When I Returned to My Hometown, My Childhood Friend was Broken - Ch. 20

[exxeld]

HE'S DOIN IT BOYS HE'S FIXING HER

 

[Candymon]

She's started to wear her hair in a ponytail again. In chapter 18, she has one during her jog and we also see that it's her hairstyle in the flashback. Now it returns again for this date. Curious if author will change her hair color back, but I like the pink a lot.

42000 JPY = 3187 Norwegian Krone
That's a nice wallet

 

[Wheres_polo]

42,000 yen...

...That's $322.

That’s honestly about right for a luxury brand bag I remember a few years back I payed around 480 for my sisters bag

 

[definitionofinsanity]

Curious if author will change her hair color back, but I like the pink a lot.

Honestly, it's kinda surprising that he went that route with her having dyed hair now. I mean, she's an incredibly shattered NEET now. Wouldn't it have made more sense for her to have dyed hair when she was an extroverted tomboy and to have natural hair color now?

FWIW, personally I prefer her natural colored hair as it's shown.

 

[definitionofinsanity]

That’s honestly about right for a luxury brand bag I remember a few years back I payed around 480 for my sisters bag

...I mean... I don't get it, but then again I spent larger sums of money for shit that other people don't get either.
It's somewhat funny to me to have someone ask me about, say, one of my pocket knives go, "Yeah, that's a $230 knife. Don't drop it." and them being baffled.

It gets even worse with firearms and firearms accessories. When you have a $1,500 rifle and the optics alone being almost on par with the rifle's monetary value... I try not to think about too much, otherwise both my wallet and I will cry.

 

[amorfyl]

I...don't get that feeling at all? I see it more as she went to college, failed out super hard(hinted at in an earlier chapter with her having terrible grades), failed to get any job prospects, had a total mental breakdown, became a hikikomori. she tried a bunch of things like changing her hair color and piercings to try to find something to give her meaning, to stand out and be different, but nothing worked and she sunk into a deep depression. and then touma came by and she's got a chance to break out, she's desperate for acceptance and to succeed at SOMETHING, but also utterly terrified to be rejected by her childhood friend and be thrown back down into the depths with nothing.

Like I GUESS it could go dark like that but that's not the vibe I feel whatsoever.

people thaf read mangá are usually traumatized by other readings so i see why he thinks of it that way, but i hope it is as you say, it would be better since the darker way it's just straight up bad (for me)

 

[Captaininvictus]

...I mean... I don't get it, but then again I spent larger sums of money for shit that other people don't get either.
It's somewhat funny to me to have someone ask me about, say, one of my pocket knives go, "Yeah, that's a $230 knife. Don't drop it." and them being baffled.

It gets even worse with firearms and firearms accessories. When you have a $1,500 rifle and the optics alone being almost on par with the rifle's monetary value... I try not to think about too much, otherwise both my wallet and I will cry.

lmao, knife people. lmao, gun people.

 

[vannn]

I...don't get that feeling at all? I see it more as she went to college, failed out super hard(hinted at in an earlier chapter with her having terrible grades), failed to get any job prospects, had a total mental breakdown, became a hikikomori. she tried a bunch of things like changing her hair color and piercings to try to find something to give her meaning, to stand out and be different, but nothing worked and she sunk into a deep depression. and then touma came by and she's got a chance to break out, she's desperate for acceptance and to succeed at SOMETHING, but also utterly terrified to be rejected by her childhood friend and be thrown back down into the depths with nothing.

Like I GUESS it could go dark like that but that's not the vibe I feel whatsoever.

The most likely scenario, and one I appreciate. Using rape for cheap drama would be boring, and it it fits her arc that she peaked in highschool.

 

[Otaku_D_Gamer]

I love this manga because it's less about fixing her per se and more about helping her get herself to a place where she is healthy and happy with herself.

Same. He sees her for who she was before her traumatic change, her true self. And the story is he helping her recover her self confidence and image.
And i always love a good and cute romance xD

 

[gadnihasj]

Honestly, it's kinda surprising that he went that route with her having dyed hair now. I mean, she's an incredibly shattered NEET now. Wouldn't it have made more sense for her to have dyed hair when she was an extroverted tomboy and to have natural hair color now?

Dyed hair repels other people's expectations. You may be stared at more, but judgy people will bother you less. Of course they'll comment, but at least you won't get the the type of comments that hint at being less worth than you look. Or that you could if you just tried hard enough (as if you hadn't already tried your hardest).

It's also how nd folks often find each other. I still haven't figured out why the hair colour happens, but there's some sort of safety in looking different when you already know your brain works differently from other people's usual expectations. There's of course also simply liking the colour.