Kiryuu-sensei wa Renai ga Wakaranai. - Vol. 5 Ch. 52
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OMG AN UPDATE 2 YEARS LATER??? THANK YOU FOR THE NEW CHAPTER! Only two more chapters left to go!
It's been a loooong while since I've last read this, so my memory is a bit rusty, but I'm glad the manga went in this direction. I do feel bad for Kyousuke and I'm a little sad it seems like they won't maintain a friendship, though I completely understand why it's for the best. But I'm also relieved the author is letting Futaba forge her own path, and I'm glad the author is committing to Futaba being aromantic, as I've very rarely seen that in any media at all. I'm very curious to see how this series ends!
It's been a loooong while since I've last read this, so my memory is a bit rusty, but I'm glad the manga went in this direction. I do feel bad for Kyousuke and I'm a little sad it seems like they won't maintain a friendship, though I completely understand why it's for the best. But I'm also relieved the author is letting Futaba forge her own path, and I'm glad the author is committing to Futaba being aromantic, as I've very rarely seen that in any media at all. I'm very curious to see how this series ends!
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Like most people in the comments. I'm happy that Futuba is staying true to herself and sort of addresses handling societal expectations.
Yes going with the flow will be easy however she won't be happy with herself.
Like most people in the comments. I'm happy that Futuba is staying true to herself and sort of addresses handling societal expectations.
Yes going with the flow will be easy however she won't be happy with herself.
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In stories about romance, the resolution is almost always some form of “yes”. A tie being forged, a life altered. It’s striking to see a story where the ultimate resolution is — and always had to be — “No, never, not with anyone.” Instead of going from absence to presence, the arc is in acknowledging and embracing the absence as what was right for her all along. Not an arc of change, but of accepting that it won’t happen.
It’s not an easy story to tell. You’ll never read a WSJ manga about someone who’s always been pressured to become the Ninja Wizard Champion deciding that he doesn’t want to and doesn’t have to. I don’t think popular storytelling will ever lend itself to that kind of narrative. But there’s a place for it. I’m glad stories like this are being told.
EDIT: Another thought. Jump tells stories about adolescence, which are fundamentally stories about becoming. And this is a story about staying, and accepting that the place you’ve been in for a long time was always the right place. It’s the kind of narrative that arguably only really works with an adult protagonist.
It’s not an easy story to tell. You’ll never read a WSJ manga about someone who’s always been pressured to become the Ninja Wizard Champion deciding that he doesn’t want to and doesn’t have to. I don’t think popular storytelling will ever lend itself to that kind of narrative. But there’s a place for it. I’m glad stories like this are being told.
EDIT: Another thought. Jump tells stories about adolescence, which are fundamentally stories about becoming. And this is a story about staying, and accepting that the place you’ve been in for a long time was always the right place. It’s the kind of narrative that arguably only really works with an adult protagonist.
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