Yane no Shita no Artemis - Ch. 34 - A Short Night Walk

[AxeBurningfire]

Saraki, my boi, your cowardice is breaking this girl's heart.

 

[Gazleine]

SARAKI, IF YOU AIN'T PLAYING JUST PASS THE BALL TO ME LIL' BRO
IS2G YOU BELONG ON A CROSS

 

[Friendly-Sentence710]

I feel for her here. She laid it all out just shy of straight up telling him she likes her, and he basically tells her straight up he doesn't see her that way, and more than that he doesn't want to see her that way. That's gotta hurt.

The issue is she DIDN'T tell him she liked him, just PRACTICALLY did. He just thinks he's being teased. He thinks if he says what's really on his mind he'll lose the friend he does hobby things with becasue she'll be uncomfortable. He wants an evening reset because she's almost got him confessing his attraction and he still thinks he has no chance.
He's not even sure if he is compatible with her.

Just saying "Well, I like you. I want to date you" and Senpai would have won.
Instead she played pride games and they are now both hurting.

 

[kuro0102]

I am very angry and disappointed

 

[LudvigV]

MMC when it’s time to seal the deal

 

[FuzzySupernova]

Guys, she didn't "confess", she was literally baiting him, first made him say she's cute, then started pushing onto him while he was in a vulnerable state. He took the step/risk and confessed that he thinks she's cute. Did she take any proportional risk to say she also thinks he's plenty handsome or something? No. Instead she came into offensive with her pointy side and not her soft side, which made him defensive to protect himself and also the relationship he had with her (status quo). Remember, no one wants to lose a friend because of a misunderstanding, especially if you're a loner like him and she's probably the only friend he's got.
Of course she was scared as well but that doesn't mean that being teasy-thorny instead of cute and soft was a good thing to do because you WANT to show your sincere and vulnerable side in a moment like this, while expecting someone else to do the same, and she spooked him when he was already far over his comfort zone.
What he could say though is that he'll live if she finds someone else as long as she's happy because her happiness is important for him, and that's what he meant, but come on, we all are good at finding the right words, but long after the situation is over or when it happens to someone else.
Long story short, the author is a moron, but we get what we get I guess

 

[Nicelittleotaku]

man these two have like a half a spine combined.

 

[jojoka]

The issue is she DIDN'T tell him she liked him, just PRACTICALLY did. He just thinks he's being teased. He thinks if he says what's really on his mind he'll lose the friend he does hobby things with becasue she'll be uncomfortable. He wants an evening reset because she's almost got him confessing his attraction and he still thinks he has no chance.
He's not even sure if he is compatible with her.

Just saying "Well, I like you. I want to date you" and Senpai would have won.
Instead she played pride games and they are now both hurting.

So if you were going to confess to the guy or girl you liked or whatever and he or she said before that while you when flirting that they didn't like this and preferred if you acted the way you acted before. You would still go through with it?

You gotta admit this would make any reasonable person back off, it's not like she can read his mind I know that the reason is he's insecure about being good enough. All she will think is "oh he's only sees me as a friend."

 

[TheMode]

Is this progress? Being a little more aware?

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

Are you people stupid? If she's so much in love with him, why HE has to be the one to confess? Can't she do that? You are calling him "cuck", "pussy", "coward", but in reality, she likes him as much or even more. Isn't she as much afraid as him? Why it always has to be the man? Quick reminder, those are supposed to be ADULT characters, not some 13 y/o kids. Both characters are stupid and the stupidest person in this entire mess is an author, who's pulling such a bullshit chapter.
Stop blaming characters and start blaming author for having no balls to say "no" to his editor, so he stalls the story, keeping it "maybe" harem, instead making an actual progress. This is what divides good creator from bad one - they value their work, instead agreeing to every shit their editor tells them to do.

She practically did though. Its more awkward to outright say it for her but Saraki did get her feelings is the thing and rejected her and she understood that.

If anything she doesn’t outright confess because she isn’t sure what Saraki thinks of her and if he rejects her she wants some plausible deniability so things don’t become awkward between them.

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

The issue is she DIDN'T tell him she liked him, just PRACTICALLY did. He just thinks he's being teased. He thinks if he says what's really on his mind he'll lose the friend he does hobby things with becasue she'll be uncomfortable. He wants an evening reset because she's almost got him confessing his attraction and he still thinks he has no chance.
He's not even sure if he is compatible with her.

Just saying "Well, I like you. I want to date you" and Senpai would have won.
Instead she played pride games and they are now both hurting.

She very much confessed though there isn’t any inkling of doubt and how is it her fault for his inferiority complex.

She knows nothing about it and with that knowledge her backing off because she thinks he doesn’t like her makes sense.

 

[ENCORAAAAAAAAA]

I'd like to offer a different perspective than all of the angry apes throwing shit at each other in this comment section.

First of all, I too am disappointed in Saraki, but not because he "fumbled". What y'all need to understand is that HE DOESN'T LIKE HER IN A ROMANTIC SENSE, at least not yet. I mean, he JUST realized how cute she is, and all of a sudden hes in love with her? That's not how that works! And even if he was in love with her, why would he immediately confess? Im willing to bet not a single one of yall who are calling him a coward would have to courage to confess to a friend AS SOON as you start to like them, and why would you? That'd be incredibly stupid!!

"Oh but she's throwing herself at him!", she's not, and if you look closely, you'll see she's actually doing the opposite. She's pressuring him and, in my opinion, acting much more cowardly than he is. She's getting in his face, asking him questions like "why did you call me cute?" and "do you like me?" and then getting angry when he pulls himself back together and draws a line in their relationship, all the while not making things clear on her end and even threatening their friendship by implying (or at least trying to, I dont think he got the message) that if they don't grow closer together (by means of forming an actual romantic relationship), they might grow apart instead. Like, girl, why should HE be burdened by YOUR anxieties? YOU should confess even if with the possibility of rejection, don't try to coerce him into liking you just because you're too afraid to confess.

Now, why am I disappointed in Saraki, even though I don't think he "fumbled"? Because he was a bad friend here. He got too flustered, and tried too hard to play it cool, to the point that he downplayed their entire friendship. That's not cool, saying "I'd be ok if we grew apart" to a friend is as good as saying "our friendship is not that important to me" and that obviously hurts people, and honestly? Props to Senpai for not feeling hurt and still managing to say goodbye with a smile.

Its not so much that he’s confused about his emotions thats the issue.

Its rather he doesn’t ever acknowledge or respect her feelings.

She just worked up the courage to confess and he doesn’t even acknowledge it or how he feels about her. He just says lets have things go back to how they were. Of course she’s pissed cause he blatantly ignores her question and plays with her emotions instead of clearly rejecting her.

She doesn’t have to make anything clear because its clear Saraki understands what she means but doesn’t acknowledge it. I mean you yourself acknowledge he drew a line between them.

The dating thing is definitely passive aggressive, but its a spur of the moment attempt on her end to tell him that their relationship will change and they can’t remain like this forever. She’s basically saying that if he’s trying to ignore her feelings to preserve their friendship, that it will change regardless of how much he preserves it. Her saying she doesn’t want to date someone is her saying that she also wants these days to continue but knows they won’t last.

 

[Achaius]

What a fucking moron

 

[justformangatoo]

Bruh I read this story cause mc seems like he got some backbone, this bitch confidence is weak af.
I am fine if he rejected her outright cause that’s a realistic thing to do if you don’t see the one who confess the same way but leaving someone hanging is an asshole move no matter which gender.

This guy a will fit a netorase/bss story perfectly, I wonder if there’s one already.

 

[chien6497]

See that. Exactly like my previous comment. Author eventually found reasons so that she would lose. Well, this one is her fault though. She had her chance and she blew it.

 

[NoAddedWater]

Man take a fucking hint will you?