Kusunoki-san wa Koukou Debut ni Shippai Shite Iru - Vol. 6 Ch. 41 - My relationship with Kusunoki might be changing

[Uk2897]

Spoiler

Oh that seems pretty tame compared to what I expected.

Why at night though? She planning to "Imasara" him in a love hotel?

Based on that I might think Hebi and MC might actually become super close to becoming a "thing" but when she realizes despite being hurt Kusunoki still supports her. She might break and give up kinda

 

[InferiorDom]

Looks like the future's bleak hebibros

 

[Shamgarsan]

Ominous music plays from the phone

 

[CrimsonComet3]

KEISUKE BRO CHARGE YOUR FUCKING PHONE -guy whose phone is on 6% rn

 

[UdenEmpati]

I mean, 19:15 isn’t that late, and besides, we don’t even know when Hebikawa called him—it just shows a missed call.

I dunno how I thought that said 21:15 when I read it, but also wasn't the phone ringing in his pocket in that moment, when he decided to ignore it? Not saying that changes all that much in practical terms, of course.

 

[YamiryuuZero]

I don't care about what is going on with Hebikawa at all!
Good call not answering her, well, call!

 

[UdenEmpati]

Based on that I might think Hebi and MC might actually become super close to becoming a "thing" but when she realizes despite being hurt Kusunoki still supports her. She might break and give up kinda

Big assumption that Kusunoki cares about Keisuke's romance arc lol

Sarcasm aside, that would be pretty par for the course in how romcom manga tend to go, sad as it may be. Would love this title to buck the trend, but I've said that about 100 titles now and have yet to be pleasantly surprised.

 

[KanzakiYuu]

Am I the only one who picks up every call from my contact? The reasoning behind that is I never know when someone needed my help so I'm not taking any chances.

 

[Litreara]

I dunno how I thought that said 21:15 when I read it, but also wasn't the phone ringing in his pocket in that moment, when he decided to ignore it? Not saying that changes all that much in practical terms, of course.

Oh, yeah, you’re right. He actually noticed the call when his phone started vibrating, so Hebikawa really did call him at 19:15. That’s what I get for skimming through the chapter without paying attention.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Oh, yeah, you’re right. He actually noticed the call when his phone started vibrating, so Hebikawa really did call him at 19:15. That’s what I get for skimming through the chapter without paying attention.

hey, we got there in the end between us, so group effort for the win

That definitely takes the wind out of the sails of my theory that it was some sort of emergency, though. But on the flip side, that means him ignoring it doesn't spell potential "bad stuff" for Hebikawa, so I guess that's okay as a silver lining (I was worried her dad got super angry at her, or she was locked out of her house, or something actually serious, so it being not-that-late of a phone call lessens the severity of whatever reason she has for contacting him).

 

[Mangamoz]

Am I the only one who picks up every call from my contact? The reasoning behind that is I never know when someone needed my help so I'm not taking any chances.

Same, especially if it is someone who never calls me, even if they hate me. Like the time my estranged grampa suddenly called after 2 years of not talking to me.

Turned out he was near my home and he needed someone to quickly bring him to the hospital.

 

[mgRdr]

Spoiler

Oh that seems pretty tame compared to what I expected.

Why at night though? She planning to "Imasara" him in a love hotel?

The hotel staff would have to scrub off barf in adition to the usual bodily fluids

 

[Darklight99]

Yep, once again this dude is too spinless to elaborate on what he said, crazy how he tried to ask her "what do you mean by that" she tried her best to explain


But when he gets asked the same question he just hits her with the bullshit "who knows?" And "figure that out on your own" responses

Are you fucking kidding me? This kids really needs to grow up smh

Because if he actually went further, it'd only hurt his chances. Kusunoki hates the idea of getting into a romantic relationship.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Yep, once again this dude is too spinless to elaborate on what he said, crazy how he tried to ask her "what do you mean by that" she tried her best to explain


But when he gets asked the same question he just hits her with the bullshit "who knows?" And "figure that out on your own" responses

Are you fucking kidding me? This kids really needs to grow up smh

Just gonna ignore that Kusunoki is on record saying she doesn't want to really think about Keisuke in "that way" more than once now?

He obviously missed his chance to ask her around the festival, but he's also tried twice now to figure out what she thinks of him beyond "a friend", and both times she's shut him down.

And even in this very chapter, when he voiced the whole "we might be seeing less of each other now" and she responds "I'm kinda happy you feel that way".
She says they won't grow apart, but that doesn't feel like she's really leaving the door open for something to develop between them at this point in time.

And Kusunoki's not the only one with a character arc to address, so shelving her for now and any potential romance shenanigans with Keisuke is kind of appropriate, with the focus moving over to Hebikawa.

 

[AbuHajaar]

This is the one time where a phone being shown to be on 1% battery is a good thing

 

[lenovoaxioo]

You are my ...

 

[FlyintotheBlue]

What kind of degenerate puts their phone in their pocket with the screen pointing outwards instead of pressing against the leg

It was done for the convenience of storytelling. How can we as the readers see what's on the screen if it was pressed against the leg

 

[Uk2897]

Big assumption that Kusunoki cares about Keisuke's romance arc lol

Sarcasm aside, that would be pretty par for the course in how romcom manga tend to go, sad as it may be. Would love this title to buck the trend, but I've said that about 100 titles now and have yet to be pleasantly surprised.

Had me in the first half ngl xD
But yes. Aside from very few the "first girl" often wins. Most disappointing endings routes ever imo are 5Toubun no Hanayome.
Hence I like manga where there is the obvious option. As atleast I know what I am in for and wont be disappointed later on.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Had me in the first half ngl xD
But yes. Aside from very few the "first girl" often wins. Most disappointing endings routes ever imo are 5Toubun no Hanayome.
Hence I like manga where there is the obvious option. As atleast I know what I am in for and wont be disappointed later on.

I'm only disappointed with this one because Kusunoki has been written as a near-superhero with no flaws.
She's just really flat as a character at this point, whereas even Otobe has her "I'm not feminine enough! Notice me senpai!" vibe, and Hebikawa is.............well.

I know that if there's an endgame romance, it'll likely be Kusunoki, but I say that mostly because I'm resigned to not being actually surprised by authors at this point. The fact she's currently being written as not caring about romance, and pointedly keeps deflecting whenever the subject of Keisuke and romance comes up, just leaves a bitter taste in my mouth if the two of them are gonna end up together anyway.

Her whole deal was wanting to debut, and he was going to help her with that, and then he caught feelings and she's denying even thinking about reflecting on whether she feels anything for him. And I just want Keisuke to say "alright, then bye" and go get mixed up with some trouble with Snake-chan because she's far more interesting of a character, flaws and all.
My only solace, is that maybe Hebikawa is used to bait Keisuke away from Kusunoki, and the latter realizes it and then suddenly decides "oh noes now that I'm losing him I do actually want him teehee" and then we get to see her fight it out with Hebikawa.
Which would also suck, because she's basically perfect and that just means she'd win anyway in that scenario, and again...disappointing.

But, we've got a month before the next chapter even drops to start the next arc, so I'm just griping at this point.

 

[Trobilobada]

From my experience she is yearning for some coital activity. 👨‍🦼