Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie - Vol. 20 Ch. 178.3 - Side Story ③

[Makenai]

I think she looked way better with long hair. Her appeal to me was looking cute but actually act quite cool. Now she looks like the generetic cool girl archtype character.
But maybe that's just me liking girls with long hair.

Anyway, thanks for the cute chapter.

 

[mirairyuuki]

Uh-huh, another "people are too stupid to notice character growth without me butchering up character's gorgeous long hair" moment.

this is true, sadly. Most people here don't understand development that both of them have at all.

I bet most people here not even get the meaning of title that this manga have, lol.

 

[Coldlight]

Better late than never, to go on first-name basis (one of my criticisms of the final chapter: their true first names revealed in the final arc but never really used... until now, addressed by this epilogue) and another kiss(!) is always welcome in a story that's supposed to have romance in it.

I like that Miyako's hairstyle is somewhat of a middle ground between her (short) middle school look and her (long) high school style. I too admit I prefer long hairstyles, but she seems to prefer it shorter and maybe this is also what Yuuki likes.

Her growing out her hair in high school seemed to be more like part of her "getting out of her comfort zone to try new things" (becoming the titular cutie in the process), and now that she's found what she wanted to do and found the one person she'd love to be with, she's going back to her roots. She's not just a cutie, after all.

Cheers to the (near) future of cohabitation awaiting these two - man, they just stopped short of outright saying "Let's get married" (but I'm sure this is implied, being direct was never a big thing in Japanese culture). Too bad we don't get any more of the other characters, but it's kinda fitting it goes full circle here - we started with just these two and end with them too.

 

[ysil69]

The end??? Ooooor. Just keep going! One chapter every few months that still works for me.

 

[Xystus]

These nibba rich af or what. Living together straight out of university? Buying bed? Are they like 99% discount or something, what fucking world they live in.

Don't give me part time job bullshit cause they won't be enough to pay your bill, you know it.

 

[DdoZ]

damn why they gotta wait until the short stories to be more intimate and the best we got was a kiss before it ended

 

[DdoZ]

These nibba rich af or what. Living together straight out of university? Buying bed? Are they like 99% discount or something, what fucking world they live in.

Don't give me part time job bullshit cause they won't be enough to pay your bill, you know it.

fax a bed is so fucking expensive especially a queen/king makes more sense to sleep on the floor unless the room is already supplied with a bed

 

[mirairyuuki]

These nibba rich af or what. Living together straight out of university? Buying bed? Are they like 99% discount or something, what fucking world they live in.

Don't give me part time job bullshit cause they won't be enough to pay your bill, you know it.

Well, they never said "immediately living together" after college, so it's still fair. They don't even buy anything there.

Just assume all of that are their future plan.

 

[Satsuki-Nada]

They're so cute


Also, me when?

 

[DevilBro559]

 

[draxdeveloper]

Is this the final Side story chapter? Noooooo!!!

ok, hear me out.
we can make the 178.3.1 and go from there to 178.3.100

 

[Graywing]

Thanks for the final chapter!!!

 

[nobaka]

THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SPELL HACHIMITSU

 

[Valle_reading_manga]

Where do I file a lawsuit for this horrible case of neglect of Hachimitsu.

 

[Valle_reading_manga]

While it was kinda filler like, I guess it's really like these two to think about setting up their flat years in advance but at least we got an uncensored kiss.
Regarding the haircut I think it's to represent she doesn't have to pretend to be all that girly / can be herself since Yuuki loves her regardless and she knows this...

 

[Qwormuli]

Honestly? This level of byplay was something closer to what I was hoping for for the body of this story after the start of their relationship, not after the end of the entire work.

But still, a really good side chapter and a warm ending for the series. Glad to see that send-off side/epilogue chapters are becoming more common.

 

[SuperOniichan]

I think she looked way better with long hair. Her appeal to me was looking cute but actually act quite cool. Now she looks like the generetic cool girl archtype character.
But maybe that's just me liking girls with long hair.

Anyway, thanks for the cute chapter.

I don't know, in my opinion, the image of a cool but shy tomboy goes much better with a short, messy hairstyle than with the image of a school queen. Although for some reason, with this hairstyle, she seems even cuter to me than usual.

While it was kinda filler like, I guess it's really like these two to think about setting up their flat years in advance but at least we got an uncensored kiss.
Regarding the haircut I think it's to represent she doesn't have to pretend to be all that girly / can be herself since Yuuki loves her regardless and she knows this...

If you think about it this way, this manga becomes quite an unexpected refrain for Tomo-chan. Even if unintentionally. In both, the girls try to be perfectly feminine to their love interests, but end up bonding much more strongly with them first of all, by becoming reliable partners for them

 

[SuperOniichan]

These nibba rich af or what. Living together straight out of university? Buying bed? Are they like 99% discount or something, what fucking world they live in.

Don't give me part time job bullshit cause they won't be enough to pay your bill, you know it.

This is Japan, so most likely their parents will help them in some way, realizing that their intentions are serious. This isn't the US or Europe where parents dream about you running out of their house as soon as you become a teenager and start driving them crazy lol.

 

[SuperOniichan]

Better late than never, to go on first-name basis (one of my criticisms of the final chapter: their true first names revealed in the final arc but never really used... until now, addressed by this epilogue) and another kiss(!) is always welcome in a story that's supposed to have romance in it.

I like that Miyako's hairstyle is somewhat of a middle ground between her (short) middle school look and her (long) high school style. I too admit I prefer long hairstyles, but she seems to prefer it shorter and maybe this is also what Yuuki likes.

Her growing out her hair in high school seemed to be more like part of her "getting out of her comfort zone to try new things" (becoming the titular cutie in the process), and now that she's found what she wanted to do and found the one person she'd love to be with, she's going back to her roots. She's not just a cutie, after all.

Cheers to the (near) future of cohabitation awaiting these two - man, they just stopped short of outright saying "Let's get married" (but I'm sure this is implied, being direct was never a big thing in Japanese culture). Too bad we don't get any more of the other characters, but it's kinda fitting it goes full circle here - we started with just these two and end with them too.

I think it’s not so much a matter of speech, but rather the fact that in Japan it’s not customary to get married very early. From what I've heard, for the Japanese, marriage is considered a very big responsibility and a step into adulthood, so very young partners will not marry too early, so as not to give up their free youth (a 20+ Ukrainian woman living in Japan said that her friends instantly stopped seeing her as an ordinary young girl and inviting her to hang out as soon as she got married). Although it is obvious that being a couple and living together they already take on some of the obligations.

 

[jadex]

I don't understand the cliche of cutting the female lead's hair at the end of stories. Completely kills the appeal.