Starting Today, We’re Childhood Friends - Ch. 149 - Childhood Friend and Swimsuit

[MangaDex]

 

[mrboxeater]

how many exams do they need to take jeeez lol

 

[razorshaleh]

Men mind VS Girl mind

thank you for translating

 

[Kaito57]

Something big is coming, I can feel it !!
A point of no return in their relationship !!

 

[jiunyann]

All the fluffy series are getting so mich progress, im genuinely excited to see where its all going

 

[artyom]

Can't wait to read next chapter...

To see bunch mid schoolers girls in a swimsuit

To see how far their relationship will progress

 

[Wakipai]

Are we finally getting the promised adult swimsuits?

 

[Mangamoz]

Woah there kid take it easy.

You know not of the beast that you are poking if you dare to ask her to put on an adult swimsuit.

 

[mojo72400]

Will Kaede's new bikini be toned down or amped up on the sexiness?

 

[gggadget]

Yeah I bet you would like to see Nono in an adult swimsuit wouldn't you, Tomoka...

Thank you for the translation!

 

[Seetee]

Indeed, thank you for the translation!

This manga never fails to make me smile, laugh or feel fluffy inside. This time I smiled.

 

[AlterArsene]

I feel... happy inside

 

[EnFiveFour]

Last summer of middle school. It looks to me like this series is slowly approaching its end...
Thank you for the translation!

 

[Magnus_Prime]

Why would you needlessly put your 'friend' in the position of having to protect you?

 

[SuperOniichan]

Why would you needlessly put your 'friend' in the position of having to protect you?

Because in Japanese culture, a man promising to protect a woman is a metaphor for love confession/proposing marriage and spending the rest of life together. It's a cultural meme, like "carry like hime-sama" or "the moon is beautiful tonight."

Woah there kid take it easy.

You know not of the beast that you are poking if you dare to ask her to put on an adult swimsuit.

A beach episode with "adult" swimsuits in a romance manga? What could possibly go wrong...

 

[Magnus_Prime]

Because in Japanese culture, a man promising to protect a woman is a metaphor for love confession/proposing marriage and spending the rest of life together. It's a cultural meme, like "carry like hime-sama" or "the moon is beautiful tonight."

A beach episode with "adult" swimsuits in a romance manga? What could possibly go wrong...

Got it, thanks; I was thinking like an American, exploitation and all that.

 

[SuperOniichan]

Got it, thanks; I was thinking like an American, exploitation and all that.

No problem! I also was wondering why anime and manga girls get so embarrassed when someone promises to protect them, and at some point I saw an article about Japanese romantic metaphors like the banal "I want you to always make me bento."

 

[jubuttib]

Don't worry, no matter how slutty the swimsuit you pick is, he will protect you.

... Unless he faints...

 

[MawMaw]

Having the "I dont want to see you getting pick up by guys" when they're still in middle school really made me 🤨

 

[the_Bear_from_Bearcave]

Having the "I dont want to see you getting pick up by guys" when they're still in middle school really made me 🤨

He was just trying to pick up any excuse he could think of, so it's fine. After all he is thinking of her that way, so he doesn't think "we're still middle school kids", he's thinking "she'd look hot in swimsuit", and he used old and tired trope to hide his own confusion.