Koibumi to 13-sai no Actress - Vol. 3 Ch. 12 - Product?

[MangaDex]

 

[KeiB]

Damn she saw right through him. Can't believe she's only supposed to be 13.

 

[ScarecrowB]

She's gonna go blind if she doesn't give the heart pupils a rest.

 

[havelmom]

GET HIM

 

[Bigvoii]

so many things going on at once. God i love this manga

 

[neozeed]

This is truly kinographie of the highest grade.

 

[yasashikakashi]

Chilling endpage.

 

[Weoooo]

Doing the right thing has never felt more like doing the wrong thing here. She's a sick kid. You can't just leave her alone, that's irresponsible. But the way she asked makes it feel like you have to draw a line here or you'll be doing something far, far worse.

 

[Nitrorare]

They did it for sure

 

[UselessAwe]

I love that translator note jab at fahrenheit lmao.

 

[JiYanran]

Fuck...she knew? I mean we did get told how she's different from kids her age in chapter 10 and how it creeped the adults but this...

Have we entered the gates of hell?

 

[gunthe]

Bruh , makin kesini makin kesana cok😭😭😭

 

[chusetto]

God, this is interesting

 

[Huichelaar]

Really though, just enter the house and help her. Like, you care for her, that doesn't need to be romantic. Part of the job is being a babysitter, and if you worry that you're somehow going to be unable to draw a line when merely nurturing someone when they're ill, you're too far gone. At that point, you really shouldn't be affiliated with/responsible for that person anymore. Whether as manager/babysitter/acquaintance etc.

Part of what annoys me about this comic's premise is that there's seemingly no possibility of Isshiki's love for Ayano being platonic. Somehow, him realizing he cares for her is enough for him to worry that he'll carry romantic affections towards her. Sure, Ayano is crushing on him, but she's just a kid, that's fine. He just needs to not take it seriously and not respond to her flirting. Just because a kid has a crush on you, doesn't mean you now have to distance yourself. You just have to not respond, or if the kid's too clever/precocious and knows what you're doing, just be clear to them that it won't go anywhere.

Worse still is that everyone in Isshiki's environment is supporting the notion that there has to be some romantic tension between the two. His sister and his colleague have both 'flirted' with the idea. Somehow this is supposed to be that normal/common. This feels like the "I shaved and then..." comic all over again. Where everybody just thinks pedophilia is more normal than common empathy.

 

[koollast]

Really though, just enter the house and help her. Like, you care for her, that doesn't need to be romantic. Part of the job is being a babysitter, and if you worry that you're somehow going to be unable to draw a line when merely nurturing someone when they're ill, you're too far gone. At that point, you really shouldn't be affiliated with/responsible for that person anymore. Whether as manager/babysitter/acquaintance etc.

Part of what annoys me about this comic's premise is that there's seemingly no possibility of Isshiki's love for Ayano being platonic. Somehow, him realizing he cares for her is enough for him to worry that he'll carry romantic affections towards her. Sure, Ayano is crushing on him, but she's just a kid, that's fine. He just needs to not take it seriously and not respond to her flirting. Just because a kid has a crush on you, doesn't mean you now have to distance yourself. You just have to not respond, or if the kid's too clever/precocious and knows what you're doing, just be clear to them that it won't go anywhere.

Worse still is that everyone in Isshiki's environment is supporting the notion that there has to be some romantic tension between the two. His sister and his colleague have both 'flirted' with the idea. Somehow this is supposed to be that normal/common. This feels like the "I shaved and then..." comic all over again. Where everybody just thinks pedophilia is more normal than common empathy.

It is a romantic drama so line will be intentionally blurred for the sake of the story, but I get where you're coming from. Assuming Isshiki is a normal person and just wants to care for Ayano in platonic/familial way and not romantic I can still understand the fear as society loves to jump to conclusions and these days it's more guilty until proven innocent than innocent until proven guilty. Isshiki did try and draw line when it came to romance and it pretty much made Ayano depressed and in trying to cheer her up he is unintentionally making her grow fonder of him. And well the sister and colleague encouraging her behavior isn't helping Isshiki. He is kind of stuck in between a rock and a hard place

 

[AlexUSV]

bruuuh idk i have different feelings while reading this manga, like this romance is cute but becauses of an age gap its looks a lil bit strange , ofc there's gonna be 2 ways of ending this manga, something like happy ending when she grows up and everyone is happy, or where he gonna reject her for her future

 

[Weoooo]

Part of what annoys me about this comic's premise is that there's seemingly no possibility of Isshiki's love for Ayano being platonic. Somehow, him realizing he cares for her is enough for him to worry that he'll carry romantic affections towards her. Sure, Ayano is crushing on him, but she's just a kid, that's fine. He just needs to not take it seriously and not respond to her flirting. Just because a kid has a crush on you, doesn't mean you now have to distance yourself. You just have to not respond, or if the kid's too clever/precocious and knows what you're doing, just be clear to them that it won't go anywhere.

This is a problem I've noticed, yeah. Cause at its heart, I think there's something here, a story about a kid who wants an adult that actually cares about them and that adult struggling with where to and what lines to draw as her manager. But even though he's been pretty normal about all this, just sometimes going through trauma, being confused as to how to proceed, or being surprised by her actions, everything is cast in this skeezy light because the idea that he can just genuinely like this girl and want to help her is out of the question.

Like... here. There is actually a reason to not go in after she asked like that: she's specifically asking it as if he owes her a favor for her replying to his letters. That's something you don't want to encourage, he should go in because she's a kid and she shouldn't be alone when she's sick. While he can be clear about what he's doing and why, it's going to be hard for her to not feel like she made a point and that this was an exchange of favors.

But the depiction shows the danger being horniness rather than a loss of control and turning something he was using as a way to bond with her as a favor she's doing him. What would not be an erotic situation in the slightest is depicted as an aggressive move. It'd be a surprise, and a realization that he's not getting out of this passively, but not in any way erotic. The bits of his thought train re-enforce this, too: the first thing he notices is that she's burning up from the fever. He's concerned, not enticed. Why's it framed like he is?

But again part of me finds this fascinating, because we don't have a full perspective on any of this. Cause to her it IS an aggressive move. This is her throwing everything she's got to keep him with her when she's sick and she doesn't want to be alone. One of the things about this manga that's so interesting to me is how confused Ayano is about what she wants and how earnestly the manga delves into it. She basically just wants an older brother or dad when she describes her ideal relationship with him, but she's looking up dating advice and her friends are telling her she's exchanging love letters. We bounce back and forth between people, and are we seeing Ayano being desperate or Isshiki being flustered? One is interesting. The other is annoying.

Fundamentally

Worse still is that everyone in Isshiki's environment is supporting the notion that there has to be some romantic tension between the two. His sister and his colleague have both 'flirted' with the idea. Somehow this is supposed to be that normal/common. This feels like the "I shaved and then..." comic all over again. Where everybody just thinks pedophilia is more normal than common empathy.

is the core problem. Because I'm genuinely intrigued by the premise, but it feels like people around them are just like "oh, they'll marry in like 10 years that's gonna be great, good on you two" when the actual story that's being told here is an adult trying to figure out how to best help a lonely kid, and that kid trying to understand what it is she's actually looking for.
And sure maybe I'm giving it way too much credit and I'm gonna look back on these posts and sigh. But there's something really compelling here!

 

[Admmi]

Cmon mc, break the rules, you know you want to

 

[famboyhooters]

please just start dating already

 

[danbellucci]

She's annoyed with him because she knows that he likes her but he's still trying to act half-hearted .
Get his ass Ayano! Use your charms! The force of youth!