Shachou to Sake to Hoshi - Ch. 21 - Boss and The Promise

[draxdeveloper]

Ishizumi has some competition! A tree! 😆

I can't wait for the day when Reina and Ishizumi meet at the park when Reina is sober.

I wanted that this happens soon and that it's not the last chapter, but I feel this will not happen

 

[Doomroar]

fujioka, do NOT the paper shredder

I believe in Fujioka if someone can make it work it is him, do it for science!

 

[Septazia]

As in when the author gets bored, or it gets axed, that "someday"

oh, cool.

Reading status [On hold]

 

[AlphaE]

Oh, of course we had to get a rival character. Treezumi.

 

[Weoooo]

.....................did this guy just really dodge a french kiss from the girl that has mutual feelings
..............

Of course he did. This is why he's an incredible male lead. After Kannou Sensei's lead was executed in the name of Jousei Spice, he's like top fuckin' two older male leads in an older male/younger female romance that are active right now.

Ishizumi cares deeply for her. But he is much older than her, is her subordinate, and feels a debt to her father. He has decided that his role is to act as Izumi: the man she doesn't fully know to support her directly when she is the weakest. He won't take advantage of her misdirected feelings, and his future hope is that one day she'll find someone who can actually do the job in totality and for real.

HOWEVER: what made Reina fall in love with Izumi, what KEEPS drawing her closer, isn't the idea that he's a man her age(or younger) or that he's well placed or that he's even successful. It's that he listens to her, sees her try as hard as she does, and values the things in her that she doesn't value in herself. Ishizumi isn't pretending to be anyone else when he's Izumi. He's just not pretending to work for Reina. The most powerfully romantic things he's said have all been things he firmly believes, the most powerfully romantic actions he's taken have been ones he did sincerely. The first night, the spark that ignited this, was him seeing her in despair and telling her that he sees all that she's done. He tells her to keep going because he'll be there to help her. This wasn't a line, it was his Honest 2 God feelingz, which is what made them HIT as hard as they did for Reina.

The reason he keeps doing this is fascinatingly layered, because it's not totally selfless. He is scared that he'll lose this connection. He's proud and honored that she trusts him so much with her heart. It's a priceless gift that he is prepared to give away, but not because he doesn't value it. But because he values it so highly he doesn't think he deserves it. It tears him up in a convincing and interesting way. A lesser writer would have him be giddy and nervous about losing it, or stoically weathering the emotional storm of Reina and hoping that she'll find someone better one day. But he's engaged, emotionally impacted, and is filled with guilt while acknowledging that he's doing something useful, important, and something that he likes to do.

Reina, for her part, has been absolutely clear about what she's found so powerful about their connection. She's been consistent in her desire to connect more. She's told him that it's HIM that she likes, not anything else. But Ishizumi can't believe that for a very good reason: he's not exactly trying to hide himself, he's not exactly being subtle, and she's so drunk when she meets him that she literally sees him the next day and can't remember it. Her earnest, honest, and clear speech here and her clear declaration that she knows him no matter how drunk she is when she meets him? It's undercut with humor: she made most of it to a tree. Even if Reina believes what she's saying, even if Ishizumi believes REINA believes what she's saying... he has every reason to deeply fear that revealing who he is will ruin everything. It's the best sort of misunderstanding: you can see it clearing up. But you know why it hasn't.

 

[ysil69]

Broo I forgot about the Masochist until the paper shredder comment. That had me rolling.

 

[Angelonius]

they need to kiss already

 

[Arexty]

Hard Wood​

Thanks for the chapter, and congrats to the Zurikishi for a story actually making it to the second volume.

 

[lemon-dono]

Knowing how Zurikishi can be sometimes, I wouldn't be surprised if their little declaration to the status quo isn't instantly undercut and they find out in the next chapter or two but some new weird complication keeps things from progressing. Then we get half the volume dedicated to Reina ruminating on the whole thing while ishizumi tries not to have a coronary.

 

[sarssol]

It's not a paper shredder everybody, it's a hydraulic paper cutter. And a weirdly accurate one, it kind of caught me by surprise to see it represented in a manga.
It makes me think that the author might actually have some experience in the printing industry, or at least has had some time in the office of one.

As for the plot stuff... Yeah, there's really no progress possible until they actually meet when she isn't completely wasted.

 

[razorshaleh]

as usual, whenever she gets drunk, she always funny stay halal MC-kun, reject french kiss. and and reina has had big boobs since high school

thank you for translating

 

[Chronigan]

The art pages always remind me of https://mangadex.org/title/7dc3f66f-4d6e-4030-bd6c-6a4d699a7f06/bijin-onna-joushi-takizawa-san

 

[SW4GK1NG]

It translates to the final chapter of the series. Unfortunately.

wait, is the raw finished already?

 

[Kaito57]

Ah, Kouhai-chan showing some Yandere potential ??

 

[UdenEmpati]

It's not a paper shredder everybody, it's a hydraulic paper cutter. And a weirdly accurate one, it kind of caught me by surprise to see it represented in a manga.
It makes me think that the author might actually have some experience in the printing industry, or at least has had some time in the office of one.

I was super impressed with how accurate it was, down to Ishizumi's actual usage of it.
The author/artist absolutely knows what one is IRL, enough to draw it correct in-context, and accurately.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Ah, Kouhai-chan showing some Yandere potential ??

....I think she's just childish and immature, presented as "extra" for the humor aspect. That was full-on Toddler Tantrum Coded, made funny because she's supposedly an adult in her work environment.

 

[Goldni]

this is going to take forever to get anywhere

 

[egg-kun]

Nothing Happened: The Chapter

At least we're not at Rent-A-Girlfriend levels yet

 

[Sunji27]

That's some leap of progress lol





Thank you for the TL

 

[pataponaccount]

If I were Izumi, I would be sad because my boss loves someone else who is not him.

Around here we call that NTR

Ne-TREE-rare

I'll see myself out