Yankee-kun to Hakujou Gaaru - Ch. 106 - Am I? ②

[MangaDex]

 

[Hikineet]

Thanks for the chapter.

 

[Penthero]

I really like Shishio, he cares and want what’s best for everyone. I feel a bit sad for big sister, letting her take care of Yukiko from such young age. It can’t have been easy, even if she adores Yukiko.

 

[Darklight99]

Hey girl, how about you lust after someone who isn't gay.

 

[jak]

I really like Shishio, he cares and want what’s best for everyone. I feel a bit sad for big sister, letting her take care of Yukiko from such young age. It can’t have been easy, even if she adores Yukiko.

Yeah, but it's not like the parents were these horrible people forcing her.

 

[jak]

Hey girl, how about you lust after someone who isn't gay.

Is he gay? He seems like he wanted her to stay.

 

[eviljackspicer]

I saw "Morio" on the last page and accidently read it as "Mario"

Mama Mia

 

[GipoScribantino]

Is he gay? He seems like he wanted her to stay.

There's been a whole arc about him a while back.

 

[scytherman]

Is he gay? He seems like he wanted her to stay.

His arc way way back revealed that the reason he lashed out as a teenager was because he couldn't bring himself to come out to his parents that he likes men.

 

[ribbitribbitsaga]

Hey girl, how about you lust after someone who isn't gay.

the heart wants what the heart wants

Is he gay? He seems like he wanted her to stay.

Yeah and he fancies Morio. he might be developing feelings for Izumi.

 

[Darklight99]

Is he gay? He seems like he wanted her to stay.

In just this chapter, when he saw who was at his door, he immediately started blushing and has to control himself before opening the door.

 

[VerticalVectors]

Girl, you are going on that trip, you are going to enjoy your life and you are gonna watch that sister become independent! Fuck yo ungrateful parents who continue to be inconsiderate even into your 20’s. Those parents have seriously grown to take the sister for granted and forgotten to take on the responsibility they have.

 

[Penthero]

Yeah, but it's not like the parents were these horrible people forcing her.

Horrible no, but I won’t say they’re good parents either. It’s not like we’ve seen them being involved in their lives.

 

[chusetto]

I can't believe my future brother-in-law is my boys-love rival!?

 

[waldo220]

the heart wants what the heart wants

Yeah and he fancies Morio. he might be developing feelings for Izumi.

It's been so long. I've forgotten names - who's Izumi again?

 

[Kaeos999]

A new definition of bruh moment

 

[Qelix]

They might not be horrible parents, but the poor girl couldn't even go on trips?

 

[ShayGuy]

Fuck yo ungrateful parents who continue to be inconsiderate even into your 20’s.

I don't think ingratitude is the problem. For all we know, they could be quite aware of how lucky they are that Izumi's been willing to contribute so much. Maybe they've even been expressing gratitude. The problem is that they've been accepting a status quo where she takes entirely unreasonable expectations upon herself, leading to her own needs being neglected.

There's a scene in Inside Out (which I can't find a good-quality clip of on YouTube) that it makes me think of, when Riley's mom sincerely thanks her, because during the rough move, "you've stayed our happy girl". There's genuine love, warmth, and appreciation there -- and it's also the exact wrong thing to say, because without realizing it, she's encouraging Riley to suppress emotions that badly need to be expressed and accepted.

It also reminds me of criticism of hero narratives that I sometimes see on social media, especially discussing American healthcare, when "heartwarming" stories are reported of people going to extreme lengths to raise money for exorbitant medical expenses that someone in their circumstances shouldn't be expected to pay. Or on the other side of the system, where early in the pandemic, healthcare workers in a desperate state of crisis were (briefly) lionized as "heroes" by people who could've been doing much more to support policies that would actually improve their situation.

Regardless of how it came to be, the fact that Izumi's been making heroic sacrifices means something's going terribly wrong. It always means that.

(And if anyone objects to bring the nuances of medical politics into this cute romance manga… clearly, you're not reading the same manga I am.)

 

[VerticalVectors]

I don't think ingratitude is the problem. For all we know, they could be quite aware of how lucky they are that Izumi's been willing to contribute so much. Maybe they've even been expressing gratitude. The problem is that they've been accepting a status quo where she takes entirely unreasonable expectations upon herself, leading to her own needs being neglected.

There's a scene in Inside Out (which I can't find a good-quality clip of on YouTube) that it makes me think of, when Riley's mom sincerely thanks her, because during the rough move, "you've stayed our happy girl". There's genuine love, warmth, and appreciation there -- and it's also the exact wrong thing to say, because without realizing it, she's encouraging Riley to suppress emotions that badly need to be expressed and accepted.

It also reminds me of criticism of hero narratives that I sometimes see on social media, especially discussing American healthcare, when "heartwarming" stories are reported of people going to extreme lengths to raise money for exorbitant medical expenses that someone in their circumstances shouldn't be expected to pay. Or on the other side of the system, where early in the pandemic, healthcare workers in a desperate state of crisis were (briefly) lionized as "heroes" by people who could've been doing much more to support policies that would actually improve their situation.

Regardless of how it came to be, the fact that Izumi's been making heroic sacrifices means something's going terribly wrong. It always means that.

(And if anyone objects to bring the nuances of medical politics into this cute romance manga… clearly, you're not reading the same manga I am.)

Hardly, that's a very nuanced and astute set of observations. I personally really dislike it when we all have collective responsibility but either consciously or unconsciously shirk it. It's also quite a bit of emotional manipulation that we see going on over here.

"Don't kill yourself, you gonna make us sad!"
- But suicide is on the table precisely because my existence, MY world (I think therefore I am), my being is sad. And my perception, my world is the only one I have?

My initial post wasn't anything serious. I was trying to be funny partially but also just dumping a short one liner. I appreciate how this was an opportunity to have a much deeper conversation on a really thought provoking manga.

 

[AnotherDuck]

(And if anyone objects to bring the nuances of medical politics into this cute romance manga… clearly, you're not reading the same manga I am.)

Well, the cute romance manga I've been reading has brought up nuances of medical politics. Albeit of a different kind in a different country.

Hardly, that's a very nuanced and astute set of observations. I personally really dislike it when we all have collective responsibility but either consciously or unconsciously shirk it. It's also quite a bit of emotional manipulation that we see going on over here.

It's a bit of the bystander effect. It reminds me of a text in the kitchen in my previous work place. It goes something like, "Everyone can do it, but everyone thinks it's someone else's responsibility. This means no one does it and everyone blames someone else."