Saotome Senshu, Hitakakusu - Vol. 9 Ch. 107 - Saotome Senshu, Busted

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You know what I like about this manga? There's actual progression, actual storytelling that goes on.

Every arc in a manga is like the scene of a play or movie or tv show. And good storytelling requires that every scene be accompanied by some kind of reversal of fortune. Boy loses girl, boy gets girl etc. Boy starts off scene unhappy, ends happy. A couple has a secret at the scene start, and by the scene end that secret is exposed, etc.

So many manga (looking at you, rental girlfriend manga, loli office coworker manga, senyruu shoujo manga, etc) just never accomplish this. Nothing changes from scene to scene. The characters are static, treading water in their emotions and relationships and values. Rental girlfriend manga has 80+ chapters and the MC's situation hasn't fundamentally changed from chapter 1.

If there is no reversal of fortune from the start to the finish of a scene, then the question is "Why even include this scene?" It adds nothing to the story.

So this one is a breath of fresh air because it has real storytelling.
 
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I don't get it. Who gives a fuck that she has a boyfriend or that everyone knows she is dating? It's not like she is an idol and her carreer would be ruined if her fans found out she is in a relationship.
 
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@Acolytus Actually, she kinda is... or at least the principal and the mayor are both trying to turn her into a weird type of "boxing idol", because their town doesn't have much to offer in regards to attracting investors or just plain people in general. That's part of the not-yet-explored storyline with Mito-san, the female manager of the boxing club and friend of both of main characters, who's related to the principal and dislikes his meddling and his attempts at marketing Yae.
 
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Some Top-tier bros right here

And yeah @Voij , I really think we’ll finally get the forever-teased Arc about Mito-san and Imm glad...she’s always alluded to wanting to do something about the meddling but she’s never actually done anything about it aside from looking really mad.
 
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It must be the culture of japanese losers who get outraged if their idol gets a boyfriend and rages so hard an AKB48 idol is forced to shave her head and apologise while crying.
 

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