Sekitou Elegy - Vol. 9 Ch. 89 - My Bad

[MangaDex]

 

[Spiritofpheonix]

I don't know what it is but every chapter is a damn treat

 

[mrboxeater]

i know ur not suppose to suddenly propose to ur SO but how long hav they been together again?

that last page looks ominous af...

thanks for the TL

 

[Late_Komei]

All that trouble planning only to be rejected and turning the relationship into awkward mess. Damn.

Yeah, it's hard to recover from a failed proposal like this one.

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Well that sucks but with them already living together anyway. Its gonna be awkward but dude probably can handle it together.

 

[Bounce]

Chiiko hasn't thought about marriage + marriage = bad based on what she witnessed with her parents. At least right now she doesn't care about marriage.

So, her not wanting to is expected.

Satoshi then making it all about himself is not helpful at all.

He shoulda talked about marriage beforehand instead of totally getting into a 'I wanna get married'-kinda mood by himself and making all these plans + proposing.

Right now, they don't even know what marriage means to each other and why the other one wants/doesn't want to get married.

But yeah, I have faith it's fine, they will make up and learn from this and improve their comms.

 

[gronkle]

Chiiko hasn't thought about marriage + marriage = bad based on what she witnessed with her parents. At least right now she doesn't care about marriage.

So, her not wanting to is expected.

Satoshi then making it all about himself is not helpful at all.

He shoulda talked about marriage beforehand instead of totally getting into a 'I wanna get married'-kinda mood by himself and making all these plans + proposing.

Right now, they don't even know what marriage means to each other and why the other one wants/doesn't want to get married.

But yeah, I have faith it's fine, they will make up and learn from this and improve their comms.

You're right, but I'd add that you can't really blame Satoshi for having pretty standard expectations about marriage while also being understanding of Chiiko's hangups over the same.

Its a bad situation for the both of them, but one that exemplifies the persistent differences between them. Chiiko is straightforward and casual, uncomfortable with expressing positive emotions, and wants full control of her own agenda out of an insecurity that she will otherwise be let down. Marriage in her mind just ties her down, cuts off escape routes, and is pointless anyway because they already both love each other. She has nothing to prove by it.
Satoshi is passive and needy, wanting reassurance, trying to live up to standards he has for himself that he is never certain he'll reach. Marriage in his mind is a way to take on responsibility, as expected of a man, and would settle the nagging doubt that she is his as much as he is hers.
They set themselves up for failure before they started, not just by a lack of communication, and not really through incompatibility, but by their situation bringing these aspects of themselves into sharp relief. There's a sort of inevitability about it which makes this story ring so true and feel compelling to read.

 

[vanCham]

Nooo, my favourite bydlo couple :/

 

[Ajira]

Thanks for the translation and MAN DOWN! MAN DOWN!

 

[Flashplayer0CD]

it honestly is a mess up on them both but she needs to put more efforts into her own hang-ups he def missed the mark but at this point all she is doing is pushing him away with this due to her own misconceptions of marriage, I think saying she has trauma is fine but its definitely something that needs worked on her part as well as him putting in more effort of her feelings. Albeit its more her journey than anyone's even if they are a couple

 

[ponpoing]

My boy finally became a man. And I am not talking about the proposal.

 

[Nolzi]

Guys, on the very slim chance that you end up in a relationship where you planning for marriage, you need to be on the same page about the expectations first.
The marriage proposal shouldn’t be a surprise, but only when it will happen.

Here it’s clear that they never really talked about it, or our boyo simply doesn’t understand her. I’m rooting for them but they need to develop themselves and their relationship