Yofukashi no Uta - Ch. 162 - All The Best

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They were already described as having history, even as childhood friends. The dynamics of their friendship are explored in their past together-- and we get a lot of that past as well as insight into it in this arc.
I agree with this, which is why it’s still weird to me how he’s all like “I never had friends” at the beginning of the manga
 
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  • wish i could have banged her a couple of times
  • i'm wearing heatteach

most fucking random chapter ever
 
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RIP to seeing that Akira cover whenever a chapter drops </3
 
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The fact that she can't regenerate anymore make me think otherwise.
Her commentary with trucker-san made me consider this possibility. Actually, "consider" its strong wording, but I wouldn't be surprised if happened.

I mean, do we see anytime in the manga she casually and genuinely expressing herself to had "fun time" and such? (I really don't remember) Even if this was a minor thing, this trucker-San had way too much screen time to just don't have relevance in the future (and I think Kiku would be included, that's why I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't die, or die and reappear). That assuming the trucker-San isn't a bad guy.
 
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Why the hell did a trademark suddenly pop up? Were the translators having fun disguising a bad joke as canon? Or did the author literally force in an actual paid ad like others seem to speculate?
smells like author's joke
 
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Fuck it I'm buying some heattech even though I live in east texas
 
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I get where you are coming from. I truly do, I understand your points. But idk to me, there is something that that lacks in their friendship. But I don't know what that something is.

Kou and Akira feel like closer friends compared to Kou and Mahiru in my opinion.

Anyway, I hope we don't see Kiku again after this. There is something about her that annoys me. Is it her indecisiveness to know what she wants when she becomes a human (die or live) or is it that she careless about her offspring and only used them for her personal gain?

I don't understand the point of this arc. Everyone is like "we were angry,but now accept it" (without anything really changing.) But that is just my view on it. It is okay to differ,makes discussing it more fun.
I do know what's lacking in their relationship. With Mahiru+Kou and with Mahiru+Kou+Akira, Author only showed us that they were close and that they like each other. He made us spectators by showing flashbacks and such. The closest to let us feel them (that I can remember) was the "night at school" thing.

Now, when we see Akira+Kou, we actually got to feel them. To see them interacting and becoming closer. We were not "made known that they were friends", it wasn't someone telling us, we saw them being friends.

So I totally agree with you, they 2 (Kou and Mahiru) friendship feels flat to me. And they 3 feels flatter. But yeah, there's a lot of things that can explain this (like the limit of pages from each chapter, this change the dynamic of each chapter, and etc). But I can't really feel Kou and Mahiru friendship. Just comparing like a Naruto and Sasuke, or Gon and Killua.

And, well, they 2 aren't the main focus of the manga after all. Its Kou and Nazuna, and they both feels really solid to me
 
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I agree with this, which is why it’s still weird to me how he’s all like “I never had friends” at the beginning of the manga
Part of his development was recognizing what "friends" are (he actively agonizes over what constitutes a "friend"), that he had them, and that he ought to put more into treasuring them.

I do know what's lacking in their relationship. With Mahiru+Kou and with Mahiru+Kou+Akira, Author only showed us that they were close and that they like each other. He made us spectators by showing flashbacks and such. The closest to let us feel them (that I can remember) was the "night at school" thing.

Now, when we see Akira+Kou, we actually got to feel them. To see them interacting and becoming closer. We were not "made known that they were friends", it wasn't someone telling us, we saw them being friends.
...with Mahiru and Kou, we're made "spectators". And with Akira and Kou, we "see" them be friends.

Please understand you're saying the same thing twice. Not only that-- you definitely saw Mahiru and Kou being friends in the same way you saw Akira and Kou being friends, even if the former somehow had less moments in comparison with just the two of them.

If there's anything I can see from what you're trying to get at, it's that most of Akira and Kou's relationship is fleshed out in present time, whereas a notable amount (definitely not all) of Mahiru and Kou's relationship is fleshed out in the past that we end up learning. In both cases, however, their relationships are objectively still being fleshed out by either of those methods-- it's not as if the flashbacks are discontinuous from their present behavior.
 
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Why the hell did a trademark suddenly pop up? Were the translators having fun disguising a bad joke as canon? Or did the author literally force in an actual paid ad like others seem to speculate?
I checked the raw, Kou indeed said "Heattech" (though I don't know it's author's joke or that word synonymous to warm innerwear). The trademark however is translator joke.
 
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Part of his development was recognizing what "friends" are (he actively agonizes over what constitutes a "friend"), that he had them, and that he ought to put more into treasuring them.


...with Mahiru and Kou, we're made "spectators". And with Akira and Kou, we "see" them be friends.

Please understand you're saying the same thing twice. Not only that-- you definitely saw Mahiru and Kou being friends in the same way you saw Akira and Kou being friends, even if the former somehow had less moments in comparison with just the two of them.

If there's anything I can see from what you're trying to get at, it's that most of Akira and Kou's relationship is fleshed out in present time, whereas a notable amount (definitely not all) of Mahiru and Kou's relationship is fleshed out in the past that we end up learning. In both cases, however, their relationships are objectively still being fleshed out by either of those methods-- it's not as if the flashbacks are discontinuous from their present behavior.
English isnt my main language, so I don't Express myself that well

There's a clear difference: We saw bit by bit Kou and Akira interacting. Going from "weirds" (not talking to each other for a long time) to friends. Author developed their relationship. You do that by making the characters interact casually. Like the SOL chapters from the start of the manga

Mahiru and Kou didn't have this same kind of development. With them, the Author just showed that they were ftiends (mostly with flashbacks). We were told that they were friends, seeing the flashbacks do not has much impact as seeing them interacting -yes, in the present- (at least in this case). We had moments of them interacting, but were few. And mostly when we had, It was always related to the plot/problems). They 3 so, beraly had this kind of development. You can just take others duos from others series (Like I said, dunno, naruto?) and compare with the way author did with Mahiru and Kou.

It doesn't help that inicially author introduced Kou as someone who doesn't have friends and don't care too much about it. He went from this to "HE IS MY FRIEND!!" A bit fast to me
Again, to me flashbacks didn't have the impact necessary to their relationship feel solid

I mean, it's not THAT bad as I may made sound. To me, it's just not THAT good. Feels kinda flat.
 
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The last page confused me so much
and checking the raws didn't really help lol

also in raws azami used the word "daku" which c a n mean "to bang", but has the primary meaning "to hug, to embrace"
so idk if that's translated correctly or not
 
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Going from "weirds" (not talking to each other for a long time) to friends.
Just replying to make a pun, nothing serious here~

Huh, "weirds" is a weirdly strange word for "strangers". What are the odds!? Even odders would say Dam'. ('otters' (or I guess 'others') with a misplaced tongue - I know I forced that one :p)
 
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Just replying to make a pun, nothing serious here~

Huh, "weirds" is a weirdly strange word for "strangers". What are the odds!? Even odders would say Dam'. ('otters' (or I guess 'others') with a misplaced tongue - I know I forced that one :p)
LMAO
Its because "strangers" sound similar to "estranhos".

Strangers can be translated as estranhos, but this word its more used to mean "weird" (This person is 'estranho'). So my brain mixed all up and wrote "weirds".

Brazilian Portuguese 👍
 

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