Like, Share & Subscribe - Ch. 29

[MangaDex]

 

[T-sama]

Ah Song Li, you fucking tsundere, she just can't be honest that she wanted to ruin the thieving cat plans

 

[lforc]

I hope Chilly still comes with them, I kinda feel bad they made all those plans for nothing

 

[himi-cat]

Definitely something more going on with Chilly - there's no way she's just a mega fan or anything like that, even if she's not the high school friend, there's no way she doesn't have some deeper interest in Hu LuoLuo given the way she's behaving.

That said, she doesn't seem sus at all (except for the fact she's showed up right when Hu LuoLuo and Song Li's relationship started developing properly) - she's not only being genuinely very helpful with work, she's also being a pretty decent friend. She was super smooth rescuing Hu LuoLuo when she started stuttering (which may lend support to the high school friend identity), she's giving well balance emotional support alongside helping with the technical side of the work, and she's even asking sensible questions about Song Li. I could almost ship the two of them, if it wasn't for the fact that Song Li is clearly falling for Hu LuoLuo . . . . and Song You, of course, who really couldn't handle having her new mum disappear . . .

I really hope Chilly stays around to help, regardless of what happens with Song Li participating in the video, if only because she'll stop them making a horrible video that's embarrassing for everyone involved . . .

 

[Andigo]

Luoluo is still on the edge of giving up her original channel, it's sad to see her put off this inevitable separation. And it's less exploitative for Chilly and Song Li to help her set up a new channel, as "friends", than sell noodles. I give this love triangle a pass, Chilly has a bit of depth beyond being a fan.

(The guys don't count for the triangle, Song Li likes women)

 

[himi-cat]

Luoluo is still on the edge of giving up her original channel, it's sad to see her put off this inevitable separation. And it's less exploitative for Chilly and Song Li to help her set up a new channel, as "friends", than sell noodles. I give this love triangle a pass, Chilly has a bit of depth beyond being a fan.

Possibly moving to the publishing company that Chilly works with (I think they're not at the same place, it wasn't entirely clear when she was introduced) - whether or not they'd be less unpleasant and exploitative I don't know, but if she was picked up as an associate of Chilly's that would give her a lot more power to deal with their shit than she has at the moment.

Actually sorting out her relationship with Song Li would also help. People like her producer(?) are trying to take advantage of their relationship, but pushing back against that sort of thing successfully requires setting very clear boundaries - the ambiguity of their relationship at the moment make setting those clear boundaries impossible, so at the moment the only thing she has backing her refusal to use Song Li to sell noodles is her own sense of decency. Being able to say "My friend/girlfriend is a very private person, she's not comfortable doing this kind of thing" will work, even with an exploitative company (particularly when said friend/girlfriend is a big name author), but right now she can't say that because it assumes a relationship that Hu LuoLuo doesn't really think they have.

I'm interested to see how this progresses, because there's a bunch of inter-related things all happening at once - Hu LuoLuo and Song Li's relationship deepening, Song Li finally starting to address some of her past trauma (opening the way for that deepening relationship), Hu LuoLuo and Song You's relationship deepening (she's definitely turning into her new second parental figure), Hu LuoLuo's professional career taking off (due to the association with Song Li), and now Chilly coming along and seeming to unreservedly care about and want to support Hu LuoLuo. It's hard to see any of that being negative, for any of the people involved - the biggest source of potential drama is the lack of communication between Hu LuoLuo and Song Li, and Song Li's tsundere tendencies (which seem to be mostly tsun, only hints of dere so far) . . .

 

[Colonel-Picquart]

Hmmm Chilly seems to just genuinely want to help Luoluo. The fact that when Luoluo started giving her answer to the question on Song Li with obvious fondness, and Chilly didn't have a negative reaction means she may just simply be a fan who wants to help Luoluo get a leg up. Or her old high school friend but I do think that sort of thing would have had some hints drop by this point.

 

[Yuri_Enjoyer_Deluxe]

You know what I smell? I smell cap!

Chilly got something going on... its always the scarily nice ones that be on the craziest bs...

Idk whether to be excited or worried.

 

[vixawi1793]

the blush at the end was adorable

also agree with the other commenters here about chilly. there's more to her than meets the eye. based on how she's acting she seems to be not an antagonist but we can't be sure yet

 

[silverpetricof]

Song Li is just an AoT titan on the 77% mark good lord...

Thank you for the translation.