Miyu-chan wa Zutto Tomodachi - Ch. 15 - Letter

[mgRdr]

You beat me to the punch. I just started to suspect something similar.
Not that she killed herself, but everything is sort of an accident, maybe someone was involved but no one knows or was intentionally left out by some reason, and these two will just go on and solve the problems for all the classmates - and along the way, solve the complex current Miyu has >> That's my whole series plot prediction at this point.

I am not even hung up on the suicide thing, but that's the third red herring of the same nature that we're seeing, and this makes me believe that the whole murder mystery thing is more of a diversion rather than the primary plot of the manga.
Also the manga is kind of a light black comedy, it has this sardonic tone, confronting an actual murder mystery would ramp up the drama factor and detract from its comedic value, so I expect the resoultion to be something anticlimatic, like suicide or accident or even Yuushin being the culprit.

 

[Lunkli]

I'm still going with my DID theory, so for now, I'll interpret Hongo's "H-How...?" as him being shocked because when Miyu fell she was injured with potential facial disfiguration, and one / both of his parents helped deal with that, and he heard about it through them.

I really wouldn't be surprised if she actually has had plastic surgery for a variety of reasons, but one big one is that the Volume 1 cover shows the right side of her face cracked, which implies that something is going on there. Disfigurement that had to be covered up with plastic surgery isn't too far out there, I don't think.

I'm sure most people reading this either never knew / forgot that plastic surgery can be used to cover up scars and disfigurement like this, so I'd bet that's part of why it was brought up so early on. The author knows most people won't really consider the possibility of Miyu having it just because she doesn't seem like the superficial type of person.

 

[Blackspace_2]

That second option would be way too cliche, the typical MC did something in the past and somehow forgot about it until the plot decided to reveal it to us readers while also conveniently jogging his memory trope

last chapter fake miyu is like: " we haveno clue who it could be, this case is still a mistery!"
and then we see Yuusihins thought and he just monologues like light yagami

 

[Kirin-kun]

It's a typically Japanese problem. The university you come from determines your status in society. First thing men do when meeting someone their age is ask which University they graduated from. If it's one of the big four, you're set for life and can look down on the others.

Here, I guess that being the scion of a well-off family, he's expected to enroll in a prestigious university, like Tokyo Daigaku, so he attends a cram school and is pressured to get in. But obviously, he can't keep up. C is really bad. It's even worse if he got siblings that are better than him. And if he's a failure, it's suicide for him.

So, yeah, he doesn't have the leisure to have fun with girls.

 

[ErikTheRed]

Parents is pressuring him to become a doctor like them, but his grades arent enough to get in to a good medical school I guess. Very asian with the crushing expectations.

 

[Jexzer]

Classic failing doctor’s son trope

 

[ysil69]

Yeah, this story seems like the type of "mystery" story that does not actually want the viewer to guess the twist ahead of time, so they will just reveal some random person you have never seen at the last second, or some shit like that.

Just so the author can go "BET YOU ALL WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED IT WAS THIS HUH!?"

It really does feel that way. Like we get zero progress on the case, not even little drops of info. It's really just introducing new characters with issues over and over. I could totally see a "it was this nobody you've never seen before all along" ending.

 

[jubuttib]

If I had to guess, it's a school belonging to a University that practically guarantees admission to that University if you can keep up with its program.

That's what it sounds like in some ways, but I still feel like there should be a "high school" somewhere in there... =/

 

[mgRdr]

That's what it sounds like in some ways, but I still feel like there should be a "high school" somewhere in there... =/

Different cultures mean different things by "college". In the US and the UK, I take it a "college" and a "University" are basically the same; where I am from, a "college" is something that grants you a lower level of education compared to a "University", so for example it'll grant you a speciality of a technician as opposed to an engineer if it'd be a technial college compared to a technical University, and generally you can enroll into a college without going through a high school first.
Perhaps it is something similar in Japan, or it could be the closest thing the translator could translate what was in the raws.

 

[tht_gy]

Hongo giving off some real Heero Yuy vibes when tearing up the letter.

 

[ninolover69]

How come no one questions how Miyu's suddenly alive? If mom knew she's dead surely other people must know it too, but I don't remember anyone questioning that

 

[Dingo777]

How come no one questions how Miyu's suddenly alive? If mom knew she's dead surely other people must know it too, but I don't remember anyone questioning that

That’s a plot point. They’re banking on everyone who’s not the killer to just accept that they misheard or misremembered, but the killer would KNOW that she’s dead and be thrown off

 

[AAA1]

"I will kill you"

 

[AAA1]

I sense this is gonna be a tad long manga if they're gonna be going round solving all their classmates personal issues..

this is chapter 15 and there is already 4 or 5 person being confronted. it wouldn't be long

 

[AAA1]

That second option would be way too cliche, the typical MC did something in the past and somehow forgot about it until the plot decided to reveal it to us readers while also conveniently jogging his memory trope

not cliche since it's rarely done but will be underwhelming plot armor

 

[AAA1]

Yeah, this story seems like the type of "mystery" story that does not actually want the viewer to guess the twist ahead of time, so they will just reveal some random person you have never seen at the last second, or some shit like that.

Just so the author can go "BET YOU ALL WOULD NEVER HAVE GUESSED IT WAS THIS HUH!?"

agree. the story already met few characters and no one moved from their own character's introduction. even yuushin got barely developed. this manga need more spices to pace things up.

well this make me remember detective conan whose character's and plot of story's development rarely developed. And yet it can go up to thousand chapters which is insane. heheh

 

[velatic]

this manga have changed into miyu and mc helping their old buddy problem lmao

 

[animan095]

Hope Neo-Miyu seduces Hongou and leads him astray

 

[MadScientist666]

It's a typically Japanese problem. The university you come from determines your status in society. First thing men do when meeting someone their age is ask which University they graduated from. If it's one of the big four, you're set for life and can look down on the others.

Here, I guess that being the scion of a well-off family, he's expected to enroll in a prestigious university, like Tokyo Daigaku, so he attends a cram school and is pressured to get in. But obviously, he can't keep up. C is really bad. It's even worse if he got siblings that are better than him. And if he's a failure, it's suicide for him.

So, yeah, he doesn't have the leisure to have fun with girls.

I am not surprised, because: The more I learn about Japanese culture, the more it seems to me to be something along the lines of "it doesn't matter who you are, as long as you appear like someone great". No wonder so many Japanese don't have the energy for anything other than working and existing, especially not for a family.

Also, fun fact: If I ever encounter a Japanese person who wants to brag about graduating from their best university, I can answer with, "It doesn't matter how good your university is; mine is higher-ranked than yours." You know, "emotional damage" and all that shit.