Koutsugou Semi-Friend - Ch. 32

[BaitoDesu]

No, it isn't you, I noticed too.
And I would say it's not just the art, but these past chapters in general have felt... kinda off. Almost rushed, I would say.

Chigusa Minori is a machine, like, she pours a LOT of time into her love project, Shino and Ren, including illustrations (seriously, I wish she poured even half of all that into Suuna and Ruka), is also doing the art for the doujinshi Girls × Vampire, and is a very active illustration artist, like, for example, this month she did the cover for a Yuri NTR anthology, among other activities.

So all this could simply be her being overwhelmed by her workload, or she is simply looking to close this manga up because of that same workload.

I did a quick read of Girls x Vampire, and it the art kinda changed out of nowhere there too, and considering that I don't really think the quality is 'lower' my guess is that she is trying a new style but undercooked so far imo.

 

[Osha]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

 

[Kamui]

Suuna's top energy is overflowing. Nothing is going to stop her now... Cue for her mom to interrupt them

 

[someone2795]

 

[zairaner]

Is...is this the first time in the history of romcoms that something actually happened on a sleepover?

 

[Spectrum]

GO FOR IT

ATTACK FROM THE BOTTOM

 

[TragicBlvd]

I wonder if the dynamic with her parents is the dad is very chill and kinda in the background like Suuna. Then he gets suave as hell.

 

[alfirizkyr]

finally properly fixed the Sefure misunderstanding

Suuna didn't mistake Ruka's confession

even if Suuna still suffers from denial thanks to her experiences growing up why do I feel like the puncher's already here … I hope this continues still for a fair while….

 

[Mivy]

Glad im not the only one that felt the art was weird it did not feel like the normal one

 

[Yuri_Enjoyer_Deluxe]

She knows what sex is, run for the hills! She's gonna blow!

 

[Othingl]

This comment's going to sound insane, but here it is: my brain could tell something was off but couldn't quite pinpoint it, so I thought the format had changed rather than the art style. I don't know how I forgot this was a 4-koma, but somehow I did, and I probably would have gone on not remembering if the art style change didn't suck.

 

[mangaburner1979]

we can't have sex i love you too much is a hilarious excuse.

 

[Killthescribe]

Not crazy. The previous two chapters had looser lineart and looked more rushed or created when tired. This chapter was drawn cleaner, and looks more polished, on top of using more realistic Japanese proportions on serious panels. It's like the author is trying to recapture a better middle ground between their chibi and super-detailed art and hasn't gotten past the growing pains yet.

It could be a lot of things, like the author getting more sleep, an assistant, or finishing prep for writing the climax (maybe even the ending). Hopefully this quality stays because it goes really well with the half-goofy half-realistic weird expressions.

Their other series changed art too, the Vampire one.

 

[celstra]

Too bad minori chigusa exploration of new art style spilled here. I thought she would just use her indie manga to experiment. The new art style is not that bad, I don't mind if it's used for serious mature manga. But for highschool 4 panel romcom, more moe like previous art style is way better fit.

 

[EnderWin]

if this somehow ends in one of the mc being dense that they've cockblocked themselves, I'll just cry in pain

 

[Vivafif]

Holy fucking peak

 

[arcosapphire]

I really hope this series continues past the successful formation of a relationship...

 

[yanderecoverl]

That was hot. Please continue

 

[Eija]

this shits so fucking 🔥🔥🔥

 

[nyannibalism]

thanks for the translation!

ohhhh rukas going to get eaten tonight. a fine dessert after dinner with the family.