Shinozaki-san Ki wo Ota Shika ni! - Vol. 9 Ch. 47 - Everything Up to Now, Everything From Now On
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Only one comment?! I know, this ending was sudden but come on, it was happy !!!
Well, I know... The repetitive formula got old like 20 chapters ago (Akina never learned anything and was always going back to "Uggh otakus are grossss") so maybe lots of people gave it up but stillll.... really, this makes me a little sad.
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Well, I know... The repetitive formula got old like 20 chapters ago (Akina never learned anything and was always going back to "Uggh otakus are grossss") so maybe lots of people gave it up but stillll.... really, this makes me a little sad.
Thanks for translating!
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That's probably part of it at least. This had its good moments that made me keep reading it, but there was a lot that also could've just been over and done with in half the time or less. At the same time, other parts of it feel like they needed more done with them.
But the real issue is probably the age of the scanlation and the lack of very many other comments already being here. I've noticed that with a lot of other series on the site. Something that was already completely scanlated as long ago as this says it was on the chapter listing, people probably read it on some other site like Batoto or whatever aggregator they were using before they found their way here.
A lot of people don't even read a series they loved from start to finish a second time, so those guys are out as far as commenting on each chapter here goes right off the bat. Lot of others who do read stuff again might not have felt like it with this one, so they're out too.
Next we get to the people who aren't big on commenting in empty looking threads, I commented on a bunch of the chapters without other comments along the way but honestly part of that felt kind of forced so I might not have done so either myself if I'd felt even slightly differently that day. So there's another group of the people reading who just wouldn't have ended up commenting even if they did read it. I mean look at me right now, most of my comment is talking about why there aren't many comments. I just don't really have anything to say about the series that I didn't already squeeze out of my brain in some earlier chapter. It's like, could've been better, could've been worse, but I finished reading it so that's that.
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Finally could finish reading this series.
I've already forgot about him... but I'm satisfied enough to say
"Acabou, acabou é Tetra, é Tetraa!!!."
Finally she kissed the girl, or should say was kissed by the girl.
I've already forgot about him... but I'm satisfied enough to say
"Acabou, acabou é Tetra, é Tetraa!!!."
Finally she kissed the girl, or should say was kissed by the girl.
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I enjoyed this series. I liked how Akina started alone, made a few friends, then reconnected with old friends, then connected with their her friend's friends, then her brother's friends, etc. It expanded from a small cast of 3 people to this large web of loose associations and friend-of-friends. And seeing Akina form real relationships with many of those folks over the course of the series was quite fun. I also liked the progression of Akina's otaku-ness from "I don't know anything" to only knowing prepure, to only knowing games+prepure, to doujinshi, to conventions, to cosplay, to writing fanfiction, to publishing fanfiction. It felt like a good progression.
That said, this manga is not without faults. The biggest issue, as others have also said, was the pacing. I feel like this manga was wayyyy too slow in how it paced the first ~8 volumes of its story, and then tried to wrap everything up in the last volume. This caused some subplots to get a strong resolution, e.g. Hibari's double-life subplot, while other subplots are left completely dangling, e.g. Akina never comes out as as an otaku to her brother or old friends. The bad pacing ties in with my other big issue: the romance subplot, and how it didn't go anywhere for 46.5 of the 47 chapters. Like, I get that this isn't really a romance series; its more a coming of age story about discovering a new hobby. But so many chapters and scenes are basically just "Kaede does cute thing, Akina is in love." So you can't say the romance is unimportant, its just under-developed.
IMO they either should have ditched the romance in favor of more friend stories and better pacing on the otaku plotline, or they should have replaced the huge number of pages spent ogling Kaede on actual progression to their relationship. And preferably it would be bidirectional progression. Like, even in the ending where Kaede responds to Akina's love, it feels weirdly one-sided. Specifically, it feels like Kaede isn't actually in romantic love with Akina, but loves her as a friend, and is open to trying out a lesbian relationship so she can compare it with yuri manga. Granted, she might develop romantic feelings down the line, but this isn't an ideal way to end a 9 volume story. That one-sided vibe would not have happened had we better established Kaede's feelings beyond "thinks Akina is a cute friend."
Overall I liked this manga, but I can't help but picture a better version in which the fake otaku and romance plotlines progress at the same rate as Akina's friendships and otaku level. You could have had Akina admit her being an otaku around Volume 5, with the remaining 4 volumes are focused on what she does now that she's embraced her true nature, e.g. writing doujinshi, pulling other people into otaku culture, etc. Many of the Volume 6-9 plotlines still work, you just have to replace all the pages wasted on fake otaku drama with other conflicts, like "will anyone like my doujinshi." You could also have Akina admit her feelings for Kaede to herself when she becomes more self aware in volume 5, spend 1-2 volumes on her working up the courage to admit those feelings to Kaede, and then had Akina confess. Then in the last few volumes just have them do cute low-stress relationship stuff in the background while wrapping up other storylines.
But even if I didn't get the story I wanted, it was an enjoyable ride. Maybe I should take a page from Akina and write a fanfic to flesh out the ending more
That said, this manga is not without faults. The biggest issue, as others have also said, was the pacing. I feel like this manga was wayyyy too slow in how it paced the first ~8 volumes of its story, and then tried to wrap everything up in the last volume. This caused some subplots to get a strong resolution, e.g. Hibari's double-life subplot, while other subplots are left completely dangling, e.g. Akina never comes out as as an otaku to her brother or old friends. The bad pacing ties in with my other big issue: the romance subplot, and how it didn't go anywhere for 46.5 of the 47 chapters. Like, I get that this isn't really a romance series; its more a coming of age story about discovering a new hobby. But so many chapters and scenes are basically just "Kaede does cute thing, Akina is in love." So you can't say the romance is unimportant, its just under-developed.
IMO they either should have ditched the romance in favor of more friend stories and better pacing on the otaku plotline, or they should have replaced the huge number of pages spent ogling Kaede on actual progression to their relationship. And preferably it would be bidirectional progression. Like, even in the ending where Kaede responds to Akina's love, it feels weirdly one-sided. Specifically, it feels like Kaede isn't actually in romantic love with Akina, but loves her as a friend, and is open to trying out a lesbian relationship so she can compare it with yuri manga. Granted, she might develop romantic feelings down the line, but this isn't an ideal way to end a 9 volume story. That one-sided vibe would not have happened had we better established Kaede's feelings beyond "thinks Akina is a cute friend."
Overall I liked this manga, but I can't help but picture a better version in which the fake otaku and romance plotlines progress at the same rate as Akina's friendships and otaku level. You could have had Akina admit her being an otaku around Volume 5, with the remaining 4 volumes are focused on what she does now that she's embraced her true nature, e.g. writing doujinshi, pulling other people into otaku culture, etc. Many of the Volume 6-9 plotlines still work, you just have to replace all the pages wasted on fake otaku drama with other conflicts, like "will anyone like my doujinshi." You could also have Akina admit her feelings for Kaede to herself when she becomes more self aware in volume 5, spend 1-2 volumes on her working up the courage to admit those feelings to Kaede, and then had Akina confess. Then in the last few volumes just have them do cute low-stress relationship stuff in the background while wrapping up other storylines.
But even if I didn't get the story I wanted, it was an enjoyable ride. Maybe I should take a page from Akina and write a fanfic to flesh out the ending more
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Ending was kinda abrupt but overall a fun series
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I relate with being overly conscious about my own self image that life as a result becomes harder and you start juggling trivial stuff like that, and that habit of denial becomes counteractive against something I am actually enjoying which leads to suffering an issue that could have been solved by simply talking about it.
It is like putting on a mask and by the time you realize you never really needed it, your only choice is to break that mask, the story was rushed in the end but it did the mask breaking well imo, it is painful to let others know the real you, but the reality is the real you is made up by the interactions you had with many different people and it isn't easy to find someone who appreciates all of it which is something you have to live with.
I never thought I would write this much for this manga, I guess the more you relate with something, the more pain that comes which then gets transcribed into this form, if anything else, the pov being a tsundere is what hooked me.
It is like putting on a mask and by the time you realize you never really needed it, your only choice is to break that mask, the story was rushed in the end but it did the mask breaking well imo, it is painful to let others know the real you, but the reality is the real you is made up by the interactions you had with many different people and it isn't easy to find someone who appreciates all of it which is something you have to live with.
I never thought I would write this much for this manga, I guess the more you relate with something, the more pain that comes which then gets transcribed into this form, if anything else, the pov being a tsundere is what hooked me.
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yeah it just kind of drug out its beats and just replayed them for an extra 27 chapters and then never bothered forming the romance narratively beyond the gag of her having gay thoughts. She never sits with them for too long and if she even does at all nothing resulted from it. There was a vein of gold in "it's ok to be an otaku, it's ok to be gay" being mirrored conflicts that the manga just refused to tap in and instead remained in the subtexty land. Whats bad is it lampshaded that with the BL ship they all liked or whatever and then just incredibly rushed its text at the end in a way that wasn't particularly assuring, though maybe you OT3'd em from the last panel, but I digress. When I read it there was definitely a story i wanted to read originally (like 9 ish years ago), yuri fans wrapping themselves up in yuri themselves (oh closeted egg past self, you sly dog). There's just much better that delivers like Yuri-Ota or Still Sick that like upon re-reading this one after reading those two multiple times? This one is just blown out of the water.
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On rereading while having some trust in the author I think it's clear the couple were in lesbians, or in lust or something, for a long while before the confession. So very gay. But my first time through I had my guard up and didn't enjoy the meal as thoroughly.
While it may not be something I'd immediately recommend, I reread this because it was relatable and memorable. The pacing stumbles, especially that romance. The first time I read this I think I was kind of angry it went nowhere, because I wanted yuri. This time (second??) I have a lot more favorite yuri to treasure and felt more immersed by the events.
It handles a lot of geek friendship and culture beautifully. Even from outside the respective fandoms, I felt that love of Precure and Touhou glow enough to bridge a lot of the realism and soul of the work. Tabletop and clothes otaku were handled well.
In some ways there isn't yet a series that matches the strengths of this. Part of that may be how many volumes it had to breathe like a Cute Girls Doing Cute Things story, but the events and worldbuilding were broad and seemingly aimless enough that it didn't feel like it was about a singular hobby. It's not preachy about a niche or skillset, which is helped by Akina being a hypocrite. The more women-dominated sides of otaku culture and simple but plausible characters were portrayed very realistically most of the time, the fetishizing of men included without being shied away from or treated as too much of a punchline.
Even if it held back from the girlkissing finale it was usually alright about otaku, queer, and gender-nonconforming things. Akina is a piece of work sometimes, and the story only rarely makes it clear when she's a flawed narrator, just that we should be broad-minded about interests we don't share.
When I first read this I was hoping the author would do a serialization that tops it someday, wishful thinking as if the issues are due to the era or inexperience. I don't think it's a bad way to warmly reflect on an author, it's just not predictive. The author did a lot better with the content than others who signaled they were (in extras seemingly identifying as) a male. I worried they held back on writing an active lesbian relationship for one of many reasons. An ongoing serialization in a real-world setting demands a more subtle touch than fantasy one-shots, sort of, I'm not sure how to word that best. With their life experience and more LGBT acceptance in culture over time I hoped they'd write a proper relationship someday since the moods they wrote here are so good. I can't say the work is a "product of its time" when it's so ahead of the times in other ways.
And checking on that hope I learned My Best Friend Who I Love Fell Completely In Love With My Vtuber Self is the same author! So that's why I felt I'd seen that style in the time since! Look at the leads and you can see the author's preferences. It doesn't fix the just get together already I wanna see a date issue but at least its premise and format better justifies the lack of progress. Good manga, more polished than this one as experience shows, but it's much narrower in scope and it doesn't speak to me as much. I hope the creator stays well and releases another long-form serialization someday!
While it may not be something I'd immediately recommend, I reread this because it was relatable and memorable. The pacing stumbles, especially that romance. The first time I read this I think I was kind of angry it went nowhere, because I wanted yuri. This time (second??) I have a lot more favorite yuri to treasure and felt more immersed by the events.
It handles a lot of geek friendship and culture beautifully. Even from outside the respective fandoms, I felt that love of Precure and Touhou glow enough to bridge a lot of the realism and soul of the work. Tabletop and clothes otaku were handled well.
In some ways there isn't yet a series that matches the strengths of this. Part of that may be how many volumes it had to breathe like a Cute Girls Doing Cute Things story, but the events and worldbuilding were broad and seemingly aimless enough that it didn't feel like it was about a singular hobby. It's not preachy about a niche or skillset, which is helped by Akina being a hypocrite. The more women-dominated sides of otaku culture and simple but plausible characters were portrayed very realistically most of the time, the fetishizing of men included without being shied away from or treated as too much of a punchline.
Even if it held back from the girlkissing finale it was usually alright about otaku, queer, and gender-nonconforming things. Akina is a piece of work sometimes, and the story only rarely makes it clear when she's a flawed narrator, just that we should be broad-minded about interests we don't share.
When I first read this I was hoping the author would do a serialization that tops it someday, wishful thinking as if the issues are due to the era or inexperience. I don't think it's a bad way to warmly reflect on an author, it's just not predictive. The author did a lot better with the content than others who signaled they were (in extras seemingly identifying as) a male. I worried they held back on writing an active lesbian relationship for one of many reasons. An ongoing serialization in a real-world setting demands a more subtle touch than fantasy one-shots, sort of, I'm not sure how to word that best. With their life experience and more LGBT acceptance in culture over time I hoped they'd write a proper relationship someday since the moods they wrote here are so good. I can't say the work is a "product of its time" when it's so ahead of the times in other ways.
And checking on that hope I learned My Best Friend Who I Love Fell Completely In Love With My Vtuber Self is the same author! So that's why I felt I'd seen that style in the time since! Look at the leads and you can see the author's preferences
. It doesn't fix the just get together already I wanna see a date issue but at least its premise and format better justifies the lack of progress. Good manga, more polished than this one as experience shows, but it's much narrower in scope and it doesn't speak to me as much. I hope the creator stays well and releases another long-form serialization someday!
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