Nee-chan no Tomodachi ga Uzai Hanashi - Ch. 23

[MangaDex]

 

[Jamussor]

Ayato's childhood triangle is giving me an intense deja vu to another manga, I just can't remember the tite...

Also atp it feels like the author's been dragging this for too long. Just give a training arc timeskip if your gonna pace the rest this slow

 

[naofummi]

thanks for the tl

 

[UdenEmpati]

Setsu And Kouhei are fantastic additions to this story. Honestly having an older character like Setsu with a personality that lets him cut straight to the heart of the matter and get Sena and Nao to actually get the words out, is invaluable.
Plus, being gay and in a loving committed relarelationship means he can be close and pose no issues for Sena's struggles with men, or Nao's feelings of overprotectiveness where Sena is concerned. Great decision on the author's part.

And it would seem that Nao is starting to piece together his feelings and crystallize them into words he can convey to Sena (and apparently Setsu & Kouhei). A big deal for him, off the back of all this self-conscious avoidance in the wake of kissing Sena. Now that we're two months out from February/Nao's 16th, I suspect things are going to pick up.

Though I imagine we'll get another instance of problems, especially with Sena starting school again. Could derail the dating timeline, so we'll have to wait and see.

Thanks for the TL work.

 

[Kaarme]

Nao is certainly not insanely mature, but he's maturing fast now. If he got rid of the cold, edgy, everything-is-annoying behavior, he would actually be quite a bit more mature than most of his age. If only he could be more honest in Sena's company, after this discussion, and treat her better in everyday situations. That would help to keep her smiling.

 

[Priere]

Anyone else still bothered by the age gap or that she is a "loose" girl

 

[Jakind]

Anyone else still bothered by the age gap or that she is a "loose" girl

no on either. Also that this has been intentionally an age gap story, and also that age gap has only been an "issue" people nowadays question even though tons of older anime/manga tv shows too apparently had that more commonly and irl. My sis told me about Fruits Basket which had an even bigger crazy gap.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Anyone else still bothered by the age gap or that she is a "loose" girl

If you're seriously bothered about Sena having had sexual experience before Nao then I doubt you possess the emotional maturity to be allowed unsupervised on the Internet.

This sort of shit is supremely misogynistic. Don't be like this.

 

[GEEGEEE171]

no on either. Also that this has been intentionally an age gap story, and also that age gap has only been an "issue" people nowadays question even though tons of older anime/manga tv shows too apparently had that more commonly and irl. My sis told me about Fruits Basket which had an even bigger crazy gap.

Ye I also really don't get why they're holding back since his friend is dating his older sister so.. so why sena is waiting is beyond me.

 

[GEEGEEE171]

Setsu And Kouhei are fantastic additions to this story. Honestly having an older character like Setsu with a personality that lets him cut straight to the heart of the matter and get Sena and Nao to actually get the words out, is invaluable.
Plus, being gay and in a loving committed relarelationship means he can be close and pose no issues for Sena's struggles with men, or Nao's feelings of overprotectiveness where Sena is concerned. Great decision on the author's part.

And it would seem that Nao is starting to piece together his feelings and crystallize them into words he can convey to Sena (and apparently Setsu & Kouhei). A big deal for him, off the back of all this self-conscious avoidance in the wake of kissing Sena. Now that we're two months out from February/Nao's 16th, I suspect things are going to pick up.

Though I imagine we'll get another instance of problems, especially with Sena starting school again. Could derail the dating timeline, so we'll have to wait and see.

Thanks for the TL work.

Oh man didn't even think about how most likely some new dude will show up from school... please God no...

 

[UdenEmpati]

Ye I also really don't get why they're holding back since his friend is dating his older sister so.. so why sena is waiting is beyond me.

Because Sena is a different person than Occhi and has a different backstory and character mindset.

One of her bigger hangups from the beginning was that she felt she was "wasted" on Nao due to her lack of self-worth born of the life she'd lead since she was forced to "grow up" at age 8. Yes, she's come around on the fact that he genuinely likes and cares for and about her, but she still defaults at times to seeing him as "Occhi's little brother".

And just because Occhi has gotten over Nao's friend being younger than her, doesn't mean Sena is obligated to do the same. The tension between them still works, and it has been less than 25 chapters--the fact that some readers feel like this is being stalled out when they've actually made considerable progress as people in their own right feels like simple impatience. We even got the time check of "2 months until Nao's birthday" recently, so that puts us around Christmas time, when it was "half a year at least" less than 10 chapters ago. They've both been working toward figuring out that they truly do care about one another and want to date, and they both have things going on in their lives that also require attention from the narrative. It's all progressing much faster than it could, honestly.

Plus, the fact the TL is working overtime to dump this many chapters in such quick succession is also a boon on this front, because it's not like we had to wait a month in between each installment where 21 chapters would take something like 2 years IRL to reach this point.

Oh man didn't even think about how most likely some new dude will show up from school... please God no...

I actually would be surprised if it went that direction, especially as Sena knows that Nao only has eyes for her, and Nao has demonstrated that he will act almost impulsively to protect Sena from would-be aggressive men. They do trust one another, and have even circumvented "misunderstanding" setups already with other characters, proving they can trust one another on some level.

My thought is that they'll just be separated physically by her schooling taking a lot of her time, meaning less actual time spent together like they've enjoyed up to now. Plus, Sena might end up feeling like she has to prioritize school, meaning she might push back their "dating deadline" even further than his 16th birthday.
The counter to the first point is that she's ostensibly still working, albeit much less than before, so they'll still see one another at work each week if Nao keeps up with the job past this point. To the second point...well, Nao is very proactive, especially after this talk with Setsu and Kouhei helping him solidify his feelings for Sena and precisely just how much she means to him and why. So I don't see him allowing her to drift away or put things on hold when he's chomping at the bit to be her boyfriend almost more than she is at being his girlfriend.

The author's already shown that they'll work through perceived hiccups and roadblocks in short fashion, so I don't expect this to be "dragged out" in any obscene manner, and even the "usual tropes" like another romantic interest are already covered by the progress the two have made and the fact they both have a support system of friends who wouldn't let misunderstandings or problems slide.

 

[nihaoma11]

Thanks for the translation and for catching up to the raws

 

[jagfanbb]

If Nao ain't careful he'll accidentally bag himself a salary man. 😂