Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko ja Nakatta - Ch. 157 - Mission Complete!

[SrNevik]

He didn't realize he was walking into "third wheel hell." Poor lad, misreading their "troubles" and thinking his services were needed. I respect the effort though. I'm sure they'll need him eventually, as a good friend....but not today!

 

[dixiegray03]

i will always love their friendship 🤧

 

[maxur]

Poor boy, don't worry my bro I'm sure you will find a boyfriend someday and you will get your revenge ;3

I'm glad the girls are still close, this even if they haven't fully talked about the problems they love each other too much for that to matter :3

 

[Kamishin]

He's just like me fr fr!!!

 

[kiero13]

ok so the make up shit was effective... too effective...

BUT THAT DOESNT SOLVE THINGS SHE WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE ISSUE

 

[xanon]

Skinship...it's what's for yuri!

 

[TanyaTheEvil]

Thanks for the chapter and translation. That las panel was hilarious

 

[blackmasta]

 

[Kitsune_115]

Love to see that.

 

[yuri_enjoyers]

SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ME A VIDEO ESSAY OF THIS STORYS TIMELINE AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS IM SO LOST, IM NOT GOOD AT READING STUFF AND PICKING IT UP I NEED VODEOS TO HELP ME BREAK IT DOWN WHÀAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[beThereShortly]

Narita, oh Narita, how we've missed you.
Gaze upon these lebsians you've created.
They are your gift to us, the readers.
Do not avert your eyes.

 

[WolfenLady]

That hand on the knee. The skirt certainly didn't deter Mitsuki's hand from trying to (subconsciously or not) get to the promise land 😅

 

[mangaburner1979]

I reread the post time-jump chapters and it reads much smoother than week to week, as expected. I don't really understand the complaints about it being bad storytelling on a technical level, that just isn't true. The story rhythm and tone is quite different from the earlier chapters but I think Arai's approach is a lot more subtle and intentional than some of you are giving her credit for. I can understand not liking it, highschool dreams and romance hitting cold adult reality isn't what some of you signed up for. I do like the major grunge vibes. I think its a refreshing approach from Arai and shows how she's matured as a storyteller as the manga has progressed.

Someone joked in the last chapter's comment section about a throuple between Aya/Mitsuki/Shu and I didn't really see it but after rereading it, y'know I can see Arai is cooking something. There's all the comments about cheating, Shu is clearly attracted to Aya, Aya's eyes lighting up green talking to Shu last chapter after being devoid of color... One detail that really stood out to me from my reread was the last panel of Chapter 144, where we see from Shu's POV Mitsuki reaching out her hand to Shu while Aya, turned away, grabs Mitsuki's face and clings close to her. Could be nothing, but felt like foreshadowing of something.

 

[yogurtman250]

But would he able to become that type of cupid though?

 

[UdenEmpati]

I reread the post time-jump chapters and it reads much smoother than week to week, as expected. I don't really understand the complaints about it being bad storytelling on a technical level, that just isn't true. The story rhythm and tone is quite different from the earlier chapters but I think Arai's approach is a lot more subtle and intentional than some of you are giving her credit for. I can understand not liking it, highschool dreams and romance hitting cold adult reality isn't what some of you signed up for. I do like the major grunge vibes. I think its a refreshing approach from Arai and shows how she's matured as a storyteller as the manga has progressed.

Someone joked in the last chapter's comment section about a throuple between Aya/Mitsuki/Shu and I didn't really see it but after rereading it, y'know I can see Arai is cooking something. There's all the comments about cheating, Shu is clearly attracted to Aya, Aya's eyes lighting up green talking to Shu last chapter after being devoid of color... One detail that really stood out to me from my reread was the last panel of Chapter 144, where we see from Shu's POV Mitsuki reaching out her hand to Shu while Aya, turned away, grabs Mitsuki's face and clings close to her. Could be nothing, but felt like foreshadowing of something.

Only thing I'll say is that ch.144 spells out what's being shown.
Aya, plastered at her "final stage" of inebriation, is being shper clingy/handsy with Mitsuki, while the latter is accepting Aya's jacket from Shu as the two of them are heading home from the bar.

I feel like putting foreshadowing of interrelational drama onto that specific panel would be really reaching, unless you can also cite other parts of the series wherein Arai has used otherwise-innocuous body language previously to similar effect.
That would at least denote precedence, but otherwise I am unconvinced it had deeper meaning.

 

[faaresemo]

"but I didn't do anything"

 

[mangaburner1979]

Only thing I'll say is that ch.144 spells out what's being shown.
Aya, plastered at her "final stage" of inebriation, is being shper clingy/handsy with Mitsuki, while the latter is accepting Aya's jacket from Shu as the two of them are heading home from the bar.

I feel like putting foreshadowing of interrelational drama onto that specific panel would be really reaching, unless you can also cite other parts of the series wherein Arai has used otherwise-innocuous body language previously to similar effect.
That would at least denote precedence, but otherwise I am unconvinced it had deeper meaning.

I should have been more clear in the comment, you are right that there's no ambiguity about what is happening in that scene. But to me it feels like a very deliberate choice to depict something innocuous as handing over a jacket in the way Arai does. If you were reading the raws without text, I would forgive some people for interpreting it as Mitsuki doing a cool come hither jesture. Whether it means anything...we will see.

 

[Takuma_Aki]

Narita, you fool! She asked for help to extend the date to a whole day, not a help to make them more intimate!

 

[rckvnka]

But what about his love life though? lol