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Chapter is out though I haven't read it but going off that preview, MC's wife is getting fucked with heart pupils and the title is very dire for that chapter, I don't think that's MC fucking her.

Edit: Well that was a misleading thumbnail, seems like the only one getting cucked is MC's wife for now.
 
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If non of the children is his child then author just wants to make the MC as pathetic as possible? I can see why many mangaka are single lol.
 
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If non of the children is his child then author just wants to make the MC as pathetic as possible? I can see why many mangaka are single lol.
Rather than pathetic, I think it’s more on letting readers feel a non-commitment.

If both kids are his, then he will be a “bad person” for ruining the kids’ life.
Even if one of the kids is his, then that one will have advantage because it risk readers not liking the MC if he choose to abandon his own kid who is innocent in this conflict even if their mothers are cheating.
If both are not, then there’s no extra burden to his choice, especially if Chinami is also presented as cheating on him. Or at least he don’t “go to hell alone”.

Just difference in view. I think a lot of the bad characteristic of male romcom protagonist root on: 1) lack of something to build their confidence (inferiority complex) which result in 2) fear of commitment/responsibility or conflict.
Like in here, Fumiya had a feeling for Naruse, but “at least I didn’t cross the line”. The issue of fatherhood would be similar, at least no matter who he chooses, there’s no innocent collateral damage.
Which might conflict with power fantasy readers’ liking of “righting the wrong” (offensive). The characters lean to “I did nothing wrong” (defensive).

Female romcom protagonist also often avoid letting the readers feel like a “bad person”, but they’re often more expressive about hating and lashing out with their negative emotion to someone they consider enemy (or being upfront on “they betray me first so I want to make them pay”), so I think it can make reading it easier because they don’t feel as passive.
 
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Just difference in view. I think a lot of the bad characteristic of male romcom protagonist root on: 1) lack of something to build their confidence (inferiority complex) which result in 2) fear of commitment/responsibility or conflict.
Like in here, Fumiya had a feeling for Naruse, but “at least I didn’t cross the line”. The issue of fatherhood would be similar, at least no matter who he chooses, there’s no innocent collateral damage.
Which might conflict with power fantasy readers’ liking of “righting the wrong” (offensive). The characters lean to “I did nothing wrong” (defensive).

Female romcom protagonist also often avoid letting the readers feel like a “bad person”, but they’re often more expressive about hating and lashing out with their negative emotion to someone they consider enemy (or being upfront on “they betray me first so I want to make them pay”), so I think it can make reading it easier because they don’t feel as passive.

That's why the author got scared of something. Earlier on his tweets, he has this bravado of releasing something big, then suddenly in the middle of production, this project will be cut short which manifests as well on the direction. He could've stayed that MC still did with Naruse ( forced ) and still loved Chinami ( natural context ). Now the author is presenting Chinami some 'hints' ( or teasers? ) that Chinami is 'slut' , as well as Naruse, given that she have 'tasted' him before, based on how they're portrayed, the author protected the MC so much to the point that everything is their fault like Naruse being the one that held his hand first rather than him . This is really become Aitsu no Kanojo all over again.
 
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So, let me get this straight...

The mangaka makes Fumiya a saint by not touching Naruse, while making it obvious that his wife just went wild since day 1... He does the NTR video cliché which makes Fumiya go overboard but cockblocks him immediately after...

Then, time skip, and we are presented with a rug sweep that would make conflict avoidant people cringe... They didn't speak because they wouldn't be able to come back? Really? Well, he knows she got her back blown and he, well, he held Naruse's hand.

And the kids.... The mangaka keeps the paternity of the kid as something that Fumiya doesn't even think about which is, i don't know, idiotic. It would be so easy to determine if it's his or not, but I guess we have old "if they are your kids then they are mine too" so appreciated by NTR audiences...

And, of course, the ED returned so that Fumiya can look even more pathetic... Because Viagra doesn't exist in that universe and everybody knows you can't have sex without an erection.....

After all this, Naruse pushes his buttons hard and everybody is here looking at Fumiya only? Really?
He's a cheater?
He will ruin the children's lives?
He is bad?

Good grief...
 
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A lot are kept ambiguous. What Chinami doing is only implied, so it stays in the maybe yes, maybe no limbo. The video only confirm it’s Naruse’s husband.
Likewise, whether Chinami is still meeting with the guy is also only implied, and has room to only be a mislead.

On the children, what we can know for sure is Naruse’s daughter is not his.
But Chinami’s son can still possibly be his.

The selling point is on insecurity and anxiety rather than the actual fact, but there’s also room for denial so readers don’t just topple all the way to one side instead of swinging around longer.

And, of course, the ED returned so that Fumiya can look even more pathetic... Because Viagra doesn't exist in that universe and everybody knows you can't have sex without an erection.....
There’s no mention about the ED returning though. That is already out of the picture after time skip.
 
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A lot are kept ambiguous. What Chinami doing is only implied, so it stays in the maybe yes, maybe no limbo. The video only confirm it’s Naruse’s husband.
Likewise, whether Chinami is still meeting with the guy is also only implied, and has room to only be a mislead.

On the children, what we can know for sure is Naruse’s daughter is not his.
But Chinami’s son can still possibly be his.

The selling point is on insecurity and anxiety rather than the actual fact, but there’s also room for denial so readers don’t just topple all the way to one side instead of swinging around longer.

There’s no mention about the ED returning though. That is already out of the picture after time skip.

I don't think it's ambiguous at all... We see Chinami on chapter 2 sending the partner off, naked, and asking him to come back soon. If there's any other interpretation for that is out of the left field.

I missed where is implied that Chinami is still meeting the guy.. is it the page in the last chapter where Chinami is riding someone?

Ambiguity is fine, but, in my opinion, it has to be organic to be meaningful. Withholding information from the reader to keep things ambiguous is as skilled as "the murder is his long lost twin brother we didn't know existed until 3 pages ago." There is ambiguity because the mangaka doesn't show us events that should've taken place.

Not sure if I'm being clear but I think any ambiguity should arise from things that happen in the story and not because the author chooses not to show them. Since this author is fond of the latter, we cannot take anything for granted because he can always pull a flashback out of somewhere to explain a posteriori whatever he wants to explain.

As for the ED, that's how I interpreted the bottom right panel of ch.7 page 15 of the Spanish version.
 
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Ah, you’re right :D
Missed it because he’s not as bothered as before.
Wonder why though. Previously it’s obviously stress rather than physical problem. Thought it’s women who are more commonly losing appetite after switching to child raising mode. :D

On the ambiguity, what I mean is the using of that ambiguity is different.
For example, in Aitsu no Kanojo, the attempt is to create a mystery. There’s no denying there’s something, but what. I think in this case, it’s to keep guessing the information we don’t know.
Meanwhile in this one is more on creating an anxiety. Did she do it, or is it just overthinking. It leaves an uncertainty and room to want to trust Chinami rather than being quick to accuse.
That’s where I think the approach is different, both are concealing information/keeping ambiguity, but try to use it for achieving different purpose. Thus, for me at least, pulling the rug in this situation doesn’t matter much because either way is expectable.

One of the recent hint is on how Chinami seems to know the place when their son need to go to toilet.
She never went there with Fumiya before. She could have gone there before with her cheating partner. Or, she could also just go there alone or with her friend.

Such a waste though that he doesn’t show Fumiya getting anxious about the fact Chinami had also been paired with someone genetically compatible.
 
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That's why the author got scared of something. Earlier on his tweets, he has this bravado of releasing something big, then suddenly in the middle of production, this project will be cut short which manifests as well on the direction. He could've stayed that MC still did with Naruse ( forced ) and still loved Chinami ( natural context ). Now the author is presenting Chinami some 'hints' ( or teasers? ) that Chinami is 'slut' , as well as Naruse, given that she have 'tasted' him before, based on how they're portrayed, the author protected the MC so much to the point that everything is their fault like Naruse being the one that held his hand first rather than him . This is really become Aitsu no Kanojo all over again.
To sum it all up: none of these characters are saints. 😅😅😅

"Pure love" only in name, right, Nikumaru-sensei? 😏🤭
 
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So, let me get this straight...

The mangaka makes Fumiya a saint by not touching Naruse, while making it obvious that his wife just went wild since day 1... He does the NTR video cliché which makes Fumiya go overboard but cockblocks him immediately after...

Then, time skip, and we are presented with a rug sweep that would make conflict avoidant people cringe... They didn't speak because they wouldn't be able to come back? Really? Well, he knows she got her back blown and he, well, he held Naruse's hand.

And the kids.... The mangaka keeps the paternity of the kid as something that Fumiya doesn't even think about which is, i don't know, idiotic. It would be so easy to determine if it's his or not, but I guess we have old "if they are your kids then they are mine too" so appreciated by NTR audiences...

And, of course, the ED returned so that Fumiya can look even more pathetic... Because Viagra doesn't exist in that universe and everybody knows you can't have sex without an erection.....

After all this, Naruse pushes his buttons hard and everybody is here looking at Fumiya only? Really?
He's a cheater?
He will ruin the children's lives?
He is bad?

Good grief...
A valid argument.

That's exactly what we needed to hear a long time ago. 😤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
 
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The mangaka is hiding information that should be disclosed as per the PoV's he sets up. He doesn't show Chinami's partner when we see her during the exchange. He doesn't show Futaba's husband's face when they meet at the school recital nor he shows Chinami's reaction. It's clumsy, the scenes do not make sense because we are given less information than the characters, like we're being told half the story to keep us guessing the other half. A more competent writer would display all the pieces or at least write scenes that do not require hiding from the reader what all the characters are seeing.

As for Chinami, there isn't any reason to trust her. We know from chapter 2 that she went all in in the exchange, so she is capable of everything and much more. That said, the only anxiety we see in the story is Fumiya coping with the fact that he doesn't want to betray his family but can't stop thinking about Futaba. He isn't show to even care whether Chinami is cheating or not.

I would add that In this story the ambiguity doesn't flow from the events taking place but from what the author hides in the scenes he is depicting. For example, if someone is having a conversation, have that conversation witnessed by a third party, our point of view, who can't see the other person. Writing a story where you don't see half the scene "to keep you guessing" is lazy writing in my opinion.

As for the kombini scene, I didn't think too much of i: Chinami might've just seen the signpost. We are not told how close or far they are from Futaba's, as far as we know they might have just started driving. EDIT: nvm, re-read the chapter and indeed Fumiya asks himself how did she know about the kombini. Only to never think about it again...

Finally, indeed we not know if Fumiya is or isn't thinking that Chinami might be cheating. Again, i chalk this up to the author keeping his options open by withholding information that would naturally arise from the PoV's.

I'm not saying that everything needs to be spelled out. But I prefer stories where the mystery and ambiguity do not depend on simply withholding information that would otherwise be available to that scene's PoV.
 
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This is a series?????
Correction: it was supposed to be a series, but since the author confirmed that the manga would be shortened by 12 chapters due to his crazy changes to the story's direction and the backlash from English and Chinese-speaking readers, it was just rock bottom. 😅

It's funny to think that works like this die overnight. I'd say it's even poetic.
 
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Correction: it was supposed to be a series, but since the author confirmed that the manga would be shortened by 12 chapters due to his crazy changes to the story's direction and the backlash from English and Chinese-speaking readers, it was just rock bottom. 😅

It's funny to think that works like this die overnight. I'd say it's even poetic.
He underestimated the market, a good lesson for him.
 
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Brings me great fucking joy to announce this heaping pile of dogshit got axed at 12 chapters lmao...

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Stay in ur lane Nikumaru.
All of that big talk on Twitter, "pure love this" and "Pure love that". Now ur left with a limp dick in ur hand like the MC, having to storyboard your next heaping pile of dogshit manga. Also, thank you to my Chinese brothers for thoroughly shitting on this manga.
 
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Chapter 11 is out.


Chinami saw Naruse and Fumiya kissing and had a really hollow look, we've only got one chapter left now, I'm personally willing to bet that Chinami will be revealed as NOT having cheated on Naruse after the swapping ended, but then she calls another guy to do it with her and also somehow seduce Naruse, though maybe this ends in a twisted way where Fumiya and Chinami stay together but both become aware of the other cheating.
 

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