It's a parent's duty to embarrass their children.
Yeah, if something feels wrong, talk about it. Communication helps, and unless you're someone like Noa Saotome, there's rarely something like unnecessary communication.
These overheard bits and overreactions are so lame plot devices.
It never is. And if she starts with that, but says something following, it's just an excuse.
Bit of an extreme reaction to him saying he has other plans, but an extreme reaction is better than hiding it like before.
Hey, Taka's back!
And a sister. She's cute.
Ugh, Kaede's puttin'-on-a-brave-face sad smile hits like such a truck that I didn't think I could recover by the end of the chapter... Taka can always it around, tho. Hell yeah, Taka.
I think it hits far less because the situation is too easily solved by talking. Don't be "brave"; communicate.
It makes some sense that Yuya would backslide into his bad old ways of thinking under pressure, feeling like he has to handle everything on his own, that he's the only one he can rely on and that he has to be the one everyone around him relies on.
Which is why she needs to step up and don't enable that behaviour like she does by keeping silent about things that bother her. It's much easier to rely on someone who voices their concerns, since you know they will at the very least help keeping you on the right path.
Why do RomCom authors think we are here for the Drama? We don’t need conflict to progress a story. Slice of life + lucky pervert situations has served us well for decades as plot devices.
Conflict is perfectly fine.
Dumb conflict isn't. Like, you can go harder on their insecurities and actually write in consequences for them, without these forced misunderstandings.
I know people might not like this but I will always welcome an imoto chara
If she's cute or just sibling-annoying, that's fine. If she's a blocker who demands FMC to go away or is otherwise entitled, then no.
Now it's on Kaede for not being honest with him.
Exactly. She can't expect him to improve or feel better if she doesn't say anything. It can work if she
knows exactly why he feels like he does, but she doesn't. She just knows he somehow struggles.
