I'm pretty sure you said "a girl like Yamada would NEVER date a guy like Ichikawa, end of story." and I just pointed out that it can totally happen.
Oh my goodness gracious, I said if you put them in the real world it’s unlikely they would date I was not talking about them in the manga at all, in a literal sense. So now all of a sudden we’re lying to ourselves and thinking model women out here are looking to date people that are low key and hardworking good guys like Ichikawa? It can theoretically happen yes, it’s just way more likely to not happen.
first of all, nobody is ganging up on you, people are just having a discussion, even a fairly civil one by internet standards at least.
Oh we’re having a civil discussion? Easy for you to say. Everyone who’s replied to me took one sentence I said out of context and has ran with that without making any effort to understand my broader argument, until this reply. This entire thing started from a user who said verbatim “I don’t care for the rest of your argument.” But that’s civil?
I stated this to counter all these comments that kept saying “oh this is realistic and inevitable anyone who disagrees is blind or wants forced bad writing etc etc” from what I perceived as fairly arrogant vibes. It just seemed anyone who was critical beyond just saying “I don’t like this” or “I don’t understand” was getting unfair pushback. From my understanding, I was getting the sense that people were saying just because BokuYaba is taking the “realistic” approach of new relationship issues, that it means it’s automatically good and criticism from people who don’t like this development is just inherently wrong, which I took issue with.
As I've said before, I wouldn't mind if the manga released once a quarter or even slower if it meant that the Sakurai Norio doesn't overwork herself and doesn't burn out. It's a very demanding job, and I hope she stays healthy both physically and mentally for as long as the story requires. The anon doing the translations needs to stay healthy and motivated too.
I will gladly throw hands with anyone who tells me the band arc was anything but boring
I recommend rereading chapter 127 and the extra with lyrics instead. In ch.166 when Yamada walks off, the lyrics speech bubbles show the first verse. It's the part of the song, which uses the watashi pronoun instead of boku (the pronoun used by Kyoutarou). I.e. it's Yamada's confession and her own description of her flaws.
That's a good observation. As you say, it's clearly portayed as a mirroring scene to the first performance which ended in a emotional reunion and although having the same setup, leads to a different outcome this time around. Both times, Kyo's song is playing in the background and it's safe to assume the lyrics shown hold importance to the scene. I think withholding Yamada's thoughts during this is a deliberate choice in order to show the polarity between both situations, like two sides of the same coin.
