Kemutai Hanashi - Ch. 30

[MangaDex]

 

[loresx]

OMG a super chapter update, i'm happy. thank you so much for translating!

 

[Arin-san]

HOLY SHIT YES. I was not going to read three chapters and be done so I left it on my reading list hoping someone would pick it up again.

From the cover arts to the synopsis, I just know that I would like this manga. Can't wait to find a proper time to binge this.

 

[ErikTheRed]

Thanks for the update.
This manga just gets more amazing by the chapter. It feels so natural.

 

[undeed]

thank you for the translations
and massive update at that


so.. is this going to be confirmed BL from here on?

 

[loresx]

thank you for the translations
and massive update at that


so.. is this going to be confirmed BL from here on?

I'll tell you what I've understood from reading the chapters so far, I think the characters themselves don't have a relationship sorted yet, it seems like they're still discovering what they are, but it's like the synopsis says, they're not friends, they're not lovers, they're two strangers living together, I saw that the raw so far is up to 30 chapters, we'll find out better in the next chapters. But I think it could become a BL in the future or not, but it's this vague thing, but I think it's about that, about finding out what they can mean to each other, I don't know, but I understood something like that.

 

[raturine]

thank you for the translations
and massive update at that


so.. is this going to be confirmed BL from here on?

Thanks for reading. Author has stated pretty explicitly on her twitter that she does not want this to be regarded as a BL. The doujin, which this manga is an expansion of, shows their relationship

Spoiler: SPOILERS for likely future content

developing as an explicitly non-sexual one. While concrete labels are not used (as is this one of the themes of this manga!), given their non-sexual and non-romantic relations, we the readers are left to connect the rest of the dots.

 

[pio]

Thanks for the translations! I really, really like the relationship developing in this one. There is nuance that lies somewhere between friend and lover, and media doesn't really cover what that looks like in real life often. I hope someone picks up the rest of the chapters.

 

[thowawayhooray]

Thanks for reading. Author has stated pretty explicitly on her twitter that she does not want this to be regarded as a BL. The doujin, which this manga is an expansion of, shows their relationship

Spoiler: SPOILERS for likely future content

developing as an explicitly non-sexual one. While concrete labels are not used (as is this one of the themes of this manga!), given their non-sexual and non-romantic relations, we the readers are left to connect the rest of the dots.

Oh, based on the spoilers it sounds like

Spoiler: spoiler!

their relationship could be described as something like a QPR, which is pretty cool since I’ve never read a manga that’s explored non-conventional relationships like that! I wonder if the author is aware of the concept. Either way, I’m glad the author isn’t going to be putting any explicit labels for their relationship!

Thank you for the massive chapter drop! Hoping another group can pick this up, since I’m really interested in seeing where this manga goes!

 

[notekatha]

Oh, based on the spoilers it sounds like

Spoiler: spoiler!

their relationship could be described as something like a QPR, which is pretty cool since I’ve never read a manga that’s explored non-conventional relationships like that! I wonder if the author is aware of the concept. Either way, I’m glad the author isn’t going to be putting any explicit labels for their relationship!

Thank you for the massive chapter drop! Hoping another group can pick this up, since I’m really interested in seeing where this manga goes!

Yes!!

Spoiler

I read into their behaviors heavily like a QPR/QPP, so I'm glad to hear someone else felt the same way. I think the two aren't quite 'queer', but their relationship is certainly special.

I admit, sometimes I feel like the characters' feelings are being stifled for the sake of the story, as though they don't have anything really holding them back from a realization, beyond the story just kinda saying "no, we haven't had enough drama".


I think this is very well-written, but the tension feels forced at times, and it's noticeable.

 

[syncopationstation]

Wow thank you for translating this! This manga is such a gem and I’m glad that more people will be able to read it

 

[EchoGirl]

we need more platonic bromances, maybe this will get a live action too , tho that'd prolly lead in more shippers lol (I think there was a live action between a man and a women where they were both 'asexual' tho apparently they did get married outta convenience or so)

 

[Meownie]

The story literally addresses the discomfort of being quickly labeled in relation to societal judgment, so I hope some readers would refrain from asking if it will become a BL anytime soon
Anyways, thank you for your translation, i hope it get english license (i saw the french version and it's so pretty)

 

[alwxandi]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for the massive translate drop, I really owe you my life. I just a simple Brazilian man who just loved the first three chapters and now that I'm reached the last chap I can't say in words how happy and excited with Takeda and Arita.
I was almost like "wait is just soft slice of life or really a BL?" And then BOOOOM omg both of then are really lovely and precious, I can't live without then anymore.
Again, thank you so much for sharing with us the authors work and yours. I hope see you soon

 

[kamikuras]

Thank you so much for your hard work on this thus far. It's such an incredible work and I'm really glad to have read it. I definitely won't forget it anytime soon.

I'm aroace myself, and almost every single page and conversation in this I was thinking, "Oh, yeah, that's how it is." Or, "Damn, if I haven't had this exact fear or realization before." The fear that romantic partners might take someone you love away from you, the intense discomfort of not knowing how to describe how you feel about someone or what you want your relationship to be like, the inability to fit big feelings into small boxes, feeling like the people you love will suddenly disappear from your side, it's all there. It's not a necessarily aromantic feeling, I don't think, but in large part everything Takeda and especially Arita feel are feelings I myself associate with being aro(ace).

You don't find stories like this a lot. I've only ever found it in one other place myself (in the Elementary TV show, of all things), and I've been yearning for something even remotely similar since then.

Add to that the author's deft depiction of individual characters (even people who don't show up a lot feel like fully-realized people with distinct, concrete views of the world), their incredible skill for paneling and composition, and their airy, delicate style... It's something I'm going to try very hard to get everyone I know to read. Thank you again for, in large part, making that possible.