Love Agency - Vol. 1 Ch. 5 - The 5 S's of Backchanneling

[MangaDex]

 

[SeveralSolution]

Superb. I hope they have a 4 some someday

 

[Mangamoz]

Oh no she became an NPC

 

[Cernunnos]

Is that road the Bunny-Girl Senpai Kimi no Sei road?

 

[BobBob]

Kiminosei, Shirogane, dunno, dunno

 

[Quonk]

Superb. I hope they have a 4 some someday

🤨 ayo

 

[Loginy]

I flipping knew that it would be the same as in Kasaneteku... or almost.

 

[SteamySteams]

Oh no she became an NPC

Oh no 💀

 

[Kagg50]

I’m learning about communication here more than the entire time I’ve spent at school

 

[wankerLin]

Just here enjoying 5mm's art

 

[jazzkon]

I’m learning about communication here more than the entire time I’ve spent at school

glad you enjoyed the translation and the TL notes!

- jazz man

 

[beefclot]

amogus

 

[AnotherDuck]

Honestly, if you manage to translate puns (or concepts based heavily on language, like here), and it still works, pat yourself on the back. That's hard.

While I'm not Japanese, what I know of their culture is that backchanneling is more frequent and intrusive (for us, at least) than it is in the Western world. In this case, it gives a strong impression that while he's the one talking the most, she's the one leading the conversation, since she's also asking questions to get him to speak more.

Of course, something that isn't mentioned here is that he's definitely not talking too much. She's consistently encouraging him to speak more, so he's not speaking over her or dominating the conversation in any way she'd be uncomfortable with.

She still sucks at the art of conversation, but she's learning. And she's good enough for him.

 

[MangaKyler]

I’m learning about communication here more than the entire time I’ve spent at school

Same I was able to deepen more about communication & this can truly help tbh, but make sure to just not do what this tl note in this chapter is saying all the time since sometimes, the speaker can sometimes know that it's either your partly listening so saying the right words & fully actively listening should pretty much help.

 

[OkiBirb]

Is that road the Bunny-Girl Senpai Kimi no Sei road?

Yep, it’s not too far from the station that he usually gets off at (a little bit west of the beach/school)

 

[Radicool21]

I feel like the TL notes are better at exploring & explaining the psych concepts than the series itself lol

 

[Aoi_Mizuha]

just asking how i can join the discord server

 

[strider_01]

damn so i've been using backchanneling this whole time
thanks for hitting me where it hurts aka you hack this is like 3 of your manga where you did that

 

[MiguelH224]

Honestly that's L advice from Kon, people who reply to me only saying that stuff, I end up losing interest in, like actually give me something instead of NPC ass replies

 

[AnotherDuck]

Honestly that's L advice from Kon, people who reply to me only saying that stuff, I end up losing interest in, like actually give me something instead of NPC ass replies

It's like those stereotypical girl you find on dating apps. Expect the guys to carry the entire conversation.

I wouldn't say that the advice is bad, though, since it was only meant to carry her through that day, and it's only part of the skill set for conversing. It's not like, "If you know this, you won't need me anymore, kthxbai!"