Kusunoki-san wa Koukou Debut ni Shippai Shite Iru - Ch. 43 - Keisuke-kun... seeing me that way... I’m just overthinking it... Right?
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Hi, TL here, 2 things:
1. I am not 100% sure on Kusunoki rant on anime, the raw was shit and the characters were too small for me to read properly.
2. OH GOD WHY, OTOBE SUPPOSED TO WIN, FUCK YOU GOD!!!
1. I am not 100% sure on Kusunoki rant on anime, the raw was shit and the characters were too small for me to read properly.
2. OH GOD WHY, OTOBE SUPPOSED TO WIN, FUCK YOU GOD!!!
I for one didn't bother reading any of this, so you could've put lorem ipsum there for all I care
Am I in the minority of wanting the MC to "drown in the deep", but rise from it by himself? Given how he has enough self respect to know what snake girl is capable of, how is aware of himself, and how obvious things are going with MC definitely going to feel some love pains, I think he can get up by himself and find a new understanding through it all.
Or not, and now FMC is probably going to do something...
Or not, and now FMC is probably going to do something...
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Looks like a confession is very close. Or author will find a way to once again stale the progress.
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wanna beat Rentarou from 100 girlfriends ?
anyway, I am still curious about purpose from this panel. what Shizuka mean ? 
Thank you for translating
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I'm guessing it's a flashback towhat Shizuka mean ?
Thank you for translating
Since she doesn't think about romance, up to now she hasn't been picking up on any of the subtext of Keisuke's behavior - so she's just assumed that up to this point that Keisuke simply likes her as a friend.
But I think that "Ah!" moment is her realizing that maybe something is up with the way Keisuke is acting, assuming she's putting new context to the words spoken in that flashback.
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it was all legible & comprehensible, and the language flowed in terms of "natural" English, so I think you did well enough, cheers.
I'm amazed it's taken this long, tbh - though after the events at the maid cafe during the cultural festival I feel like this was coming down the pipeline sooner than later.
I'm curious how Kusunoki will react on the back of starting to become more aware of romance in general - I'm assuming she'd be happy for Otobe just in an abstract sense ("what else are you supposed to say in this situation?"), but I wonder if she'll probe Otobe for questions about how she feels about it to suss out her own perceptions of Keisuke, or something.
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i feel otobe want to consult to her to reject him cause she actually like the mc and kusunoki might get jealous or sumthin maybe
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I for one would massively appreciate and enjoy him using what he learned until now to deal with Hebikawa this time around and to showcase his growth. Author did a really good job thus far, not using it at all would be a shame ngl.
But that will most probably stay a dream since FMC, who was dormant and actively blocking MC, got conveniently awoken by her NOT plot device friends.
I mean, he got shut down, shut out, actively avoided and then pushed aside to mostly engage with other characters when he always was the one to take the initiative and try to push their relationship further. It took others, who she just isn't that close to at all, to make MC even just appear on her map.
I wouldn't even mind some "he got closer to x while Kusunoki was busy tunnel vision growing herself and spending time with anyone but him"-type offscreen shenanigans.
Glad he gets some actual action finally but immediately teasing Kusunoki getting involved just makes me think he will be a tool for her to "develop" again..
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Around a week ago, the author asked through Twitter who people's favorite girls are and the vote went overwhemingly to Hebikawa even the author acknowledged it and Kusunoki had even fewer votes than Otobe. Not surprising though since Kusunoki is fucking boring.
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Even If I didnt read it I do appreciate the extra mile TL went through.
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It really do be just about drama. The drama Keisuke and Hebikawa get into is really entertaining. I may even say its more entertaining then the stuff between kusunoki and keisuke.
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No snek this chapter. Me sad :<
whispers I can fix her-
whispers I can fix her-
I'm not surprised at all. Well, actually a bit, because the japanese public is usually very conservative.
But YES, Kusunoki is unfortunately very very boring. It's just "the usual". Nothing original whatsoever with her...
I would LIKE to like her a bit more... but she's just boring.
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I do want to see Keisuke show that he won't fold and cow before Hebikawa like he would have once upon a time - but I also would like to see them actually grow closer, even if it's just as friends - because she still has an arc of learning to stop fantasizing and obsessing over "the dark sides of perfect people" and learn how to relate to other people and be more even-keeled in her relationships.
And Keisuke, being able to call her on her bullshit and know when she's being fake, is kind of uniquely suited to being the one to help her do that. Bonus points if, in the pursuit of winning him over simply to get at Kusunoki, Hebikawa instead falls for him just a little.
I don't want them to date or anything (I mean, I do, but I also know what to actually expect from these sorts of stories and I'd bet my mortage payment that such an event will never happen), but them growing closer, as Kusunoki suddenly logs in and discovers romance, means that she might realize Keisuke isn't around her as much anymore, see him with Hebikawa, and potentially bring all three of them together in that class misunderstanding/love triangle trope so necessary for progressing school kid romances.
I also think it would do Keisuke some good to grow and progress on his own away from Kusunoki. She's been so tunnel visioned on her own debut, that he spent all his time helping her, got friendzoned, and hasn't had a chance to do much about his own debut situation as he gets stuck being in her shadow (in a sense). So her being around others, requiring others to even see him as more than just that nice boy who happens to be around a lot and seemed to help her a bunch, hopefully telegraphs that maybe Keisuke will be on his solo career for a little bit as he deals with Snek-chan.
Plus I suspect Kusunoki will get more lessons in love from Otobe, based on the ending of this chapter (however that ends up going).
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not surprising.
hebikawa is best girl after all
I strongly agree, if anything I kinda want a fire lit under FMC since she is so inexperienced and naive. Hell, I main reason I picked this up is because the MC isn't a pushover and is emotionally intelligent, most of the time.
FMC is boring imo, just a pretty face with some ideals but nothing out of the ordinary really, even by manga world's standards.
