Moto Fuuzokujou ga Kanemochi Tsuma ni Narimashita - Vol. 9 Ch. 66

[MangaDex]

 

[EchoGirl]

i get that there would maybe be night shift workers or ppl who would have a few hours of free time right before their own jobs, but i can't imagine booking a brothel appointment at like 8 am versus like a rental boyfriend lol

But imagine going to a host(ess) bar in the morning, but i guess it's 5 o clock somewhere

and lol you'd think ppl wouldn't risk going condom-less b/c i imagine even as a sex worker you could still maybe sue for child support unless they only care if you're married (although privacy aside i'm surprised more 'high class brothels' wouldn't have secret cams to make sure no one's doing any 'under the table' work lol)

(and interesting for the "Ace" to be their top customer rather than the host club referring to their #1 host lol)

 

[lesseffective]

The narrative arc of this volume has probably been the weakest. And that's probably because of this focus on Hinano's toxic relationship, and not on how Honoka learned some secret from the host club to lead to her beating Maria.

 

[EchoGirl]

The narrative arc of this volume has probably been the weakest. And that's probably because of this focus on Hinano's toxic relationship, and not on how Honoka learned some secret from the host club to lead to her beating Maria.

yeah it also comes off as more shallow having this story being a plot point/'reason' after there was another chara that actually had a child

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter

 

[lesseffective]

yeah it also comes off as more shallow having this story being a plot point/'reason' after there was another chara that actually had a child

And she felt like an actual character -- her motivations were to provide for her son, who was actually involved in the story; and not just buying 1 million dollars of alcohol...

Edit: Yes, 1 million is hyperbole, but beyond that I personally feel like using 100Y:1USD as a standard conversion for manga or anime is fine. I think it helps in detaching works from a conversion rate snapshot (though I suppose at this point it's been more than a decade since rates were the other way around).

 

[EchoGirl]

And she felt like an actual character -- her motivations were to provide for her son, who was actually involved in the story; and not just buying 1 million dollars of alcohol...

The alcohol business/brewery must be making bank, IRL ppl aside i feel like they could easily just print labeled of 2D "oshis" and all that and sell those as well

 

[Neushaartje]

And she felt like an actual character -- her motivations were to provide for her son, who was actually involved in the story; and not just buying 1 million dollars of alcohol...

My main criticism with this arc is that it's really hard to emphasize with why Hinano is doing it.

As in, the small payoff and the seeming awareness of what Hinata is doing and how it's all fake.

It would've made more of an impact if he were actually deluded about it being a genuine romance and it weren't something as weird as investing 22 million yen into a champagne power. It's so weird, why not give Hinata the money directly then?

It would be a far more compelling arc if Hinano were an actual host addict and deluded rather than realistic. Like that character that was in love with Honoka who kept spending money on it. That felt a lot more believable.

 

[lesseffective]

My main criticism with this arc is that it's really hard to emphasize with why Hinano is doing it.

As in, the small payoff and the seeming awareness of what Hinata is doing and how it's all fake.

It would've made more of an impact if he were actually deluded about it being a genuine romance and it weren't something as weird as investing 22 million yen into a champagne power. It's so weird, why not give Hinata the money directly then?

It would be a far more compelling arc if Hinano were an actual host addict and deluded rather than realistic. Like that character that was in love with Honoka who kept spending money on it. That felt a lot more believable.

Feel free to drop a tagged spoiler but does anything happen here with Arata? It feels like it's going to spill into another psychosis character, or a nothing burger that felt like it had some weird build up...

 

[Neushaartje]

Feel free to drop a tagged spoiler but does anything happen here with Arata? It feels like it's going to spill into another psychosis character, or a nothing burger that felt like it had some weird build up...

Spoiler

Not to the point that I read but there may be more after. There was a time that I followed it online on Mangabox as well but it honestly got too confusing with the ultra short chapters there to keep track of what happened so I decided to wait for volumes like everyone else.

 

[LadyTyche]

My main criticism with this arc is that it's really hard to emphasize with why Hinano is doing it.

As in, the small payoff and the seeming awareness of what Hinata is doing and how it's all fake.

It would've made more of an impact if he were actually deluded about it being a genuine romance and it weren't something as weird as investing 22 million yen into a champagne power. It's so weird, why not give Hinata the money directly then?

It would be a far more compelling arc if Hinano were an actual host addict and deluded rather than realistic. Like that character that was in love with Honoka who kept spending money on it. That felt a lot more believable.

Ya, there's no clear motivation for why she wants to do it so badly. Is she sick and obsessed? Is she doing it to win him from someone else? Did he promise her something after he "graduates?" It's been implied he doesn't actually care about her. It's the weirdest framing ever. There was also that brief comment someone sent randomly about cutting wrists.

Any motivation other than, "I really have to do this!" from her end would really clear up this plot.

 

[EchoGirl]

Ya, there's no clear motivation for why she wants to do it so badly. Is she sick and obsessed? Is she doing it to win him from someone else? Did he promise her something after he "graduates?" It's been implied he doesn't actually care about her. It's the weirdest framing ever. There was also that brief comment someone sent randomly about cutting wrists.

Any motivation other than, "I really have to do this!" from her end would really clear up this plot.

yeah you'd think with them already living together she wouldn't 'need' to unless it was underlying more toxic and borderline abusing with her more or less being forced to pay for him (but just buying clothes/paying for rent would prolly be more of a priority unless he was also somehow in debt to the club or so)

 

[Neushaartje]

There was also that brief comment someone sent randomly about cutting wrists.

As I put in the notes. I was really wondering whether it was some kind of idiom in Japanese in this business because this title is filled with all sorts of host and prostitution slang, some of which I already knew, some of which I had to look up, but I couldn't find anything about this, but I really didn't understand the significance.

yeah you'd think with them already living together she wouldn't 'need' to unless it was underlying more toxic and borderline abusing with her more or less being forced to pay for him (but just buying clothes/paying for rent would prolly be more of a priority unless he was also somehow in debt to the club or so)

With how much the club takes and how much Hinano outspends everyone else, Hinata would probably earn more by just becoming the former's private host at home to be honest.

These kinds of arrangements happen, I've even known people who do it where they get a “suggardaddy” they even live with for money. They both know, though probably have some willing suspension of disbelief that it's primarily about the money.

 

[EchoGirl]

Yeah i guess there are those wild story on reddits about messy relationships and divorces and stuff. I imagine there's gonna be drama about them being 'caught'/seen together in a scandal (tho i imagine her face is known by the other coworkers and maybe the other customers where host boy can't say "oh we're siblings" or so lol)

Although even for the convenience a live in sugar baby seems like it'd be a pain rather than it being solely 'business' to visit them where they work

Wonder if there'll be an arc of a 'normal guy' taking in some sex worker and trying to be a community leader/basically doing it for clout/charity and stuff even tho it'd really come off as condescending/looking down on them (or some kinda 'influencer' or so but that might be repetitive)

 

[StJesuz]

Here's my interpretation of what's going on.

Hinata, the blonde, is scamming people to make money and laundering it through the host club to her boyfriend. So even if she gets busted as a con artist, she can't have that money seized and returned to the victim. It's a big risk that he won't abandon her when she hits hard times.

At first I was thinking that she's boosting him up to the top of the rankings as a marketing ploy. I can imagine that being a thing at host clubs and even the whorehouses. The top ranked escorts are bound to get a lot more business just from the fame of being at the top of the chart. That's assuming that the rankings are information that is available to the clientele, I'm not positive this is true. Also they would be losing a big cut to the house, no I'm not fully confident that this is the case.

As always, appreciate your hard work in bringing this to us in English.

 

[EchoGirl]

As I put in the notes. I was really wondering whether it was some kind of idiom in Japanese in this business because this title is filled with all sorts of host and prostitution slang, some of which I already knew, some of which I had to look up, but I couldn't find anything about this, but I really didn't understand the significance.

With how much the club takes and how much Hinano outspends everyone else, Hinata would probably earn more by just becoming the former's private host at home to be honest.

These kinds of arrangements happen, I've even known people who do it where they get a “suggardaddy” they even live with for money. They both know, though probably have some willing suspension of disbelief that it's primarily about the money.

yeah, if you've read asukanojo there's def a 'menhera' chara that self harms because of her yandere obsession with a host so it def is literally someone threatening to send them a vid of that (i believe there was a thing like that in the gachikoi manga too)

 

[Makinya]

I mean isn't she just getting love bombed to the point of just becoming his wallet? Does he even want to retire or is it to create some sense of urgency and motivation for her to go to crazier extremes every single time? After the love bombing, the loverboy/grooming until he sucked her dry. At this point I'm not sure it's more than that, to be fair, but we'll see.