Skip and Loafer - Ch. 70 - Flustered Culture Festival

[Kushikime]

Thanks for the AfternoonGang chapter

 

[skywardgem]

there's a certain confidence around a lot of the characters here compared to last festival, you can really see and feel how they've all come into their own a bit more over the course of the manga lol

also just always enjoy a good stage setting chapter, I assume seeing Shima's play and the aftermath of that will be the Final Focus of the festival but there's a lot to take in and I'm excited to dig into it all more over the next few chapters

thanks for the chapter!!

 

[toru_okada]

oh man he cute and smooth as hell too, so happy for Mika.

Someday i want to take my whole family to the big city too, let them see the life i built, but man Mitsumi kind of makes me insecure, she's that amazing. The life she's created, the friends she's made, and the amount of personal growth is inspiring. I legit cried when that panel showed her sister looking at her onee-chan's back as she found her. She's tempered herself and is a lot more mature, but she's never lost that child-like curiosity and optimism.

Mistumi makes me realize that a change in environment can be a great catalyst, but at the end of the day, it's how you make of it that truly matters. I hope she can remain this lovable goober even when she grows up.

 

[rorie]

Thank you fot the TL!! I missed it so much ;v;

 

[AyaX]

Sigh... pls no more Shima drama. Thx for the chapter

 

[imperial_pigeon]

Could someone remind me about Shima's dad? Like, what is their relationship like or are his parents divorced or something? I honestly can't remember him at all lol

 

[HunterCO]

Bro walked in there with insane confidence lol

 

[Insev]

I thought this chapter was all over the place and not in a good way. This is one of those things where it should have been decompressed and the events of this chapter take place over a few because it's just throwing stuff at the reader. I wanted to see more of her family enjoying the festival, maybe see Mitsumi's sister actually interacting with Mitsumi's friends since we didn't really get that during the summer vacation arc. Yuzu and Mako not being wallpaper for once.

But nah, we really needed to speedrun everything to get to the super special broken boy because he hasn't hogged the spotlight enough in ways that have been completely detrimental to the series over the last two years.

I agree with the overall sentiment, because i wanted to see more fluff with mitsumi's family and yuzu and mako being a bit more important.

with that said, it's not shocking that shima is getting the most screen time, mostly because all the other character have literally NOTHING major going on.
I think the author kind of fumbled with the pacing of events, and now they don't have enough leeway/freedom to choose "creating new stakes" over "resolving shima's plotline".

 

[distantflower]

Could someone remind me about Shima's dad? Like, what is their relationship like or are his parents divorced or something? I honestly can't remember him at all lol

If I recalled correctly, so far both Shima's biological dad (scenes of his parents fighting before their impending divorce came to mind) and step dad's face (Shima imagined his young step brother going to the Zoo with the stepdad and his mom) have been obscured (drawn without eyes or from the back).

This should be his step dad's first face reveal! (Looking so much like his little step brother, obviously). I guess we'll find out soon how their relationship is like in the next chapters.

 

[JKTV]

Ngl I agree that I felt like this chapter was all over the place BUT in a good way, it’s a hectic busy fun cultured festival so of course so much is gonna be going on, hence its title being flustered now my spidey senses are tingling for some drama

 

[Gem-Bug]

Great chapter full of cute moments; thanks for the translation!

 

[emMeBi86]

Man, can't believe I've slept on this manga for years...read it all in the last two days, it's really good.

I hope Shima will get some sort of "proper closure" on his acting past with his role at the festival (considering he should be demonstrating something to his mother too) so he can move on and maybe be a little more confident and happy about himself -> starting to be more proactive in his relationship with FMC.
It would be a waste if they get together only at the ending of the manga, as too often happens

 

[distantflower]

It would be a waste if they get together only at the ending of the manga, as too often happens

I don't want to shatter my hopes up with even the idea they might even get together. There is a possibility that they might just end up as good friends who motivated each other into the best version of themselves, or an ending forcing us to create our own imagined ending.

Maybe I read too much into one of Sensei's other works that had some downers when it comes to showing "harsh realities" despite that manga depicted in a futuristic fantasy landscape.

 

[imperial_pigeon]

If I recalled correctly, so far both Shima's biological dad (scenes of his parents fighting before their impending divorce came to mind) and step dad's face (Shima imagined his young step brother going to the Zoo with the stepdad and his mom) have been obscured (drawn without eyes or from the back).

This should be his step dad's first face reveal! (Looking so much like his little step brother, obviously). I guess we'll find out soon how their relationship is like in the next chapters.

I had completely forgotten about all that, thank you so much for filling me in!

 

[Huiiii]

Did mitsumi-chan not have the time to see Shima's performance tho 🤔

 

[Dennis-aka-Denji]

Love seeing the tarot stuff! It really sucks when you have friends who always brush it off as ‘not real’… like, even if it’s not real, can’t i have fun? So seeing them have fun with it is great.

And ooof, this foreboding feeling… stay safe everyone!!

it's not real

 

[Dennis-aka-Denji]

This is one of the most condescending posts I've ever read.

My favourite part is the "let go of control" tiktok buddhist advice.

 

[spiffinn]

Thanks for the update!

 

[heisenbergeth]

What happened to previous chapters? Was this series also nuked with DMCA?