and Yami just go "huh...well guess she gave us her blessing!" and get back together

I’m really gonna need to stock up on booze before the next chapter drop, this is gonna get a LOT worse for Our Girl™️ Before it gets anywhere close to better I’m sure.

Hahaha...yep...you're almost certainly right...guess I'll stock up on booze too

Free my girl hikari wtff

She doesn't deserve this....

 

[middle-the-nerd]

Hikari fans if she wins (or gets a happy ending period at this rate)

 

[Catbowl]

I don't know where the whole "Maruto hates childhood friends" thing comes from, because that just doesn't seem to be the case.

I don't know how it became such fanon either. I get the impression it was from Saekano, and only Saekano, until Saranami happened.

So like- I see alot of people point out white album 2 as to why the author hates childhood friends but is that really the ONLY example??? If so that doesn't seem much like a trend to me yet just a single example single we don't really know how this all plays out yet

White Album 2 doesn't even have a childhood friend heroine, so you may be misremembering what they said. Either that, or people are even worse-informed than I thought.

If anything, Maruto's nice-girl heroines tend to be his favorites. He liked Setsuna, but he also liked making Setsuna suffer (from her own choices as much as others'). So if I had to bet, it would be on an eventual Hikari win, paradoxically because her path to victory is so much less clear than Yami's right now, and it's her turn to move. (I'm still rooting for Yami to clinch it though.)

 

[awtystic]

Believe me when I say a hunk will come to her rescue. I'm not coping. I'm not.

High chance she ends with yuu tho since it's a love triangle

 

[awtystic]

Hikari fans if she wins (or gets a happy ending period at this rate)

https://imgur.com/a/uOToSSg

I think she will get a happy ending with yuu hopefully🤞🏻

 

[Fallenstreet01]

 

[laplanh]

I'm only here to tell Shiroi you're not alone. Yami-gang, rise!! Thank for the chapter.

But with the way things are going, I'll be back after like there has been 50 chapters. This story is better read after one long break.

 

[GennArc]

That last convo w/ him though, he basically said that her scheme didn't work (he's falling for her) and she kept on it and then blocked him when her plan kept not working (or cause she didn't actually want confirmation that he'd forgotten her).

The point was not to prevent him from falling in love with her, he obviously did love her already, otherwise what's the point in the relationship she actually treasured so much. The point was to make it easier for him to forget her.

Yuu fumbles when she brings up CF in a way that bothers her.

Fumbles? I believe he handles that pretty smoothly, and she notes that too internally.

Which right that's what I'm trying to get at, the CF was an elephant in their relationship

It's just not supported by facts. Out of 5 chapters in which they are a couple, she only mentions it in the first one.
And then she only says something about it when she finds out about Hikari's connection, which is long after their breakup.

The "my ex is Hikari's crush" text box, which granted is more Hikari's feelings than Yuu's.

And it's not even "when she saw him", it's after the long talk/fight they had. And of course she would mention Hikari, she knows there was a confession planned.

 

[JT77]

Yuu did nothing wrong.

And the only wrong thing that Yami did (in regards to this love triangle that’s going on now) is deciding to push away her feelings for the boy she was clearly still in love with.

It’s unfortunate for Hikari, but like the series title says, she was simply late to falling in love with her childhood friend. Yuu (maybe, tbh, who knows how this will end) has moved on. At least he still clearly wants to be her friend, evidenced in this chapter by him feeling bad about not being able to spend time with her at the festival, and genuinely wanting to have spent time with her.

I don’t blame it him at all for this either. The girl that he became smitten with and who disappeared from him life crossed his path once more. I think a lot of people in his shoes would also have lost track of time and place if they came across their first love who left without a trace. Especially at his age.

 

[story645]

she notes that too internally.

? Her internal narrative is "why can't this idiot intuit that his CF bothers me?"

And again, a year later she's still "he endlessly talked about her" so much that Aya believes "with 99.9% certainty" that's he's in love w/ her even though in the flashbacks he barely talked about Hikari during their interactions - this is something Aya spun up as a big deal/fixated on.

Which I guess, I don't see the argument for how this wasn't a big deal in their relationship given how Maruto writes Aya as bothered by it.

And of course she would mention Hikari, she knows there was a confession planned.

After the fight/discussion but before the slap /kiss? That kinda makes her worse b/c then it all feels even less impulsive/more self destructive. Unless of course Hikari was part of their discussion, which definitely could be what's going on too.