Tokimori-san ga Muboubi desu!! - Ch. 52 - Because I'm here, Tokimori-san

[MiguelH224]

Ight cool, now say it to his face when he's awake, otherwise....don't even bother

 

[MiguelH224]

Eh, good enough. I’ll take what I can get.

Nah, not good enough


This honestly changes nothing

 

[Weoooo]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the tears. They did not look like happy tears when she asked why he's persistently kind to her.

That, and her being perfect at work where personal connections don't go very deep, yet living alone, and her saying "this is the best I can do" alongside her confession seems like a dark mix.

Yeah this is actually a really interesting chapter, because its the first time we've seen her be anything other than mysteriously carefree. That she's honestly frustrated with herself and feeling some kind of pain when she realizes that he missed something he was looking forward to because she hurt herself is a massive clue to all this.

I can totally see an idea that she more or less thought he found her really annoying this whole time. Unable to do anything other than work, constantly needing help to do basic chores or common tasks, always getting in trouble or hurting herself or doing something wrong... and it wasn't until he explicitly said that she doesn't have to worry because he is there that she opened up her heart enough to admit she's in love.

 

[KingxCrimson]

FUCK IT ILL TAKE IT, NOW TAKE HIS PANTS OFF

 

[Axichaos]

Tokimori-san fans when they finally have sex (Chapter 10568):

 

[mangafan3000]

GOONING

 

[AGhostButBetter]

Does this qualify as progress?

 

[Lex79]

So the bets are open now: what did she mean?
I like you as a woman.
I like you as a friend.
I like you as a sister.
I like you as a daughter.


Anyway, a step in the right direction, but if the best she can do is confessing while he can't hear, we still have a long road ahead of us before they start dating.

 

[Chuito]

I dunno if she felt anything before he had moved in since he didn't really see the real her.

I do think that after he moved in and started to see the real her she got comfortable around him and started to look at him as more than a friend and potentially get feelings. We see there are hints of of this throughout the series where she does something that could be misinterpreted, but maybe she was being sincere and actually feels that way towards him. It is her whole real self that isn't as reliable that holds her back from committing to it. She doesn't think that a person such as our MC could be interested in her that way because he constantly has to take care of her AND she is unreliable. She has no confidence that ANYONE would be interested in her romantically. Plus she had an ex and I don't recall the reason they broke up (but it might be because of the way she is) so that might have skewed her perspective.

If she did harbor feelings for him that she never wanted to say out loud BECAUSE of her own lack of confidence that no one would want to be with her then the wall finally got knocked down this chapter. Her bluntly asking him why he always helps her if she is so hopeless and his response of because he is there she can be herself means that he accepts her for who she is and the realization on her face means she can now be honest with herself.

Of course, this could be reading WAY too into it and the reality is next chapter the author will pull a fast one about the like thing and we are back to square one. I REALLY hope that what I said above is the reason, though, as it would frame everything in a different light.

Her ex was pretty shitty. The dude forced his own idea of a perfect woman on her and she ended up having to force herself and act like at work 24/7. She was completely burned out and exhausted since he basically wanted a maid caretaker chef he could bang.

we obviously know how sloppy and laid back Tokimori san is at home so he ended up dumping her when she couldnt keep up.

Im thinking, since we never really see things from her pov, she always liked him but never actively thought she could get with anyone. Specially after her breakup she must've thought nobody could accept her.

Something like: "I cant get with him but I can at least help him out in a time of need and be closer. I can be satisfied with just that"

 

[KappaDvorak]

Cmon do something

 

[motheblackcat]

Yeah no we are not that dumb, we know it's another nothing bait

 

[ireeeees19]

Finally I guess?

 

[D00T]

Yeah. We know how long it took after THIS scene...

To be fair it's not like we were starved of development in between this scene and that, we at least had marin being forward

 

[orangerain7734]

If saying 'The moon looks beautiful' means 'I love you' in Japan, does 'The sunset is very beautiful' mean 'I like you' over there, too?

 

[kamiyathunder]

Let's gooooo!!!!! AaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

 

[JashwanthGeass]

Holy Shit, I didn't expect that.

 

[amuqz17]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[Diagus]

Next Boss

 

[mrclamp]

Her ex was pretty shitty. The dude forced his own idea of a perfect woman on her and she ended up having to force herself and act like at work 24/7. She was completely burned out and exhausted since he basically wanted a maid caretaker chef he could bang.

we obviously know how sloppy and laid back Tokimori san is at home so he ended up dumping her when she couldnt keep up.

Im thinking, since we never really see things from her pov, she always liked him but never actively thought she could get with anyone. Specially after her breakup she must've thought nobody could accept her.

Something like: "I cant get with him but I can at least help him out in a time of need and be closer. I can be satisfied with just that"

Yeah, I went back and reread the chapters with the ex and damn was he a shithead. And then wanting to get back together with her..yeah no.

I thought it was funny because she thanked him for the few weeks they were together and he said his limit was just a week...so those two were not together for that long meaning nothing came of that relationship even remotely. BUT, it did seem to have a profound effect on her self-worth. I wonder if that was the reason it was shown so early in the story: so we see that her self-worth was destroyed by this ex and the only place she actually feels she excels is at work and her personal life is just a disappointment to everyone. We see that our MC is constantly talking her up, even in her personal life, but sometimes those insecurities can be hard to overcome.

It would be super awesome if the next chapters show earlier scenarios from her POV...even if there are no romantic undertones or feelings. I just want to see how she has been viewing things. It most likely won't happen any time soon (or at all), but one could hope.

 

[mrclamp]

Yeah this is actually a really interesting chapter, because its the first time we've seen her be anything other than mysteriously carefree. That she's honestly frustrated with herself and feeling some kind of pain when she realizes that he missed something he was looking forward to because she hurt herself is a massive clue to all this.

I can totally see an idea that she more or less thought he found her really annoying this whole time. Unable to do anything other than work, constantly needing help to do basic chores or common tasks, always getting in trouble or hurting herself or doing something wrong... and it wasn't until he explicitly said that she doesn't have to worry because he is there that she opened up her heart enough to admit she's in love.

This is very much my take on the situation.

And as noted in another comment I made I think that her ex is the biggest reason she feels that way. Her self-worth was destroyed by him because she could not do what he believed are the basics of a woman's job, when the reality is that everyone excels at and does things differently.

I can totally see her thinking all of these negative thoughts about our MC because she thinks that he wouldn't want to be with someone like her.

I think she really has been holding herself back from admitting her feelings because of that and he really did finally break down the wall she built up and has now admitted her feelings in some capacity. It may not be the progress we wanted, but it is still a step in the right direction.