Yamada and Kase-san. - Ch. 33 - Fukami and Kase-san (part 2)

[MangaDex]

 

[Ichaivalrose]

This arc is finally gonna be fucking over 😭 thank the heavens and the Lord above

 

[Iratana]

Well I'm glad she found another apartment. Now I wonder how Kase will screw this one up...

...Yeah, I know, that's rather pessimistic of me, but honestly I still think Yamada had let Kase off way too easily.

 

[WolfenLady]

Well, let's see Kase loosing that race and try to explain to Yamada what was going on while she was slaving away 😒

 

[shemper]

Thank you for your work!

 

[Penthero]

After all the bullshit Kase has done this arc only for her to go “whatever” about the apartment now. She’s infuriating and Yamada is just accepting it.

 

[TroubledHaven]

Okay. I can see where this is going.
Kase loses her race, fails to reject Fukami, disappoints Yamada, gets dumped by her. Kase’s life goes downhill, she is expulsed from college. To earn money she becomes a courier for a criminal syndicate, while Yamada, no longer naive, hardened by the cruel world, starts her business venture and grows it into a burgeoning gardening empire. Years later, Kase is tasked to transport a newly developed sort of flower, which is capable of being processed into a highly potent drug. But little did she know that flower was stolen from Yamada’s company lab. The chase ensues…

 

[rkbrillantes]

I preapplied my palms to my face while reading this cos I was readying myself for another chapter with basically me screaming obscenities at my screen cos fictional lesbians are doing stupid shit i dont like but this chapter surprised me cos it moves the stupid contest arc forward by an inch cos the character I love found an apartment. Yay!

EDIT: also thank you for the chapter!

 

[Manchura]

woman down, woman down!

imagine dying to a treadmill after your GF showed you an apartment, couldn't be me

 

[EternalRavenDreamer]

Wow, y'all really don't like Kase
I get being frustrated with both of them, but remember that at the time of this manga being made same-sex relationships still aren't legally protected in Japan, and many schools and jobs will fire/expel a person for anything that's considered "deviant". Kase might not have cared about her teammates and classmates suspecting or finding out in high school, but now that she's competing at university level any kind of "scandal" would be career ending. She trusts Fukami, sure, but it still would've been a huge risk to tell her right from the get-go that Yamada was her girlfriend, not just a girl friend.

 

[yomisimie]

Wow, y'all really don't like Kase
I get being frustrated with both of them, but remember that at the time of this manga being made same-sex relationships still aren't legally protected in Japan, and many schools and jobs will fire/expel a person for anything that's considered "deviant". Kase might not have cared about her teammates and classmates suspecting or finding out in high school, but now that she's competing at university level any kind of "scandal" would be career ending. She trusts Fukami, sure, but it still would've been a huge risk to tell her right from the get-go that Yamada was her girlfriend, not just a girl friend.

That's not the problem with the story man, the problem is the premise. It's like they are racing for pokemon cards. And what's the logic if she beats her in a race she's more trustworthy then? This whole arc makes no sense and it's shit, could have been handled a lot better. Like many other people said, it's like they're children and not almost adults, even when they were in high school this arc would have made no sense.

 

[TGN]

Okay. I can see where this is going.
Kase loses her race, fails to reject Fukami, disappoints Yamada, gets dumped by her. Kase’s life goes downhill, she is expulsed from college. To earn money she becomes a courier for a criminal syndicate, while Yamada, no longer naïve, hardened by the cruel world, starts her business venture and grows it into a burgeoning gardening empire. Years later, Kase is tasked to transport a newly developed sort of flower, which is capable of being processed into a highly potent drug. But little did she know that flower was stolen from Yamada’s company lab. The chase ensues…

And it ends with hot yuri seggs after their reunion

 

[BlueDsc]

I enjoyed the Yuru Camp pun.

 

[SrNevik]

This arc is finally gonna be fucking over 😭 thank the heavens and the Lord above

I prayed for days like this.

 

[Iratana]

Wow, y'all really don't like Kase
I get being frustrated with both of them, but remember that at the time of this manga being made same-sex relationships still aren't legally protected in Japan, and many schools and jobs will fire/expel a person for anything that's considered "deviant". Kase might not have cared about her teammates and classmates suspecting or finding out in high school, but now that she's competing at university level any kind of "scandal" would be career ending. She trusts Fukami, sure, but it still would've been a huge risk to tell her right from the get-go that Yamada was her girlfriend, not just a girl friend.

I actually don't dislike Kase. I just find her mindset and attitude idiotic and infuriating at times (don't get me wrong, she did have good moments, especially in prequel).

This current arc simply amplified Kase's idiocy. Yamada had took the time to find a place for both of them to live in together, and when she did find a good place, she had to cancel it because Kase made a deal (a deal that Kase was under no obligations to follow) with her roommate that they'll race over whether Kase will leave or not. This pretty much invalidated Yamada's hard work of finding a place for them to stay, and to make matters worse (imo), Kase practically waved it away and mostly treated it as Yamada being "adorably" jealous.

Honestly, if the issue was something about Kase being worried about people finding out that she's dating a girl, then it probably would've been more understandable, especially if Kase had actually voiced said concerns and/or talked about the potential consequences of what would happening if people were to find out. For example, if let's say Kase's roommate had saw Kase and Yamada out in public kissing and took a picture of the two of them, and used it to blackmail (perhaps anonymously) Kase into staying, or otherwise said photo would be sent to Kase's university which, for the sake of this argument, forbids it's students from dating those of the same sex, and Kase had to figure out who sent the photo.

That would've been far more understandable imo (even if it were cliched), as not only would that had raised the stakes for Kase, but also potentially put Kase's relationship with Yamada in danger as well as their goals for their envisioned careers. And rather than shaking my head at Kase for her idiocy, I'd actually worry about her situation and hope that things would work out. But since none of the previous mentioned things were established and since Kase herself never made any serious remarks or concerns about being found out, I can only shake my head at Kase and hope she don't cause any more trouble for Yamada than she already has.

 

[outinthegardener]

I'm looking forward to Kase having her blasé attitude blow up in her face, and having to grow up and see how much she's hurting Yamada. The apartment is a microcosm of that; she turned down taking responsibility, and now she's ended up disliking the result. She'll either learn to participate or she'll get left behind next time. Maybe this motivates her to take this race seriously, like she's seriously in danger of getting dumped by her very patient girlfriend.

 

[LilithRaven]

I actually don't dislike Kase. I just find her mindset and attitude idiotic and infuriating at times (don't get me wrong, she did have good moments, especially in prequel).

This current arc simply amplified Kase's idiocy. Yamada had took the time to find a place for both of them to live in together, and when she did find a good place, she had to cancel it because Kase made a deal (a deal that Kase was under no obligations to follow) with her roommate that they'll race over whether Kase will leave or not. This pretty much invalidated Yamada's hard work of finding a place for them to stay, and to make matters worse (imo), Kase practically waved it away and mostly treated it as Yamada being "adorably" jealous.

Honestly, if the issue was something about Kase being worried about people finding out that she's dating a girl, then it probably would've been more understandable, especially if Kase had actually voiced said concerns and/or talked about the potential consequences of what would happening if people were to find out. For example, if let's say Kase's roommate had saw Kase and Yamada out in public kissing and took a picture of the two of them, and used it to blackmail (perhaps anonymously) Kase into staying, or otherwise said photo would be sent to Kase's university which, for the sake of this argument, forbids it's students from dating those of the same sex, and Kase had to figure out who sent the photo.

That would've been far more understandable imo (even if it were cliched), as not only would that had raised the stakes for Kase, but also potentially put Kase's relationship with Yamada in danger as well as their goals for their envisioned careers. And rather than shaking my head at Kase for her idiocy, I'd actually worry about her situation and hope that things would work out. But since none of the previous mentioned things were established and since Kase herself never made any serious remarks or concerns about being found out, I can only shake my head at Kase and hope she don't cause any more trouble for Yamada than she already has.

The Holy Text Of Facts And Logic For Lesbians Stories XD

 

[SrNevik]

I'm looking forward to Kase having her blasé attitude blow up in her face, and having to grow up and see how much she's hurting Yamada. The apartment is a microcosm of that; she turned down taking responsibility, and now she's ended up disliking the result. She'll either learn to participate or she'll get left behind next time. Maybe this motivates her to take this race seriously, like she's seriously in danger of getting dumped by her very patient girlfriend.

Or she'll just complain to Yamada again and it'll be a "both sides" were wrong thing. Nothing about how these events have been treated leads me to believe the author thinks Kase as doing anything that bad. Seems to think it's cute and "awe-shucks." So it wouldn't surprise me if some variation of that is what happens. At least the friend was somewhat upset.

 

[Doit]

Mikawacchi spitting some facts. Anyways, I'm happy Yamada found an apartment, honestly my ideal outcome would be that, no matter if Kase wins or loses, she realizes just how hard Yamada has been trying (and succeeded!) to get them a place to live and snaps out of this childish race thing. One of the main reasons, if not the main reason, Kase fell in love with Yamada is how much of a hardworking person she is, even when other people don't notice (but Kase did), so I think it would be thematically coherent for her to go "my girlfriend is working hard from the shadows as always! I'll give her the recognition and respect she deserves!". I can't stretch enough how much I want Kase to realize how much effort, time and energy Yamada is spending apartment hunting all by herself, and be explicitly grateful for it, otherwise this whole thing will just give me "girlfriend that did literally everything and boyfriend who did absolutely nothing and takes her for granted" vibes and that's a really sour aftertaste I wouldn't even know how to start washing off.

 

[punpunpun]

That's not the problem with the story man, the problem is the premise. It's like they are racing for pokemon cards. And what's the logic if she beats her in a race she's more trustworthy then? This whole arc makes no sense and it's shit, could have been handled a lot better. Like many other people said, it's like they're children and not almost adults, even when they were in high school this arc would have made no sense.

thanks for putting into perspective why this arc sucks so much ass. i thought 'cute gay girlfriends go to college' would give us a more mature look at the difficulties of relationships (which tbf is a tough subject to make narratively compelling) but instead it's like they regressed into middle schoolers.