>>273114558
How far was Aya willing to go for Hikari to sleep with her Boyfriend? I mean, I sort of got it the first time it happened in chapter 10/11, but in chapter 15 she should know already, right? Kind of weird she would pick out and pay for a bikini for a girl seducing her boyfriend.

>>273114558
Hikari will win. She’s the first girl to know Yuu and they shared so many first times together.

>>273114558
>cute romance between childhood friends that turned into a cheating/NTR drama out of nowhere when the FMC was about to win.
Where do you guys keep coming up with this weird ass cheating or ntr accusations? The guy moved on to a different girl after he realize he had no chance with the FMC. Are people not supposed to move on once they realize their crush don't like them? What was he supposed to do? Just wait for the rest of his life? I swear people here are dumb

>>273116154
that’s because childhood friends are supposed to be in love and give obligatory sex to the MC, or in this case, FMC because that’s how childhood friends works apparently, and failure to do so means the MC, or FMC, is getting NTR’d or cheated on. /a/ is pretty fucking dumb with this shit, but yeah, that’s why many people call it ntr.

>>273116154
it is ntr if we follow Hikari’s pov due to her Yuu being stolen, even if you don’t think that’s ntr it’s still ntr from Aya’s perspective since her best friend is after her boyfriend and is too broken to tell her to stop

>>273116549
There’s nuance to it. Don’t be reductive about things you don’t understand.

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>>273114558
>Imasara desu ga
I hope its score in Mangadex bounces back after those retards kept on rating it 1. It's a legit good story and deserves more than 6 stars.

>>273117444
I remember a time when it was 9 stars.

>>273117106
It's not ntr in either direction, the fuck you mean.

>>273117891
I'm just waiting for the next chapter so I can see it drop to five stars. Mangadex users are retarded and smooth brained.

What the fuck is up with this with weird childhood friends NTR delusion? They literally always lose.

>>273118315
mangadex somehow has a dumber userbase than mal
i guess it comes with the ability to add reactionary ratings instead of having to go on a separate site

>>273118573
I wouldn’t have an issue, if it weren’t for the fact that those idiots keep on hate reading it, and call it shit with little to no discussion of the actual chapters.

>>273118512
Corrupting the purest form of love is the best storytelling out there.

>>273114558
The children reading this are just to dump to read between the lines. It's pretty obvious something wasn't right from the beginning, before the kiss we just didn't know what.

>>273118864
no? the first time something is off is when yami disappears

>>273118919
What about the times he was stone face whenever the best girl flirted with him.

>>273117444
Damn, QRD?
Haven't read this manga, but this seems pretty funny

Do people even want Hikari to enter into a relationship with Yuu though? I just feel like that shit would be unsalvageable, she deserves someone who actually loves her not some pity or guilt trip, not to mention all the baggage that would come with the whole him fucking the best friend thing.

>>273118989
>Damn, QRD?
Heroine gets betrayed by her best friend during a school festival when she was about to confess to her childhood friend. The next few chapters are how the best friend and the childhood friend were in a secret relationship

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>>273118989
The first 20 chapters of the manga is basically a generic fluffy romcom manga told from the perspective of Hikari, who's the childhood friend of Yuu, her crush. It's about her ending up in various amusing scenarios trying to get Yuu to notice her, while her friends try to back her up and give advice on what to do. The only friend of hers we really get to know somewhat is her best friend Aya, the black-haired chick, but she's just a side character. Until chapter 21, in which it's revealed that Yuu and Aya have a fling going on and they kiss in front of Hikari. Then it digs even deeper from chapter 22 and onwards, replacing Hikari with Aya as the protagonist and exploring her past with Yuu, confirming that 1) they were in a relationship and 2) they took each other's virginity. The backlash from the fags on Mangadex (they were self-inserting into Hikari) was so bad it went from a 9 to a 6.

>>273118919
First chapters
Ta-kun is quite uniterestd in her.
"It's a little late" is a contant theme.

Chapter 9:
- Admitting that she didn't feel anything romantically about Ta-kun before entering high-school.
- If Ta-kun confessed at this point he would have been rejected.

Chapter 10:
- Never told Ta-kun that they were going on a date, implying that he wouldn't have agreed with that premise.

Chapter 12:
- Ta-kun remisces about a girl he loves and met before his classmate.
- Hikarin imaginges it beeing her, the author keeps it vague on purpose.

Chapter 13:
- Ta-kun was uninterested in Hikarin school life, he met Aya by this point and was getting over his childhood crush (Hikarin).

Chapter 14:
- I fapped to this chapter

Chapter 15:
- Aya seem depressed about something and encourages Hikarin to date Ta-kun. (They probably broke up by now)
- The author keeps everything vague and this only really helps with the power of hindsight.

Chapter 16:
- Ta-kun flat out denies romatinc involcement with Hikarin, not in the usual rom-com way but qutie sternly.
- Even Hikarin notices something strange
- (also childhood-crush is revealed for the first time)

Chapter 17:
- "That was not he answer I was hoping for at all..."
- "I never even had the idea of love"

Chapter 18:
- Ta-kun doesn't want Hikarin that close to him.
- Something is different about Ta-kun
- I suspect something happened with Aya we may get this info in later flashbacks.

Chapter 19:
- Ta-kun really doesnt want to go to Hikarin's school, (because he'll meet his ex Aya there who he still loves)
- She guilt trips him anyway

Chapter 20:
- Ta-kun just leaves Hikarin's class without a word after not even staying for 10 minutes.
- The 'always reliable' Aya is absent, because she doesn't want to run into Ta-kun and Hikarin at the same time.

Chapter 21:
- The thing happens

>>273119256
>>273119373
Is the writing any good, or is it just reaction bait

>>273119580
The Writing of the Web Novel is good if you use your brain, the manga, like the OP says, does leave out some clues that are important in future chapters

>>273119580
Rage bait melodrama

>>273118989
>>273119580
Just go read it. it's really short. The chapters are like 10 pages, often less.

https://mangadex.org/chapter/d38c6c44-dfe9-4a33-83e0-644399a70a9d

>>273114558
It's insane how much you guys can discuss with so little content

>>273119760
welcome to /a/

>>273119536
You're just reaching or reading things that aren't there.

>>273119580
You can see the bones of a good plot in place, but it's constrained by the chosen format of ~10 pages every two weeks.

I was told this is the place to be now that Oshi no Ko has ended. Would you agree with that statement?

>>273120097
Yes

>>273120097
10 pages/2 weeks
that alone kills it

>>273120145
The web novel at least is a bit more better.

>>273119580
If nothing else, it's pretty clear most if not all the story has been planned from the start and being self-published it won't stretch out unnecessarily, that alone puts it above most manga out there

Text version just has better flow and structure

>273120097
Alright OP, you've gone too far this time.

>>273120145
That's about the same as OnK when you factor in all the breaks

>>273120169
I agree.

>>273116146
Damn you just don't give up do you

>>273120169
Bro should've just written an LN series
Maybe he didn't want to commit to another series

>>273114558
>https://xxddmm.neocities.org/saranami_016
>Anyway, the real problem isn't Mizunuma -- it's her, this girl... Matsuyama Chiyuki-san.
>She was Ta~kun's classmate back in ninth grade.
>And, she was one of those girls to him, y'know, Mr. not super popular type, but always had one or two fans in the class Ta~kun.
>At the time, I remember thinking, Oh, okay, whatever. But now? Now that my feelings for him have totally transformed, there's no way I can just sit back and relax.
>I'm sipping on the last few melting ice cubes in my coffee, eyes glued to her, sending every silent, glaring, signal of stay away I possibly can.
Finally, a FMC that won't tolerate the love triangle bullshit.

>>273120160
It's still every 2 weeks, covers mostly the same events (give or take some details), and you miss out on the cute art.

>>273120169
Unattributed dialogue is a pain in the ass, desu.

Does Hikari ever state why she started to like Yuu?

>>273120272
She states she can't figure out what did it, no matter how much she thinks back on it.

>>273120257
>Unattributed dialogue is a pain in the ass, desu.
Only in translation

>>273120302
She was in love with him the entire time but only now realized that feeling. Got it.

Why is Hikari so fucking cute bros?

>>273114558
Same thing happened with saekano anime adaptation

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>>273119536
>Chapter 14:
>- I fapped to this chapter

>>273120384
>Yami picked out the swimsuit Hikari is wearing due to her known Yuu’s preference.

>>273120311
No, she's able to recognize there was a total qualitative change in her feelings.

>>273120311
>She was in love with him the entire time
No she literally wasn't considering she played the messenger for some other girls who wanted to asked Yuu out and was suprised why he would turn them all down. That's not something who is in love (knowingly or unknowingly) would do.

>>273117445
Are they still angry about it?

Isn't the mangaka doing it for free cause he's friends with the writer?

>>273120304
should it have a hint as to which character is talking?
I think it's not that hard to figure out who is talking

>>273120311
Probably her perception of him changed because his aura has changed the moment he moved on from her which is the start of highschool when Yuu and Yami started to go out. She can't put a finger on it because she doesn't know the cause.

>>273120311
Its a major plot point that that is not the case

>>273120459
Then why is she seething with jealousy here >>273120252

>>273120471
It's possible the writer is paying him. Hopefully well, since his art is a big draw, and he's taken some splash damage from ignorant readers for the tweest.

>>273120633
Do you even read

>At the time, I remember thinking, Oh, okay, whatever.

>>273120633
That's AFTER she fell in love you retard.

>>273119718
The first panel being a footshot was a semi-read flag, but then I saw it's written by WA2's author lmao.
Picked up

>>273119536
>Chapter 16:
>- Ta-kun flat out denies romatinc involcement with Hikarin, not in the usual rom-com way but qutie sternly.
No, he doesn't. He is dismissive about it (which is not neccessarily a good sign for Hikari as we know now) but he doesn't deny anything. And that's definitely a better thing for Hikari than him flat out denying it.

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>>273120906
it's drawn by Yom, the same guy that does miru thighs
actually, now that I look it up, it's also written by maruto

>>273119760
It's the same retard who wants it to be a general. He even keeps bumping threads replying to himself. 2-3 threads after the chapter release are more than enough, but at this point it seems like he wants as much shitposting as possible.
And yes, we do get WN translations now, but it's still nothing new.

>>273120957
thats some really weird foreshortening

>>273120929
Yeah he doesn't verbally does it (like Hikari) but stonefaces the topic and let it slide without a moments notice which is out of norm for romcoms. He doesn't blush, he doesn't stutter. He just ignores it because its in the past doesn't need to be talked about.
He can't ignore the "working hard to get in to same school" part though because it IS a reminder of his cringe past self and the object of that effort is sitting right next to him. He later clears it up during fastival anyway.

>>273121006
>He later clears it up during fastival anyway.
You mean he lies to Hikari about it.

>>273121334
>You mean he lies to Hikari about it.
Lies? The inferiority complex he had probably played the bigger part in his effort than the crush. So it makes sense that he was able to move on from her romanticly as well when all his efforts to catch up failed.

>>273120744
Honestly, I’m more concern as to why she needs to be jealous at all. The other girl has a boyfriend, seems excessive to hate her and glare at her.

>>273121603
He told Yami he tried to get into her school because he loved her, when telling Hikari this, he omits this key detail for a lie that's at best a half-truth

>>273121629
Well he spared himself (and her) the cringe part and just talked about the big picture.

Alright, who is avenging who in this series?

>>273121842
Hikari will avenge Ruby.

>>273121718
Yeah, but he’s still in denial about why and not confronting Hikari.

>>273121842
Aya will avenge Ichicute

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>>273121842
Hikari will avenge Noe

>>273122153
But the CF was the winner in True Tears

>>273122003
We won't know for sure until we have his POV of the story. IF author decides to include it at some point. His is the most important considering he will be the one to chose.

Yuu will avenge himself by getting with Yami.

>>273114558
what does the manga leave out? could you give us some examples?

If Hikari the reason Aya broke up with him I'm throwing

>>273122923
She blatantly is.

>>273122479
I really liked that one anon >>272979103 interpretation of Yuu loving Yami, but in complete denial about his love of Hikari that he gaslights himself into thinking his love for Hikari was actually him fearing losing his friendship with her. I don't know, maybe because he never properly got over Hikari. Dude just got lucky to find a broken girl who was willing to throw herself at him when he was realize no matter what he did, Hikari will never love him. But now he has to be in complete denial about his love for Hikari because his new GF is low-key jealous and envious.

>>273122952
there was that other manga with the twin sisters with the same premise, what a shit show.

>>273122822
Reading the first 5 chapters of the WR and reading the manga will immediately show that the manga left things out.

>>273117444
I still think the rating wouldn't be much above this if people were rating this honestly. Many of those 10s are still leftovers from before the twist or people trying to balance the 1s. This manga needs at least one more twist before it can achieve something actually unique other than rage baiting readers.

>>273123649
The male crush is used goods, what’s more of a twist than that?

>>273122822
Like the fact that Hikari giving zero fucks about other girls approaching Yuu, even helping them out to confess. It shows how she made it so easy for him to move on. This part doesn't exist in manga.

>>273123438
The first couple of manga chapters are extra-shortened, to be fair. I just chalked it up to them starting small.

>>273123438
like what, exactly?

>>273123700
This is par for the course for shoujo manga with similar stories. I'm saying this rating wouldn't be much higher because most stories that follow similar beats to this one are in the 6.5~7.5 range on MangaDex. The ones that rise above have a better gimmick than pulling a switcheroo on their audience and even then most struggle to get above 8.1.

>>273120647
Maruto is more well known in the industry than this author

>>273124388
Anon, don't look at their follow counts on Twitter...

>>273124388
>author
*mangaka

>>273124419
>Twitter
lmao
Normalfags would rather look at pictures the artist draws rather than read random things author posts, more news at 11.

>>273125036
And nobody would be reading this slop without him. So much of Maruto being well known.

>>273125800
so much for*

>>273124388
Wrong

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>>273125800
It would just have another artist, and proceed like Maruto's other LNs. Not the end of the world.

>>273122153
>>273122350
Now there's a rage I've not heard in a long time...

I still need to watch it someday.

>>273121614
You bring up a good point. She had no chill in that entire conversation.

here comes the bump

>>273120483
It takes a few moments to figure out every time and mentally swap lines in your head till they fit. I guess it's a bit more mentally engaging for the reader, but grrr.

chapter 17 is tled
> If he had ended up going to the same school as me...
>Maybe my feelings wouldn't have grown into what they are now.
so, is this a fact now or just her assumption

>>273133397
assumption, but it would make sense because if he stayed close to her she wouldn't grow fonder by noticing his absence.

>>273133397
Damn.

>>273133397
It's her assumption but pretty much on point.

>>273133397
Bros… with all this novel stuff, I’m starting to think Hikari actually IS goin to lose…

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>>273134508
Have faith. Yuu grows as a man
>Let's go talk for a bit, he says, pulling me aside, away from the crowd and into the trees.

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>Did my face just betray me again?
>Did he catch that slightly disappointed look on my face?

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>Whether he realized he'd left me hanging or not, he just had to go and leave me with another line that made my heart flutter.
>"And thank you, for still being my friend, even after all that."
>Thank you for still liking me, at least as a friend. That makes me so, so happy.

>>273135420
>Thank you for still liking me, at least as a friend. That makes me so, so happy.
Well, we will see about that

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>So that's how it's led to this moment. To now, where I've fallen so hard for him.

>>273135521
>…… and I love him.
>Yeah, I really, really love him.
:(

>>273135516
>>273135521
>>273135775
Yami ruined a pure romance….

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>>273121842
Yami will avenge Ichika.

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>>273135521
>author makes a manga about the consequences of not noticing what you have in front of you
>normalfags lose their mind

>>273136265
She must pay…

>She might not have said yes to him.
So he had a chance when they were kids or is Hikari coping overtime here.

>>273136325
>author makes a manga where the sad girl throws herself at the guy for pretty much nothing
>lonely fags slurp it, again
classic
noe will lose again

>>273134508
NO!, Hikari has to avenge Ruby, she just has to!

>>273136656
No, she is being factual. She confirms that her old self didn't really care about romance or him in that sense. That's where the "too late" stuff comes from.

>>273135521
>>273136325
>a girl who never thought about romance, literally still a kid
>starts catching feeling as she gets more mature and noticing the absence of childhood friend
>the story is trying to be a cautionary tale about not realizing the good things you had before it's too late
But the thing is...it doesn't work? If that's the message the plot is trying to push, why are we literally punishing kids with the emotional development of a puddle, they don't know any better, the story would have then worked better if they were university students because at least then there would be no excuse and the story would have felt more justified for the main character for dragging their feet. Now I can only shrug at the development, since what did we expect of literally teenagers?

>>273136780
I hope she does too, but it isn’t looking good

So chapter 18 is next. Where people think Aya broke up with Yuu and told him everything. Wonder how its written in the WN

>>273135197
>>273135420
Yami really made a fool of Hikari. I really can’t wait for chapter 21zzz

>>273136987
>why are we literally punishing kids with the emotional development of a puddle
Seems most kids in her age were already thinking of romance given that she seemed to be the only one uninterested.

>>273138480
Still a bit odd if that's the message.
It be one thing if she was thirsting and simping for other dudes, however she was still playing in the mud with a stick when supposedly other were starting to get interested in the opposite sex. I can't fault Hikari for her delayed affection and honestly I can't really cheer for Yuu to get Hikari now, he knew she wasn't interested before, but that didn't only extend to him, but to the entire population, so him just giving up when the race havent even started kinda feels underwhelming, like ok? Can't fault the dude for moving on I guess, but them potentially becoming a couple now is just, meh???

>>273138960
Now I get what you meant. It's does lessen the idea that "moving on was a good thing" because she wasn't even in the mindset to be an interest and got such a brutal wake up call by two close friends being irresponsible around her.
But this last part was talked about before in these threads. How the parallel chapters made the story feel particularly mean-spirited to Hikari for no particular reason.

>>273138960
>>273139183
You guys are forgetting one key detail: She was in love with Yuu for the entire first year of highschool and did nothing. Seems like if she was a bit more proactive, she could have won

>>273139285
Go and read it again. She only took interest in him (or in romance in general) recently. Probably not long before the start of the second year, in spring.

>>273136987
if it's a cautionary tale, which it isn't primarily, then it's one about hiding how you feel and not being open. every character that gets hurt, that loses what they have, ect, does so because they tried to tamp down what they were actually feeling and desiring out of fear or self-loathing or both, to kick the can down the road or to say 'this much is okay'. all 3 of the primary characters ended up damaging the relationships they care about as a result of it. (that's the """punishment""" aspect, not the part where they dont get who they want btw)

>>273139467
Nah, she fell in love with him in the first year of highschool. It’s only at the start of the second year of highschool does she try and do something.

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HOly shit
You can see the exact moment shit hit the fan

>>273140136
Having the heroine get cucked does that to a series

>>273136325
>serves you right for not immediately falling for your childhood friend
Romcoms can be nonsensical but that's just ridiculous

I WANNA IMPREGNATE YAMI
I WANNA I WANNA I WANNA I WANNA

>>273140639
shut the fuck up, mr. matsushita

>>273135000
I hope we get a Yuu chapter of this festival. Bro must be panicking real fucking hard if he had to take the initiative.

I will avenge Hikari by fucking Yami and filling her womb with my seed and impregnating her

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>Normally, this would be the part where he'd go, Don't peek, okay? and I'd laugh, As if I would! -- a familiar routine we've done a hundred times.
>But this time, it... fizzled out, somehow?
It's fucking over....

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>What's going on? Is something wrong?
>"So, Hikari, how was the first day after summer break?"
>"Uhh, not much has changed, honestly..."
>"Hmm."
>I almost tilted my head in confusion.

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>No, I'm doing my best to be just like I always am.
>But... he's not reacting like he always does.
>"...Sorry, I'm just a bit..."
>"No, I'm sorry. I was being annoying."
>"No, that's not it. That's not it at all."
>"...Ta~kun?"
>It feels like... he's actually aware of something.
Yami did tell him....

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>I mean, just because we're alone, and the conversation's gone a little... sensitive, would he, who's clearly not interested in me, really start noticing me all of a sudden?
>Is that even possible?
200 chapters of this romcom confirm...

>>273141460
she really did think she was the main character

I’m starting to hate Yami….

>>273142041
Hikari...

>>273142041
>Three more chapters until Hikari is having a mental breakdown due to her best friend kissing Yuu
I wonder how it will be written in english

>>273141604
Let’s be real here. If Yami never entered the picture, she would have been the main character.

>>273143662
nah yu would've grown apart and lived his own life no matter what, aya's presence just compresses the process into a single dramatic point. (since it's fiction) just being in totally different social circles at different schools and all that, compared to being her hanger-on previously.

jesus we really need his perspective there's such a massive gap in the story thematically and plotfaggically

>>273143899
Yeah, but his love for Hikari wouldn’t have lessen as much compare to dating Yami. And even when Dating Aya, Yuu was still in love with Hikari. A Yuu that doesn’t have a girlfriend would still love Hikari way more even if he was trying to move on.

>>273143899
Only if you ignore the entire first part of the manga I guess. They already established that they hang out in each other's rooms damn near every day and she was getting more and more proactive. Assuming Yami wasn't in the picture, she would have eventually done something and he definitely still likes Hikari. Not sure why people are pushing this idea that he got over her when the entire reason he even connected with Yami was over his feelings.

>>273144690
i'm not talking about the romance, i mean in a general sense of how she views other people and what lens she understands them through.

>>273141263
Reading the first part and damn, she put herself in the friend zone without even realizing it.
>>273141305
Just reading makes me realize that Hikari has zero experience in romance and Yuu not following her “script” confuses the fuck out of her. Holy fuck no wonder it took until Aya telling Yuu the truth to change their dynamics.

>>273141460
God damn, even after a year with Yami, Yuu is still a simp for Hikari.

>>273141460
>Yuu clearly having a bad day
>"He must be falling for me!"

>>273146947
I'm convince that Aya gave Yuu an ultimatum about Hikari just before chapter 18 and Yuu insisted there was nothing going on between the two of them before Aya had a huge menhera fit and just spilled everything out.

>>273147606
Can you blame her with the way he's acting...

>>273141604
She thought she was in a romance manga with how genre savvy she was being.

Hikari is self-centered and deserves to lose for being this dense.

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>>273123649
Anon, people are creating accounts just to shit on it and give it one stars

>>273117444
Who gives a fuck about the rating? It has no bearing on what I think of the manga, and I've never looked up the score for any manga I've read on there, whenever I'm not reading off an aggregator instead.

A question popped out while rereading the WN.
If a highschooler failed on his entrance exam, can he try again on his second year?
Feels like Yuu should do this, unless if a harlot tried to seduce him on the day of the announcement.

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>>273150717
Yuu is a brainlet and couldn't make it in, even after 6 months of intense studying.

>>273141263
>>273141305
>>273141408
>>273141460
I still can't figure out what happened here for Yuu to be so shy and defensive.
Unless the menhera girl said something that made Yuu super conscious.

>>273150923
Current theory is that Aya broke up with him before the start of the new semester and told Yuu that Hikari is in love with him. I think Yuu is currently testing if its true or not, only to realize it is true, which means all those times they hung out as friends throughout summer were actually dates. Literally no different what that menhera girl pulled in chapter 12

>>273150135
yamifags were also creating accounts just to post "hikarikeks status?" and vote 10

>>273151089
I refuse to believe that Yami broke up with Yuu for Hikari. No woman does that, and the fact that she kissed him proves this.

>>273151637
Wow, you're as dense as Hikari.

>>273147663
i bet he got caught lying about the amusement park not-date, tried to spare her feelings but ended up making it worse.

>>273151824
Not just the amusement park date, but also other dates Hikari lied to Yuu about and told Aya about. And since Aya knows Yuu is not a dumbass when it comes to social interactions, he must have known, at least on some level what Hikari was doing but pretended to be a dumb romcom protagonist

>>273151927
so it plays right into all her fears and everything with her cheating stepdad, whereas before yuu was in her mind the antithesis of that kind of guy.

>>273151927
He probably didn't. When the umbrella and the festival chapter are very much setup to show she keeps acting "like always" towards him. Which is why she never got any progress, not even a rejection.

>>273152026
Even if he didn't actually, it would seem like it from Yami's perspective. Could be kind of a mix too, occasionally noticing she's acting a bit different but not wanting to press the issue or really analyze it and risk rocking the boat with their friendship.

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>>273152026
>When the umbrella and the festival chapter are very much setup to show she keeps acting "like always" towards him.
Yeah, and from an outsider's perspective they look like a couple, even their old classmates mistook them as a couple much to Hikari's joy and seething, Also, Aya will soon seem them how they act whenever they're alone in chapter 13.5 so who fucking knows but we all agree it's not going to be good on her mental health.

>>273152101
>>273152060
>>273152041
>>273152077
bro

>>273152077
>>273152083
I'm just trying to say that no matter how aware he might be of others feelings, he doesn't seem to be able to get a good read on Hikari, and this happens because Hikari keeps acting chummy around him sending one million mixed signals without ever making a move.
Consider that:
>he already got burned once by her, without her knowing
>he's in a relationship and it's better to not think too hard about it and focus on what he has
>at the same time this is his first girlfriend, he isn't experienced enough to know he shouldn't be allowing Hikari into his personal space like that

>>273152157
Hikari sending mixed signals shouldn't be at fault since we just realize she's a complete and utter dumbass the absolute second Yuu starts acting differently or starts seeing her a woman if chapter 18 is any indication.

>>he already got burned once by her, without her knowing
He couldn't have been burned once by Hikari because he never asked her out of fear of losing her friendship. Same thing Hikari fears.
>>he's in a relationship and it's better to not think too hard about it and focus on what he has
This one I can believe, since he pretty much spilled his spaghetti on Aya on the bed.
>>at the same time this is his first girlfriend, he isn't experienced enough to know he shouldn't be allowing Hikari into his personal space like that
I don't believe this because Yuu was already smart enough to not mention Hikari to Aya no matter what unless pressed. Dude was smart enough to realize something was off with Aya during the love hotel. He should definitely know to put up a personal space with Hikari.

>>273152539
>He couldn't have been burned once by Hikari because he never asked her out of fear of losing her friendship. Same thing Hikari fears.
He got burned from the chase, where he made life decisions centered around her and failed.
>I don't believe this because Yuu was already smart enough to not mention Hikari to Aya no matter what unless pressed. Dude was smart enough to realize something was off with Aya during the love hotel. He should definitely know to put up a personal space with Hikari.
Then he was leading her knowingly for months. Is that what you're saying? Because it's either that, or he perceives Hikari differently due to their circumstances, or the character is inconsistent due to shitty writing. Your pick.

>>273152539
tbf they've been friends for so long that suddenly putting up those boundaries, appropriate or not, is kind of a big ask, could see him trying to put it off or just waffling even if on some level he knows he should.

>>273152539
This makes Yami possessive.

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>>273150923
>I still can't figure out what happened here for Yuu to be so shy and defensive.
>If my script was going right, this would be where he lets out an exasperated sigh.
>But instead, I just got this uncertain, confused breath... or at least, that's what it sounded like.
>What's going on? Is something wrong?
>"So, Hikari, how was the first day after summer break?"
>"Uhh, not much has changed, honestly..."
>"Hmm."
>I almost tilted my head in confusion.
>But then he followed up with his usual lighthearted tone, and I managed to shove my little worry off to the side.
>"Anyway, we four still hung out a bunch over break."
>"You really are the social type, you know that?"
>"Well, nothing's changed for us either, right? We saw each other practically every week."
>"...Y-yeah, that's true."
>...Huuuh?
>Wait? Isn't this just off?
>It's like our conversation's lost its usual flow.
You will now just realize that Yami hung out with Hikari all throughout summer break pretending to be happy while Hikari talked about going on endless dates with Yami's boyfriend, Yuu. Yami and Yuu probably went on dates, with Yami asking questions about Hikari all the while Yuu was being evasive and trying to change the topics. Yami told Yuu the truth via text message that Hikari and her were best friends and broke up with him. Yuu in chapter 18, is trying to see if what Yami is said is true so he tries to coax Hikari about her school life or if something happened to her friends. Only to be met with an innocent response and her probably saying that Yuu and her went on a bunch of dates every day of every week.

>>273151637
What if Yami broke up not because she wants Hikari to be happy but because Yuu was so dense he completely ignored all of the blatantly obvious dating he was engaged in with Hikari.
Yami is insecure because of Yuu's ex-crush.
Yuu sorta moved on and is in denial about Hikari liking him, no matter how obvious she makes he'll think, "she's just joking".
And Hikari keeps making moves on him, going on dates, and talking all about it to Yami.

>>273154366
>What if Yami broke up not because she wants Hikari to be happy but because Yuu was so dense he completely ignored all of the blatantly obvious dating he was engaged in with Hikari.
Kind of unfair to call their hangouts, obvious dates. Even Hikari admits to her friends she doesn't call them dates when asking him out.
>Yami is insecure because of Yuu's ex-crush.
That much is true and Yuu should have told Yami about them as soon as it happened.
>Yuu sorta moved on and is in denial about Hikari liking him, no matter how obvious she makes he'll think, "she's just joking".
Well, in chapter 26, after dating Yami for 3 months, she realizes that Yuu still has lingering feelings of love for Hikari and it's bothering her. So, I can only assume he's just in complete denial about Hikari's intent and just assume they're hanging out as friends. Not to mention, Hikari just admitted to following a "script" whatever the fuck that means.
>And Hikari keeps making moves on him, going on dates, and talking all about it to Yami.
Let's calm the fuck down here. We saw all of her dating attempts, her "making moves" is literally her being a virgin and thinking small interactions mean something.

>>273150717
I don't know what sort of screening is used for transfers. I assume retaking the regular exam would put him in 1st year while Hikari is starting 2nd, defeating the purpose.

>>273154823
>"script"
I think in Japanese she calls them simulations. It just means his bantz was way weaker all of a sudden.

>>273154823
>Hikari just admitted to following a "script" whatever the fuck that means
it's pretty obvious, their day-to-day and banter are all the same, she memorizes the lines each of them say, you can compare it to chapter 1 and see they same mostly the same things or her predictions do at least
on the train station chapter she talks about it too

>>273155031
>>273155153
If him not following his routine/bantz enough to throw Hikari out of the loop, then I genuinely fear how she will act once Yuu acts the same way with her after the kiss with Yami…

>>273155312
I think she'll have enough worries regulating her own behavior at that point.

>>273154366
Yuu will fix Yami

>>273154335
The thought of Yami just standing there and smiling while Hikari is gushing about her and Yuu’s dates is certainly an image. Honestly I can’t even imagine her thoughts during those days.

so fucking hot, really makes me wish for a 3P ending.

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Chapter 19 novel TL is out.

>"So that means your festival's on a holiday week? Lucky. Ours isn't until November."
I guess there's no story reason to visit Yuu's school festival, is there? Unless it's the battleground for a future arc...

>>273158772
menhera Hikari chapter, she's totally gonna go yandere on him after the twist

>>273158367
Hikari must have a pure romance with Yuu.

>>273160321
Based, Aya-chan

>>273158772
can you post the rest of the chapter translations please?

>>273161628
Like this, or as screenshots?
https://xxddmm.neocities.org/

>next chapter
>Hikari lies to her other friends about how her confession went great
>Yami stares at her and says nothing

>>273114558
None of you really enjoy this trite, you just like the NTR mindbreak and how funny it is in hindsight that the girl never stood a chance.

>>273164302
>the girl never stood a chance
Hikari is going to win though?

>>273163843
Would be kino.

>>273164302
Very wrong, stop forcing your opinion as a fact.
I like the "NTR", but I also like the story a lot.
It's not even NTR, but because of semantics but just because it's a girlcuck, those don't count, that's just normal.

>>273163241
I like the screenshots cause I'm lazy. Plus I think other lurkers will talk about it too

>>273119580
it's by maruto, he's been doing similar things for many years, and he wrote one of the most highly regarded pieces of otaku media

>>273163843
That would put her on the hook for lying every day going forward though.

>>273166836
I figure I'll let the usual guy do it.

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>I was leaning against the gatepost outside my house -- the one with "Shirasaka" engraved on it.

>Yeah, meaning... I'd been waiting for him to leave his house, and when he came out, I casually greeted him.
>You know, the kind of thing childhood friends might do. Maybe.

>"You're up early again, Hikari."
>"School festival prep has started, after all!"

>We didn't plan this in advance.
>But honestly, it doesn't even feel like I need to pretend it's a coincidence anymore.

>I wait outside my house for him.
>He shows up and takes it as if it's totally normal.
>...Ever since the second term started, this meeting up thing has kinda become the usual.
Hikari...

>>273167812
For all people saying she didn't even try she's been doing a lot, just not verbalizing it.

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>Today -- or rather, right now -- there's something I absolutely have to do, no matter what!

>Our relationship has shifted, even if just a little bit.
>And because of that, I've started to feel this tiny, but undeniable, urge to push things just a little further.

>>273167856
yeah she's been putting a lot of effort, into all the wrong places. jumping through hoops to maintain a pretense instead of just verbalizing things is her whole problem

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>I know this kind of thing just pushes him further away. I know that.
>What's wrong with me lately?
>I feel like I can't keep my emotions in check anymore.

>"I mean, Hikari, you've never asked me out like this before."
>"...I have been recently."

>There it is. He's totally put off.

>I'm no better than that junior girlSeki-san who made an over-the-top declaration then crashed and burned.

>I don't like being that type of girl.

>I'm being so selfish when it comes to him.
>Talking to him like I'm his girlfriend or something.
>This is textbook getting rejected behavior...

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>Why do I sound like I'm about to cry?

>...Well, obviously, it's because I am about to cry.

>"Okay, okay! I'm sorry! I'll go! I'll go, alright?!"
>"...I said it's fine if you don't. Really."
>"No, don't say that..."
>"But like... if you're only taking it because you feel obligated, what's the point?"

>And now here I am, after finally getting him to say yes, turning around and sabotaging myself.

>>273168024
Not even in the wrong places. If Yuu's brain wasn't filled with Yami's pussy he would've noticed it much sooner.

So after reading all of the discourse and the manga itself, I just don't see the hype/seething. This is just another generic romcom except the genders are reverse.
>Hikari is non commitmented and unwilling to progress romantically as any male mc in other romcoms. Reclassify dates as "hang outs" because why would you want the other party to know you're into them. Treats every passive and normal interaction as something to praise, but only in their mind, and never try to woo the other party because why pursue before chapter 600

>Yuu is just the "innocent and pure" female love interest that is just as non commitmented and unwilling to progress romantically as the mc. Will take hang outs at face valve, and will either invite other to what is supposed to be a date, or just treat it as a normal friendly hang out. And despite liking/loving the mc, they will never let it be know to the mc that they do until chapter 600 when the manga needs to end

Yami is the only likeable character and it isn't because of her character, but because she's the only moving this shitty "story" along. Without her, this would be a 600+ chapter romcom where nothing happens.

Two days left!!
What will the chapter be about?
I predict,,, some more Yami-Yuu sex.

>>273168508
>>Yuu is just the "innocent and pure" female love interest
He's used goods who got fucked by the first girl who made a move on him

>>273168508
But you just said it yourself, Yami actively made this grow from a generic romcom to a drama.

>>273168923
yami going back to school, maybe meeting hikari

>>273167812
>>273167962
>>273168133
>>273168324
Si this is how she wins. By manipulating him into dating him.

>>273168324
ty for the screenshots

Anyone else find it funny that Hikari keeps bringing up Seki? Seki really did shatter Hikari’s view that only she realize how good of a catch Yuu is.

>>273169904
Not just that but how forward Seki was.
While Hikari struggles to walk together with him to the station, Seki literally goes to his house and exposes her feelings for him.
Hikari's completely jealous of her confidence.

>>273168960
That's why I put quotations around the words. And funnily, he wasn't even the one to do it. Bet He just laid there while Yami rode him since he's such a non player in his own story.

>>273169162
This is the weakest and cheapest drama I ever seen, and I've watched novellas and the shit they show an ABC. Yami is a plot device just to show that this manga is "different" than other romcoms. I don't get how others are even entertaining the thought that Yami is winning anything.

>>273170213
Genius writer Maruto Fumiaki.

Chapter 20 is out and Haru's spitting cold, hard, truths!
>"I liked it better when you'd just flail around like always, freak out, and totally blow your chances!"

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>And to make things worse, my very first customer was...

>"You actually came, Ta~kun..."
>"Well, didn't you invite me?"
>"I didn't tell you come to my class, though...!"

>Of course, it's none other than him, the guyTa~kun I handed my spare invitation to.

>This is the same guy who texted me Sorry, overslept. when I was free all morning, only to show up the second my shift started in the afternoon. What kind of sick joke is this?

>And, as if that weren't enough, the harassment didn't stop with just him...

>"Oh, is that the famous Ta~kun?"
>"Wait, Harucchi, I can't see! Move over!"
>"Seriously? Flaunting your boyfriend at the school festival? Read the room, Hikari!"
>"...You're one to talk!"

>From the backstage area, two completely tactless pests, Haru and Yuki shamelessly pass judgment loud enough for me to hear every word.

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>Before I even realize it, Yuki is sitting across from him like a customer, in full interrogation mode. >I grab her by the scruff of the neck and drag her back to the backstage area.

>"What are you doing, Yuki!?"
>"Hmm, well, I mean... yeah, he's normal, like you said, but not bad at all. More like, totally acceptable. Maybe even above average?"
>"That's not what I asked!"

>Okay, but thanks for the compliment!
>Still, no more snooping. I won't allow it!

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>"You two are seriously the worst. Stop getting in the way! You're completely useless when it actually counts!"
>"Well, you see..."
>"It's not so much about being useless as it is not wanting to be used, y'know?"
>"Aaaahhh! Where's Aya-chan when I need her the most!?"
>"Now that you mention it, she was just here."
>"She's always pretending to be helpful, but somehow she sneaks off when it matters most. Classic Aya-chan."

>This is exactly why all four of us were put on the same shift -- to handle unexpected situations like this. But here we are: two are useless, one has vanished...
>Once again, I can feel it -- just as Haru predicted, I'm going to flail around and mess everything up.
Aya really was carrying Hikari on her back to win Yuu. She really wanted to bake that wedding cake

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>I mean, it's not like I have to wait for a special occasion to confess.
>But I convince myself it has to be during a big moment. And then, when that chance slips away, there's always a tiny part of me that feels relieved.

>At this rate, I'll never...

>>273170859
Her two friends are so gonna turn back on Yami.

>>273168960
>He's used goods who got fucked by the first girl who made a move on him
Just like any normal shoujo mc

I’m not ready to read chapter 21. I don’t want to see Hikari get mind broken and NTR’d by Aya.

>>273167812
>>273167962
>>273168133
>>273168324
God, what a manipulative bitch.

>>273169904
>>273170081
Not just Seki, but also that girl in chapter 16. Feels like she hates all the girls that show interest in Yuu...

You guys think Aya and Yuu saw each other which is why both of them left.

>>273174624
Aya probably skedaddled at the first mention of Yuu coming to their school.
Yuu probably saw how Hikari's friends were acting and it was at that moment he internalized how hard he fucked up.

>>273175491
probably also realized she was actively trying to avoid him, maybe asked someone in their class where she was. seems a bit odd that he'd sit down in the first place if he was planning to bail that quickly, so it feels like something happened that made him change his mind a bit. or maybe just narrative convenience to set up hkari also looking for him

>>273175491
>Yuu probably saw how Hikari's friends were acting and it was at that moment he internalized how hard he fucked up.
I can only imagine he was thinking about all the times Yami was trying to tell him about Hikari, only for him to brush it off. Fuck, we need to go back and see what Hikari does...

>>273176083
Could be that Yuu lost his nerve and just slipped out the back when he had the chance. If Aya really broke up with Yuu on chapter 18, that means, at best, had two or three weeks before Hikari tried to confess to him. And that’s after a two-year relationship. He just realize that her couldn’t do it.

>>273177092
>He just realize that her couldn’t do it.
You're putting way to much credit on that passive waste. reread the festival chapters. Yami cuts him off by kissing him. He only went along for the ride. Just like how he's Yami's "boyfriend", not because he started it, but because she did. Everything that happens to Yuu happens to him not because of him. Dude had a girl kick down his door and confess to him, and his response was an half ass sorry and nothing else. He's not commitmented to any relationship look at how he is with Hikari and Yami. The only difference is Yami tried to do something with Yuu, but clearly it didn't work with his sorry ass.

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>>273177505
>Yami cuts him off by kissing him. He only went along for the ride.
it's clear as day that those two had a heated argument that reached its apex when Yami slaps him, Yuu still tries to talk to Yami, Yami shouts at him to shut up, before kissing him. Say what you want but he's not that passive.

>Just like how he's Yami's "boyfriend", not because he started it, but because she did.
Yes, that's how consensual relationships works. Both parties have to agree to date one another.

>Dude had a girl kick down his door and confess to him, and his response was an half ass sorry and nothing else.
Let's not twist what actually happened. Random girl he has no feelings for from school just shows up to his home unannounced to see him, tried to emotionally manipulate him into getting in his room, and started crying when things didn't go her way until Yuu was finally forced to say he likes someone else.

>He's not commitmented to any relationship look at how he is with Hikari and Yami.
Did we not read chapter 26? Yuu is trying hard with Yami, it's Yami that just wants to laze around a confine room and as for Hikari, he just sees her as a friend.

>>273178363
>Say what you want but he's not that passive.
He's passive. Again look at how he is with both girls. Even with his "girlfriend" He sits stiff with her, but he's not hugging her, or even leaning on her. She's doing everything and he just rolls with it. Same thing with Hikari. The argument is mostly his dumb as failing to get an answer from Yami and she's mad that he doesn't she why they broke up.

>Both parties have to agree to date one another.
You can start dating someone and still not be into the other person. It happens alot.

>Let's not twist what actually happened.
>Yuu was finally forced to say he likes someone else.
By saying it in the most pathetic way possible. Did he say "No bitch I don't like you", no. Did he say "sorry" and close the door, no. He say" I- I l-like someone else s-sorry" He didn't need to say anything to her, and again it happened to him not because of him.

>Did we not read chapter 26? Yuu is trying hard with Yami
So hard that he's not hugging his girlfriend and wants her to get off of him. Yep, totally trying.

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>>273170213
>Bet He just laid there while Yami rode him
That's obvious a male hand on top

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>>273178722
>Even with his "girlfriend" He sits stiff with her, but he's not hugging her, or even leaning on her. She's doing everything and he just rolls with it.
Wow, it's almost like that's his first girlfriend and doesn't know how to act yet. Are you forgetting he was a virgin until he met Yami?

>So hard that he's not hugging his girlfriend and wants her to get off of him. Yep, totally trying.
He treated Yami like a queen, the fuck you mean he wasn't trying. When Yami wanted something, he would go get it, now compared that to when Hikari wants something, Yuu would tell Hikari to stand up and get it.

>By saying it in the most pathetic way possible. Did he say "No bitch I don't like you", no. Did he say "sorry" and close the door, no. He say" I- I l-like someone else s-sorry" He didn't need to say anything to her, and again it happened to him not because of him.
Yeah, it's called turning someone down gently. Being an ass about it wouldn't benefit him whatsoever and its not in his nature to be an asshole about it.

>So hard that he's not hugging his girlfriend and wants her to get off of him. Yep, totally trying.
Bro reread it again.

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>>273179763
>Are you forgetting he was a virgin until he met Yami?
And? Being a virgin means nothing when it comes to hugging your girlfriend, whch your pic proudly shows him not doing.
>He treated Yami like a queen,
Sure that why your pic has him saying "If you want me to get it then get off me first" Really treated her like a queen there.
>Yuu would tell Hikari to stand up and get it.
Because he knows she's lazy, and isn't his girlfriend, and she's just using him as per her "script" so he knows what's she's doing. Again a boyfriend wouldn't tell his girlfriend to get up from his lap as if it was bothering him.
>Yeah, it's called turning someone down gently.
"Not interested" "Sorry but no thanks" "You're sweet but" Do you want me to keep going? I can make you a list that has nothing to do with saying anything about liking someone else.
>Bro reread it again.
Already did. Everything, from Yami sitting in his lap, to her pressing against him, to them kiss was all started by Yami. Yuu never started anything. Here's a clear cut show case of Yuu just rolling with what Yami want.

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Feets.

So tomorrow or Sunday does the new chapter come out?

>>273168133
>>273168324
The more I read this, the more I realize Seki and Her have lots in common. She even started crying the second she didn’t get her way. I swear, if Hikari turns out to be a huge menhera, I wouldn’t be surprised by it.

>>273181019
The chapters come out on Monday 8am JST, so between Sunday and Monday at 0 UTC.

>>273181834
>if Hikari turns out to be a huge menhera
Surely the author isn't that much of a hack...

>>273182172
>so between Sunday and Monday at 0 UTC.
Fuck, can't wait too long for that

>>273182172
UTC doesn't have daylight saving time for fucks sake. It's supposed to be universal and not something you adjust for convenience.

Yes, this fucking triggered me.

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>>273184145
Ok, but we're not on daylights saving time right now.
I just thought Japan was 8 hours ahead of my time but I guess I was wrong, it's actually 9 hours ahead.
It's going to be out at 23h tomorrow then, in 36.2 hours.
Should've just used wolframalpha from the start.

>>273181834
>The third arc will either be from Yami's or Yuu's perspective on how Hikari is acting differently from before without every knowing why
I can believe it.

>>273170580
>"Seriously? Flaunting your boyfriend at the school festival? Read the room, Hikari!"
>"Oooh, so you're Hikarin's...?"
>"H-Huh..?"
>"Mmm-hmm, I see, I see. So this is her type, huh?"
Aya had to deal with this for months. Surprise she didn’t snap at Hikari once. Couldn’t even imagine what was going through her head the entire time once she realize Ta~kun was Yuu. I swear, Yuu better apologize first thing once they meet again.

>>273185948
I wonder if that will come up soon. Doubt it, but it would add some complexity to the situation

>>273185948
>Surprise she didn’t snap at Hikari once.
I'm not surprised. Evading the issue seems like her usual coping mechanism and she did have self-destructive tendencies.

>>273182172
About 1.5 days now

>>273187152
Hope we see it someday.

>>273169254
That'd be the logical step from last chapter, yeah.

>>273192671
We should be out of the flashback by next year then

>>273193416
I would bet a small amount of money against that. There's what, 4 chapters left in the year?

>>273193807
;ast chapter comes out right before winter comiket

>>273193830
last chapter of the year*

>>273193830
>>273193868
I wonder if it's going into vol 2, and whether they'll have time to print it if they cut it that close. Or maybe they'll just finish drawing it earlier than the online release.

>>273180808
she should've just showed him these

>>273195336
It should be

>>273195336
I think ch21 came out like one week before comiket and still made it into vol1

Chapter 21 and 22 should have come out already....

>>273170580
Did he really overslept or was he putting it off until the last minute.

>>273199607
He definitely was lying about waking up late

>>273199767
Oof. Hikari might think Aya and Yuu were talking to each other in the morning then and planned this.

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>[ I'm done here! Ta~kun, where are you right now? ]

>No read receipt yet on the message I'd sent.
>With all the noise around, my notification sound had probably been drowned out.

>Our class's exhibit had wrapped up earlier than planned.
>Not because of the rain forecast, but because we'd completely run out of the snacks we'd prepared thanks to way more visitors than we expected.

>Which, honestly, was fine by me. Finally freed from my shift, I was now rushing around trying to meet back up with him.

>Technically, there was still cleanup left to do in the classroom, but out of nowhere, Aya-chan had swooped in with a cheerful, Don't worry, I'll handle all the cleanup! Like some kind of savior.

>...Okay, so maybe it wasn't completely selfless. She'd been slacking off for most of the shift and vanished who-knows-where, so everyone was more than happy to dump the entire cleanup duty on her and scatter.

>Normally, I'd feel too guilty to just leave everything to her, and I'd have stayed behind to help. But today? Sorry, Aya-chan, I owe you one. I'll make it up to you later, I promise!

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>Alright, it seems my plan to declare my love during the afterparty isn't dead yet!

>With that determination fueling me, I sprinted up the stairs -- second floor, third floor -- until I finally reached the fourth floor, where my classroom was. It had taken me about ten minutes, but I was here.

>That's Yami-senpai. That's what he called her, it's someone else. A different person.
Ho~ly, I gotta know where does she find this real good high-grade copium.

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>The boy was holding his cheek, looking pained.
>The girl stood frozen, her hand still mid-air, as if she'd just swung it.

>The girl... had just slapped the boy.

>Wait... that boy is...

>"Yami-senpai, I...!"

>That voice... is...

>Ta~kun...?

>The boy I'd been desperately searching for was here, in my classroom, alone with another girl.
>The situation in front of me made no sense. It was so far removed from anything I could've imagined that my brain completely froze.

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>It's not Aya-chan...
>It's not... Ayami-chan...... right?
The cope....

Hikarikeks...
This can't be happening...

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>>273200877
It’s even worse in the novel… Hikari really trusted Aya…

>>273200877
aw they didn't include that her text is bold in the original

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>>273200877
>Just the taste of Yuu.
>Sigh. This is why I was hiding in the first place...
>The moment he came to my school - my classroom -- I slipped away, avoiding him entirely.
>So why... why did he came back?
>Why do you always manage to find me, Yuu?
Hikari wishes Yuu had this much dedication to her.

>>273199607
He wanted to avoid meeting Aya

>>273203085
Yami is just a doroboneko, Hikari is the title girl, first girl, main girl, first love, rival become lover, she has all the winning tropes on her side, she will win and she will avenge Ruby

>>273200877
"Ex-boyfriend" Just twisting the knife after that stab with the sudden kiss. Although Hikari herself doesn't know it yet.

Aya talking about her dad having a mistress really turned out to be Chekhov's gun like I feared. It's not exactly 1:1 similarity because no marriage or even cheating is involved, but the nuclear devastation of the heart that's been inflicted on Hikari would probably be similar to when Ayami's mother found out her husband had a mistress.

It's called BSS. No matter the sexes, this scenario of pure jealousy (and anti-romance if supporting one side) will always elicit negative reactions and it's no different for me. Thanks, I hate it. I'm sure the reactions would be worse if the sexes were reversed, but it's good to know that even pseudo "reverse netorare" where it's the guy getting "stolen" generates this much outrage from readers. It's not like people are simply celebrating that the male lead has 2-3 girls lusting over him.

I guess being late to the shitstorm saved me from the infuriating reveal, but even then I already had a sinking feeling it was gonna be Aya, especially when she was nowhere to be found last chapter.

The fluff is dead. Where do we go from here now that the magic smoke of drama is out? Maybe I'll stick around for a while.

>>273203460
>Aya talking about her dad having a mistress really turned out to be Chekhov's gun like I feared. It's not exactly 1:1 similarity because no marriage or even cheating is involved, but the nuclear devastation of the heart that's been inflicted on Hikari would probably be similar to when Ayami's mother found out her husband had a mistress.
Aya probably realized the similarities and it's part of why she decided to dump Yuu so Hikari could have him

>>273203460
How does /a/ do it? Even with all its flaws it still manages to maintain a level of quality far above the other media boards.

24 hours left!

>>273169254
it appears hikari and ayami sit at neighboring desks, so it'll be hikari being outgoing to aggressively friend the grump bitch next to her. i also expect it'll take some time, too

>>273204129
Eh, Aya was only that gloomy and down because her life was falling apart and that crumbled quick when someone tried. I'd expect that Hikari having a kinda innocent and earnest personality would work well on her.

Oh same author as White Album 2. I get it now.

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>>273202275
They updated it

>>273204909
nice

>>273203460
So many people were mislead by the artist and didn't check who was actually writing the story and what kind of stuff he normally writes.

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>>273205391
Yom did some ntr as well

>>273205652
Hikari will avenge senpai, dorobonekos like douki deserve to suffer

They aren’t going to release chapter 22 today?

>>273206941
The TL isn't all that consistent. It's on average 1 a day, more recently going to 2.

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>>273201650
>It’s even worse in the novel… Hikari really trusted Aya…
yeah, I loved it, this is what true NTR should be about, the cuck getting mentally destroyed, I hope we get back to mindbroken hikari soon

>>273207186
Fuck, I was really hoping we would get Aya's first meeting with Yuu

>>273205872
Senpai thought the guy was a simp which is why she was never interested in him.

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Hikari’s POV:
>But still... If he's not here, I won't be able to find him.
>No. That's not it...
>If I wait here, he'll surely come back.

Yami’s POV:
>This is why I was hiding in the first place...
>The moment he came to my school -- my classroom -- I slipped away, avoiding him entirely.
>So why... why did he came back?
>Why do you always manage to find me, Yuu?
Hikari believes if she waits, Yuu will come back for her, whereas in Yami believes Yuu will always find her even if she’s hiding. Nice little symbolism.

>>273209175
It just means Yami and Yuu are extremely codependent with each other and need to be separated from each other

>>273207648
Aya's internal dialogue is mostly self-centered too. She's more emotional and dramatic, has low self-esteem, and I'm not sure about this one but she seems to get attached easily to people who show any kindness towards her. The narration from when she meets Hikari should be interesting.

>>273208791
Hikari thought the same about Yuu

>>273209565
Wrong!

>>273209175
>Yami believes Yuu will always find her even if she’s hiding.
That's kinda synonymous to how Haruki knew he would always find Kazusa before anyone else and she would already be looking at him.

>Yet as Setsuna continues frantically searching for her, I just can't shake the feeling that I'll make eye contact with her before Setsuna gets the chance to do so first.
>It’s just like those times in class when I would look to the side and catch a girl who I was sure had been sleeping on her desk suddenly turning away from me with a frown.
>Thinking about it now... She was only able to look away so quickly because she’d been staring at me for the longest time...
>[See?...]
>The moment I turned around, she looked away. She always finds me… She always finds me easily.
>But because she hates it when I notice, she always looks away immediately and acts aloof.

>>273210279
Yuu still has a long way to be as detestable as Haruki tho.

>>273210348
Yuu still has a long way to be as great as Haruki

>>273210403
Retard.

>>273210434
No u.
Imagine not realising that Haruki was one of the greatest protagonists of this medium.

>>273210523
Anon, if you feel like Haruki is relatable, then he automatically cannot be a great man because he's close to a vermin like (You).

>>273210558
He is a great character first and foremost. Him being or not being a great person is a different matter.

Next chapter when?

>>273210645
He's an extremely contrived character who took fucking 5 whole years to make a decision people make and get over in less than a year. This shit puts WA2 is by far one of the most contrived romantic triangle plot I've read in my life and I read literal bottom of the barrel romance routinely for shit and giggles.

>>273210812
There was no decision to make for 5 years.

>>273209175
What does this mean? My brain is too smooth for this.

>>273211002
>chasing kazusa was never an option
>not giving setsuna hope when they meet before CC also wasn't an option
yeah, right.

>>273211053
Retard.

>>273211084
no u

>>273209175
Wouldn't both be right due to Hikari going back to class to wait for him being the correct choice?

>>273210279
So what you're saying is that Hikari will still confess to Yuu in order to steal him.

Chapter soon?

>>273213867
Like 19 hours, or maybe 20 for the TL.

>>273209175
>Hikari still views Yuu as when they were kids
>Yami views Yuu when he saved her
Both have toxic mindsets.

>>273214470
The only reason Yuu was able to get it up was because Yami was seeing the real him

>>273215415
Yami seduced him...

well, I've just read it, 10/10 brutal twist and I really enjoy Hikari as narrator

>>273216575
By falling in love with him.

>>273180347
that passionate double exposed tongue open mouth kiss was the final headshot that finished off hikari

>>273122923
She might have, but not because of the real Hikari she knew, but because of that other girl whom Yuu still can't let go - and who coincidentally is Hikari, as she later learns.

>>273209175
No matter how I look at it, Hikari literally had all the makings of a Shoujo romance Heroine if Yami never corrupted Yuu. I'm incredibly impressed.

>>273217163
>but because of that other girl whom Yuu still can't let go - and who coincidentally is Hikari, as she later learns.
A shadow love triangle that turned real...

>>273205391
>So many people were mislead by the artist
I mean, it is true Yom only ever teased it, but their most famous work around is one that's basically "Male:NTR" as a gag. Imasara's creator pair feels more like a match made in heaven than anything else.