Jimoto no Ijimekko-tachi ni Shikaeshi Shiyou to Shitara, Betsu no Tatakai ga Hajimatta. - Ch. 50 - The battle of the first meeting has begun

[LordTartaros]

They still lost in 2 v1

 

[isoycrazy]

Nice subversion to the hypnosis trope.

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

How'd they all get tied up though?!!

 

[Count_Terranova]

Kotaro wins by doing nothing!

 

[BestBoy]

Akira haters in shambles over the fact she protected Kotaro.

 

[Outflanks10]

Well I certainly wasn't expecting duct tape bondage, when I started reading this Hypnosis chapter lol.

Thanks for the translation KappaBeast

 

[nhansieu1]

First time I saw a harem mc hypnotized himself

 

[Carcer]

They had the perfect opportunity to find out how they could make Kotarou fall for each of them, but the three stooges let their impure desires run rampant.
Great job girls. You blew it.

 

[rand0mus3rnam3]

Akira won the 1v2 but bottled it by doing nothing lmao

 

[StormSen]

JP are so obsessed with domination/submission. Screwy, hierarchically obsessed culture. 🙄

• Kotaru goes in intending to hypnotize (dominate) them...
• But then gets hypnotized (dominated) himself by his own attempt. (Weak and idiotic.)
• Then the girls get into a brawl? over who gets to dominate him.
• But they're also totally in love with him (i.e. are dominated by him.)
• Then it ends with 2v1 bondage situation.
• And we don't know what else they did while he was out.

 

[Dingo777]

JP are so obsessed with domination/submission. Screwy, hierarchically obsessed culture. 🙄

• Kotaru goes in intending to hypnotize (dominate) them...
• But then gets hypnotized (dominated) himself by his own attempt. (Weak and idiotic.)
• Then the girls get into a brawl? over who gets to dominate him.
• But they're also totally in love with him (i.e. are dominated by him.)
• Then it ends with 2v1 bondage situation.
• And we don't know what else they did while he was out.

You may be reading a bit too much into it

 

[StormSen]

You may be reading a bit too much into it

Nope. But it's a general observation on Japanese vs Western culture. JP culture is fundamentally hierarchical. It's absolutely embedded in behavior and in language. It's fundamental in language. E.g. "Sempai" vs "Kohai". E.g. "Oneesan" vs "Imouto" (rather than just saying "sister").

This manga is just another example. The whole thing is fundamentally structured around a (humorous) struggle for supremacy (hence "battle" in every chapter title). (Though a big part of what makes the manga interesting is how much the top/bottom positions get flipped around.)

I like JP culture, but there are times when I just have to shake my head at it.

 

[Erricane]

Keep in mind, everyone. Out of the three here, Shigure is the only one who's ever touched herself.

 

[AnacondaHL]

Honestly, good for her, Akira earned a ton of favorability by doing the right thing

 

[shwiftyshfifty]

Totally battle of

1 idiot Vs 3 stooges

They're literally perfect for each other.