Looks like MC and Mai are already heading toward the next step before becoming husband and wife after that conversation in this chapter
I'm so shipping the Friends Throuple. They'll even get unlimited ice cream, apparently.Wait, Iwakura's kept man? 😲
sorta like having Iwakura as "sugar mommy" I supposeIwakura’s kept man means…?
Thanks. I was like, who's Iwakura again? Now I reckon who.I'm so shipping the Friends Throuple. They'll even get unlimited ice cream, apparently.
Iwakura’s kept man means…?
sorta like having Iwakura as "sugar mommy" I suppose
kept man/woman is a "relationship" dynamic in which the partner handles living expenses / financial support / etc. and you just kind of freeload other than whatever the relationship entails
it's a term with negative connotations and more so for a lover / similar and not in the sense of a house husband / wife
I was actually curious what the original used - thanks for the context!It actually took me a while to figure out how to translate it too. In Japanese, it's ヒモ (himo), which has the exact same meaning as "kept man", so it's the only thing that really fits. I considered using gigolo or sugar baby, but those imply a sexual relationship.