Imasara desuga, Osananajimi o Suki ni Natteshimaimashita - Ch. 48 - I'll do my best, no matter how many times it takes

[OtakuMan93]

I am with you, though I don't think it's wrapping up, see Maruto's comment above:



I like his thinking of "I create these characters and then they do their own thing". My best experience with this kind of writing was Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman. I hope Maruto can pull it off here as well.

'I create these characters and then they do their thing' that's how both CS Lewis and the author of Konosuba wrote.

CS Lewis called the writing style a 'Supposal:' suppose X character, Y situation, and Z world. What happens next?

 

[Hexdyz23]

As a wise person once said, "If words can explain sentimental relationships (romance, friendship, and so on), then it's just an exchange, because a relationship is based on sentiment and it doesn't keep track of the outside world, but the inside."

 

[story645]

If yuu and aya was switched I promise she would left him to die

What Hikari actually does in chaps 46-47 is reach out to and forgive Yuu first; only after that's settled and Hikari knows Yuu also wants the best for Aya (in this chapter she thinks of Aya as someone Yuu loves) does she reach out to Aya again. If Yuu didn't matter to her as person then his feelings for Aya wouldn't matter to her.

so their "free will" could only lead them all to that event.

Sure, but at that point he already had a good idea in his head of who the characters were - it's in their names.

I do prefer it when the drama results from the former, that's why I didn't like the whole Yami's mother suicide attempt thing.

I think the suicide attempt makes sense for who Yami's mother was already written to be - clingy, unstable, desperate, so desperate to not be alone she shifts from partner to daughter.

 

[story645]

'I create these characters and then they do their thing'

It's how many authors describe their process - often gets a shout out in the acknowledgements. Or author notes for online fiction.

 

[Valle_reading_manga]

 

[GennArc]

I think the suicide attempt makes sense for who Yami's mother was already written to be - clingy, unstable, desperate, so desperate to no be alone she shifts from partner to daughter.

For me personally it doesn't count until we see her as an actual character, not a force of nature. It did makes sense, but she's still a plot device until then.

 

[RezaKingA]

Thank you dusky people are praising her. If she wasn’t a lovestruck naive lesbo she wouldn’t even been friends with Yami. From the jokes to Yami literally yelling at her to leave her alone is more than enough to get a girl to not be around another girl but since she want to find her “darkness” we’re stuck with this

give an inch and the himejoshis take a fucking mile lmfao

 

[youdontmatter308]

give an inch and the himejoshis take a fucking mile lmfao

I’m just saying that Hikari never really like Yuu and only started to be attracted to him when he was sad and not a virgin. Hikari basically forced interactions with aya when they first met and after barely being friends she automatically made her “bestie” when the other two girls were ride or die for her, even becoming friends with Yami even though she’s odd. She even valued her friendship with her over Yuu

 

[youdontmatter308]

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I’m guessing she meant romantically because she blushing. This is a weird love triangle where everyone likes everyone for different reasons

 

[Litreara]

Litreara's least misandrist comment.
Seriously, I still want to know how the only one of the three characters who has never resorted to violence is somehow the worst one and has the worst fandom.
Anyway, I recommend you NEVER see Shikimori is not just a cutie, if you disliked Yuu Takamura, you will hate even more to Yuu Izumi, the male lead from that series.

And here come the misandry accusations… just like clockwork. I really don’t know why you feel the need to be such an insufferable asshole.

I made a long post about the official manga and novel physical sales, but you decided to get all butthurt because I threw a little jab at the Yuu self-inserts. It seems like the shoe fits.

You also seem to have a total lack of self-awareness, because you don’t realize that by acting like such an insufferable asshole, the only thing you achieve is being ignored by everyone.

Anyway, I think I’ve wasted too much time writing this reply to you. You can shove your recommendations. Also, go fuck yourself.

 

[peortega1]

And here come the misandry accusations… just like clockwork

t would help if you at least told us why you're defending so much to two female characters who BEATED UP A MAN. Just those two panels of Yami and Hikari automatically make Yuu the best character in this BS manga.

I really don’t know why you feel the need to be such an insufferable asshole.

The typical dose of misandry, of course.

I made a long post about the official manga and novel physical sales, but you decided to get all butthurt because I threw a little jab at the Yuu self-inserts. It seems like the shoe fits.

It would help if you didn't portray him and the Yuu fandom as the worst of the worst in a work whose other two main characters did worse things than him. That's not a "little jab". Nobody needs to do a self-insert on the character to realize that Yuu at least hasn't physically assaulted anyone, and that alone puts him above those who did (cof cof Hikari cof cof Ayami).
If you're interested, I don't know why sales of volume 2 lowed either. Maybe all of Yom's hiatuses simply contributed to a decline in the interest for the work, as others have already mentioned. Who knows?

the only thing you achieve is being ignored by everyone

As if I cared. You can go cry in your corner again, pretending you can't stand being contradicted, just like you did last year. And while you're at it, watch a Shikimori marathon so you cry even more.

Also, go fuck yourself.

Thanks for more mysandria.

 

[peortega1]

I’m just saying that Hikari never really like Yuu and only started to be attracted to him when he was sad and not a virgin

I'd say Hikari was attracted to Yuu because he adopted a personality more like Yami's, she taught him well, in addition to the heartbreak and losing his virginity. Even in chapters 46-47, Yuu resolves things with Hikari in a way very typical of how Yami used to get Hikari's forgiveness after his mistakes—I mean, Taa-kun picked up on the pattern and knows Hikari well—as I predicted, he would take all the blame and tell Hikari in his typical passive-aggressive way that if she wanted, he would step aside (getting what he wanted, for Hikari to make the opposite decision and choose to maintain her bond with Yuu even if it could cost her her friendship/relationship with Aya).

Sure, but at that point he already had a good idea in his head of who the characters were - it's in their names.

That and their introduction. There's a reason Yami's debut episode featured her trying to steal a kiss from Hikari. The plot twist wasn't so unexpected; what was truly unexpected was that she already had such a deep and complex past with Yuu, a past they both managed to hide so well.

I think the suicide attempt makes sense for who Yami's mother was already written to be - clingy, unstable, desperate, so desperate to not be alone she shifts from partner to daughter.

Even so, it only makes sense if Yami's mother somehow found out about Yuu, either before or during the trip to the beach hotel. Only that would explain such a clear cause-and-effect chain in Yami's case. And it would make sense that Yami's mother would use the same detective Yami hired on her behalf to prove her stepfather's infidelities to spy on Yami herself and see who she was seeing.
That, and of course, any minimally observant mother would have noticed what even Yuzuka could detect without much trouble.

 

[Mineta_The_Grapist]

Hikari really is manly.

 

[RezaKingA]

And here come the misandry accusations… just like clockwork. I really don’t know why you feel the need to be such an insufferable asshole.

I made a long post about the official manga and novel physical sales, but you decided to get all butthurt because I threw a little jab at the Yuu self-inserts. It seems like the shoe fits.

You also seem to have a total lack of self-awareness, because you don’t realize that by acting like such an insufferable asshole, the only thing you achieve is being ignored by everyone.

Anyway, I think I’ve wasted too much time writing this reply to you. You can shove your recommendations. Also, go fuck yourself.

Makes vague statement about so-called "Yuu self-inserts."

Follows it with an interesting but irrelevant spiel about Volume 1 and Volume 2 sales

---> The "Volume 2 slump" is normal, and the drop in sales usually ranges from 15% - 30%.

Tries to associate drop in sales with 'something vague' (oh the horror)

"I'd rather not get into it." Why is that? Bad writing? Why would that be controversial? Or is it something contrived about the most evil character in the manga "Yuu".

Someone points out the obvious agenda-posting you tried to cover up with vague statements.

Reponds with "bla bla bla how dare you call me out on something I SAID" "Also, go fuck yourself."

okay lol

 

[Siexxdieus]

So this chapter leaves out a crucial part of the novelization. On the top of page 7 (after Hikari admits she likes Yami), Haru and Yuki tease her and then immediately start planning how to get in touch with Yami. In the novelization, Hikari thinks:


I knew Hikari was portrayed as the Light but she's starting to hit Jesus Christ levels of forgiveness. No matter how much Yami betrays or pushes her away? Someone mentioned throuple but I'm starting to think end game is Yuu/Yami with Hikari in a cuck chair watching.

Also of note, the author had this on his Twitter/X account:


Love how the author acts like this new development was unexpected as if he's not writing the damn thing. Also, saying it's now up to Yami to "properly steer the story back toward a twisted path" is certainly making me apprehensive.

I'm starting to thinking Yami yelling about an idiot at the end of this chapter is really directed towards the readers.

Wait does this mean hakari isn't sure if she likes Yami or not

 

[HellJester]

Wait does this mean hakari isn't sure if she likes Yami or not

Keep in mind I'm relying on Google to translate the novel so it's not giving me any nuance. I assumed what Hikari meant when she responded that she liked Aya was that she liked her as a friend. There are others on the forum that have interpreted it as liking Aya romantically.

Someone mentioned Hikari blushing when she said it but Hikari was also blushing when she apologized to Yuki and Haru so I'm chalking up the blushing as just artistic license and I'm leaning more towards Hikari meaning friendship rather than romantic like.

Also, I think Yuki was 100% teasing Hikari and not being serious when she said "Which one do you like between her and Mr. childhood friend." (Also, in the novelization the line as Google translated it is: Which one do you like more, her or your childhood friend?) I think both sentences could be interpreted as referring to friendship but the added advantage of seeing Yuki's teasing face in the manga makes me lean even more towards Yuki just being a troll.

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

« That idiot » indeed…

she should be yelling that at us, the readers

 

[FiddlePop]

I need to take my med atp

What kinda meds do you only need once a month?

 

[FiddlePop]

The Comments will be insane if that happens.

Can't wait for Hikari to do"Yami, you and I both are rivals for Yuu's affection" type of bullshit

 

[KaiserBeo]

Alright. We're back!

Aaaandddd done!

See y'all when the next one hits! I don't even remember anymore. I think they're back to monthly?