Koi yori Aoku - Vol. 4 Ch. 24

[Poison1400]

Thanks for TS, great work and great chapter!

 

[xanon]

Nice. It's looking like we get to avoid the whole "They share a common interest so she should be with them instead of me" trope.

 

[imabaru]

nonchalant queen

 

[himi-cat]

Thank you for the update

It's such a an unbelievably cute manga

Cute, but more importantly calm and soothing - there's drama, sure, but it's not melodrama, it's all about people quietly figuring out how to be themselves and feel happy and fulfilled. The cute is kind of quiet-cute - it doesn't make you go squee!, it just leaves you with lots of warm fuzzies and a bit of a silly grin; even the romantic elements are calm and soothing, more about patience and slowly recognised feelings than about passion.

If there's any complaint I'd make about this story it's the fact that the romantic elements are perhaps a little too understated - it leaves me with a subtle feeling that maybe I'm reading more into what's going on than is actually intended to be there. I don't think that's actually the case, though, since Takamine's friends have been rather less subtle about their reading of things . . . But it's still taking such a gentle approach that those niggles in my gut are hard to properly settle . . .

 

[himi-cat]

I super enjoyed reading the chapter, but also really enjoyed the lesson on the final page. Thank you TL!!

This!

One of the things I've always loved about the really good fan translations is the way they include information that explains things, particularly where a straight translation simply doesn't capture enough about the cultural or linguistic background to properly convey the author's intent. It's one of the things I really miss when reading commercial translations, and really speaks to both the care and attention the fans put in, as well as the passion they have for the works they're translating.

Bravo, knight heron, and bravo all the other groups and individuals who devote so much passion to sharing the stories they care about so much!

 

[Dingo777]

Cute, but more importantly calm and soothing - there's drama, sure, but it's not melodrama, it's all about people quietly figuring out how to be themselves and feel happy and fulfilled. The cute is kind of quiet-cute - it doesn't make you go squee!, it just leaves you with lots of warm fuzzies and a bit of a silly grin; even the romantic elements are calm and soothing, more about patience and slowly recognised feelings than about passion.

If there's any complaint I'd make about this story it's the fact that the romantic elements are perhaps a little too understated - it leaves me with a subtle feeling that maybe I'm reading more into what's going on than is actually intended to be there. I don't think that's actually the case, though, since Takamine's friends have been rather less subtle about their reading of things . . . But it's still taking such a gentle approach that those niggles in my gut are hard to properly settle . . .

Right my one complaint is how easily I can see this being yuribait, I’m down for a subtle slow burn, but I’ll be pretty disappointed if it goes for a strictly platonic or “implied” ending.

 

[ARFD94]

This series is absolutely adorable, big fan

 

[VariousThrenodies]

Ahhhhh, that's the stuff.

 

[vixawi1793]

Takamine's little smile in page 13 is so adorable. I was worried this would go the jealousy route but the author did not disappoint and just showed how perfect the two are together.