Kakkoii Onnanoko to 12-centi no Yakusoku - Ch. 31 - I Don't Understand Love

[chojinra]

1, Fuk that dude (no diddy). Your emotional immaturity isn’t a reason to blame other people when you mess it up with someone you like.

and 2… Sorry Tomo, but you’re being a coward. It’s good to not want to hurt other people, but you’re really just closing off yourself because you’re afraid of being hurt if you put yourself out there.

It’s his choice, and he has time to decide if he ever wants to try love, but it doesn’t mean tall drinks of water will always wait for him.

That’s how you get NTR’D.

 

[InsertBagelRelatedPunHere]

I recognize this is probably a joke but, since I’ve spent more than 2 minutes in the comments section before, I honestly can’t be entirely sure

Vaild af given how the comments have been on this since whats-his-name first appeared

 

[Apep23]

Ngl, akari better anyway

 

[Echion]

Ugh... I know you can't expect emotional reactions to be rational but jeez that's such a lame reason to swear off of love. He didn't have his heart broken or nothing, all that happened is that he once had a dumb friend who refused to listen. And from that he concluded it's best to stay forever alone.

 

[Umb3rus]

This new revelation about Tomo does explain why he is so hesitant, and does create an interesting hurdle for Ibuki to clear. It also provides a good dilemma for Tomo, with his whole helping everyone thing, and not wanting to hurt someone, especially someone close to him like Ibuki, as it's sometimes unavoidable.
It also makes a lot of sense for Tomo to be immature, considering that he is literally a teenager in school, so a type of person who is expected to act immature. And it is a good thing for him to grow out of, as this story contimues.

It'll be interesting to see how jealous Ibuki is going to get, but I hope this doesn't end in some stupid argument about them being around another person, where they compeltely talk past each other and don't make it clear that there is nothing romantic going on between them.

I think the next few chapters could be quite exhausting, but the author, sadly, dug this hole, and now they have to get the story out of it again...

As always, thank you for translating ^^

 

[Lynkaster]

I feel from this comment that you the type to always support the 2nd love option, the one that always loses.

I mean, those two had more than a dozen year to get something, new character at least seems to have an idea to make him a better person later on

 

[Geardofwario]

Howdy y'all, Kiwi here

Osis basically did all the work here aside from the PR/QC process, so a big thanks to him today.

Also, has anyone else noticed that they purged the MangaDex Announcements channel on discord?

https://discord.com/invite/Yp8EH5P9GR

Update the volume cover, NotKawaiiBert

 

[Geardofwario]

Bro most of the chapter was about Tomo?

Word. People just out here in media sites (cough, X)/forums just complaining for the sake of it.

OPEN YOUR EYES.

 

[MadAnimator]

I feel like this chapter was so important,just showed that he's not dense but is just scared to hurt others.

 

[Haydrion101]

Tomo, my sweet boy... 😭😭😭😭😭

 

[Haydrion101]

it's not the gender, it's not a musculinity of any sorts, it's just being confused teen with a volatile hormonal cocktail fucking up the brain + some level of assholishness

Never did quite understand it, yknow. The whole harassment thing. Maybe it’s because I like playful teasing to show you love someone, but straight up torment is a pretty severe turnoff, non?

Like there's a difference between "You dumbass~ ;p <3 " and "You fuckin dumbass. :]" Y'feel me? Am I alone here?

 

[volodyuka]

Never did quite understand it, yknow. The whole harassment thing. Maybe it’s because I like playful teasing to show you love someone, but straight up torment is a pretty severe turnoff, non?

Like there's a difference between "You dumbass~ ;p <3 " and "You fuckin dumbass. :]" Y'feel me? Am I alone here?

yup, especially when it's way beyond just "teasing tee-hee" and more like straight up bullying

 

[wallsg]

Appreciate how they called out the "If a boy is teasing you, that means he likes you" nonsense. Boys who tease to show affection deserve many kicks in the sac. That's just toxic masculinity in diapers.
...

Then girls that tease to show affection deserve a punch in the tits for their toxic femininity. No difference, right?

 

[wallsg]

One of these days, the humans will invent a cowlick SO LONG they'll destroy themselves!!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!

 

[wallsg]

Perhaps how she feels seeing him racing up to the kohai and calling her by given name will cause her to reflect on how she's hurting Tomoaki by having a nice happy one-on-one chat with Tsugumi literally right in front of him at his desk during lunch. Look how close Ibuki and Tsugumi are sitting face to face.

 

[ngkn92]

I am sure Akari will lose, but I will ship her. If the ship sinks, I would too.

And the chapter is the same cliches as other romcom chapter. Well, can't expect much with this arc going on, but at least it's not worse (yet)

 

[Bonzalez]

Appreciate how they called out the "If a boy is teasing you, that means he likes you" nonsense. Boys who tease to show affection deserve many kicks in the sac. That's just toxic masculinity in diapers.

Tomo is a real one for noticing how wack it was, but also victimized by how it warped his understanding of love. True love is kind my man!

I think calling what he was doing teasing muddies the issue. That was just bullying. The difference is teasing is understood by the teased to be play and isn't unwelcome.

 

[Bonzalez]

Perhaps how she feels seeing him racing up to the kohai and calling her by given name will cause her to reflect on how she's hurting Tomoaki by having a nice happy one-on-one chat with Tsugumi literally right in front of him at his desk during lunch. Look how close Ibuki and Tsugumi are sitting face to face.

Neither of the mains seem to have much sense of personal space based on close they always get to other people's faces

 

[outinthegardener]

I think calling what he was doing teasing muddies the issue. That was just bullying. The difference is teasing is understood by the teased to be play and isn't unwelcome.

That's an interesting distinction. I think your definition of teasing requires some form of consent-- preferably literal spoken consent, rather than 'I checked their reaction and decided it was fine.' I can't ever recall a time when someone asked "Is it ok if I start calling you fuckface and saying you ride pole etc" but I've seen plenty of people assume that kind of banter is ok. The point being, "the teased considers it as welcome play" seems like a gray area in practice. I've been in many situations where I've told my teaser I didn't like their behavior and wanted them to stop, but they persisted with it anyways.

In such a definition, the same behavior could be considered either teasing or bullying, depending on context. To me this suggests that teasing is bullying, but at a lesser degree. The boundary is not which it is, but how much you tolerate it.

 

[Bonzalez]

That's an interesting distinction. I think your definition of teasing requires some form of consent-- preferably literal spoken consent, rather than 'I checked their reaction and decided it was fine.' I can't ever recall a time when someone asked "Is it ok if I start calling you fuckface and saying you ride pole etc" but I've seen plenty of people assume that kind of banter is ok. The point being, "the teased considers it as welcome play" seems like a gray area in practice. I've been in many situations where I've told my teaser I didn't like their behavior and wanted them to stop, but they persisted with it anyways.

In such a definition, the same behavior could be considered either teasing or bullying, depending on context. To me this suggests that teasing is bullying, but at a lesser degree. The boundary is not which it is, but how much you tolerate it.

Sure, social interaction doesn't have a lot of black and white distinctions. Its always going to be a negotiation between participants, a lot of which is unspoken. My point was more about the definition of teasing. The reason bullies call their bullying teasing in the first place is because they want outsiders to see their behavior as acceptable, so they say its teasing because that implies an understanding between those involved that isn't really there, and the one being bullying is then pressured to not push back out of fear of being seen as not getting the joke