Skip and Loafer - Ch. 65 - Steady School Trip, Pt. 3

[MangaDex]

 

[lxmon_fax]

They’re so cute together my gosh I can’t wait to see how Shima is gonna try to change himself over the next chapters
Thanks for the TL

 

[Kaios]

Jesus, what a chapter. This is food to my soul

 

[Gem-Bug]

Break next month so I guess we got twice the emotional load, dang

Thanks for the upload

 

[hentako]

Our boy needs to get his self-confidence issues figured out ASAP so they can be the adorable couple they're meant to be. I think he was being genuinely that kind and considerate person when he meant to, but he feels like everything he's done has just been his self-defense mechanism

 

[unicorpse]

Tsubame Club, thank you so much for your work as always! I love this series and have enjoyed every chapter, so thanks for sharing your work with us.

SHIMA! I'm so proud of you for growing as a person and for expressing your own desires and ambitions after just going with the flow for so long! You can definitely do it! Realization is the first step! I love them both so much.

 

[coyote_vdb]

Thanks for the translation.

 

[tvih]

Ganbare, Shima-kun!

 

[Ohin]

You know, I love this relationship a lot. It's so easy to relate to both Shima and Mitsumi in different ways. Like, I feel like it's relatively common to feel like your kind actions aren't really a big deal, or that you aren't really that good of a person, and at the same time I've definitely been on the flip side where simple acts of kindness become very meaningful. It's really beautifully written.

 

[Ranzo]

Hey, big into the idea of self improvement and upping your self value, but like, have you also thought about just telling her the depth of your feelings towards her? I get it is a process but all you're doing is just continuously talking past her.

 

[Knighto]

the chapter started with a weird twist, like we just friggin got a serious moment, the manga moves monthly but not what is happening with the manga, come on. Aaaand I get that could totally happen specially with teenagers, but you can't drop the moment for a gag.

the date was great, the bit with Ujie-kun was actually really funny. Her reason were more than he is kind even when he has his own problem, but she doesn't need to mention the bad things when giving compliment, it's not on her, the last pages and well she has realized a long time ago the problems he has, that's why she could ask for the break up.
I think Shima was actually expecting to get berated after what he did, but our girl is beyond that, hopefully Shima doesn't go yandere hahaha.

great chapter as always, just a weird start but fixed really good with the date.

 

[binhex]

She will wait for that fluffy golden retriever for as long as it takes. Right now there is no compliment she can give him that his negative aura won't deflect as him just pretending to be nice. He is so unaware of his own kindness.

 

[fulani]

i kinda understand why shima felt disappointed with mitsumi’s answer on what she liked about him. i too thought she’d probably speak about his real clumsy character rather than the friendly facade he puts on. i read the rest of the chapter hoping she might have mentioned it during their walk but she didn’t. it did feel a bit empty. in the end tho, that’s for shima to work on as a person and im glad he at least recognizes that

 

[axlorg89]

i kinda understand why shima felt disappointed with mitsumi’s answer on what she liked about him. i too thought she’d probably speak about his real clumsy character rather than the friendly facade he puts on. i read the rest of the chapter hoping she might have mentioned it during their walk but she didn’t. it did feel a bit empty. in the end tho, that’s for shima to work on as a person and im glad he at least recognizes that

To be fair, when someone asks for a compliment, you don't try to give perceived negative traits. Mitsumi likes his detached side which is why she confesses the first time accidentally. What Shima doesn't get is that the way he acts is genuinely himself and not the role he believes it to be.

 

[skywardgem]

heavy hitter chapter, sheesh. The cutoff page after Mitsumi's answer and the page paralleling Yasaka's "Just love me" page from last chapter especially bowled right over me but the "I'll catch up to you" page picked me up off the ground. The loafer... he wants to stay by the skipper's side........ gosh.......................

I love that for all the pieces between these characters that don't quite mesh up properly (not just for Mitsumi and Shima! Mika with those around her, and Makoto and Yuzu come to mind, for example), we get moments like this chapter where they work to make a change that will maybe make those pieces fit together. To love and be loved is to change, or something like that lol

fight on, you wonderful students!!

 

[fappingkills]

I really want to know the name of the cafe they went to!!!

 

[UnvalidUserName]

You know. Normally this shoujo manga trope of "Hot popular guy falls in love with plain jane" requires some suspension of disbelief from me. But not in this manga. Nope. Not at all.
Mitsumi is so caring, mature, patient, understanding, confident, capable, resilient, strong, good natured, intelligent, self-reflecting, ambitious, expressive- I get iT AUTHOR-SAN YOU DON'T NEED TO KEEP GIVING ME REASONS! I UNDERSTAND ALREADY!
AAAAGHHH!!!!

 

[Panino]

HOLY SMOKES!
Some of Shima's speech bubbles.... Mutsumi RUINED this boy's life!

 

[UnvalidUserName]

Also, Shima needs to learn to be vulnerable. There is no other way that he could establish meaningful dialogue, to let Mitsumi know his real self. I know it's hard for people that have been betrayed before. It feels like handing over the knife and telling them where to stab

 

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the chapter