Osoraku Kanojo wa Ore no Aniki wo Neratteru - Ch. 37

[biologist]

It would honestly be hilarious if, after all this time, she was actually after his brother. Machiavellian villain Houjou's machinations lay undetected for years. At least it'd be something new, rather than the regularly scheduled 2-3 chapters of manga misunderstandings (TM).

Truly the master of deception.

 

[havelmom]

why is everyone freaking out?
this chapter was obviously going to happen
it's the prelude to the confession

 

[Darklight99]

I honestly don't like big brother, he's a douchebag

 

[reicchimaster]

Tohno's trauma is way too deep. At this point, I guess the only way to heal him from his trauma now is to how Sylphie helped Rudeus in MT.

 

[HyperSonic0509]

Why do I hear final boss music?

 

[mgRdr]

So if they do end up dating is Rei just expected to not interact wigh her?

Unless Rei has legit reason to, or it is Houjou who seeks the interaction, or Youta introduces Houjou to him and thus makes her a part of his circle of acquiantances, I don't see why he needs to interact with her.

 

[Papa420]

Don't hurt her bro

Thanks for translation

 

[UdenEmpati]

He is interacting with Houjou not because they are schoolmates and are in the same room together, he approached her specifically because she is his brother's friend. After many years of not caring about why Youta is so broody, is he owed in any way to have his curiosity about his brother's friends be satiated? How is it any of his business who Youta is spending his time with? If he doesn't care enough to help his little bro, he should be just staying out of it like he always does, not be entitled to his brother's relationships

where are you getting that Reiya hasn't cared about Youta being broody? We see how they interact at home; Youta is a very different person around his brother compared to how he is around school, just like Reiya is a very different person at home than he is around his peers. There's nothing to suggest that Youta blames Reiya in any way for any of the shit he's dealt with; why would he be broody around his brother in that case? We even have this very chapter stating that Reiya noticed that Youta's been even more vibrant as of late, and he attributes that to Houjou what with how much time the two of them have been around one another of late.

Maybe I've missed something egregious in the plot to this point, but nothing points to Reiya being hip to the problems Youta has had with the girls at that school, and nothing points to Youta bringing his problems home to his brother. You're throwing words like "entitled" and "business" and I just don't see how any of that is even relevant, when nothing between the two of them is actually hostile or even broken.

Youta's problems are with the girls who use him. Not with his brother. It's why his anxiety is focused through Houjou specifically in this chapter; he's not wary of Reiya, he's worried his read on the one girl he thought was different, might once again be wrong. This isn't Reiya's fault, or Reiya's problem, and he's not some bad person in Youta's life who's caused him unending grief. If anything, Reiya talking with Houjou is setting up a resolution to Youta's problems, because it opens the door to everything finally being put out into the open and setting up actual pathways to communication.

 

[Kalesvol]

He is interacting with Houjou not because they are schoolmates and are in the same room together, he approached her specifically because she is his brother's friend. After many years of not caring about why Youta is so broody, is he owed in any way to have his curiosity about his brother's friends be satiated? How is it any of his business who Youta is spending his time with? If he doesn't care enough to help his little bro, he should be just staying out of it like he always does, not be entitled to his brother's relationships

What are you even on about? Why are you talking about "owing" or "entitlement"? Are you even human? Who even thinks about interactions like this? He most likely already knows the two guys friends Youta has. Youta is literally friends with Rei's female best friend. It is a completely normal thing to talk to the friends of your siblings. You're acting like Rei is stalking Youta or some shit when all he did was talk to a person in the same classroom as him.

Also, where do you see him not caring about Youta being broody? He rarely gets to see him at school and Youta acts completely differently at home. Is he supposed to somehow know about all his social interactions with girls at school? Is he supposed to read Youta's mind at home when Youta hides everything from him?

You sound like a weirdo with zero friends with the way you talk about human interactions.

 

[arkvin]

Ah yes... inferiority complex kicks in.

 

[retolee]

Oh no. The thing that was always going to happen as it's the entire conceit of the story is happening. With how good the series has been, I'll give it 2 chapters until its resolved and they're better than ever.

 

[Georgesmorge]

Bss ntr ending lfg

You cant ragebait me buddy

 

[RockyRose]

These comments, man, I can't...

You'd think she just declared she was moving to Switzerland to be with his brother and have babies or something

 

[dcdfvr]

are we in the endgame

 

[aveney41]

I mean this had to happen. I love my stupid idiot couple but I think this was necessary for Tohno's rehabilitation. Also Rei needs to get that eye opening moment that his little brother has been suffering because of him (is and isn't his fault).

 

[KiARume]

honestly down with this I think its the perfect time to actually drop the drama that lets be real we all expected to happen at some point

 

[Heika]

Oh no, please communicate!

No, I think this might be the first time that the manga characters not communicating in a romcom is accurate to real life. What do you expect a teenage boy to do? Walk over to the girl he likes and say: "are you trying to fuck my brother?" or "I'm jealous because you smiled while talking to my brother".
Sure, there are more eloquent ways to say it, but in a teenager's head, especially one with a complex like him, everything in their negative thoughts is boiled down to the most painful version of itself, and that you even want to talk about it feels pathetic.

Maybe I was just a real kid like Tohno, so some people might not see it the same way, but that is how I was at his age.

 

[Hakira]

It would honestly be hilarious if, after all this time, she was actually after his brother. Machiavellian villain Houjou's machinations lay undetected for years. At least it'd be something new, rather than the regularly scheduled 2-3 chapters of manga misunderstandings (TM).

Straight up Netorase route?

 

[ronny3030]

Given the nature of the story, this kind of misunderstanding was inevitable, hahaha—better to get it over with in Chapter 37 than in Chapter 80, for example.

 

[mgRdr]

This isn't Reiya's fault, or Reiya's problem, and he's not some bad person in Youta's life who's caused him unending grief

While Reiya isn't at fault for Youta's grief, he is very much the cause of it, indirectly or directly, though not to imply Reiya owes it to Youta to alleviate his grief. I am not calling him "malicious", I am calling him "clueless", malicious is how Rei would come out if one starts interpreting him approaching Houjou as an act of "therapy" for Youta.

when nothing between the two of them is actually hostile or even broken.

Even if Youta understands that his brother isn't at fault, there is some resentment coming from Youta, he did want ot desperately beat him at something after all, and this resentment only subdued thanks to Houjou's involvement, though not necessarily fully disappeared, so I wouldn't call their relatinship entirely intact either. And even if there was no resentment altogether, there are still boundaries of how much one should be getting involved with someone else's personal life, and it doesn't seem to me that Rei's close enough with Youta to start randomly approaching his friends who haven't been introduced to him. Or at the very least, they are not close enough for Youta's grief to be Reiya's problem, therefore I can't see how Youta's relationship with Houjou is Reiya's business.

Maybe I've missed something egregious in the plot to this point, but nothing points to Reiya being hip to the problems Youta has had with the girls at that school, and nothing points to Youta bringing his problems home to his brother.

Yeah, as I've said, clueless. The ridiculous premise of this manga, this pipeline of girls cozying up to Youta to get closer to Reiya, and the part where Reyia ends up taking everything whenever he's competing with Youta, and the grief this all ends up causing to Youta, this all flew past him.

If anything, Reiya talking with Houjou is setting up a resolution to Youta's problems, because it opens the door to everything finally being put out into the open and setting up actual pathways to communication.

Story-wise, yes, a resolution is being set and communication will happen, but not because Rei is taking active and deliberate steps to help Youta's situation, but because that's how this story will play out because Rei happened to bumble into it. If Rei explicitly sought communication about Youta's problems, I could think of a simpler approach that wouldn't need to involve making contact with Houjou first.