Osoraku Kanojo wa Ore no Aniki o Neratteru - Ch. 28

[matcap]

I'll be disappointed if this new girl is the way she is around big bro because doesn't like guys. I like her a lot more than the classmate that tried to use MC. Besides, big bro looks like he'd benefit from being with someone who doesn't fawn all over him live everyone seems to do.

 

[PakBatu]

She's an author avatar i believe,she know too much...

 

[FloorRoof]

You can have a close and special relationship with someone without having any thoughts of dating them.

I can relate to the sentiment but there are no 'just friends' in fiction.
Even if two compatible characters aren't intended to be canonized as an official couple, a savvy author would still rather keep their relationship ambiguous than put them in a definite friendzone. You'd have to be out of your mind to pick a fight with shippers and sink their otp.

 

[blablablub]

but she's the only person who has absolutely zero interest in my brother

 

[Starrcades]

I can relate to the sentiment but there are no 'just friends' in fiction.
Even if two compatible characters aren't intended to be canonized as an official couple, a savvy author would still rather keep their relationship ambiguous than put them in a definite friendzone. You'd have to be out of your mind to pick a fight with shippers and sink their otp.

That makes sense. I didn’t think about shippers when I thought about it because I don’t care what shippers think. But authors kinda have to if they don’t want to deal with their outrage. I hope the author won’t fold, but considering how annoying shippers would be, I guess I’d be fine with it.

 

[kenji691]

Another ship need to sail

 

[FloorRoof]

But authors kinda have to if they don’t want to deal with their outrage.

I guess they're free to write complex non-obvious relationships in more mature dramatic works that shippers and self-inserters wouldn't read in the first place. Yeah, it's a matter of understanding what your core audience expects.
Edit: And I mean all sorts of other readers of bubbly romance stories also want to see kids enjoy their youth, so saying that maybe we could have a bit less romance must be a strange thing to ask, I guess.
Not to mention, MC's life would get a whole lot less annoying if his bro got himself a girlfriend, so I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to play matchmaker, actually.

 

[MagnaDrake]

Honestly, I’d prefer if they don’t date and just stay as friends. Her current relationship with the older brother sends a message to Youta that just because someone is special to someone doesn’t mean they are romantically in love. You can have a close and special relationship with someone without having any thoughts of dating them.
It adds to the conflict and is generally an important message to have. So having them get together undermines the message of it and the conflict so far. Plus, I just think it would be a lame and lazy thing to do.

That's the obvious intent, especially the really explicit warning she gave to Youta at the end.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

I mean, why would she show romantic interest? They are already a couple in anything but name, together since forever, even.

 

[Edo4169]

Ah, to be young.

 

[DiegoDaDog77777]

Even big bro has a houjou

 

[radstylix]

"older bro's classmate that's TOTALLY not interested in him"

Wow, no one will ever ship them lmao

 

[Lewd_Beast]

I feel like "older girl who becomes MC's senior when working part time at a family restaurant" has become a trope in rom-com manga.

Most manga are one "fresh" idea and 99% trope/cliché. Especially high school rom-coms.

 

[Lewd_Beast]

i hope these two get together and not the stupid blondie

Blondie is only attracted to his looks. Yukimora knows him and all his flaws, but I'm a man, so I am incapable of figuring out if she is interested or actually platonic.

 

[brainvomitboi]

I mean if she and onii-san aren't a thing, I'll take one for the team on this one 🫡

 

[Lewd_Beast]

Here's another thing that bugs me about Japan... The cultural 'thing' of saying "Thank you for your hard work"...
To me, it seems like an automated, pre-programmed response, and no one really means it. It is just expected. Like "Thank You for the food" etc... Like how in the West, we often get it drummed into us to say "Please/Thank You", but as kids, we don't really mean it, we just know we will get told off if we forget ;-). However, in Japan it seems to go further. She is thanking him for his effort, again, in the West, we would probably reply with "You're welcome, thank you for showing me the ropes", so why are the Japanese programmed to just respond with this exact phrase, and not acknowledge the compliment?

 

[EulBassist]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[bluenorvo]

Most manga are one "fresh" idea and 99% trope/cliché. Especially high school rom-coms.

I know, but this is just weirdly specific that it's kinda interesting for me.

 

[GR0017]

THE AUTHOR NEVER FAILS TO DELIVER