Shunkan Gradation - Vol. 3 Ch. 14

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How about a show of hands? Who gives a crap about this jerk and his pitiable backstory? I thought this was supposed to be a story about Shinobu and Okachimachi. But Shinobu seems to be more interested in being a the jerk's best friend and savior than having anything to do with Okachimachi. Christsake, she's even holding hands with the jerk in front of Okachimachi! Just how many more chapters are we going to have to suffer with this nonsense?
 

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But it took you this long? It was pretty obvious from when he was introduced that there would be a love triangle, but a lot of the time it's a one-sided love triangle like this one will probably be. It's already shown that she likes Okachimachi.

Edit: and looking at the raws for the rest of vol 3:

It doesn't even focus on that. It focuses on her being a good friend and trying to help him with the baseball stuff and then romance with Okachimachi. So unless there's something in vol 4, there really isn't a love triangle and there was nothing to that hand grab except a little jealousy from Okachimachi.
 
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@jak I'm glad to hear it doesn't turn into a love triangle. I'd actually just prefer her and the blond/baseball dude to be friends. ^^
 
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The spanish team has already finished this series and i've read it, so i can tell you
its pretty far from a love triangle onwards so you guys don't worry ^^
 
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Flips. Now the other guy has a legitimate reason to fall for her... BUT THE MAIN SHIPPPP
Many thanks
 
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yeah yeah threat of a love triangle and all that

but did you see his face when okachimachi asked him to head back too? thats the look of someone being hit with true FRIENDSHIP for the first time T_T♥ lets give him a chance i think he is gonna end up being a close friend and bro to both of the MCs
 

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It's still possible though. Haven't seen volume 4 and the series is still ongoing I believe.
 
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Flips. Now the other guy has a legitimate reason to fall for her...

And that's what usually happens in this sort of series. I could name a couple other series that are currently being scanlated that follow the same pattern. In fact, the spoiler contains a comment I made on otakumole about an ongoing series that's not even listed here on mangadex. At this point it would certainly seem to apply to this series, as well.
series: Koi Bakkari no Sekai de Watashi wa Kimi to
Will this follow the usual route of "girl spends more time with a boy other than her crush, the crush thinks girl is in love with the boy so he distances himself from her, and the boy develops feelings for the girl, and all because the girl cannot be honest about her feelings with her crush"?

BUT THE MAIN SHIPPPP
The main ship hasn't even sailed and the FMC is being sidetracked by her meddlesome personality, sticking her nose into other people's business instead of taking care of her own.

By the way, this series ended about half a year ago with chapter 24 and it has been translated into English.
 
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Dude, I've seen your comments around and I feel that you're so bitter about things. This is a very gentle play on typical shoujo manga tropes. A friend is clearly struggling so you spend time with him and listen to his troubles...BEGONE THOT!!!

It's fine if you're sick of the tropes themselves beyond recovery, we all have our red lines, but it's more you than this manga. Compared to many of its peers and from a regular reader's perspective, this is all calm seas, light winds, and bright suns, with no krakens in sight.
 

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