Kase-san and Yamada - Ch. 42 - Riceballs and Kase-san

[freakofnature]

hate how predictable the terrible drama in this manga has become

You know, if you find it that burdensome to read... you could always stop reading it.

 

[Mindy.Empress]

Oh boy, here goes worst girlfriend in the world Kase supporting her girlfriend again! The nerve to be worried about her health! The absolute gall to be physically affectionate with her! I can't beleive she wants to spend time with her and clearly communicates about it! I'm gonna be sick!

If I remember correctly how this "fandom" works, if Yamada doesn't attend to Kase's competition, Kase should drop her 🙃

 

[lowarctic]

truly their wife era

 

[Meowzilla]

With Kase not even being the fastest in her club, I found myself wondering about her future prospects while reading this chapter.
She’s already almost halfway through college, and I don’t think she’s been presented as an olympic level athlete, so what is she going to do after she graduates?
Yamada seems like she’ll be fine though as her talents are good for a number of different careers she could be happy in.

 

[Rogirrim13]

With Kase not even being the fastest in her club, I found myself wondering about her future prospects while reading this chapter.
She’s already almost halfway through college, and I don’t think she’s been presented as an olympic level athlete, so what is she going to do after she graduates?
Yamada seems like she’ll be fine though as her talents are good for a number of different careers she could be happy in.

Well, Kase won the interhigh competition last year and Doi won this year's edition. That makes them the fastest women in Japan in their respective years. But I don't remember if Kase has such high aspirations as being an Olympian.
In the chapters where she was working at the beach to buy a birthday present for Yamada, they were talking a bit about the future, and Kase told Yamada that she hadn't thought about her future, she just wants to work wherever Yamada goes.

 

[nyuppo]

I'm sure there is some predictable avoidable drama coming up, but for now, I always do love seeing their little domestic moments like this, especially after keeping up with them from the beginning, feels like I've watched them grow together hopefully whatever drama is on it's way makes them stronger and doesn't last long

 

[nxeno]

Oh boy, here goes worst girlfriend in the world Kase supporting her girlfriend again! The nerve to be worried about her health! The absolute gall to be physically affectionate with her! I can't beleive she wants to spend time with her and clearly communicates about it! I'm gonna be sick!

I know you're being facetious here but why do people actually hate Kase I don't understand

 

[Rogirrim13]

I know you're being facetious here but why do people actually hate Kase I don't understand

For risking her exit from the dormitories in a race. But it's mostly a cultural shock. For us, occidentals, is quite easy to deny it, but in japan she had literally no option.

I'll try to explain it after living in Japan for two years for work.

At first she says "no" to Fukami (Just saying "no", even to a friend, is already a taboo in their culture ("Sontaku", 忖度)), even when she owes her a debt for having cleaned the room all year (duty and social obligation, "On" and "Giri", 恩 & 義理). Inmediately the other girls bursts into the room, pressuring her ("shakaiteki atsuryoku", 社会的圧力). And to top it off, Inoue bursts in and forces the race with her senpai authority, something unavoidable in group dynamics like work or sport teams (relation "senpai-Kouhai", 先輩・後輩) appealing to the harmony group ("wa", 和)

And yet, in "Fukami and Kase san: Part 1" Kase sets the ground for leaving the dorms anyway if she loses the race, telling Fukami that she will explain why she is leaving if she loses. Carrying a very strong social stigma for breaking her promise (haiji, 恥).

The race was never a problem for Yamada, even Mikawa (who is usually ruthless towards Kase) reacted with concern for her.

If something is not realistic in that arc is that Kase would have stopped being friends with Fukami for bringing problems to her daily life ( the "Meikawu" 迷惑 that causes "En o Kiro" 縁を切る), but since Kase is a hopeless idiot she wouldn't break bonds with teammates.

In Japan, this arc has been fairly well received by critics and readers. Their biggest complaint is that it's about time for Kase to step forward and come out of the closet. Another challenge in Japan

 

[KamoDoge]

I know most people are expecting some sort of drama due to scheduling but I'm not so sure. We've already done the "our extracurricular activities times accidently overlap" a few times now I think. So I hope that's not the case this time.

I'm kinda thinking that the "drama" might be that they aren't on the same page about being open about their relationship or something similar. Like Yamada casually introduces Kase as her girlfriend to all her garden club members, but Kase still only introduces Yamada as her roommate to her track team. Something like that.

Just random shower thoughts about where the story might go.