Sensitive Boy - Ch. 66 - Same-Sex DIstance
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Oh no. Not another one
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This manga just does not miss.
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Well, we've seen this coming but wasn't expecting from her side.
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Gays worst nightmare: falling for a straight person. I understand we can't stop who we love. However, it's legit the worst for the gays and sometimes bisexuals
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Heteronormativity strikes again 
Seemed pretty chill in the first half.
Asahi come off like he would otherwise be the male lead to Kanefumi’s story. Strange inversion of roles but pretty interesting.
As for Mahiro, I got nothing. Seems like she’s the sin eater for this arc.
Asahi come off like he would otherwise be the male lead to Kanefumi’s story. Strange inversion of roles but pretty interesting.
As for Mahiro, I got nothing. Seems like she’s the sin eater for this arc.
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I can't say I relate to how she feels but I understand as I have been hit on by alot of guys. Liking someone of the same gender must be hard as most people will probably take your actions as just being friendly.
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It's not just this. It's the fact that, unless you know for sure your friends are cool with you not being straight, you always feel forced to play it up and act straight, so not only do you get your crush denied, you also get yourself denied, and that wrecks your mental health.
And the other party will never even notice this because heteronormativity is so prevalent. It's just expected that you'll fit in that box and most people won't even think twice about how they carry themselves to account for others possibly not being straight.
Thankfully it's less bad these days (in some places at least) but it's still rough, especially in a place like Japan and in high school specifically where you're judged for literally everything.
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I forget exactly where I first saw it in a manga (it might have been Girlfriends by Milk Morinaga) but the idea is that close female relationships, even ones that turn romantic, are just considered a "phase" that girls will grow out of which has some...unfortunate implications and frequently causes issues with stunted social development when genuinely homosexual people are told their feelings are just a passing fancy that they'll learn to ignore/deny once they mature.
It's a bizarre situation where they seemingly are accepting of that type of behavior but only because they don't treat it with the seriousness that it really deserves. Hina's behavior with Mahiro reminds me of this. To her glomping onto Mahiro's arm and telling her pick the eyelash off of her face (things you'd typically do with a lover) is just a "close female friendship" and is perfectly normal.
Similar thing with Asahi and how he treats Kaede, to him it's just a "close male friendship" but really when you think about it would you really "tease" your homie by pinching their cheeks like that? Kaede just accepts it because it's how Asahi has always behaved but I don't believe we've ever seen Kaede or Izumi behave that way towards Asahi so at what point do you stop and go "Hmm, maybe Asahi has a thing for dudes too?" and that exact disconnect is why Asahi is confused on how he really feels about Kanefumi. Asahi has always thought (and been told) that that sort of closeness among boys is "normal" but he's taken that for granted and the dichotomy becomes readily apparent when he does similar things to a guy who actually likes him in that way.
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Heard that glass shatter all the way here
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seems like disaster is about to occur
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