Show Me Your Bust - Ch. 23

[North87]

On tappytoon the story has the label "harem". That is disappointing. How serious are those labels?

 

[karpad]

Thanks for the upload!

 

[senpaikg]

Her bf irks me, FR. Huge redflag bro. ❌

And also, I need another chapter so bad. 🫠😮‍💨

 

[SrNevik]

On tappytoon the story has the label "harem". That is disappointing. How serious are those labels?

Could just be because Kang is currently tossed between the two women but there's not currently a clear love triangle; so they just use something else to describe Kang's situation? Might be a lazy tag. I don't see any narrative indication that this is a harem and the synopsis only discusses issues between the 3 women and Kang needing to make a choice. Even in the unlikely event that she ends up with both, that would be a poly relationship and not a harem. I also checked the Korean tags to see if those are the same and those don't mention harem.

 

[Dark-N-Cloudy]

Oh, sorry for being unclear. Mind you this is my interpretation. And I find the story hard to follow.

I mean that Kang and Woo-hui have some sort of, long-term, close relationship, and Woo-hui clearly have feelings for Kang. For instance according to chapter 9, they have traveled on a bunch of trips together, and made plans to travel together again, just the two of them. Honestly, they sounded like an old couple in that scene, in chapter 9, where they were walking hand in hand. Kang did of course end up canceling their plans for a chance to see the pink-haired lady in the very next chapter. Then she calls Woo-hui to flirt, she wants to touch her breast she keeps on saying, while being at the sea, where they were supposed to go, just so she could see pink-haired lady. That was just cruel. Kang and the pink-haired lady did of course end up having sex. Woo-hui also have some sort of bad history with the pink-haired lady, but Kang never really cared about that at all. That makes Kang a asshole in my book, especially as later chapters stress that she is actually good at reading situations and not as dense as everyone thinks.

So, I think it is cruel of Kang to create this situation while fucking the pink-haired lady. She is not that dense. I honestly don't like the character Kang that much.

Just one thing to say, she didn't cancel the trip with WooHui to flirt with the pink haired girl (let's call her Pinky), she cancelled because she had to go work at the event they had (hence why she said she wasn't drinking when she called WooHui), where said Pinky appeared. This then led to them fucking but it was not premeditated or planned (maybe just planned by Pinky, but Kang is kinda dumb with relationships, I guess she's never been in one).

Kang JiHo is being led on by Pinky while Kang is also leading on WooHui but both Kang and WooHui don't really understand their feelings too well. So yeah, story is a little bit difficult to follow but white background is the present and black background is the past

 

[North87]

Just one thing to say, she didn't cancel the trip with WooHui to flirt with the pink haired girl (let's call her Pinky), she cancelled because she had to go work at the event they had (hence why she said she wasn't drinking when she called WooHui), where said Pinky appeared. This then led to them fucking but it was not premeditated or planned (maybe just planned by Pinky, but Kang is kinda dumb with relationships, I guess she's never been in one).

Kang JiHo is being led on by Pinky while Kang is also leading on WooHui but both Kang and WooHui don't really understand their feelings too well. So yeah, story is a little bit difficult to follow but white background is the present and black background is the past

Yeah, you are quite right. My bad. I went back and read chapter 10 again. I see that I might have mixed up the names while reading it the first time. At the start of chapter 10 she is talking about brown, not pinky. So, I thought she was saying that she needed to see pinky once a day and that is why she went on the trip. But in that case blue has some major cognitive dissociation. She start with how she wants to date brown and that she needs to see her at least once a day. She then calls her to flirt and have phone sex, and then she goes on to have sex with pinky. Brown has plenty of reason to be annoyed.

Edit: But I would also like to add; blue was under the impression that pinky had rejected her in chapter 10. So, she went straight to her supposedly best friend for gratification, but when pinky was a option again she dropped brown right away. Even though something had changed between them, blue and brown that is, in large degree thanks to the actions of blue. She started something, and they both felt it, even though they could not quite name it. So, I think blue is too driven by her libido for her to be likable and I hope she and brown do not end up together. Brown actually likes her, but blue would settle for anything.

 

[Dark-N-Cloudy]

Yeah, you are quite right. My bad. I went back and read chapter 10 again. I see that I might have mixed up the names while reading it the first time. At the start of chapter 10 she is talking about brown, not pinky. So, I thought she was saying that she needed to see pinky once a day and that is why she went on the trip. But in that case Blue has some major cognitive dissociation. She start with how she wants to date brown and that she needs to see her at least once a day. She then calls her to flirt and have phone sex, and then she goes on to have sex with pinky. Brown has plenty of reason to be annoyed.

Edit: But I would also like to add; blue was under the impression that pinky had rejected her in chapter 10. So, she went straight to her supposedly best friend for gratification, but when pinky was a option again she dropped brown right away. Even though something had changed between them. blue and brown that is, in large degree thanks to the actions of blue. She started something, and they both felt it, even though they could not quite name it. So, I think blue is too driven by her libido for her to be likable and I hope she and brown do not end up together. Brown actually likes her, but blue would settle for anything.

I think Blue is just confusing Pink with love while denying her own love for Brown. This is only the second time ever Blue has sex so I understand her confusing Pink using her for sex as love.

Blue is fickle, yes, but she is just starting to discover her own feelings so she is inexperienced and immature.

Pink is manipulative as hell, though; she knows exactly what she's doing and what Blue's and Brown's feelings are, just wants the sexual gratification Blue provides due to her inexperience and curiosity to her own sexuality.

Brown will probably be angry or dejected or both when she finds out, but right now we are in the middle of a random flashback as to how Blue fell in love (maybe unbeknownst to herself) with Brown and they started their "best friends" era before the story finally kicks in.

This "random" flashback started because Brown's ex came back to town so we are expanding on what had previously happened and why Blue thought Brown would be sad or upset.

 

[North87]

I think Blue is just confusing Pink with love while denying her own love for Brown. This is only the second time ever Blue has sex so I understand her confusing Pink using her for sex as love.

Blue is fickle, yes, but she is just starting to discover her own feelings so she is inexperienced and immature.

Pink is manipulative as hell, though; she knows exactly what she's doing and what Blue's and Brown's feelings are, just wants the sexual gratification Blue provides due to her inexperience and curiosity to her own sexuality.

Brown will probably be angry or dejected or both when she finds out, but right now we are in the middle of a random flashback as to how Blue fell in love (maybe unbeknownst to herself) with Brown and they started their "best friends" era before the story finally kicks in.

This "random" flashback started because Brown's ex came back to town so we are expanding on what had previously happened and why Blue thought Brown would be sad or upset.

Do you think pink is manipulative? I think she knows about blue and brown, but she does not care at all. I honestly got the impression that she is dead on the inside and she just goes with the flow. She is just looking for something that makes her feel something. But it has been hinted that pink did something against brown, but unfortunately blue did not care enough to ask. so we still lack information about that. So maybe pink has some sort of game plan here. The pink-haired girl tend to be the villain in these types of stories. But who knows, maybe they will surprise us and blue and pink are the end game. But honestly, who would care enough to follow that story?

 

[outinthegardener]

Oh, sorry for being unclear. Mind you this is my interpretation. And I find the story hard to follow.

I mean that Kang and Woo-hui have some sort of, long-term, close relationship, and Woo-hui clearly have feelings for Kang. For instance according to chapter 9, they have traveled on a bunch of trips together, and made plans to travel together again, just the two of them. Honestly, they sounded like an old couple in that scene, in chapter 9, where they were walking hand in hand. Kang did of course end up canceling their plans for a chance to see the pink-haired lady in the very next chapter. Then she calls Woo-hui to flirt, she wants to touch her breast she keeps on saying, while being at the sea, where they were supposed to go, just so she could see pink-haired lady. That was just cruel. Kang and the pink-haired lady did of course end up having sex. Woo-hui also have some sort of bad history with the pink-haired lady, but Kang never really cared about that at all. That makes Kang a asshole in my book, especially as later chapters stress that she is actually good at reading situations and not as dense as everyone thinks.

So, I think it is cruel of Kang to create this situation while fucking the pink-haired lady. She is not that dense. I honestly don't like the character Kang that much.

My take is that the author is trying to depict how confusing feelings are when you're young and immature. The fact that the main story isn't linear, and the flashbacks muck it up even more, causes the story to be hard to follow. I suspect that disorienting feeling is what Blue is going through trying to navigate romantic feelings and horny feelings. We're slowly getting more backstory and glimpses of the character's motivation, and things likely won't make sense until close to the end.

I agree that Blue is bordering on being the asshole, but that's just part of dating when you're young. She's young and horny. I think she's interested in Brown, but has gotten clear signals that Brown is not into her. So Blue is taking the opportunity to try and move on and fool around with Pink. Meanwhile Brown is catching feelings for Blue, but she's not sure about those feelings and isn't sure she's gay so she puts the brakes on Blue's riz. And Pink has some traumatic motivation for fooling around with Blue which will doom that ship. It's all messy young love drama. Literal "Fuck around and find out."

I don't blame you for finding Blue disagreeable. She's making hell of mistakes. But my perspective is to wait for how she ends up dealing with her mistakes and see if she grows. It's not a clear cut, black/white story with easy answers.

 

[HuckaLeroo]

Has this been officially translated/released? I mean with the major distributors? Or had anyone found raws?

 

[captaincrunchtoes]

Has this been officially translated/released? I mean with the major distributors? Or had anyone found raws?

It’s officially translated by Tappytoon and I believe the Korean raws are on ridibooks!

 

[North87]

My take is that the author is trying to depict how confusing feelings are when you're young and immature. The fact that the main story isn't linear, and the flashbacks muck it up even more, causes the story to be hard to follow. I suspect that disorienting feeling is what Blue is going through trying to navigate romantic feelings and horny feelings. We're slowly getting more backstory and glimpses of the character's motivation, and things likely won't make sense until close to the end.

I agree that Blue is bordering on being the asshole, but that's just part of dating when you're young. She's young and horny. I think she's interested in Brown, but has gotten clear signals that Brown is not into her. So Blue is taking the opportunity to try and move on and fool around with Pink. Meanwhile Brown is catching feelings for Blue, but she's not sure about those feelings and isn't sure she's gay so she puts the brakes on Blue's riz. And Pink has some traumatic motivation for fooling around with Blue which will doom that ship. It's all messy young love drama. Literal "Fuck around and find out."

I don't blame you for finding Blue disagreeable. She's making hell of mistakes. But my perspective is to wait for how she ends up dealing with her mistakes and see if she grows. It's not a clear cut, black/white story with easy answers.

Interesting. I like the way you think and it is so good that you are sharing your ideas! I rather like it as a concept. But I think time will tell if that is what they are going for or not. But I am very interested in knowing what they are going for in as a concept in this story. What do you think? Moderne love life maybe?

But I’m not sure it’s the smartest move by the publisher. As I noticed that the story actually had one of the lowest view counts on tappytoon. Which is the official English publisher. There were almost 40 thousand views during the last six months, making it a somewhat unpopular comic.

I think that the confusing storytelling, unlikable protagonist and lack of proper romance turns people off. People who are into this genre tend to like it when their couples have this big love story. In this story it has not even started yet, and I don’t think anyone is very engaged in blue and brown as a couple yet. Whereas in what does the fox say at the same time the romance had started and people were shipping it like crazy.