The bitch author will just pull an Infinite Stratos since nobody likes Kusonoki.

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Her smug aura mocks me

Snek>>>Tomboyloli>>>>>>>>>>>Snek's gyaru's friend>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kusunoki

Why the author sabotaging kusonoki to push shitsnek all of a sudden.

>>287976927
OP read the latest chapter and is SEETHING lol. He won't ever drop it either.

>>287977273
because kusunoki is too close to winning, if the author doesn't at least try to give snek and tomboy some crumbs the manga is over too soon

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>>287977317
anon, I already know that Kusunoki is winning: this is not even a real competition. her name is literally in the title.

Kusonoki is only good for getting gangbanged

>>287977417
If it's a woman writer the chances of others being degraded into whores to prop up Kusonoki is pretty high honestly.

>>287976927
I think is a testament to how boring pinkslut is that most people like rhe designated loser villain over her

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>>287977534
not really, /a/ has always been a contrarian at heart and people here almost always root for sub heroines

>>287977588
>people here
Didn't snek and even the tomboy mogged FeMC on likes when the author asked who they liked on twitter?

>>287977588
There's nothing interesting about your milquetoast bitch that was formerly fat.

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Was there no dump for the new raw chapter?
Usually we would have one by now.

>>287978625
>Was there no dump for the new raw chapter?
>>287959321

>>287976927
why isn't the whole manga about her holy shit. literally picked it up because of her snake/demon eyes

>>287979112
guess people got sick of the author painting snek as a villain for 40+ chapters then all of a sudden making her the heroine and the main girl a Woman Moment Disaster who dislikes MC

is the manga monthly now or something, the gaps between chapters seem really long this year

>>287979112
Thanks, I missed that.

>>287979112
>these harlots want to steal MY friend away
>I must reel him!
Kusunoki is one bad day away from NICE BOAT.

fucking kusonoki

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>>287979986
good question

>>287978625
>Kusunoki only likes him because she's afraid of other girls
>she puts him in the friendzone but gets jealous and needy with him
I prefer both snake river and Moe

>>287976927
I don't read this manga but she does make me want to pick it up

>>287979112
>chapter dump thread died with 18 replies
What killed the hype?

>>287980637
We had golden week + a break.

>>287984723
No snek no read. Apparently

>>287982152
Hebi wanted to see her dark side even though she didn't have one. Then she developed a grey side herself and Kusunoki started her path to the dark side because of Moe.
Moral of the story:
tomboy will suffer either way

Anyone else think that Hebi's dumb game might end with her catching real feelings?

>>287985377
Depends on how malicious the woman writer is.

Moe is the only person who deserves to win in this snoozefest.

i think irie should win

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>>287985377
Pretty much guaranteed to happen and the signs are already there.

>>287980637
sorry i impregnated the author

Why are you so obsessed with this [s]cat?[/s]

>>287977588
To an extent but on the other hand it's mainstream that often pushes out the others in favour of the most popular heroine, it's nice for all options to be appreciated as long as it's for a reason even though /a/ feels majority normalfags by now. That said in this case, Hebikawa seems appreciated throughout given the kind of manga these tend to be.

>>287976927
did it reveal what happened in middle school from Snek's POV yet?

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>>287984723
i usually bump my own thread (yeah i'm the frequent kusunoki poster) once in a while to get more replies
i just didn't do it for that thread

>>287982914
only reason why I read it after I saw how lame the actual main heroine is

>>287976927
>wanting stepdad's used goods

>still don't know about her parents divorce or why she kept the snek surname
>no word whats going on with stepdiddler
>everyone's a cunt belief also not shattered yet
snek is pretty much carrying all the nonromance drama now

>>287977324
>give snek and tomboy some crumbs
>and tomboy
Moe doesn’t even get crumbs, she gets dust. At this point I don’t even know why they waste time giving her any focus because any time she’s with Keisuke it seems like he’d rather be doing literally anything else

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>>287985912
>why she kept the snek surname
pretty sure she had a different surname back then

>>287985970
guess my memory ain't the best

>>287985377
it will happen just so she can suffer when rejected . Kusunoki is the writer selfinsert after all

>>287982914
She's basically the main plot.
Just don't expect her to be the heroine when there is an obvious winner.

>>287985853
but I'm the stepdad

>>287976927
> Mangaka makes a character clearly to be hated by everybody.
> She ends up becoming the most popular breakout character and everybody wants her to end up with the MC instead of Author's intended heroine from the manga title.

Imagine a Mangaka's pain when this happens,

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>>287986389
She deliberately made all of them cute

>>287986418
This still feels like a weird love quadrangle to me. Like at no point does it seem like any girl other than Kusunoki has even a remote chance with Shizuki. It’s a foregone conclusion since she’s the title character but even still most romcoms will make it look like the MC would consider or even have some conflicting feelings for the love rivals. But he treats Otobe like a little brother and is nice to Hebikawa because he can’t help but treat when with basic human kindness even though he hates her guts. And then the two of them alternate between chasing him and malding that he’s hung up on Kusunoki

>>287986389
>and everybody
bullshit

>>287986389
I don't think she has any pain at all. It's just a pity that the antagonist is more interesting than the heroine, but it wouldn't be first case where the art ends up becoming bigger than the artist.

>>287986389
Just needs Kusunoki to go full yandere

>>287987510
there is if she made Kusonoki her self-insert and Hebikawa her childhood bully

even now in her own world people are rejecting her for her bully

>>287987556
>if
NTA but is this actually coming from something the author said or hinted at somewhere?

>>287987622
it's a female author writing a romcom
It's a pretty reliable factor that a big part of her is going into all the characters

>>287987556
The thing is Kusonoki doesn't even feel like a self-insert, she's borderline a plot device for MC and snek to fight over and then forgive everyone so at the end they can all be friends while she gets to date MC

>>287987640
Is there anything she's actually said that Kusonoki is based on her and Hebikawa meant as a bully?

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>>287987696
>doesn't even feel like a self-insert
>literal mary sue that can do anything and is too pure to be alive at 15

come on, anon

>>287987723
the general trend of mangaka (especially female) of pouring themselves into their works

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Making up headcanons about the author won't change the ending. Just accept it.

>>287987762
So it's just your supposition because she's female?

>>287987736
Female self-inserts usually either have some bitchiness to them that everyone forgives because it makes her "not like the other girls" or have several rapechads fighting over her, Kusunoki is just textbook waifubait personality

>>287987767
No one is arguing the ending, just the quality of the writing

>>287987793
Yes, female psychology is very reliable

The mangaka uses snek as bait for pretty much every single volume release, i don't think she's too upset about her popularity

>>287987836
No, it's not.

>>287987816
Ending, quality, whatever it is making up headcanons about the author won't change it.

>>287987794
Currently I don't see anything in this story that feels like insertion. Kusunoki is a beautiful victim, Hebi a beautiful offender and Moe a cute sacrifice. The author has likely more depth than that.

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I love Kusunoki!!!!!!!!!!!

>>287989001
RIP Kusonoki, killed by early declaration
can't believe snekshit is gonna win, Moe is a million times better and doesn't deserve to be done this dirty

>>287987895
Yes, no matter the cause the writing sucks

I love rotten girls

>>287989799
Hebi is pure!

>>287989831
Pure garbage

>>287989831
Pure sexo

>>287989831
pure of semen.

>>287989831
pure and cute

>>287989831
Purely for step-father's sexual gratification

>>287989831
Pure rotten sweetness

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>>287989106
It isn't that bad, especially when Hebi was a threat.

>>287978625
>Was there no dump for the new raw chapter?
THE ARCHIVES ANON. LOOK AT THE FUCKING ARCHIVES

>>287991614
MC+Kuso vs Hebi was way more interesting than this dogshit redemption arc

I want snek meltdown. Have her found out they kissed making her go bananas and try to fuck the MC.

>>287984723
Gaps between chapter releases are long and inconsistent. Progress is slow.

>>287984723
Kusunoki was the focus instead of Moe or Hebikawa
>>287985785
We appreciate your efforts anon

>>287984723
The slightest hint of tension was immediately resolved by Kusunoki admitting to herself that she has feelings for MC. Also no real drama, danger or anything out of the ordinary.

>>287976927
Snake eye girl is cute and the only reason I would consider picking this up. I know she's not the main girl but is she at least in the majority of it?

i haven't read this, is there any reason to believe she'll cuck fmc like in imasara?

where do you guys read manga nowadays?
my last 3 sites have died

>>287995470
Not anymore, author realized people liked her more than FeMC and reduced her screen time a lot

>>287987767
>I will not accept Keisuke-kun's advances
>Yes, I will seethe when other girls get near him and try to dominate his attention
She sucks.

>>287995706
please don't compared well written character dramas like Imasara to the blandest romcom tropefest of Snekshit

>>287986389
Most good authors would not be upset about this, if anything it's a show of their ability to write well when a character that starts out as antagonist is eventually liked and rooted for by the readers. It's not like Snek is played as 100% bad, she has reasons for being the way she is and has shown minor growth.

>>287996400
Well that's disappointing. Guess the author threw a tantrum when they found out.

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>>287996400
There are issues with her appearing too often (apart from stealing the spotlight). If she appears in every chapter she can't do too many meaningful things before it all becomes stale. Alternatively she takes the role as the main heroine and the author changes the title.

bump

Just found a kusunoki tweet that had 2.4.k likes

>>287998817
I doubt that's the reason why, there are other characters (including a pointless harem member) that need to get the spotlight. Snek is the "antagonist", it'd be idiotic for her to show up every single chapter. The MC actively avoids for her for like the first half of the manga. She gave him PTSD.

>>288001409
The story is so bizzare, I don't know why they ever bothered trying to redeem snek and make her pair with MC considering how much he dislikes her. (Even given how exaggerated his reaction is to her for what she did)

>>288002343
because mangaka wants to see snek suffer from being rejected by mc

>>288002343
This is just basic snek character arc.
Then she will regret losing the MC and her shitty behavior.

>abloobloo look at poor snek, her step dad wants to rape her
like jesus christ, ok I get it, she's not all malice, but this is over the top counterplay to her attitude in middle school

The harem/multi love interests angle really does not work in this, in harems even if you know the winner from chapter 1 there's still the illusion of "she might win" during side girl focused chapters.
At no point during a tomboy chapter do you ever think "hey she maybe kinda does have a chance".

>>288003958
As long as she doesn't actually get raped like that other bitch cf

>>288003958
The last encounter was a chance for MC to shine as the savior. If anything it should be Kusunoki that does something meaningful next time.

>>288004023
Every single girl in this is setup to fail, it's nonsense.

>Kusonoki
not the named girl, arguable 2nd introduced girl aka destined to lose, also now being sabotaged by the author to woman moment herself out of the MC's life

>Moe
i don't think you could design a losing heroine harder. loli short-haired tomboy browngirl who has 0 feminine charm. not even doujins have a good end for this type of character

>hebikawa
MC has literally 0 reason at all to care for her. he even knows she's being manipulative as fuck now that he's got his high school debut ON TOP of her previous rat behaviour. does nothing but activate "protector" mode of a decent human being when they see a JK being sexually harassed by a creepy old guy.

>>287997294
>well written character dramas like Imasara
?

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You are a shotacon if you want to fuck thia

>>288006760
moe moe kyun~

>>288006760
fag

>>288006760
>want to fuck this woman? Heh, guess you’re gay!

cope

>>288003958
How the fuck do you think 14 year old girls actually act when they have severe emotional trauma? A lot of kids that young don't even understand empathy or consequences, they just do stupid shit.
I know I sure as shit was retarded at 14, I never did anything with as much malice as Snek but I definitely saw plenty of people treat each other like garbage.

>>288005502
>not the named girl
What? The manga is literally named after her.

>also now being sabotaged by the author to woman moment herself out of the MC's life
Are you retarded? The point of her current arc is so she can get over her hangup about her friends and romance and finally view the MC as a romantic partner. She will eventually admit this to moe and realize that not everyone is a toxic cunt if you're both pining for the same dude.
Her backstory was very deliberately shown right after the MC realizes he wants to fuck, so we can see her own growth to get over her trauma, as the MC got over his PTSD already via friendship with Kusunoki.

>>287985944
Why does the author hate Moe, so?
At least she and Snek are sexier than Kusonoki.

>>288008034
>draw boy
>call it a girl despite anybody with eyes being able to see it's a boy
>"I-I'm not gay for wanting to fuck this boy, the author stated it's a girl after all"

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>>288006760
Mobs seem to like her though.

>>288010088
Didn't she have long hair at one point?

>>288010404
It was a wig, she looked so much better like that though.