Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi. - Vol. 1 Ch. 1

[draxdeveloper]

Is that really a phrasing used in Japan? "Saving energy". "Conserving energy". That kind of thing. I've seen it in a couple of manga series.

That's not a [common] English phrase. It would be much more common to say "take it easy" or "don't get too stressed about things" or something like that. It's a very unusual thing to specifically evoke the word "energy" for these situations.

Well, I don't exactly use the phrase but make sense to me. I have ADHD and I value a lot where i expend my energy (I don't remember if I already said to be honest)

 

[draxdeveloper]

Imagine calling someone "amazing" just because they're hard workers while also in a relationship.

Experiment having executive disorders and it will make sense

 

[LupusVir]

Someone saying "I don't see you as a man" normally turns me off of a manga, but honestly I kinda get it here. The dude looks like he's barely holding onto his existence as a sapient being, much less one with a gender.

 

[morichiro]

I remember once telling someone I thought was a good friend that I had never seen her in a sexual way and she never spoke to me again.

 

[KimKowabunga]

c u c k

 

[MiguelH224]

"I just don't see you as a man...... you're kinda like a genderless neutral"


...........TF IS THAT LAST BIT SUPPOSED TO MEAN??


Well it's a good thing MC doesn't care much about her words there, cause I'm pretty sure most guys would much rather take a literal punch to the face, at least that pain will happen temporarily

Words like that would stick with a man, why tf did she feel the need to say all of that, she's lucky he doesn't care

 

[MiguelH224]

Yeah, they'll remain as friends
Also, "i don't see you as a man" was like "damn" until I read the "you're like genderless" then it just became weird

I'm still confused on what that even means

 

[GkStelar]

I’d hang my self if a girl told me that

"The worst she can say is no"

 

[MajorObvious]

FMC mental breakdown counter: 1

 

[vixia]

Damn this mc is really so relatable with me.

 

[weleasewodger]

Friendzoned the manga

 

[randoms986]

I’d hang my self if a girl told me that

You serious? I would be hyped I got a friend.

 

[Lunkli]

"Like, I think, like, both men and woman could self-insert on you, ya know?"

 

[danbellucci]

"I don't see you as a man"
No way I'm putting any effort into a woman who says that. I'd say 'yeah sure, let's be friends" then make sure to get more out of it than I put in and squeeze her for all she's worth.

 

[Nuggz]

Reading all the way to the most recent chapter (41) and then coming back and seeing pg7... There is a massive change in style and how Nao looks

 

[Argroh]

Oh! We DID get EDF6!

 

[TheExile285]

Is she considered a landmine? 🤔

 

[Al_Kohlick]

There's a term for this, "emotional pillow".

There is another. A bit crude yet perfectly fitting, considering the situation : "Emotional tampon".

 

[gooberthefish]

I’d hang my self if a girl told me that

I would kill my bum ass lil sister (yes literally no jokes here.) just for having an excuse

 

[ImNotCreativeEnoughtForThese]

Utterly surprised when she said she doesnt see him as a man, that sh*t was funny as hell. Usually its like this that the mc is utterly uninterested in life but I feel like this author might have actually went for an asexual apathic character for the mc. Could it be or Im simply overly hopeful?