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| THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- I'm the only one who is happy that Kou first kiss wasn't with Futaba? At the beginning I wanted Kou and Futaba shared together their all first... First love, first date, first kiss, first relationship... But since Futaba decided to be with Touma, because Kou "doesn't like her". Now I happy that she don't get all Kou's first things... :) At last there is one thing that she don't own :) In future they can be like: Futaba: Your first kiss was with Narumi?! Kou: You dated Touma before dating me! Futaba: Call it even? Kou: Ok! But if you look at it from other side... First love, first serious kiss and first serious relationship they gonna have together :) |
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LittleStar said: THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER. ---------------------------------------- I'm the only one who is happy that Kou first kiss wasn't with Futaba? At the beginning I wanted Kou and Futaba shared together their all first... First love, first date, first kiss, first relationship... But since Futaba decided to be with Touma, because Kou "doesn't like her". Now I happy that she don't get all Kou's first things... :) At last there is one thing that she don't own :) In future they can be like: Futaba: Your first kiss was with Narumi?! Kou: You dated Touma before dating me! Futaba: Call it even? Kou: Ok! But if you look at it from other side... First love, first serious kiss and first serious relationship they gonna have together :) wow wow wow slow down. you make it seem like Kou and Futaba will ened up together >.< |
| Obviously they're going to end up together :p Finally, the time has come! o.o I wonder if she'll run away, get troubled, have problems with touma and realizes that she still has feeling for kou <.< |
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random_Z said: Obviously they're going to end up together :p Finally, the time has come! o.o I wonder if she'll run away, get troubled, have problems with touma and realizes that she still has feeling for kou <.< uhh it snot obv.. in fact she might pull akou and rejecthim lmao >.< |
Heartlesss said: I believe that Futaba is going to reject Kou, and make him chase after her like she did with him lol thats what i think will happen. dang i wanna read the chapter. |
Heartlesss said: ss4chris said: thats what i think will happen. dang i wanna read the chapter. Wish the manga is weekly! Have to wait another month to see what happens. ITS NOT OUT YET :( |
random_Z said: realizes that she still has feeling for kou <.< Isn't that happen in chapter 42? xD I want Kou to confess, but I want something like "I know you have boyfriend now, but I just wanted let you know that... I like you. I never stopped liked you" :) I don't want something like "I like you, please go out with me", but I don't think he can said something like this xD Or he can said something like "Tell me you don't like me, so I will stop bother you." :) I am sure that they will be together, this will be strange if they don't end up together xD Eh... I don't really like how Sakisaka-san dealed with Narumi's character! She have so much potential! :/ Why rivals girls if they aren't heroine best friends always end up like this? O.o KouxNarumi backstory was nice... Kinda sad it ends like this... ;( |
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LittleStar said: random_Z said: realizes that she still has feeling for kou <.< Isn't that happen in chapter 42? xD I want Kou to confess, but I want something like "I know you have boyfriend now, but I just wanted let you know that... I like you. I never stopped liked you" :) I don't want something like "I like you, please go out with me", but I don't think he can said something like this xD Or he can said something like "Tell me you don't like me, so I will stop bother you." :) I am sure that they will be together, this will be strange if they don't end up together xD Eh... I don't really like how Sakisaka-san dealed with Narumi's character! She have so much potential! :/ Why rivals girls if they aren't heroine best friends always end up like this? O.o KouxNarumi backstory was nice... Kinda sad it ends like this... ;( I saw no potential in narumi.. just a road block between Kou and Futaba in all honesty. |
ss4chris said: uhh it snot obv.. in fact she might pull akou and rejecthim lmao >.< I meant at the end of the story, not after his confession xD LittleStar said: Isn't that happen in chapter 42? xD I want Kou to confess, but I want something like "I know you have boyfriend now, but I just wanted let you know that... I like you. I never stopped liked you" :) I don't want something like "I like you, please go out with me", but I don't think he can said something like this xD Or he can said something like "Tell me you don't like me, so I will stop bother you." :) I am sure that they will be together, this will be strange if they don't end up together xD Eh... I don't really like how Sakisaka-san dealed with Narumi's character! She have so much potential! :/ Why rivals girls if they aren't heroine best friends always end up like this? O.o KouxNarumi backstory was nice... Kinda sad it ends like this... ;( I don't know if Kou will be able to be that direct xD I just hope Futaba's friends won't get in their way o.o her relantionship with touma is too lovey dovey to me :( ss4chris said: I saw no potential in narumi.. just a road block between Kou and Futaba in all honesty. Agree with you! I actually have no emotions and don't feel sorry for her. Everytime I see her, she'll bring more drama and I was getting all frustrated :P But it would be nice if Sakisaka-sensei would make a spin-off about Narumi, so we could connect with her. Like her finding a new love and stuff xD |
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random_Z said: ss4chris said: uhh it snot obv.. in fact she might pull akou and rejecthim lmao >.< I meant at the end of the story, not after his confession xD LittleStar said: Isn't that happen in chapter 42? xD I want Kou to confess, but I want something like "I know you have boyfriend now, but I just wanted let you know that... I like you. I never stopped liked you" :) I don't want something like "I like you, please go out with me", but I don't think he can said something like this xD Or he can said something like "Tell me you don't like me, so I will stop bother you." :) I am sure that they will be together, this will be strange if they don't end up together xD Eh... I don't really like how Sakisaka-san dealed with Narumi's character! She have so much potential! :/ Why rivals girls if they aren't heroine best friends always end up like this? O.o KouxNarumi backstory was nice... Kinda sad it ends like this... ;( I don't know if Kou will be able to be that direct xD I just hope Futaba's friends won't get in their way o.o her relantionship with touma is too lovey dovey to me :( ss4chris said: I saw no potential in narumi.. just a road block between Kou and Futaba in all honesty. Agree with you! I actually have no emotions and don't feel sorry for her. Everytime I see her, she'll bring more drama and I was getting all frustrated :P But it would be nice if Sakisaka-sensei would make a spin-off about Narumi, so we could connect with her. Like her finding a new love and stuff xD maybe she can end up with Touma and therefore.. no one ends up left out.. except the brother of Kou... Cuz I pair Maurao with Aya :3 Thanks for agreeing :3 I hope kou will be direct and confess like he should have from the moment he saw her again >.< i dont want this manga to drag out anymore .. and im wonderign how the anime will end off at ep 12... >.< |
Heartlesss said: -ss4chris said: ITS NOT OUT YET :( You talking about chapter 43? Raw scans are out. subs are not >.< i dont see it on manga fox/ manga here. etc do you? o.O |
| Who cares about those two!? Any news on the Aya x Shuko fornt? That's the pair I care about. |
| Touma and Yui are quite simillar, but it still is easy to fandom to hate Narumi and love Touma. I don't really understand why Touma love Futaba?! o.O Narumi love for Kou isn't so cheap like Touma love for Futaba. Narumi have some past with Kou, they share simillar experience... and I don't like how Kou leave her, because what? I don't like how after this backstory could can give up from this friendship so easy... ;/ This is what I don't wanted to happen, happen. But still no matter what people will said Narumi is much better character than Touma. |
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LittleStar said: Touma and Yui are quite simillar, but it still is easy to fandom to hate Narumi and love Touma. I don't really understand why Touma love Futaba?! o.O Narumi love for Kou isn't so cheap like Touma love for Futaba. Narumi have some past with Kou, they share simillar experience... and I don't like how Kou leave her, because what? I don't like how after this backstory could can give up from this friendship so easy... ;/ This is what I don't wanted to happen, happen. But still no matter what people will said Narumi is much better character than Touma. I tend to agree. Though I don't like Narumi, since she practically lied to Futaba, telling her about the kiss between them when in fact it was a "stolen" kiss and not anything that Kou did mutually with her, which lead to her having a snit fit when Kou kissed her and, since he probably felt guilty about the fact that he had, indeed, been kissed by Narumi, Kou didn't put up a fight and tell Futaba that Narumi kissed him, much the way that Kou kissed her before their second, mutually agreed upon (and rather passionate) kiss. He could have told her that Narumi confessed to him and just grabbed him and kissed him and he had no control over it as opposed to just shutting up and letting her run away. If Narumi hadn't wanted to make Futaba jealous, it never would have been a problem and, most likely, she never would have ended up dating Touma because the two of them would have gotten together after they shared their first kisses together. But no... Instead we get chapter after chapter of Futaba being in a loveless relationship and not having the sense/courage to end it. GRRRRRRR But Touma really doesn't have any good reason for being so in love with Futaba that he is willing to date a girl who doesn't love him. He just comes across as desperate most of the time. I guess her falling on him and touching his **** really moved him, so to speak... I can understand falling in love with a girl like he did, but he KNOWS that she is still in love with another guy. He must not have a whole lot of self respect, I think. I really hope that it ends next chapter when Kou tells Futaba how he feels and I hope he tells her EVERYTHING about Narumi. The other thing that I am really wondering about is how Yuuri is going to react to the fact that Aya and Shuuko knew that Kou was still in love with Futaba and that he never had an actually boyfriend/girlfriend relationship with Narumi. I have a feeling she is going to go ballistic and maybe even enlist her boyfriend in helping her get Futaba and Kou together, or at least tell Touma that people lied to/kept the truth from Futaba and that if she had known the truth she never would have agreed to be in this loveless rebound relationship in the first place. Damn! Another month of waiting and the dang scanlation isn't even out yet!!!! GRRRRRR! |
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| Well basically everyone in the manga screwed up big time that is causing all this drama. Kou with his actions with the whole Narumi/Futa thing (like seriously? you can't be happy and date Futa because you need to support Narumi? What a childish way of thinking what relationships are like) Then you have Futa who let herself get dragged into a relationship for basically the sole reason of "forgetting" her love for Kou and Touma for his "lets do the hail marry and try to force her to love me". Then there are their "friends" who added damage by not being straight with them and telling them they are idiots and hiding potentially crucial information. Oh and Narumi for doing a passive aggressive impression of Touma. YOU CAN STILL BE FRIENDS ~_~ we know you want/need support but he doesn't love you like that, accept that and have him support you as a friend. |
| Ugh im starting to get really really annoyed at Futaba. Now that Kou has already cleared things up with Nayumi, and he's all like " IM READY TO ATTACK!!!!!!" but Futaba just makes things worse. Poor Kou ;_; And wow, Kou finally made his first move, saying that he wants to go to the movies with Futaba, but appearently she has something to tell him. I wonder what she's gonna tell him about..... Prolly something like " I still have feelings for you but I'm gonna continue trying in this relationship with Touma " ugh bullshit |
| Ughhh i'm getting anxiety reading all these comments and not being able to read the actual chapter!! Come out already! |
ss4chris said: THIS. I hate how its monthly, I wanna cry :(Heartlesss said: I believe that Futaba is going to reject Kou, and make him chase after her like she did with him lol thats what i think will happen. dang i wanna read the chapter. |
| [quote=-kaze-] ss4chris said: Heartlesss said: I believe that Futaba is going to reject Kou, and make him chase after her like she did with him lol thats what i think will happen. This could be a possibility. I can't wait to see the priceless ace on Kou if that happens. Idk how I feel about this chapter honestly since I'm not a big fan of Kou or who he ends up with. I'm more curious about Shuuko still :3 |
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| [quote=Stark700] -kaze- said: ss4chris said: thats what i think will happen. This could be a possibility. I can't wait to see the priceless ace on Kou if that happens. Idk how I feel about this chapter honestly since I'm not a big fan of Kou or who he ends up with. I'm more curious about Shuuko still :3 I bet she will yell at him for doing things like this then he will say something that will fluster her and she will storm off but be even more confused. The scene will just be another step toward futa finally dumping the doofus. |
| Am I the only one who's really annoyed with Yoshioka. She got all heartbroken after Kou rejected her, which I understand, but she didn't even take out the time to maybe ask him why (she just assumed he liked Narumi over her, instead of trying to put herself in Kou's shoes). She didn't even stop to think how Kou is in a hard position. Plus, Kou never said he didn't love her, he just said "Sorry." To jump to Touma after that just because he's a nice guy that can "save her" is kinda shallow of Yoshioka. Of course I'm not just bashing Yoshioka, because Kou should have voiced his issues...but Yoshioka should have tried a little more too. And Touma's "love" for Yoshioka is shallow, he just liked her because she's kindhearted and pretty. He's also an ass to go after her right after she was rejected (with that being said, Yoshioka shouldn't have accepted his confession so quick). The last thing that pisses me off is that Yoshioka and Kou became friends before the whole confession thing, so to say "we're not that close anymore" about Kou in Chapter 43, says to me that there relationship was only built on romance and no friendship. In Strobd Edge, although Ninako was rejected at first by Ren, she still valued her friendship with Ren and continued being true whole-hearted friends. I love Yoshioka but damn she can be annoying a little. PS: ima get bashed for this, but oh well this my opinion lol ^_^ |
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| Futaba is definitely going to reject him. |
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| This is so frustrating I ship both sides!! Kou x Futaba and Kikuchi x Futaba </3 |
| GAHHHHh. Get back with Kou already!! Man, how long will we have to wait. ; ^ ; Kou, you missed your Fu train! But FIGHT-O!! <3 |
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| Yea I would imagine soon after she gets angry at Kou and goes off on him she talks to her friends and they are like "well actually......". |
| I honestly hope Kou suffers more before he gets her , poor girl been having red face when she meets him its sickening since the first chapter , a blind retarded moron would figure how much she liked him and for how long , and wow for the reason he suddenly left her for he wants to do charity and support someone else he doesn't even like , and its always that 3rd wheel who gets left out in shoujo mangas who always love the heroine unconditionally ( Touma , though somehow makes us wonder why is he so desperate for her to the point he doesn't even wanna know she went with Kou , I feel bad for him ) , yes Futuba/Kou has chemistry but it shouldn't be easy otherwise the whole plot would be cheap and the main heroine would be retarded. |
| Thank God Narumi learned this time... But I think Kou should work hard for him to be loved again fully by Futaba. Inb4 rejection. 1 month for this cliffhanger chapter again. |
| The world shall know the truth soon. |
| This chapter was good, I like it. We could see how Kou was in Nagasaki those 3 years and the friendship that he had with Narumi. I like how Kou has always liked Futaba. I guess he also only has eyes for Futaba too. Waiting for Futaba to finish that stupid "relationship" with Touma. |
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| Nice chapter since Touma wasn't on it. Who cares about Narumi, futaba and murao, I am for either kou x kominato or kou x touma, who knows maybe Touma would feel more at ease watching horror movies with kou. Narumi - I think this was probably the last chapter she will show up. Futaba - I don't like her anymore, to the point that I think she deserves Touma's bear hugs. Murao - she was awesome and I even would have like her ending up with Kou, but I still don't get the whole I feel sorry for Kou, but I won't let him try to make a move on Futaba. |
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LittleStar said: random_Z said: realizes that she still has feeling for kou <.< Isn't that happen in chapter 42? xD I want Kou to confess, but I want something like "I know you have boyfriend now, but I just wanted let you know that... I like you. I never stopped liked you" :) I don't want something like "I like you, please go out with me", but I don't think he can said something like this xD Or he can said something like "Tell me you don't like me, so I will stop bother you." :) I am sure that they will be together, this will be strange if they don't end up together xD Eh... I don't really like how Sakisaka-san dealed with Narumi's character! She have so much potential! :/ Why rivals girls if they aren't heroine best friends always end up like this? O.o KouxNarumi backstory was nice... Kinda sad it ends like this... ;( Agreed. I like Narumi character, it's sad how everyone hates her. I think she has a great develompent >: |
DeskachanAug 21, 2014 7:43 PM
| Why does everyone hate touma? I actually feel sorry for him since he is trying so hard but still has the feeling that futaba likes kou |
| FINALLY translated! after 2 weeks of just tumblr translations >.< Narumi gone? is this life? is there a God? seriously I was okay with her in the beginning but her motives just made her fail as a char in my book. sadly we have people like her in the real world. what will Futaba tell Kou.. rejection? How will Kou take it? will he stand strong? or falter and give up? |
| Wow Kou's first kiss was a stolen kiss from Narumi?! At first those pages I am like no don't kiss but they did You fucking Narumi !!!! Oh well can't get what I want ,then it will be boring Overall I am glad Narumi will stay back,probably for now,but I hope for forever Because she seems so forceful when telling Kou it's too late , I understand you But Is understanding love?! |
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random_Z said: Obviously they're going to end up together :p Finally, the time has come! o.o I wonder if she'll run away, get troubled, have problems with touma and realizes that she still has feeling for kou <.< Sounds like an accurate prediction to me. I don't think she will accept him right away either, I think she will reject him at first but then realize he is the one she really loves and they end up together at the end, but I think there will be some drama for a while. LittleStar said: random_Z said: realizes that she still has feeling for kou <.< Isn't that happen in chapter 42? xD I want Kou to confess, but I want something like "I know you have boyfriend now, but I just wanted let you know that... I like you. I never stopped liked you" :) I don't want something like "I like you, please go out with me", but I don't think he can said something like this xD Or he can said something like "Tell me you don't like me, so I will stop bother you." :) I am sure that they will be together, this will be strange if they don't end up together xD Eh... I don't really like how Sakisaka-san dealed with Narumi's character! She have so much potential! :/ Why rivals girls if they aren't heroine best friends always end up like this? O.o KouxNarumi backstory was nice... Kinda sad it ends like this... ;( Yep I also hope that he will show her he still loves her - but not do an all out attack more like telling her his feelings, and then she realizes she still loves him. |
inzarathaAug 19, 2014 10:42 AM
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paperplane11 said: Why does everyone hate touma? I actually feel sorry for him since he is trying so hard but still has the feeling that futaba likes kou Well, I could post links to the discussions on why Touma is an ass, but I'll just sum it up here: 1. He went after Futaba immediately after she was rejected by Kou. In general, there is a word for guys that prey on girls when they are vulnerable, that is asshole. He even acknowledged that it was a terrible thing to do, but that he wasn't going to let the opportunity pass him by. 2. He originally told her that he didn't want to pressure her and he wanted her to take her time to think about him as a potential boyfriend, then, just a couple of days later, he asked her out on a date, on that date, they happened to see Kou and Narumi walking together. What were his options of how to deal with that? a) He could have ignored it and tried to get Futaba to walk along and ignore it herself. b) He could have acknowledged it by saying "Oh, it looks like they are out together too, just like us." Maybe then Futaba would have thought, "Oh... we aren't dating and we're out together... maybe that is what is going on with them?" c) He could have told her not to let it bother her and directed the conversation to something more pleasant. But what did he do? He broke one of the major social taboos of Japanese society and swooped in with a big ol' bear hug in public, right in front of a ton of people, with a girl he WAS NOT DATING! That is a majorly jerkish thing to do when you consider the societal norms in play! 3. Shortly after that there was a bit of a confrontation in Futaba and Kou's classroom when Kou tried to stop Futaba from leaving with Touma after he borrowed Futaba's sewing kit to sew on the button that Touma tore off of his sweater. (Note that Touma accosted Kou and tore a button off of his sweater! That isn't a very nice thing to do...) After seeing the look in Kou's eyes, Touma understood that Kou was still in love with Futaba. So how did he react? He told Futaba that he was "at his limit!" He couldn't wait any longer for an answer. When she was just about to tell him that she couldn't date him, he interrupted her and told her that she would be his girlfriend, right? And, being an idiot, Futaba agreed. Yes, she is at fault for giving in to the pressure, but he is at fault for pressuring the girl he told he would not pressure. Don't forget that Touma pretty much admitted that he pressured her into accepting him in a previous chapter! Those things all add up to Touma being a jerk. In addition, he has been sniping back and fourth with Kou for a long time now, knowing perfectly well how Kou feels about Futaba and how Futaba feels about Kou, and will not just back out gracefully. Really, if the girl you're dating tells you that she is still in love with someone else and that someone else has told you that he is still in love with her and that in the end it will be her decision, would you really want to stay with the girl? What is he getting out of it other than stolen kisses that make his "girlfriend" look like she just ate something sour and bear hugs that hurt her? Has Futaba ever initiated a kiss or a hug? Has she ever given him any real reason to believe, other than stupidly agreeing to date him, that she is actually attracted to him? She is staying with him to "try to not hurt him." Is that any way to be in a "relationship"? It is stupid, on both sides. My fervent hope is that Kou asks her if she has ever wanted to kiss Touma? Has she ever wanted to touch him or sniff the back of his neck? Has she ever felt her heart race when she saw him from across the room? This needs to be AFTER he tells her that he NEVER had a dating relationship with Narumi. If she brings up the fact that he kissed her, he should say this: Kou: "Remember the first time I kissed you?" Futaba: [blushing, flustered, stuttering] "w-w-w-welll... uh... yeah..." Kou: "Did you have any control over whether I kissed you or not?" Futaba: "NO! You just... just... kissed me without asking!" Kou: "Did you ever think that when Narumi and I kissed, I might have been in the same situation as you?" If she doesn't realize that Narumi was only telling her that to make her mad a Kou and that there was never a real dating relationship between them, then she is more stupid than she has seemed so far. Then he should tell her that he has loved her since they were in 7th grade. That even his classmates in Nagasaki knew that he was in love with a girl from his old school, and that he has not ever, even once, stopped loving her. If she counters with the fact that he is too late and she is dating Touma now, he should ask her if she really loves Touma or if she still loves him, then go into the part about if she ever wanted to kiss Touma... But, I expect that Futaba won't give him that much time to talk and that Kou will let her walk away. What I am most curious about is how Yuuri is going to react to the fact that their other two "FRIENDS" knew all about Kou's situation and did NOTHING to correct the misunderstanding that Futaba had that resulted in her willingness to date a guy she didn't even like. Shuuko has shown this type of "not gonna deal with it" attitude all along, and Aya is so whipped, without even being in a relationship with her, that he went against his better judgement and didn't talk with Futaba about Kou a long time ago. I expect Yurri will be furious and will set Futaba straight, right after Futaba blows up at Kou and, maybe, goes and does something stupid, like sleeping with Touma because she is mad a Kou, which would cement her low self-opinion that has been growing ever since the school trip, leading her to reject both of the guys and probably needing to be "saved" by Kou when she gets too depressed and shuts everyone out. I don't know if it will go that far though... This author doesn't really have a history of having more than kissing in her stories. |
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| Ahhh another cliffhanger! It doesn't seem like it'll go well for Kou though :/ maybe Futaba won't shut him down or anything, but I think she might tell him to stop. My ideal situation anyways, since Futaba still does have feelings for Kou but also wants to keep her relationship with Touma going. As long as she doesn't say she likes Touma. I liked Narumi's background in this chapter, I understand her feelings towards Kou and regarding her thoughts about Futaba. Futaba can be emphatic or sympathetic to what Kou went through, but she'll never know exactly how Kou felt. Neither will Narumi or anyone for that matter, but Narumi has had a much closer experience that resemble's what Kou has gone through, and thus she feels like she understands him the most, and vice versa. Still, she was kind of manipulative and annoying in her ways. I'm just glad she ended up accepting what Kou had to tell her and that she walked away without looking back. Kou's straightforwardness at the end though made me laugh. Honestly without Narumi, Koutaba would be a thing already. Yet I think Sakisaka decided to write in the (annoying) love rival cliche to further show Kou's personality. Without Narumi, we probably wouldn't know that Kou is the type to focus on one thing at a time (either to support Narumi or to be in a relationship with Futaba). Now whether people like this trait of Kou or not depends on the person. |
| Ohmygod I was almost on the verge of tears of joy when Kou finally broke free and was starting to take the initiative to chase after Futaba again. And then my excitement was shot down by Futaba's reaction and the subsequent foreboding ending. WHYYYYY do you have to be like this, Futaba? My heart split in half when she brushed him off as an annoyance and thought to herself, "Geez, we're not that close anymore." Hopefully it's a red herring, and even if it isn't, I hope Kou keeps his resolve up and doesn't let it beat him back down. I guess it's Futaba's turn to drive us readers absolutely insane. But anyways, I was surprised by the main bulk of this chapter surrounding Narumi. I could actually really sympathize with her here. I guess one of the things I preferred about Strobe Edge over AHR was that I always found the female rival in Strobe Edge (Mayuka) far more sympathetic than Narumi. It's always nice to see the flip-side of the coin instead of portraying a character as straight-up villainous. I feel like her past self during her middle school years with Kou wasn't actually all that bad; I feel like her selfishness was later born out of insecurity following the death of her father where she felt that Kou was fundamentally connected to her out of mutual tragedy. It actually touched my heart when Kou talked about how Narumi changed him and taught him how to get along with others. There are some people in life you might come across who become special to you and help you grow but eventually turn rotten in the end, and then you have to come to a realization that you have to let people go despite your reluctance inside feeling that you owe the person for all the gifts they've given you. I feel like that's what happened here with Kou and Narumi, and I feel like I can finally relate. Not only did this chapter help me understand Narumi, but it gave me a lot of insight to Kou and understand the reasons for the mistakes he made with Futaba during the whole Narumi ordeal. That parting scene was really great for me. I felt like both Kou and Narumi grew up a lot in just a few moments. The development in this chapter seriously redeemed this manga so much for me. I hated the lack of dimensionality in the rival characters (Narumi and Touma), but finally we got some light shed on Narumi. I guess I really shouldn't have any expectations for Touma though... So the situation doesn't look so good between Kou and Futaba right now, but now that we have Kou back on board, I'm still so excited to see where the story will go from here. EDIT: What's with all the talk on this thread about kissing him? Wasn't that kissing panel just a flashback to when she forced a kiss on him in the past? I'm pretty sure she said that she wasn't going to do that again here. Granted, that page did look kind of confusing at first, but I'm pretty sure she didn't actually kiss him again in this chapter. |
nauticalblueAug 20, 2014 12:20 AM
| Narubitch is gone,let's celebrate. I still don't blame any of them but Futaba. She's an idiot. Poor 2 guys. What the hell do they see in her anyway? |
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