Second half of chapter 35 is outhttps://mangadex.org/chapter/10b15a41-fc22-44a4-b405-28fa9c947dc1
>>275511866did he always have such prominent fangs? was i just speedreading?
>>275512009He did have fangs from chapter 1 but they look particularly vampire-like on that page.
That's it for this chapter.Next one (full chapter) is coming out in a few days in Japan with the new volume.
Do people really think MC is not still in love with snek?
>>275512343fertile snek
>>275512009He always have them.
>>275512965Cute snek
>>275512343if she bleeds we can kill her
>>275513756>kill herBreed* her
>>275512213>>275512009vampires are for sneks
>>275512465Be her pretend boyfriend, I bet?
>>275514741And then pretend be her husband
>>275512965rare snek
>>275511866FINALLY>>275512073A wild snek appeared!>>275512168No Shizuki, don't be a hero!
>>275512465He'll have to gove her a piggyback ride to wherever she needs to go
>>275512256SMUG SNAKE
>>275512465> I'm out of tampons> and your head is just the right size
>>275512256She sure looks smug for someone getting obliterated by period cramps.
>>275516219Unhinging hips, built for breeding
>>275512073>Snek appered Chapter saved
>>275516270Who wouldn't look smug if her CF shows he's still into her?
>>275512298She's totally messing with him.
>>275512465>Next chapter snek guaranteedNext chapter also saved.
>>275512256>>275512298These two are really cute together, I really hope the pink homewrecker get btfo
>>275516517Their chemistry is realy what carries it.
>>275516270that's the difference between garden variety smug and a true master
I love snek so much. The whole manga should be just about her
>>275512424Is it true sex can help calm menstrual cramps?
>>275517952It would be extremely painful.
3 days into tankoubon release lad, can't fucking wait
I've never loved such a shitty worst girl as much as I have loved Hebikawa
>>275518310Another chapter, too, right?
>>275516517It doesn't really come up much but Shizuki himself is a very compelling male lead. He's still an effective otaku surrogate self-insert but he's got a fully fleshed out character on his own so he really gets the best of both worlds. The writer is good at portraying his anxieties without making them too cliche or obnoxious.
>all these new Ksnk's illustrationMeh
MC didn't projectile vomit at the sight of snek this time, huge progress.
>>275518720He'll be projecting cum soon
>>275518713When is the last time we saw the tomboy?
>>275518713Every fucking volume, a sea of pink. I wish the author would at least try to maintain a veneer of suspense.
>>275519069Kusunoki's name is literally in the title. This was always just a romance between the two leads with other girls as devices. I'm just thankful they're being treated with respect and there's no pretense here or the entire premise getting raped in its asshole like some manga.Hebikawa is obviously /a/'s favourite but I wonder if other people love her as much as we do and we just have to put up with her being the designated loser, or if the rest of the internet has shit tastes.
>>275519184Author has added a lot more Hebi scenes compared to previous volumes, think she knows she's quite popular among other JP readers.
>>275519360Man, I didn't realize until this post and looking it up that the writer was a woman and this manga is actually targeting a female demographic. Somehow it explains so much to me though.
>>275519525What? No. It's a shonen.>>275519360I think it's just because she is an important character for the MC's development. I do think the relationship between her and MC will take prominence even more so, but it's not like she'll hijack the heroine right after she helped MC reliaze he was in love with Kusunoki.
>>275519640It's published under an women's imprint. Literally everything under the label is shoujo romance, josei SoL and yaoi. By all technicalities, Kusunoki is actually a male-led shoujo romance.
>>275519525author's gender is pretty much a dead giveaway if you look at her previous manga
>>275519640MC and pinkslut are heading towards a codependent relationship, they don't really live each other, they just see the other as nonthreatening, a way for them to not have to come out of their shells and confront their fears
>>275519640>No. It's a shonen.Running in Comic Pool? No, I don't think so, anon. Look what else runs there.https://myanimelist.net/manga/magazine/1383/Comic_POOL
>>275519813>>275519871What do you mean exactly by targeting a female demographic? If you're saying, it's trying to use the cliche of female centric stories, then I can agree to a degree. But as for actually targeting female readers, wouldn't that require more ikemen or maleservice?
>>275519967I'm this anon >>275519871and all I'm telling you is it's not running in a shounen mag.
>>275520013Fair enough, I saw it tagged as shonen everywhere. I wasn't familiar with the magazine in question.
>>275519864Yeah, I kinda do agree with this. Not just heading towards but already are in many ways. Snek was the reason MC was able to self improved. I also think MC realising his feelings regarding Kusunoki was because of snek. Without her, he'd have probably gone nowhere with Kusunoki.
>>275519967The imprint a manga is under affects who gets advertised and recommended the manga on their algorithms and in their circles. We know it's targeting a female demographic because it runs under this label that exclusively advertises to women. Readers who buy shounen manga will never normally see Kusunoki under their ads, but readers who buy shoujo manga will because the same publisher that produces their favourite stories also produces this one and run promotions like that.The story itself very obviously has a lot of appeal for men though since it is mislabelled as shounen in a lot of places like Mangadex. I would not have guessed it was shoujo ever if I didn't look it up.It's not weird for shoujo not to feature ikemen or male service in any case. Female tastes are actually way more broad than male tastes if you actually browse their sphere much.
>>275512256>>275512965Tidied
Author has been pretty weird on developing Kusunoki, 1st chapter she wanted to befriend as much friends as possible but now as it stands Kusunoki can't do anything without being tard-wrangled by the MC all the time. kinda like Komi in a way, but Komi was more decently written before it became a hideous slop full of melting faces and bullshit padded chapters.
>>275520212my schizo theory is that even the author has come to prefer snek and now doesn't know how to proceed
>>275519857I knew it was a woman author the second I saw that when walking around town in casual wear, all the female characters had purses or handbags on them just like real women would. As guys, we tend to forget that.
The series is also on Shonen Magazine's Magapokehttps://pocket.shonenmagazine.com/episode/2550912965153859031
>>275520212gotta streeetch the material
>>275520212This is why Kusunoki needs to lose, as long as she had MC as a clutch she'll never be able to overcome her issues
>>275520212Didn't she fail to make even a single friend before the MC? She couldn't even connect to her old tomboy friend. I think she was always girl who looked really good on surface, but had a lot of problems beneath it.
>>275520204Fool! That's the best part.
>>275520236Snek story can be as straightforward as realizing MC still loves her despite what she did proving she was wrong about everyone being shitty on the inside leading to her healing
>>275516340funny i thought this exact same thing just as i saw her lmao.
literally nothing wrong with codependency
>>275520212The author simply shouldn't have introduced two other girls who mog KUSOnoki in every conceivable way
>>275520340which is tonally related to author's previous manga>Usami Nao and Doubayashi Kazuma who had a secret relationship with each other. The two broke up due to a slight quarrel, but after three months, Doubayashi still can't give up his feelings. Doubayashi makes an effort to regain himself by reflecting on his past mistakes and changing himselfhilarious if Snek is the end girl and the sign was always there
>>275515307and then have pretend sex, and raise a (real) pretend baby, and pretend to die old together. ahh i see the plan now, sly author-kun
So if snek is the end girl, what do you happens to Kusunoki?
>>275520517Compensated dating
>>275519871>>275520013Comic Pool doesn't target a specific demographic, it's a collection of various web manga.The series is categorized as shonen on Japanese online stores.https://www.cmoa.jp/title/260236/https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/743756/A003791621/
>>275512009He looks kinda cute.
>>275520517She succeeds in her high school debut.
>>275520551Canonically considered so by snek's friend, too. Defientely because it's a female mangaka.
>>275520517She gains a lot of friends like she always wanted
>>275520542Comic Pool is the primary distribution for the manga. The direct publisher is the one who placed them under that label and it is a women's label. Places like Magapoke are the ones who reaggregate.
>>275520655>The direct publisher is the one who placed them under that label and it is a women's label.It isn't.
Rereading early chapters since I never read the official volume version before. Kusunoki is actually a way better, more interesting girl than I remembered. She'd easily be the best girl in a ton of series but snek is just so fucking entertaining that she's totally mogged. All around the cast is better than I remembered them being.
>>275521381it is a good manga but for some reason it's not popular in JPreally hope vol 5 can have much better sales, kinda sucks if this gets axed
>>275512424>>275512465I love snek so much is fucking unreal
>>275521381I like that the official translation included some translation notes in volume 3.
>>275521463What are chances of it getting axed? Seems like decent ongoing stuff I like is constantly fearing the axe?>>275521381She is lot more interesting than some anons here give her credit for.
>>275521712>Moe... is moeSasuga, sensei
>>275518938Who?
>>275512213She's so hot bros.I would let her period all over my face.Thank fuck she's going to lose and not have to be with loser faggot MC.
>>275512343is it normal for a woman to be honest about her period to a guy she's barely close with
>>275512424"Hey fatty can you walk me to the abortion clinic?"
>>275522096She knows he has him wrapped around her fingers, even if he is tsundere about it.
>>275512465Cutest Hebikawa yet
>>275522096I don't think periods have the same negative connotations in some other countries that they have here.At the same time it's kinda like saying that you're having stomach cramps from horrible diarrhea so make of it what you will.
>>275511907Cute!>>275511988& lewd!
I have to catch up, was it yet explained whe she did say that back in middle school?
>>275512031This is why Kusunoki will win
>>275522578the flashback showed that she's just a miserable person with a sharp tongue. if it's about if she said that deliberately while fully knowing Shizuki was around, then it's not yet.
>>275522578Sorta.
>>275512424>>275512465Don't fall for it!>>275512539Thx mate.
>>275522578We know her general mindset but still not what was she thinking in that particular moment
>>275522578Yeah. She's genuinely a cynical bitch.
>>275512465She's gonna leave blood on his back when he gives her a piggy back ride.
>>275522578They caught her favorite idol smoking while underage, and now, she's going to emotionally manipulate everyone.
im really hoping for this but in reverse situation, would be kino if Shizuki pinned her down to the bed just so Hebikawa blurted out why she was a meanie in middle school
>>275519360It's less popularity and more so the story structure. After remembering Keisuke it makes sense she will be present around more. Besides, the focus is still on Kusunoki.
>>275520212She's making progress but she still has a lot of issues. There is no need to speedrun her development.>>275521463Are sales really that bad?
>>275512256What if she's faking it
>>275518131>>275518131>>275518131>>275518131
>>275512465>I need to get rid of these cramps for at least 9 months can you help me?
>>275521381>but snek is just so fucking entertaining that she's totally moggedThis is not true, sneak is that character that gets focus so the mc couple doesnt become a couple, Shoujo/Josei have that trope
>>275519640>What? No. It's a shonen.Is a josei
I NEED snekgf broshOW do I snekgf?
>>275522786I thought the point here was the she got to experience how society treats you when you try to be nice without ulterior motives. Being in control was her way to cope and for protection. Seeing her idol disintegrate was just what killed any remaining positivity.
>>275521712>Shizuka means quietOOoooooooh...that's why Shizuka in 100gfs is the quiet one...
>>275523781My understanding was that, she thinks people who have "no ulterior motives" don't exist. She is focused on Kusunoki now, because she wants to understand her moral flaw.
>>275524006Kusunoki is her ideal and she can't accept that someone without a dark side exists, because she herself failed to become that ideal.Hebikawa might not be completely wrong, depending on the what type of trauma Kusunoki is hiding.
>>275524216>Hebikawa might not be completely wrong, depending on the what type of trauma Kusunoki is hiding.True, I said it in a previous thread, we don't know if there is more to the story of how she went from being popular in elementary school to unpopular in middle school, or if there is more to her desire to be popular again in highschool.
>>275523750become a stepfather
>>275524006>Hebikawa: I need to understand Kusunoki, why does she want Keisuke's dick?>Hebikawa: I'll have to get Keisuke's dick for myself to understand
>>275524622She only wants the dick platonically, though. >>275521718
>>275516059And then have her smear her period blood all over his back?
>>275524769it's just her marking up her man
>>275521718>>275524753What did she mean by this
>snekfagskill all subhuman cucks
I want Hebi to win
>>275525124>CuckWhat
taming snekgirl is the complete opposite of what a cuck should be
>>275525124Nice projection. Cucks are those who hates snek.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgccdWFNDos
pink LOVEsnek HATE
>>275523058its best sales like last volume around 2k ish.im hoping if my gut is right that JP likes Hebi more, vol 5 should have a better sales then we'll have to seei'll be chipping in from Bookwalker though
>>275512168>even if Hebikawa is in the same school, why does it concern me?>even if Hebikawa is getting in my way to Kusunoki, why does it concern me?>even if Hebikawa is being diddled by some old man, why does it concern me?>even if Hebikawa is sick, why does it concern me?[YOU ARE HERE]>even if Hebikawa teases me to date her, why does it concern me?>even if Hebikawa brings me to her bedroom when her mom isn't in the house, why does it concern me?>even if Hebikawa gets pregnant because I forgot to put a condom one day, why does it concern me?>even if Hebikawa wants another baby (this time it's a boy), why does it concern me?
YEAR OF THE SNEK
Snek of the year
>>275516270>period crampsshe's already pregnant by one of her sugar daddies, she isn't getting periods
>>275529412>one of her sugar daddiesby me
>>275526867>actually, you're the cuck for hating the town bicycle and the pass around girl at the local pachinko parlor!
>>275529672Anon, this is not that kind of manga. Don't bring out your experience here.
>>275530148>he doesn't know
>>275521381>>275521718I still feel like the author made her too comically dumb to work well as a love interest, outside of one or two good moments. Even my appetite for cinnamon rolls has limits. At a certain point it goes beyond good-natured into developmentally-disabled.
>'enemies turned to potentially lovers' trope>suddenly the girl with menstruation cramps needing a help from the boyWhere have I seen that before
>>275511866vampire vs snake
>>275511878>that blushbut you guys told me that she friendzoned him
Snek will convince him to do a lovers suicide. Then she will back out the last second as he jumps in front of a train.
>>275531201Devilish
>>275531145She does because she's afraid
this, but with snake and Shizuki
It really got me thinking there's no other prominent male character in the high school. It's just Shizuki alone. Bro really needs some friends from the same gender.
>>275531775What? We see his two best male friends all the time. Even had a beach arc with them.
>>275531895Yeah, the chill one hasn't done anything yet but the whiny one bro'd up that arc.
>>275527731kusunoki would make a good nanny
This is Kusunoki's manga. Everything will turn out the best for her. Side characters do not matter.
>>275512213>[ ] It doesn't concern me>[X] Become a hero
>>275523635If it were josei then snek would actually be involved with the step-dad/doing compensated dating and none of the girls would be pure maidens. There would also be way more melodrama, not to mention the art style is all wrong.
>>275523107She has nothing to win out of doing that unless she wants to stir jealousy from Kusunoki.
>>275529412Why would he kill his manga off like that?
>>275533144i have absolutely no idea
>>275530892I hope everyone that would want to see it saw my bad translation of the latest (?) chapter
>>275533331So it’s a good thing that’s not happening
>>275533417It already happened
>>275530591I don't think she's any more dumb now, than she was early on. She has always been way more socially autistic than even MC was before his change.
>>275512298>this bitchneeds correction
>>275534387Yeah, I didn't mean she got dumber over time, just her general dumbness.
Would you be happy with a 3P ending?
>>275534809Please do not forget about Moe-chan
>>275534822I think you need to say this to the mangaka, not me.
How would you make Moe-chan not a fifth wheel?
>>275534881Hook her up with one of Shizuki's friends.
>>275534881I don't think she, or really anyone else, should get in between the current triangle. She'd be best used as an important friend who is there to support and advice both Kusonoki and Shizuki.
>>275534933The perv who thought she looked cute? Thank Christ he got some recent bro development so it's not the worst idea.
>>275524406Would be interesting if Shizuki caused her trauma but that seems to be unlikely (unless he ate lunch all the time). We could have some kind of circle of hurt.
>>275531145That's honestly was some bizzare part, like she looked on him from nerd days, she pushed him to become closer and then frienzoned
>>275527372How do they compare to the rest of series on the publishing site? That's the better metric to judge survivability with.
Men keep falling for the snakes and scientists are unable to explain it.
>>275531145will kinda hurt if it follows the trope that Kusunoki finally realizes her feeling but it's too late with the snake finally claiming MC at first
>>275525078snek can taste a liar
>>275536654Or, even more schizo theory, she's actually does have a hidden side just as snek suspect, with her showing a yandere side who wants to keep shizuki for herself. Reinventing herself in highschool to follow him.
>>275512965playing him like a goddamn fiddle
>>2755189381 or 2 chapters ago? Honestly she had so little impact I wouldn't be surprised if she rarely shiws up at all.
>>275534743Please take into consideration that she took a football to the face by Moe. She's surprisingly smart for that.
>>275537191mmm too late you say?
>>275512343Snek blood can be used as medicine
>>275539005I honestly don't see these two sneks having that much in common.
>>275533354https://imgur.com/a/l3oSZQKHow abut this
>>275511866snek year
>>275521381She's definitely a better light-attribute heroine than Hikari. In contrast, Hebi, while the most entertaining character so far, still needs one more pust to become Ayami-tier great.
>>275539535You are speedreader, then. Their personalities might not be the same, but they are in the exact same family circumstances.>divorced parents>stranged mother>absent father>sexually abusive step-fatherThe difference is Ayami didn't take the harrassment head on and ran away, while Hebi was playing along until it backfired on her.
>>275540835>only 1 partI hate this series gets dumped in 2 parts. Fuck scanlators.
>>275543925That has nothing to do with scanlators, it is published like this.
>>275543479> Ayami-tierSnek needs true friends and not something that prevents her period.
>>275543887Other than their family background - of which, we still don't know the full picture of snek - they have little in common. In terms of personality or their relationship with the MC and his more vanilla love interest. Snek is, so far, more cynical while ayame was more sympathetic.
>>275512343It's time
Alright folks, 2 days until the new chapter. What's the prediction? I can feel Hebi apologizing desu.
>>275544970MC realizes he still has feelings for her
>>275544970Let's see can be gathered from this chapter.> Snek is late for an appointment> can't move her body wellShe'll ask him to cross-dress as her and seduce the uncle.
>>275544970She'll either ask him to carry her or get something for her during which they'll meet the step-dad. Step dad will then have a proper conversation during which, Shizuki and the step-dad will have a proper conversation. Snek will also tease and prode him along, too.
>>275544970Shizuki pretending to be her bf would be a cliched option, but it makes sense. It can halt stepdad's advances and make Kusunoki jealous. Seeing Shizuki be a tsundere about it is also a bonus.
>>275545974>It can halt stepdad's advances Exact opposite will happen. He'll go from trying to play games with her to using force.
>>275545265>proven makeover skills, now put to the ultimate test
>>275532352Yuri ending is always a possibility.
I still wonder how the school play is gonna play out.I doubt the random girl is gonna play the Beast. Either Shizuki will be forced to sub in or Hebikawa will.
>>275548228Isn't the play being done by the class? Since snek isn't part of their class, it'll be Shizuki for sure, if it goes for the cliche of having that girl get injured before the play. It helps that he's already helping her right now.
>>275544970fang marks on his cock
More mangaka need to introduce a Hebikawa to their boring romcoms
>>275545265>Ask MC to dress up>Seduce dad>Catch him red handed take pics and extorts him into leaving her alone
>>275548949>wouldn't it be easier if you went yourself and I manned the camera?>sshhh, just put on the wig, Shizuki-kun
>>275548803Looked this manga up, and saw people calling it NTR on mangadex. Is it? Or just baiting?
>>275548746> fang marks> on his cockSeems like dad will be one a lucky guy.>>275513927
What's wrong with you faggots?
>>275512073>sitcom audience begins clapping and cheering
>>275522739Ah like that scene in Superbad when Jonah Hill's character dances with that chick and she leaves a period stain on his pants?
>>275544970>apologizing for being a prostitute
>>275545637And she might give him a pretend kiss and Kusunoki just happens to see that.
>>275544970Apologizing for stealing my heart
>>275550226It is cuck shit
>>275552173Think it could be moe instead. Will give her character some relevancy she desperately needs.
Hebikawa's long ass tongue sloppily slithering on my cock
>>275554736Snek's step-dad...
>>275550468kekaccurate
snake got raped by her stepdadkwab
>>275557503Shizuki will fix her...
>>275512009>The snake bit him first by mocking him>Now he will bite the snake back by rejecting herHoly shit....
>>275559418Would be too based if true, karma needs to slap that snake bitch once or twice
>>275519184>ANOTHER girl with actual chemistry with the mc has to lose cause "muh yamato nadeshiko demure soft waifu" has to always winJesus
>>275559758I want snek to win but>yamato nadeshiko>winning Rarely ever happens
>>275559758You might need to check on your definition of Yamato Nadeshiko. Those are supposed to be composed, refined, and have a spine under the demureness. Kusunoki is none of these.
>>275559758Yamato Nadeshiko is the ideal Japanese beauty, and last I checked blonde hair is not a Japanese trait.
>>275512256>>275512298>>275512343>>275512424>>275512465Snakebros, we're in.
Darkness will consume light.
Mean girls with long black hair and blunt bungs is fucking peak SOVL
>>275512256Very cute.
>>275512073Hay la culebra
>>275550226It's BSS lean Netori
>>275548949>hebikawa's mom went insane as a resultheh
>>275561000>blondeDo not avert your eyes.
>>275567023in history of anime and manga, there has never been an instance where pink-haired girls are the best girls in any of their respective series and this is just one more proof.
>>275567584
>>275567584Momo from to Love Ru is best girl
>>275568382Blonde was better
>>275568679Also, Hinagiku from Hayate the combat Buttler.
>>275568680Kokoro? Interesting pick.
How do I get a snek girlfriend?
>>275568749She cucks the fatty, fixes the fag and has babymaking nakadashi sex, what's not to like?not to mention her competition are used goods, tsunshit, designated loser and dyke
Darling in the fraxx was crap, but anyone picking any girl other than Ichigo is dumb.
>romcom is unpopular in Japan>could be axed>it's big on /a/Huh?
