Wakaba-san'chi no Aoi Koi - Ch. 26 - Friends

[UdenEmpati]

It'll be the best outcome from this chapter. Else, I'll be dissapointed if she was going by every lenght just for to be noticed by him

It's how I would write this, were I the author. The handling of each character has been pretty good thus far in the story, so Akira being the one to take a dive in narrative quality compared to her sisters would feel really weird.

 

[MagnaDrake]

But if you say that this time around it isn‘t about being cute but more so about being confident and true to one‘s self, then why can‘t she be more confident about him? Turning this into "every guy instantly noticed so now, his fault, he needs to feel like shit and jealous to finally do something“ when their relationship was perfectly fine for their age is kinda sad.

Also, I might’ve misunderstood but was that actually a 2 week time skip? And she somehow didn‘t interact with him at all but only focused on self improvement and becoming popular? Right after all that progress?
Shit must sting, poor schmuck.

Akira's mindset only changed because she thinks she's being rejected. It's more in the line of "Man, if I can't get my crush to like me, might as well do whatever."

 

[kitsushouten]

kicking them in a shed outside the gym immediately

edit: locking* lol, either or

 

[krater]

I don't know what sensei is cooking but I'm interested

 

[NighS]

Well he prbly going to say he prefer her usual self

 

[NamekazeMinato]

Granted we need the next chapter to know if I'm at all accurate in that

It's next week. I don't know why but it's been 3 consecutive weeks now.

 

[Doomroar]

Guys i need help, corporate wants me to find the difference between Old Wakaba and New Wakaba, and i just can't fucking tell shit apart from the hairstyle!!!!

 

[MurphySlaw]

Guys i need help, corporate wants me to find the difference between Old Wakaba and New Wakaba, and i just can't fucking tell shit apart from the hairstyle!!!!

They are legit the same picture.

 

[Drcool]

Thanks for thr translation

 

[Kagimizu]

I think the change in mind is that Akira doesn't consider herself "cute" or "honest." What she doesn't consider cute is the way she covers up her feelings by acting up or lashing out. Look at how she admires her sisters who are more true to themselves, and even when they get flustered by their feelings they don't get super defensive.

So now she's changing by having more confidence in who she is and being true to herself. And self-confidence is very attractive, especially when the girl herself is already on the attractive side as-is. Which also explains why she looks so much cuter in the last panel; she's not burdened by insecurity or fussing over what other people think of her.

 

[Wizardrone]

how awfully short

 

[seaborn]

so I'm not the only one who's a bit frustrated after this chapter... i'll just wait for the next chap then

 

[abdullah17]

This is so ass

 

[Kiyoshiro]

so no one confess yet and when she heard that she meltdown?ofc you two are just friend at that point,oh well what do you expect from a child

 

[Haydrion101]

NOOOOOOO I CAUGHT UUUUUP 😭😭😭😭

 

[Haydrion101]

What's supposed to be the lesson learned here? changing her whole image because she wants to, even though she tried that back in chapter 11-12 and he said she was cute not because of how she acted but because of how hard she tried as her usual self.

So what happens now, she gets popular and he only acknowledges his feelings out of jealously?

At this point I would be happy for this to be a lesson on how first crushes don't always work out rather than whatever the hell is going on lol

I mean we go from this

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to this

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Ngl I dig the "first crushes dont always work out" angle. It'll really hurt, but it'd be an interesting path to explore.