Now That We Draw - Ch. 43 - Run Run

[havelmom]

Sir... a second Male lead has entered the story to cover for a possible rejection

 

[D1stanc3]

Wow such an obvious insert of a love interest for her for when the mc picks the other girl. Boo.

 

[NeverAnother]

It’s like authors go out of their way to create the actual best girl second because they got practice in with the first one lol.

 

[Kaito57]

Yankee-kun got that NTR resting face but I will not draw hasty conclusions considering how chill he was over all this.

 

[thebombishereandthereandEVERYWHERE]

She isn't even out of the romantic "race" and the author's already set her up with a tertiary male character that's somehow less charismatic looking than Yume. I hate when the best girl is passed off as sloppy seconds to boring characters. Really disappointing turn of events.

 

[USB3pt0]

MISTER PRESIDENT A SECOND NAMED MALE CHARACTER HAS HIT THE ROMANTIC COMEDY

betting we get at least two fantasies from uehara of chad "tsuda" thundercock taking both girls for himself

Nah but fr cute Koi chapter, thanks for the TL!

 

[SUPER7X]

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[Doutorfunga]

Glad for her, she found the courage to speak to others by herself
Now if one wanted to backbite a little bit, one could say that the author is already setting a 2nd dude for the heroine who’s going to lose in the end and man, after all those chapter where fmc did nothing to backpedal in order to, I assume, have the 2 female lead being at the same level with mc, that feels weird and unnecessary imo…
Thanks for the translation

I didn't mind, he seems like a good person and I appreciate it when romance stories don't focus all of the female cast's affection on one single guy

 

[AnotherDuck]

She isn't even out of the romantic "race" and the author's already set her up with a tertiary male character that's somehow less charismatic looking than Yume. I hate when the best girl is passed off as sloppy seconds to boring characters. Really disappointing turn of events.

Do you prefer it when they end up alone, then? And I see no reason to wait to introduce a new love interest for a secondary character until it's super convenient. That just makes it seem like the author took pity on her for making her end up alone.

 

[thebombishereandthereandEVERYWHERE]

Do you prefer it when they end up alone, then? And I see no reason to wait to introduce a new love interest for a secondary character until it's super convenient. That just makes it seem like the author took pity on her for making her end up alone.

I'd much prefer the harem-ending route to what it seems like we're getting. No matter how quality a series is, it never lands the sloppy seconds route. The girl who loses and her new love interest never have any chemistry. It's boring.

And it'll end up feeling skummy. I wouldn't be surprised if, by the time Uehara has to make a decision on who he loves more, this new character will be familiar with the main cast. How does that read? Girl gets her heart broken, and the guy who had been hanging around her while she was chasing after someone else moves in to "comfort her". It makes this new character seem at best like a loser, and at worst like a creep.

 

[AnotherDuck]

I'd much prefer the harem-ending route to what it seems like we're getting. No matter how quality a series is, it never lands the sloppy seconds route. The girl who loses and her new love interest never have any chemistry. It's boring.

Kind of how I feel about most harem endings. Sometimes they're pulled off well enough, but usually it's just a cop-out. Most of the time the problem is that it needs to be a genuine all-direction relationship. Not just two or more girls who like the same guy, but with questionable chemistry between them. This one isn't too bad about that part, but they're still competing for his affections, which is bad for harems.

How does that read? Girl gets her heart broken, and the guy who had been hanging around her while she was chasing after someone else moves in to "comfort her". It makes this new character seem at best like a loser, and at worst like a creep.

If he got interested in her before any of that, he'd be more of a loser to abandon her. So far he hasn't seen her be interested in anyone, so he has no reason to think he should back off. But so far it's not gotten to any of that, so it's too early to tell.

 

[thebombishereandthereandEVERYWHERE]

Kind of how I feel about most harem endings. Sometimes they're pulled off well enough, but usually it's just a cop-out. Most of the time the problem is that it needs to be a genuine all-direction relationship. Not just two or more girls who like the same guy, but with questionable chemistry between them. This one isn't too bad about that part, but they're still competing for his affections, which is bad for harems.


If he got interested in her before any of that, he'd be more of a loser to abandon her. So far he hasn't seen her be interested in anyone, so he has no reason to think he should back off. But so far it's not gotten to any of that, so it's too early to tell.

Agree to disagree. I'm willing to eat my words if this new guy ends up likable and his chemistry with Shiori is fun to read. I wouldn't even be shocked if they just ended up being good friends and no romance developed. But I'm not confident. I wish Niina and Shiroi's "rivalry" had gone on for a bit longer, but it's obvious the author plans on ending it sooner than I expected.

Admittedly, I would have preferred that this story never went the route of two competing girls in the first place, as I feel it's a lazy way to introduce short-lasting conflict and melodrama. Write a harem series if you want to tell that story, don't introduce that plotline ten chapters in.

 

[biologist]

The OG will remember the mangaka incident.

 

[crimeone]

Good for her, either way she's going to lose, plz give us a alternative ending I know I say this again last comment but plz lord almighty.

 

[Jachinz]

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No.

 

[onichin]

Man this thing is circling the drain. Either make Abe proud or don't god dangit.

 

[biologist]

I am still waiting for the follow up of this.

 

[WiseMansBlood]

ima just be honest it would be nice if these two kinda become their own romcom thing, cus the entire drama between the current two heroines is so unneccessary

 

[Rowdy91]

Oh no, the throuple ending is in danger!

 

[Siete]

Nothing more cringe than the kind of reader that celebrates or has no issue with the introduction of female characters to obligatorily lust over the MC but loses their mind whenever a new dude is introduced.