Sensitive Boy - Ch. 82 - In Mahiro's Room

[MangaDex]

 

[pink_rabbit]

Is this the start of a lavender relationship?

 

[NeloDante]

And then they had sex. Turns out they both were bi all along. The End.

 

[DeOneChester]

Its so hard to verbalize my frustration with her saying "It would be so nice if I could fall in love with you instead".

Like, is her love purely tied to her sexual attraction? Can't love just be an elevated form beyond friendship? Like she's saying she likes him in a way, just not in a way involving lust. Whats wrong with that?

 

[pink_rabbit]

Its so hard to verbalize my frustration with her saying "It would be so nice if I could fall in love with you instead".

Like, is her love purely tied to her sexual attraction? Can't love just be an elevated form beyond friendship? Like she's saying she likes him in a way, just not in a way involving lust. Whats wrong with that?

She's a teenager. Teenagers often get confused on love and lust due to hormones. Heck, I've talked to people irl who still don't know the difference

 

[Elrufi]

Am I cooking?

He's a femboy, she's a masgirl. It could work.

 

[dcdfvr]

Am I cooking?

He's a femboy, she's a masgirl. It could work.

never cook again

but man it's rough for everyone. why can't someone just be happy in this manga

 

[Rezuo]

Nope, We ain't having this whole arc just for it to end on another straight relationship. Don't get me wrong, but I'd prefer if they both end up having doomed love than a straight-relationship ending. It feels really forced for both of them to end up together.

 

[DumFck]

i wonder what will be the 4th arc, will it' be the first friend story, another character introduction or the ending

 

[Doomroar]

Girl but the guy is gay, so that would lead to you getting dumped too!

 

[spawnknight]

i wonder what will be the 4th arc, will it' be the first friend story, another character introduction or the ending

Maybe it'll be about that Cafe lady. That or about the first boy's ex-girlfriend and her trauma about almost being killed.

 

[nxneil13]

Thx for the tl

Sad to see both of them is a depressive state

Is this the start of a lavender relationship?

I hope not, I feel like it will ruin a lot of the themes and tough conversations this arc brought if they develop feelings for each other.

 

[Rezuo]

i wonder what will be the 4th arc, will it' be the first friend story, another character introduction or the ending

We've all forgotten about the asexual dude classmate, haven't we? I think he deserves an arc of his own. His name's Sahara, he was briefly talked about on chapter 21.

 

[irrelevance90]

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year

 

[Bananimal]

Its so hard to verbalize my frustration with her saying "It would be so nice if I could fall in love with you instead".

Like, is her love purely tied to her sexual attraction? Can't love just be an elevated form beyond friendship? Like she's saying she likes him in a way, just not in a way involving lust. Whats wrong with that?

I get what you're saying, but as valuable and fulfilling friendships / platonic marriages can be, a person's sexual needs can't just be dismissed. Sexual attraction alone is not a good reason to start a relationship, but majority of people want to be both emotionally and physically intimate with their partners - ignoring your needs is guaranteed to turn love into resentment. It's not fair to condemn someone's brain chemistry whether they're asexual or not.

The manga Anata ga Shite Kurenakute mo is a great example how toxic relationships get if one partner has sexual needs that aren't being fulfilled: https://mangadex.org/title/78a664a7-2f4e-464b-b925-92984012f00c/anata-ga-shite-kurenakute-mo

 

[pink_rabbit]

I hope not, I feel like it will ruin a lot of the themes and tough conversations this arc brought if they develop feelings for each other.

Yeah, hope not as well. I can see the most of them trying to test it out like experimenting to only realize that they were right on their sexuality.

 

[Goodbyefrankenstein]

Pleaaaaase dont be a pushover and offer to "fake date" pleeaaaaaaaseeeee

 

[Enderaider]

Its so hard to verbalize my frustration with her saying "It would be so nice if I could fall in love with you instead".

Like, is her love purely tied to her sexual attraction? Can't love just be an elevated form beyond friendship? Like she's saying she likes him in a way, just not in a way involving lust. Whats wrong with that?

The thought that Mahiro had here is one that's unfortunately pretty common amongst gay people. After struggling through life, having to hide their sexuality, many gay people become so frustrated that the thought "I wish I could just be normal" enters their mind. Mahiro in that scene is very clearly in pain, and in a moment of comfort with her male best friend, the thought does cross her mind that if she were straight her life could've been a lot simpler and easier. If she were straight, she wouldn't have had to carry these feelings for Hina and could've just lived a "normal" life as just her best friend and have fallen in love with a guy instead like the average girl. It's a very sad and potentially even frustrating thing to hear, but it is very much a real thought that many, many gay people have had.

 

[FgoSegul]

I think it’s interesting that she wishes she was sexually attracted to men so that she wouldn’t have to experience the pain of being emotionally rejected by her friend. That’s how i interpret the scene anyway. I do think it’s weird though how her friend went “wait you dont wanna be my friend you wanna be my lover?” Like girl has never heard that the most successful couples view each other as their best friends i guess. Just because she wants to be your lover doesn’t mean she can’t be your friend still ToT.

 

[Sparrowhawk]

Pleaaaaaaaase just be a comforting friendship hug and not a romantic one. Pleeeeeeeease!! 🙏

It would cheapen the outcome of their predicament If they started dating.