Uesugi-kun Wants to Quit Being a Girl - Ch. 9
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It's an often-mocked cliche for the protagonist to be romantically-oblivious, but in this case I'm genuinely glad Uesugi is that way. It lets attraction to Eito be something they can just enjoy instead of being an immediate source of sexuality/gender/relationship angst.
Most of the guys in class are still total creeps; dunno if they think they can be more obnoxious to Kei-chan specifically or the other girls are just desensitized to this crap. Although the worst part is how plausible it is for them to get away with it, because they're technically insisting on a school function. They had dances like this in P.E. when I went to middle school (i.e. the US in the early 00s), and this chapter demonstrates why they kinda shouldn't have. With any luck, Noel will ask Kei-chan in the room during the trip.
Speaking of dancing, getting this much for just a rehearsal is curious. What could go different enough for the actual folk dance to be this big of a deal?
To expound on the editor's note, Uesugi-kun is consistently high on the "most read" list for Ciao+ all month round, when most series drop off with a day or two of a new chapter. It also has the most likes per chapter by a significant margin. A few weeks ago, the print magazine Ciao Deluxe ended, and its last issue included the first chapter of Uesugi-kun. We'll have to see volume 1 sales to know if this is more than a "big fish, small pond" thing, but either way it's done well enough to last for a while.
Most of the guys in class are still total creeps; dunno if they think they can be more obnoxious to Kei-chan specifically or the other girls are just desensitized to this crap. Although the worst part is how plausible it is for them to get away with it, because they're technically insisting on a school function. They had dances like this in P.E. when I went to middle school (i.e. the US in the early 00s), and this chapter demonstrates why they kinda shouldn't have. With any luck, Noel will ask Kei-chan in the room during the trip.
Speaking of dancing, getting this much for just a rehearsal is curious. What could go different enough for the actual folk dance to be this big of a deal?
To expound on the editor's note, Uesugi-kun is consistently high on the "most read" list for Ciao+ all month round, when most series drop off with a day or two of a new chapter. It also has the most likes per chapter by a significant margin. A few weeks ago, the print magazine Ciao Deluxe ended, and its last issue included the first chapter of Uesugi-kun. We'll have to see volume 1 sales to know if this is more than a "big fish, small pond" thing, but either way it's done well enough to last for a while.
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Glad the series seems to be doing well.
But oh boy. The way Kei looks at Eito is beyond adorable.
It's still so hard to tell if the series is trying to say, or eventually lead to saying, Kei really just missed being friends with Noel and subconsciously wanted any kind of excuse, like having a "crush"/dating, to just be able to be close to her again (so Eito romance route in the end) or if Kei really does like Noel romantically and just desperately wishes to keep that one big thing, being bffs with Eito, from being a "boy" so being close to Eito is still comething needed (so Noel route).
I mean technically there could be the "neither" option but that seems unlikely.
But the vibes I am getting from this chapter really seems the former. All thoughts of not being able to hold hands/dance with Noel went completely out of mind when dancing with Eito. >.>
Either route is fine but I really want Noel and Eito to patch things up, or at least come to an understanding, regardless.
But oh boy. The way Kei looks at Eito is beyond adorable.
It's still so hard to tell if the series is trying to say, or eventually lead to saying, Kei really just missed being friends with Noel and subconsciously wanted any kind of excuse, like having a "crush"/dating, to just be able to be close to her again (so Eito romance route in the end) or if Kei really does like Noel romantically and just desperately wishes to keep that one big thing, being bffs with Eito, from being a "boy" so being close to Eito is still comething needed (so Noel route).
I mean technically there could be the "neither" option but that seems unlikely.
But the vibes I am getting from this chapter really seems the former. All thoughts of not being able to hold hands/dance with Noel went completely out of mind when dancing with Eito. >.>
Either route is fine but I really want Noel and Eito to patch things up, or at least come to an understanding, regardless.
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Of course Eito has yaoi hands...
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Uesugi will either hook up with Noel... or all romantic feeling for her was just a convoluted delusion?
Many of Uesugi's physical reactions to Eito and Noel make no sense without physical attraction. Revealing one side of a love triangle never even existed is a terrible resolution. In this context, doing that with girl Uesugi's attraction to Noel would also be pretty blatantly homophobic. (I am absolutely projecting my anger over the ending of Boku Girl . My point stands.)
Tobi making sure this shoujo manga fails the Reverse Bechdel Test.There hasn't been a single decent male that had dialogue other than the leads.
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Same tbh..
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Really unfortunate, kinda wish the male characters that weren't the leads had decent dialogue that wasn't this or the creepy guys from earlierThere hasn't been a single decent male that had dialogue other than the leads.
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Welcome to the club, its pretty nice nowadays at least. There's more and more gb stories coming out. Before they were sparse and usually one dimensional
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When Kei-Chan and Eito started dancing, I couldn't help but hear this:
P.S. Four girls together...hmm...isn't four supposed to be a bad luck number for people in the far east?
P.S.S. GODDAMMIT! GODDAMMIT! My gaydar broke! It was a NO-HOMO-BRO 5000 and it broke when I pointed it at Eito and Kei-Chan. I feel robbed.
P.S. Four girls together...hmm...isn't four supposed to be a bad luck number for people in the far east?
P.S.S. GODDAMMIT! GODDAMMIT! My gaydar broke! It was a NO-HOMO-BRO 5000 and it broke when I pointed it at Eito and Kei-Chan. I feel robbed.
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Poor Eito crushing so hard rn
Though most of them nowadays are yuri and girl x boy is a tad rare. No slight against them but I want to see them struggling with their newfound attraction, angst, and drama over the new body they get. Most yuri gender bender is just yuri but they want to be able to self-insert/write a boy into the girl role. At least that's what I think
