Osananajimi ni Kokuhaku Shitai Shougakusei ga 1-wa-goto ni Utsukushiku Seichou Shiteiku Hanashi.

[MangaDex]

 

[Firestorm252]

This is how I pictured my childhood.

What reality had in store was a different matter entirely.

 

[assman162]

pretty shit

 

[Sevinto]

Just read it if you are bored it's pretty good.

 

[juggernuts]

bruh

 

[Oeconomist]

The story-telling ball went into the gutter with chapter 8.

 

[Firestorm252]

Oh well apparently "getting beautiful" happens before high school according to this manga. Guess I got the crappy genes.

Ah well, alcohol and antidepressants will always be there for me. They always have been.

 

[DylanGTech]

Manga: Guy likes gals with ponytails. Gal shows up with ponytail. Guy notices.

Real life: Gal likes fit, poetic guys who can socialize. Guy drops 100 pounds, quits horrible habits, reads books he never would have (and mistakenly learns to flirt as a bonus). Gal ends up moving off, but now guy is prepared to impress. (Yes this is a self-insert).

I like that this manga focuses on the real life side of male improvement for the right reasons (at least so far).

 

[altmaria]

I like that this manga focuses on the real life side of male improvement for the right reasons (at least so far).

That's fair, but on the other hand it seems that for the author, the female improvement so far is to be less of a tomboy. Apart from that, she only has to exist.

There's also something to be said about improving for impressing others vs improving for your own sake, and their chronic lack of communication.

 

[KirishimaX]

Now the question remains (ch 16) when tf is he gonna confess

 

[TestAddress]

This is how I pictured my childhood.

What reality had in store was a different matter entirely.

Well the girl you liked will soon notice you anyway.

 

[Firestorm252]

Well the girl you liked will soon notice you anyway.

It's all good.
It's like two decades in the past. Last I was aware, she was happily married with kids. Happier expression on her face than I could ever hope to elicit despite my best efforts over the decade-plus we knew each other.

We stayed friends a good while but I eventually decided it was best for my own mental health to sort of disappear. If she wanted to stay in contact she had my info. She never has, and that's fine so long as I can think that she's happy.

It's all I ever wanted even though it increasingly became evident I wasn't going to be the one to do it. And after time to reflect on it, especially because I realized I couldn't make her happy.

Now I just get to play the part of the cynical workaholic, pounding down antidepressants, blood pressure pills, and liquor as I learn to accept that my best years are long gone.

Remember kids, don't be me hahaha.

 

[TestAddress]

Now the question remains (ch 16) when tf is he gonna confess

They had a tacit agreement to get married.
Maybe in Japan after you get to a university nobody cares anyway?

 

[Sancho_2]

This is the kind of story that if it ends with NTR, completely breaks my heart and makes me hate humankind. Let's just hope it doesn't.

 

[LupusVir]

Reads books he never would have (and mistakenly learns to flirt as a bonus).

Yo what books?

 

[Toadtheloser]

Genuinely infuriating manga. Why the absolute fuck is it taking so long for him to confess. Even worse than Amano Megumi wa Suki Darake, even though it has only been 16 chapters long.

 

[agtra]

This series is a proof that we need to allow grooming to eliminate all ugly children

 

[Sevinto]

Just read it if you are bored it's pretty good.

I got to say it didn't turn to anything cliche , it's pretty good.
Spoiler:-
Bro missed his chance to propose first though.

 

[KingCarna]

N

oh no… c’mon kids,
You got this!

 

[Luneth977]

Honestly after chapter 10 it all went downhill, and it’s still missing their marriage just jumped into it