Rock wa Lady no Tashinami deshite - Vol. 3 Ch. 14

[MangaDex]

 

[statsky]

Alright. We keep trucking.

 

[SuperOniichan]

How to show everyone that you've drawn hentai before without directly saying that you've drawn hentai before.

 

[KnightSpark]

How to show everyone that you've drawn hentai before without directly saying that you've drawn hentai before.

Well, if nothing else, the artist knows their way around breasts.

 

[Churkey]

See! You get it! You get the passion just to play and not pander songs! Yet you try to tear them down cause they cant play well yet, at least theyre playing for the love of it and not 'pandering' you hypocrite =! istg shes gonna sabotage this in some way with that attitude

 

[Sakuyadorf]

when they saw Isemi

 

[Iriadel]

when they saw Isemi

Breasts are truly wonderful things

 

[jackjack9]

Otoha's outfit is wild

 

[LonnySensei]

TOMBOY BAZONGAAAAAAAAAAAASSSS!!!!!!!!

 

[ComradeVee]

Glad to see you keeping it rolling, thank you very much for the chapter!

 

[quantumcroissant]

the lesbian sex metaphor is unstoppable

 

[SuperOniichan]

the lesbian sex metaphor is unstoppable

Lol, there were no metaphors in this chapter. It's a classic ecchi scene where girls are fascinated by other big breasts for "scientific reasons," lmao.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Lol, there were no metaphors in this chapter. It's a classic ecchi scene where girls are fascinated by other big breasts for "scientific reasons," lmao.

I think they were referring to Otoha's words to Ririsa on the last page.

 

[SuperOniichan]

I think they were referring to Otoha's words to Ririsa on the last page.

I'd call it more of a homoerotic pun than a "metaphor," but okay.

 

[UdenEmpati]

I'd call it more of a homoerotic pun than a "metaphor," but okay.

I usually think of puns as one-off semantic-based incidents of humor. We've gotten a couple instances of Otoha declaring that "making music" with Ririsa is a pleasurable experience with language alluding to more sexual than musical themes.

Given the repeated remarks from Otoha specifically as it pertains to her desire to continue playing with Ririsa specifically, it sorta reads like a pervasive subtheme of the story, wherein subtle lesbian sexual tension is dressed up as musical vigor and excitement.

It's been a long time since I took any literary analysis courses though, so I currently do not possess the academic language or faculties to really explain what I mean in a way that might be more clear and/or convincing.

 

[SuperOniichan]

I usually think of puns as one-off semantic-based incidents of humor. We've gotten a couple instances of Otoha declaring that "making music" with Ririsa is a pleasurable experience with language alluding to more sexual than musical themes.

Given the repeated remarks from Otoha specifically as it pertains to her desire to continue playing with Ririsa specifically, it sorta reads like a pervasive subtheme of the story, wherein subtle lesbian sexual tension is dressed up as musical vigor and excitement.

It's been a long time since I took any literary analysis courses though, so I currently do not possess the academic language or faculties to really explain what I mean in a way that might be more clear and/or convincing.

The problem is that a metaphor is something you intentionally make ambiguous for a subtle but clear purpose. For example, when you say someone "fucked your brains out," it's clear you're emotionally accusing someone of causing you mental harm. In this case, regardless of Otoha's ultimate intentions, we can't be sure whether this is an intentional pun or a quirk of her personality in general.

Characters who make even the most banal things sound overly horny through overly ambiguous language and jokes about it are nothing new, especially in titles like these. Again, regardless of her intentions, you're perfectly welcome to continue to ship them and/or read Otoha's behavior however you like, whether she's doing it consciously or subconsciously. It's more a question of tropes than of the situation as a whole.

 

[UdenEmpati]

The problem is that a metaphor is something you intentionally make ambiguous for a subtle but clear purpose. For example, when you say someone "fucked your brains out," it's clear you're emotionally accusing someone of causing you mental harm. In this case, regardless of Otoha's ultimate intentions, we can't be sure whether this is an intentional pun or a quirk of her personality in general.

Characters who make even the most banal things sound overly horny through overly ambiguous language and jokes about it are nothing new, especially in titles like these. Again, regardless of her intentions, you're perfectly welcome to continue to ship them and/or read Otoha's behavior however you like, whether she's doing it consciously or subconsciously. It's more a question of tropes than of the situation as a whole.

Oh, I also don't ship them or anything, because (as far as I'm aware) none of the characters are being set up for romance in this story.

We might not actually be opposed in our interpretation on what Otoha's doing here, the more I think on it.

basically, I don't see it as overt or subtle hinting at a yuri romance between them or anything, just that their making music together is layered over with sexual overtones, but it stops at that, and isn't intended to go any further or anywhere substantial in terms of their actual relationships.

Terminology and word choice might be the issue, more than the actual core analysis of the story and its themes & subtext.

 

[SuperOniichan]

Oh, I also don't ship them or anything, because (as far as I'm aware) none of the characters are being set up for romance in this story.

We might not actually be opposed in our interpretation on what Otoha's doing here, the more I think on it.

basically, I don't see it as overt or subtle hinting at a yuri romance between them or anything, just that their making music together is layered over with sexual overtones, but it stops at that, and isn't intended to go any further or anywhere substantial in terms of their actual relationships.

Terminology and word choice might be the issue, more than the actual core analysis of the story and its themes & subtext.

So, do you think that without going into interpretation and subjective analysis, at the moment this is just a sexual subtext in the depiction of platonic activity and that’s it? Like in one sports title from the 10s, I don't know how it's evolved since then, where a beach volleyball partnership was explained and demonstrated to the viewer through a relationship metaphor?

 

[weleasewodger]

Chatters above, who knows what will happen. But I'd suggest author- san may just surprise you with where they take the Otoha and Ririsa storyline