Shin'yuu no Furin Aite wa, Otto deshita - Vol. 1 Ch. 6

[MangaDex]

 

[MasterPannya]

At this point, I'd hire a PI.

 

[Superpeanut]

This series… feels like it is likely to drag this out for a while. Sometimes that’s fine. But I don’t think this will be a series for me. I don’t mean that as an indictment towards others, just a reflection of my own feelings.

What I mean is, look at this chapter. A perfectly fine, serviceable chapter. But there no real “progression” or development of the main characters, plot, or themes. It’s just “someone is sketchy, I don’t trust my husband, this marriage sucks”. Which, sure, that’s the point of the manga. But then this chapter didn’t need to exist in a way, since it’s just saying the same thing as prior chapters. All that happened was “plans were maybe made”, but that was basically 1-page worth of time then followed by a few pages of basically fluff content. Like aimless dialog in a video game or TV show - something that exists to pad, not to progress, not to develop or express.

 

[Nosebleed]

This series… feels like it is likely to drag this out for a while. Sometimes that’s fine. But I don’t think this will be a series for me. I don’t mean that as an indictment towards others, just a reflection of my own feelings.

What I mean is, look at this chapter. A perfectly fine, serviceable chapter. But there no real “progression” or development of the main characters, plot, or themes. It’s just “someone is sketchy, I don’t trust my husband, this marriage sucks”. Which, sure, that’s the point of the manga. But then this chapter didn’t need to exist in a way, since it’s just saying the same thing as prior chapters. All that happened was “plans were maybe made”, but that was basically 1-page worth of time then followed by a few pages of basically fluff content. Like aimless dialog in a video game or TV show - something that exists to pad, not to progress, not to develop or express.

Are you really saying a chapter where Rei suddenly changed attitudes after constantly rejecting Mahoro is meaningless in the context of an affair? Of all chapters to have this complaint, this one feels like the least appropriate to have it.

I mean don't read it if you don't like it obviously, but damn, feels like we're reading a different manga.

Reminds me a bit of the comments begging for spoilers of who did it. Do people just not have the attention span to follow a story unless there's guns and explosions every chapter?

 

[BCS]

Don't worry author, I don't even know what gratin is

 

[UdenEmpati]

This series… feels like it is likely to drag this out for a while. Sometimes that’s fine. But I don’t think this will be a series for me. I don’t mean that as an indictment towards others, just a reflection of my own feelings.

What I mean is, look at this chapter. A perfectly fine, serviceable chapter. But there no real “progression” or development of the main characters, plot, or themes. It’s just “someone is sketchy, I don’t trust my husband, this marriage sucks”. Which, sure, that’s the point of the manga. But then this chapter didn’t need to exist in a way, since it’s just saying the same thing as prior chapters. All that happened was “plans were maybe made”, but that was basically 1-page worth of time then followed by a few pages of basically fluff content. Like aimless dialog in a video game or TV show - something that exists to pad, not to progress, not to develop or express.

Well in case you didn't know the series is confirmed to end at chapter 50.
But if you meant "drag out" as in the pacing from chapter to chapter, having something essential to the plot happening every single page in a mystery like this risks narrative overload. Giving space for the plot to breathe a bit is important because otherwise it can come across either rushed or too dense to really digest and comprehend.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Don't worry author, I don't even know what gratin is

it's 'Taters, Precious

 

[story645]

Giving space for the plot to breathe a bit is important because otherwise it can come across either rushed or too dense to really digest and comprehend.

It's also a way to have the reader move w/ the protag and feel her feels. Like the reader is supposed to exist in her space of suspicion/frustration/resentment and ever decreasing levels of hope. That just doesn't happen if the plot moves at recap speed.

 

[BCS]

it's 'Taters, Precious

SPUDS?

 

[tototototoo]

Are you really saying a chapter where Rei suddenly changed attitudes after constantly rejecting Mahoro is meaningless in the context of an affair? Of all chapters to have this complaint, this one feels like the least appropriate to have it.

I mean don't read it if you don't like it obviously, but damn, feels like we're reading a different manga.

Reminds me a bit of the comments begging for spoilers of who did it. Do people just not have the attention span to follow a story unless there's guns and explosions every chapter?

I can’t handle the unknown 😭

Also just got to excited and wanted more but it’s too much of a chore to get the raws so oh well 🤷‍♀️

 

[colorlesseatstomboys]

Edit: forgot to add my thoughts about the chapter, if that account really is of a friend and that really is her husband, then it only means 1 friend. The one with the husband huh. Does that mean the others(just 1 for now but I realized what if the other one was also hinting it to her, when she said the guy she slept with had a wife) know about it and are hinting it to her now.

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Reminds me a bit of the comments begging for spoilers of who did it. Do people just not have the attention span to follow a story unless there's guns and explosions every chapter?

Jeez sorry for asking...

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But it's not that. Not every story is meant for everyone but that doesn't mean we're completely uninterested.
And even if someone is uninterested does that mean they aren't worthy of asking about a story's end?

For me, reading this, is an outlier of outliers, so I just wanted to know the mystery beforehand (then, not now), and as it kept updating I would continue reading.

 

[BobBob]

I bet he left his dishes on the table again.

 

[Superpeanut]

Are you really saying a chapter where Rei suddenly changed attitudes after constantly rejecting Mahoro is meaningless in the context of an affair? Of all chapters to have this complaint, this one feels like the least appropriate to have it.

I mean don't read it if you don't like it obviously, but damn, feels like we're reading a different manga.

Reminds me a bit of the comments begging for spoilers of who did it. Do people just not have the attention span to follow a story unless there's guns and explosions every chapter?

Yes, I 100% mean that. At the start of the chapter, we had reason to be suspicious of her character. At the end of the chapter we… have reason to be suspicious of it. That is not progression, it’s the status quo.

And man… I made it clear I was just talking about a personal opinion and stated I have NO reason to see an issue with someone else having a different view on this series. Please do not give me crap about how I’m reading the series when I went out of my way to clarify this was a ME thing. I just wanted to voice an opinion and a thought, and stressed that. There’s zero reason to be rude to me about that.

 

[Jatopian]

I think hubby should ask for seconds on that gratin. He needs energy to fuck. I'm totally not saying this just because I want to see the wife get caught in her gratin deception.

 

[hitohito1]

I kinda love the authors comment at the end of every chapter. Give this manga a more personality.

All of us are accusing the friends but it's possible the affair partner is his mother (maybe I've been reading too much hentai).

 

[EchoGirl]

"i don't think jp will understand" i think all the affair stories prolly means there are unless it's really is super unacceptable and it's just more a 'thing' in fiction versus it being more frowned upon like the 'idols can't date' subculture

Don't worry author, I don't even know what gratin is

Seen pics online idk if there's a lot of other types but the potatoes one looks good , can't go wrong with that, tho i've never seen it for sale (tho i go to more fast food place than 'proper' restaurants, not sure if like a frozen dinner one would be good but i wouldn't mind trying it if it wasn't too pricey at a place but yeah it does seem like it'd be messy to move frozen gratin to a plate versus from the oven

At this point, I'd hire a PI.

I remember reading one 'revenge josei' manga where someone hired a pi but it backfired on the MC b/c they were working for her husband or betrayed her or so all along

All of us are accusing the friends but it's possible the affair partner is his mother (maybe I've been reading too much hentai).

Lmao idk if she'd bother to stop by but it would be amusing if she had a step mother close to her age

 

[Superpeanut]

Well in case you didn't know the series is confirmed to end at chapter 50.
But if you meant "drag out" as in the pacing from chapter to chapter, having something essential to the plot happening every single page in a mystery like this risks narrative overload. Giving space for the plot to breathe a bit is important because otherwise it can come across either rushed or too dense to really digest and comprehend.

Well and really, I don’t think it’s a “bad thing”. It’s just not a “me” thing, really. I think the story is interesting enough, but maybe I’ve read too many slow manga lately that I’m just itching for something more… direct lol xD

 

[EchoGirl]

It's also a way to have the reader move w/ the protag and feel her feels. Like the reader is supposed to exist in her space of suspicion/frustration/resentment and ever decreasing levels of hope. That just doesn't happen if the plot moves at recap speed.

Considering there's like , 50 chapters, maybe we'll get a POV switch at some point but i guess if it did that too soon, it'd be obvoius/we'd know as opposed to the stories that let you know at the beginning and the story is about confronting/exposing or getting revenge

Well and really, I don’t think it’s a “bad thing”. It’s just not a “me” thing, really. I think the story is interesting enough, but maybe I’ve read too many slow manga lately that I’m just itching for something more… direct lol xD

other than the slow start/slow burn ones, maybe find some that are more focused on the 'revenge' than just her discovering that an affair is happening tho it might be more common in korean manhua/long form strips aimed at female readers , which can also be slow but at least hte benefit of that 'one' chapter is pretty long compared to some of the other manga that's like 5-6 pages per chapter

 

[wiz_gmc]

I bet he left his dishes on the table again.

What an annoying husband. Even if the twist is that he wasn't cheating, she still needs to firmly tell him to shape up.

 

[EchoGirl]

What an annoying husband. Even if the twist is that he wasn't cheating, she still needs to firmly tell him to shape up.

yeah i don't remember the story but there was a josei manga bout some bad husbands or so and how they dealt with it

But unfortunately the 'bad husband/bare minimum' trope tends to exist a lot, but as the 'bread winner' i'm sure some don't wanna be nagged to also contribute to chores or so but i imagine the rich ones dont' have to worry about that (tho still a bunch of stories about rich ppl cheating too).