Tsuruko Returns the Favor - Ch. 26 - THE BLACK CAT’S SECRET

[MangaDex]

 

[PlasmaLance07]

Is her and the teacher dating

 

[brndndss]

welcome back. lets just add another misunderstanding to the pile of unresolved ones

 

[brainman]

Just fucking ask about your sister already, god damn. It's not like it's an embarrassing or sensitive topic, just fucking ask. This manga's cute and all, but the premise is so infuriatingly banal.

 

[frankieMuniez]

Just fucking ask about your sister already, god damn. It's not like it's an embarrassing or sensitive topic, just fucking ask. This manga's cute and all, but the premise is so infuriatingly banal.

Most slice of life stories are though. If he just asked "whose the owner, I want to ask him a question about my sister" then the story would have been done in like 5 chapters.

 

[Gu7]

three months later and this is still a waste of time, i'm dropping

 

[Umbrum]

Even tho this is barely any progress i feel like the pace has changed... is this getting axed?

 

[Hicleric]

That was a shorter hiatus than I thought it would be, but...the author's writing hasn't improved at all

 

[frankieMuniez]

Even tho this is barely any progress i feel like the pace has changed... is this gettnig axed?

I wouldn't be shocked. They introduced the manager again, a direct item that's tied to his sister, and a potential closure to the "blackmailing". We're about to tie up all the story beats.

 

[Greg_no_Gregory]

Most slice of life stories are though. If he just asked "whose the owner, I want to ask him a question about my sister" then the story would have been done in like 5 chapters.

Or, hear me out: The author could give some actual reasons as for why the question can’t be answered right away (such as the owner being busy overseas though will eventually come back), and thus the protagonist has to try and piece things together by himself in the meantime. The author should be adding a little more mystery with some intriguing clues to peak the readers’ interest, yet instead the story keeps acting like the brother really cares about his sister, only to immediately forget or be inconvenienced and not ask.

It’s become such a weak plot point that it might as well have been wrapped up in the first 5 chapters. The blackmail misunderstandings are practically 100% the driving force for everything else that happens in this story.

 

[brainman]

Or, hear me out: The author could give some actual reasons as for why the question can’t be answered right away

This is the lynchpin that makes the premise so fucking aggravating. If the author had bothered to include even a single actual obstacle to his quest it wouldn't be nearly as bad, but there isn't. Even the blackmailing thing is an absolute nonstarter on that front, as the premise already provides the perfect explanation as for why he's visiting a maid cafe. Just give us any reason for why he doesn't just fucking ask.
Or even better, have him ask, then reveal that Tsuruko knew his sister and worked with her, and then he keeps visiting the cafe at first to chat with her about his sister's time there, and later because he realized he actually enjoys his time with her. They can still do the "we gotta keep it a secret" thing at school, because their relationship could be construed as problematic or whatever, but fucking tie up this nonsensical plot thread.

 

[WaterSoluble]

Or, hear me out: The author could give some actual reasons as for why the question can’t be answered right away

They could, but it's a minor issue, because the chapters don't actually hinge on the drama related to his sister. A plot point like this is only a major problem if it's interfering with the chapters are trying to accomplish, and... this really isn't. The main character is a typical "sitcom dummy" and if he actually behaved like a reasonable adult the manga would be a different genre altogether, because then none of the situations that he finds himself in would ever happen.

 

[Greg_no_Gregory]

They could, but it's a minor issue, because the chapters don't actually hinge on the drama related to his sister. A plot point like this is only a major problem if it's interfering with the chapters are trying to accomplish, and... this really isn't. The main character is a typical "sitcom dummy" and if he actually behaved like a reasonable adult the manga would be a different genre altogether, because then none of the situations that he finds himself in would ever happen.

But that’s what makes it so eye-rolling. I get that the mystery aspect isn’t meant to be the main focus, but the fact that he keeps going back explicitly because he wants to learn more about his dead sister, only to completely drop it makes him seem far more incompetent than merely a sitcom dummy.

It’s all the more reason why I’d argue that plot point either should have been resolved far sooner or given a bit more to work off of, as it’s current implementation is so half-baked for something that should have a bit more significance. It would be far funnier for the protagonist to have opportunities to ask about his sister working at the cafe, but asking such incredibly vague questions about it in order to lead to more misunderstandings from the staff and other customers talking about different maids they think he’s referring to. Eventually they could assume he was a regular customer who had a favorite maid, which would also drive the heroine to want to be more like this ideal mystery woman the protagonist speaks so highly of (the sister), despite both of them not actually knowing much about what she was like while working there due to the constant misunderstandings.

 

[frankieMuniez]

This is the lynchpin that makes the premise so fucking aggravating. If the author had bothered to include even a single actual obstacle to his quest it wouldn't be nearly as bad, but there isn't. Even the blackmailing thing is an absolute nonstarter on that front, as the premise already provides the perfect explanation as for why he's visiting a maid cafe. Just give us any reason for why he doesn't just fucking ask.
Or even better, have him ask, then reveal that Tsuruko knew his sister and worked with her, and then he keeps visiting the cafe at first to chat with her about his sister's time there, and later because he realized he actually enjoys his time with her. They can still do the "we gotta keep it a secret" thing at school, because their relationship could be construed as problematic or whatever, but fucking tie up this nonsensical plot thread.

Or, hear me out: The author could give some actual reasons as for why the question can’t be answered right away (such as the owner being busy overseas though will eventually come back), and thus the protagonist has to try and piece things together by himself in the meantime. The author should be adding a little more mystery with some intriguing clues to peak the readers’ interest, yet instead the story keeps acting like the brother really cares about his sister, only to immediately forget or be inconvenienced and not ask.

It’s become such a weak plot point that it might as well have been wrapped up in the first 5 chapters. The blackmail misunderstandings are practically 100% the driving force for everything else that happens in this story.

I’d say his stereotypical high anxiety is the “reason”. It’s not a good reason, but it is a reason.

 

[fight2live]

it's suddenly a "last day" right after a three months hiatus, huh