Wakaba-san'chi no Aoi Koi - Ch. 27 - Letters

[MangaDex]

 

[NamekazeMinato]

Some stuff to note.
1. This is the last continuous chapter, a break next week. Maybe a return to biweekly
2. Yes, it has no title, even on the raw website.
3. On October 10th, Volume 3 will be on sale.

 

[UdenEmpati]

called it.
She misunderstood, but it let her finally let go (in her mind) and just become the best version of herself, and that natural ease and honesty shown as confidence and made her brilliant to everyone around her.

I'm glad he didn't give up and made the effort through the notes - and that might have made it possible for them to have a truly honest conversation with one another, without tripping over words or getting flustered trying to think of "the right/best thing to say", and thus saying nothing at all.

And the best part, is she changed for herself at last - instead of trying to catch his eye. Which I take to mean that things should work out for her from here, whatever their circumstances together.

 

[Hicleric]

That has got to be one of the cutest note-passing exchanges I've ever seen

Maddest of props to the boy for approaching the issue head on

 

[Memoflora]

To be fair, what was she even thinking? She sees him talking to one girl and immediately assumes he has a girlfriend, from that logic wouldn't everyone assume you're his girlfriend too? I'm glad it happened though, since it finally got the confession out of him and the misunderstanding didn't stretch out for a million chapters.

 

[razorshaleh]

he finally did it, what reader wanted, damn it! Please no drama-drama again in the next chapter Plzzzzzz

Thank you for translating

 

[Loliconi]

I still don't see this as her changing for herself at all. It is the exact same- someone else did something that had major impact on her so her immediate reaction was to sigma grindset it because big sad. But whatever, what is done is done, good for her.

I thankfully never had a crush go almost bipolar after we just had some nice organic progression and change her whole personality and looks AGAIN after I just told her that I liked her most the way she always has been, all while mutually closest to each other. Don't think I/my ego could tank that.
The confession clearly overpowers everything else and it is a happy moment but, damn, would I be hurt and perplexed at my crush randomly cutting me out of and living her best life for weeks because of a one-sided "misunderstanding" and headcanon.

Also, kinda sad that she instantly gave up fully because of said one-sided misunderstanding that she didn't talk to him about for the whole time and that if he didn't take the lead here it would've been over for them. Just like that. Seems really genuine and balanced.

 

[UdenEmpati]

To be fair, what was she even thinking? She sees him talking to one girl and immediately assumes he has a girlfriend, from that logic wouldn't everyone assume you're his girlfriend too? I'm glad it happened though, since it finally got the confession out of him and the misunderstanding didn't stretch out for a million chapters.

She also heard him call her (Akira) "just a friend" while talking to a cute girl, after she heard him deny to his other friends earlier in the day that he and Akira were going out.

So in her mind, those three things mean that he doesn't like her back, sees her only as a friend, would be flustered and rush to deny the possibility of them dating, and him talking to a cute girl means he must have someone else in his life to some capacity.

She definitely made a leap from "he doesn't like me back/sees me as a friend" to "he has a girlfriend", but they're also in middle school and that's not the best time of life to try and work through big feelings and thoughts like that if you're an earnest person (speaking from personal experience, but).

 

[Mopopolis]

Ok, this chapter cleared up some confusion from last time, the change she was making was so she could move on from him.

It's just that it was never made clear in the last chapter she thought his sister was his girlfriend...

 

[MezcalAgave]

While I think the misunderstanding and overreaction is pretty dumb. Don’t forget that they are just kids. Some jump to conclusions and do things that don’t make sense

 

[rymar]

It said "liked", brother. You are too late

 

[rezced]

Well, that explain why she stopped to interact with him. At this time, she has decided to turn the page for good and keep it as a fond memory.

I'm glad she did for her and not for him. So even if it don't work out with him, she'll do good because she realise that she's much more than that now.

he also heard him call her (Akira) "just a friend" while talking to a cute girl, after hearing him deny to his other friends earlier in the day that he and Akira were going out.

So in her mind, those three things mean that he doesn't like her back, sees her only as a friend, would be flustered and rush to deny the possibility of them dating, and him talking to a cute girl means he must have someone else in his life to some capacity.

And as some of us said : they're young, inexperienced. Everyone forget it's easy to jump to the conclusion at their age. So it's not bad as it seem. Yeah, she would have asked. But we've witnessed her personality. Be upfront is not something she was able do easily in the past.

Now, will it work out now that Tsukimi has confessed ? I think it will after this earnest exchange by note. But on the other side, she has decided to let it go for good. So, she'll have the last word. If they don't, c'est la vie.

Thank for the tl

 

[Alleras]

I'd like for them to talk more post-confession to sort out their feelings
But it was a cute ending
All the couples are now set?!

 

[Kurshir]

Would genuinely be interesting if out of 4 sister, there is one girl that don't get together with the supposed "man" of her. I don't know if that kind of development would be good for the story or not but it would be something fresh that not many manga dared to do, really looking forward to see how the author cooks

 

[UdenEmpati]

Also, kinda sad that she instantly gave up fully because of said one-sided misunderstanding that she didn't talk to him about for the whole time and that if he didn't take the lead here it would've been over for them. Just like that. Seems really genuine and balanced.

they are in middle school - and she did overhear him deny (in a flustered way) to his friends that they were dating, and overheard him say to another cute girl (whose relationship to him she didn't know) call Akira "just a friend - nothing more".

That on the back of him seeming to treat her as a friend through all of her attempts and efforts (bumbling or otherwise) and it was maybe that she had reached critical mass of "well, if all of this is the case, maybe I should just give up".

It honestly makes a fair bit of sense to me that, if she did (off-screen between chapters/during timeskip) make the leap that he must've had someone in his life already, she'd just step back and focus on herself instead, now that she doesn't have to try and be something for the sake of someone else.
And she did say in their note-passing that she stepped back because she was afraid of getting too close to him as his friend, and I'm assuming the subtext is that if he has a girlfriend, said girl would not appreciate another girl getting all close and friendly to him, and thus she would only cause him problems if she continued sticking around him.
Yes, that's again based off that initial misunderstanding on her part, but I'm correct, then it was her trying to be gracious and not overstep and making things difficult. Which makes logical sense, in its own way.
So she wouldn't be reaching out to him, so it would be on him at that point to correct the misunderstanding.

And she had also been putting in a lot of effort up to this point to reach out to him and make him notice (in her own way, to varying degrees of not-success). And he never did - so in the narrative sense, him being the one who had to reach out this time, does make it a bit balanced.

 

[UdenEmpati]

Would genuinely be interesting if out of 4 sister, there is one girl that don't get together with the supposed "man" of her. I don't know if that kind of development would be good for the story or not but it would be something fresh that not many manga dared to do, really looking forward to see how the author cooks

I mean, Youngest Sister could have a potential yuri route, unless I really misread her friend/wingwoman's expressions in that chapter set in the fast food place.

It would rely on the actual setup with the "target boy" not working out (or her friend taking the gloves off and making an active bid, herself), but that option potentially exists, if the author decides to pursue it.

 

[UdenEmpati]

That has got to be one of the cutest note-passing exchanges I've ever seen

Maddest of props to the boy for approaching the issue head on

I really, really like that it was notes-passing that got everything out into the light for them.

They both have shown that talking face-to-face isn't the easiest thing for them to do in the past. And being able to write down your thoughts means you can edit your words and put a bit of thought into what you want to say to make certain it's all conveyed as best you can (as can be shown by him erasing/re-writing at one point).

I honestly wish I could do all of my interactions and communication purely through writing, because I write better than I talk - I trip over my words, and sometimes need a moment to contemplate how best to state what I want to convey, which is not nearly as easy when speaking in real-time as it is when you commit the written word to the page/screen.
So that being the medium here to allow them to fully have a conversation had that cute element you referenced, while also being a perfect vehicle to allow them to really communicate without the usual hurdles.

 

[rezced]

I mean, Youngest Sister could have a potential yuri route, unless I really misread her friend/wingwoman's expressions in that chapter set in the fast food place.

The wingwoman noticed a glimpse of her feeling after she gave the push to Chifuyu in the fast food . So, no potential yuri route as, for now, Chifuyu is locked on his boy (kiss on the cheek in bonus after she ran to him outside of the fast food).

 

[Kurshir]

I mean, Youngest Sister could have a potential yuri route, unless I really misread her friend/wingwoman's expressions in that chapter set in the fast food place.

It would rely on the actual setup with the "target boy" not working out (or her friend taking the gloves off and making an active bid, herself), but that option potentially exists, if the author decides to pursue it.

I might be misremebering but didn't the other three sisters are already dating their crushes? It is a while since I read this manga so I might be wrong. What I mean is that in the other three cases, it's pretty much done and dust, like there are a really small chance of any twist. But here I could see the author (if they actually break off from the mold) making one of the story to not have a "happy ending" and to show that just because it didn't work out doesn't mean you got a bad deal (not a hit on the boy of course, he is a good boy, but sometimes love just didn't success)

 

[rezced]

But here I could see the author (if they actually break off from the mold) making one of the story to not have a "happy ending" and to show that just because it didn't work out doesn't mean you got a bad deal (not a hit on the boy of course, he is a good boy, but sometimes love just didn't success)

maybe. But on the other side, it mean that Akira will get less screentime (aside the consuling time with the sisters).
I don't see the author start another romantic route for her because it's not the type of this manga to do stingy drama. Even long after this arc.

And the theme is "4 sister and their romantic life". So Akira will be out without a love interest.