Koibumi to 13-sai no Actress - Vol. 6 Ch. 26 - Hero? (Second Half)

[MangaDex]

 

[Magnus_Prime]

It was kinda boring, but I'm still grateful for the backstory.

I get that that may sound contradictory. LOL

 

[Redflaggnz]

Thank you for translating this!

 

[shadowsito]

Wait, now I'm confused.

It was never revealed to the public that he was the one in the photo with Akari...so what kind of info did Ayano's friend have about him at ch25?

Edit: Well, I read that chapter again and I guess her mom's connection are that good?

 

[RakshaJaeger]

Yeah, I don’t get this mc, did he love Akari or not ? He never was honest with her nor himself. He did nothing, things just happened to him and he went with it, and kept avoiding getting involved with Akari, cuz she’s an idol. Even though she said she wasn’t serious about it, just doing it for her dad and all, but nah he did nothing. So she got fed up and left him, the photo get leaked, she calls him, he avoids her call to « protect her », but in the end it’s just to protect himself, he does nothing, just going with the flow and hiding himself like always.
And now he has a new jobs, a 13yd girl is in love with him, he had the perfect woman but nah he let her go, now the only option he has is grooming a 13yd. Shinzo Abe is dead because of dudes like him. Useless bastard
Thanks for the translation

 

[ScarecrowB]

They are trying to frame it like he was in the wrong for not going "save" her from the media, but there was no reason for the guy to destroy his life by showing there AND there was literally nothing he could do about the current situation, if anything he showing up would only make things worse by reaffirming the current narrative of her having a boyfriend.

They could keep calling each other or messaging to keep the moral high, but asking him to go there and basically commit social suicide was not the right thing to do for any of them.

 

[Heika]

I'm pretty disappointed in Fumi. He's gutless, indecisive, and weak.

They are trying to frame it like he was in the wrong for not going "save" her from the media, but there was no reason for the guy to destroy his life by showing there AND there was literally nothing he could do about the current situation, if anything he showing up would only make things worse by reaffirming the current narrative of her having a boyfriend.

They could keep calling each other or messaging to keep the moral high, but asking him to go there and basically commit social suicide was not the right thing to do for any of them.

All he had to do was answer her calls. And he failed at not being pathetic before then when he stopped talking to her before that.

 

[ScarecrowB]

Yeah, I don’t get this mc, did he love Akari or not ? He never was honest with her nor himself. He did nothing, things just happened to him and he went with it, and kept avoiding getting involved with Akari, cuz she’s an idol. Even though she said she wasn’t serious about it, just doing it for her dad and all, but nah he did nothing. So she got fed up and left him, the photo get leaked, she calls him, he avoids her call to « protect her », but in the end it’s just to protect himself, he does nothing, just going with the flow and hiding himself like always.
And now he has a new jobs, a 13yd girl is in love with him, he had the perfect woman but nah he let her go, now the only option he has is grooming a 13yd. Shinzo Abe is dead because of dudes like him. Useless bastard
Thanks for the translation

She was the one who hung up on him, expecting him to rush over there. Which he did not.

 

[Blackspace_2]

yaeh im convinced the end game will involve second scandal but this time he'll act. and also she comes back and everything is awesome. everything is cool when youre part of team!

 

[ysil69]

Wait, now I'm confused.

It was never revealed to the public that he was the one in the photo with Akari...so what kind of info did Ayano's friend have about him at ch25?

Edit: Well, I read that chapter again and I guess her mom's connection are that good?

People in the industry would've known, and when she retired you can imagine people were gossiping.

 

[sir_jerkington]

Well, I didn't need whiskey after reading this week. May this trend continue.

 

[TheBlackGamer]

Yeah, I don’t get this mc, did he love Akari or not ? He never was honest with her nor himself. He did nothing, things just happened to him and he went with it, and kept avoiding getting involved with Akari, cuz she’s an idol. Even though she said she wasn’t serious about it, just doing it for her dad and all, but nah he did nothing. So she got fed up and left him, the photo get leaked, she calls him, he avoids her call to « protect her », but in the end it’s just to protect himself, he does nothing, just going with the flow and hiding himself like always.
And now he has a new jobs, a 13yd girl is in love with him, he had the perfect woman but nah he let her go, now the only option he has is grooming a 13yd. Shinzo Abe is dead because of dudes like him. Useless bastard
Thanks for the translation

Gonna call you out in the last part. He's not grooming Ayano and thinking he is, is pure stupidity. Ayano is trying to groom him by doing heavily suggestive actions. He's just not taking the bait.

She's in love with him. He's just doing his job.

Also ye Fumi was mega pathetic and only cares about himself which would be fine but then why waste an idol's time by wooing her like he did. Sucks but hopefully things will be better.

 

[luminary]

No payoff with regard to that cunt of a director is going to make my blood pressure spike. Fuck that guy. I know it's not that kind of manga but mannnnnn...

 

[neozeed]

Fumi did nothing wrong.

 

[ventzx]

I want to cut him some slack and I really want to understand the conundrum he found himself into, but at the end of the day it was all lack of balls, he both didn't do anything wrong and he did everything wrong.

 

[Faint15]

Fumi literally didn't do anything wrong. Imagine essentially cutting a relationship off and thinking he would come back and "save" them in their time of need after the fact.

 

[UhhExi]

This backstory was definitely needed since a while ago.

Shitty that stuff like this happens irl a lot, too...

 

[RakshaJaeger]

Gonna call you out in the last part. He's not grooming Ayano and thinking he is, is pure stupidity. Ayano is trying to groom him by doing heavily suggestive actions. He's just not taking the bait.

She's in love with him. He's just doing his job.

Also ye Fumi was mega pathetic and only cares about himself which would be fine but then why waste an idol's time by wooing her like he did. Sucks but hopefully things will be better.

I didn’t say he was grooming her, I said grooming her was the only option he had left cuz this dumbass, pathetic bastard let go the perfect girl. I don’t wish to see him end with ayano, he deserves to end up all alone. I hope Akari found a good guy on her own and won’t come back to him in the present, like I’m available so why not me ?

 

[welnic]

Like his excuse was that she was an idol, but man she was ready to give up the show biz for being with him, and i don't get the line, he wouldn't fit to her, they were getting along just fine, I hope she will comes back to beat some balls into him

 

[Beatrice]

They are trying to frame it like he was in the wrong for not going "save" her from the media, but there was no reason for the guy to destroy his life by showing there AND there was literally nothing he could do about the current situation, if anything he showing up would only make things worse by reaffirming the current narrative of her having a boyfriend.

They could keep calling each other or messaging to keep the moral high, but asking him to go there and basically commit social suicide was not the right thing to do for any of them.

You're thinking only of the outcome and not the lingering issue that plagued their entire "relationship". Fumi never wanted to commit or see Akari for who she was. He placed walls and barriers around them right until the very end.

Now that is fine. What's not fine is that he chose to do things half-assed. He'd still see Akari. He'd still see her dad, because being with them actually made him happy, yet would still reject them if things got uncomfortable. It is entirely a matter of communication and ignoring the real feelings of the people he's associating with because of his own fragile self-esteem.

It's a bad look no matter how you slice it. Akari cannot be blamed one bit for her choice. The real issue in the present is that he is repeating the same mistakes. Shiraki, who was completely outside the Akari matter, calls Fumi out on his indecision so the narrative is clearly framing Fumi as the "problem" here. Ayano is similarly confused because she doesn't know where she and Fumi stands, as he has yet to make that clear (this isn't totally his fault, mind you. Ayano is nuts). Bro needs to decide what he wants and to go for it.