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>I might not necessarily be someone from the broadcasting club, you know?Didn't she talk about what she felt the moment he first walked into the broadcasting room where there were only the four of them in one of her first streams
>>288054101She's a terrible liar, but she's at least playfully cute.
>>288054165>I once... ran away from my dream because of somethingI know Rikka ran away from her dream at one point, but did the other girls? I forget
>>288054234>Two listenersLiterally the only interesting part of this chapter
>>288053910>lemonGREAT chapter
>>288054247Shinobu has some past issues, technically Iko ran away from wanting to be an idol. I got nothing from Nene.
>>288054101Someone should check if the laugh is specific or generally used if a female laughs.
>>288054262It might count herself as a listener if she has the page open?
>>288054247According to Nene's dad, she changed her mind constantly about what she wanted to do so maybe there was a reason for it and he just assumed she did it on a whimNo idea about Iko but she said at first she was fine with how her stream was as long as her viewers were happy so maybe that was her after giving up on making it bigShinobu was about to quit the club for the sake of her dream so at least at the start of the manga she didn't sounded like she had given up on anything
>>288054123>You're pantingShinobu's doing nothing, Nene and Iko are voice acting and streaming, which probably wouldn't be enough to cause them to be out of breath. But singing might... I'm convinced Rikka is Apollo
>>288053951They better not be a group. This is probably the first time Arisu implies something about the girls covering for each other.
>>288053906NENEGODS IT'S OUR CHAPTER!
>>288054123watch how in the next chapter all of them will just happen to reveal that they were suddenly jogging at midnight for no reason
I AM MADLY IN LOVE WITH IKO....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>288054294No, she has 0 listeners when it's just her
>>288054280Nene ran away or abandoned a lot of past hobbies.
>>288054352>Shinobu's doing nothingShe spent the whole time furiously masturbating in her room
>>288054352What if they ask Iko to run on stream since she's there because her marathon went viral?
>>288054413Ah yeah, nice catch
So...Shinobu won?
>>288054203>Crescent moonIt's so over...
>>288054476Iko winning is better than Rikku winning, it's the lesser of the two wins.
>>288054145>Bangs profile is similar to Nene or Shinobu.
>>288054226So does the Uzuki name has anything to do with crescent moon or not?
>>288053906Amazing cover page.
If nothing else, mayotuna is excelling at leaving enough red herrings and contradictions to keep theories coming.
>>288053906>Nene wet as fuckAs she should be
>>288053932>Rikka>Bone avatarWhat did she mean by this
>>288053951>CoordinatedAlmost as if all of them are Apollo or something, haha...
>>288054913>Almost as if all of them are Apollo or something, haha...Surely that won't be the twist.
>>288054247Rikka, Nene and Iko did. Shinobu is the only one we don't know.Anyway. SHINOBUKEKS, YOU LOSE. She's not Apollo!
>>288054367>Turns out it wasn't
>>288054203>"I would never hate you! I did say I want to retract those words, but..."Guys are we finished?! A dagger in to the heart of our misinterpretation of the story? Arisu loves Apollo and doesn't want to take back his confession? He's also going to marry Apollo in the future, while Rikka, Nene, and Iko are rejected losers. Even though Arisu said his love for Apollo was just a whim, we misinterpreted the themes and narrative of Mayonaka Heart Tune? Even if Arisu's love for Apollo was a whim, even if Apollo's love for Arisu was a whim, that doesn't mean those feelings won't flourish into something greater. What a beautiful way to describe love.
>>288055025It was.Because Nene is Apollo.
>>288053906NENE WILL AVRNGE NINI
>>288055509The Nobuturd narrative as usual
>>288053906Good lord, Nene is so fucking perfect.
>>288054389Or you know you could read the chapter and pick up context and foreshadowing. Arisu was dejected and was looking forward to having a Christmas party with the broadcasting club. He also noticed all their replies came right after another and seemed coordinated even though they all had different reasons for being late. He also noticed Apollo was panting because she was running outside. All members of the broadcasting club besides Arisu communicated with each other that they were going to miss the party and are running to Arisu or a planned meeting spot so they can throw their own Christmas party, while ensuring Arisu doesn't miss out on a special experience.
>>288054449Is one of the other girls going to pretend to be Apollo out of desperation?
>>288055973definitely something ninibros would resort to
>>288055973We've known for a while that Shinobu will be the snek
>>288053906>Nene SEXO coverNice start.
>>288055025>Nene not appearing in the next chapter behind Arisu.
>>288054101>stream is treated as a 1:1 callIt has always irked me.
>>288054123>pantingThat can only be Shinobu. She's panting due to the effort of jumping down from her room's window.
Apollo is such a bitch, playing with my bro Bucky's heart like that.
Lemon is the other listener.
>>288056286Ao*
>>288055763
>>288056374Eh, to big.
>>288054267 >knows that all four girls love him>literally only blushes at the possibility that Apollo loves him. Yeah, Apollo is definitely going to win this. The people who kept saying she isn't winning are morons.
Nenebros, what's the status of her ears?
>>288056474I am presently licking them
>>288056428You underestimate milkman and LOGIC. Someone will point out that bro, you spent a year listening to Apollo while you spent 2 years with someone else in person who may or may not be Apollo.
There has been almost 0 information about Shinobu's past and we're already at chapter 116. It's so fucking obvious that she's Apollo lmao
Nene is to stupid to do the Apollo shtick, and not out herself. Iko lacks confidence to do this. So it's only betwen Rikka and Shinobu.
>>288053970>DAMN THOSE GIRLS, THEY HAD ME LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CHRISTMAS PARTY AND THEY HAVE THE GALL TO KEEP ME WAITING?! NO WAIT, *FLIPS SWITCH* I'M THE ONE AND ONLY ARISU YAMABUKI, WHOSE PRESENCE ON CHRISTMAS IS AN EVEN GREATER GIFT THAN SANTA'S! IT'S MY DUTY TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY, MY HAPPINESS DOESN'T DEPEND ON THEM!
>>288054029>>288054267>*RING A TING* RING A TING* YAY APOLLO AT LEAST YOU CALLED! WAIT, I CAN'T LET LEMON-SENSEI INTRUDE! QUIETLY, BUT HASTILY SNEAK OUT OF HER APARTMENT! *THUNK* *THUNK* *THUNK* *KACHAK* *PANT* *PANT* *PANT* DAMN YOU APOLLO, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE YOU STOOD ME UP ON THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR?! JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK OF ME?! "I LOVE YOU, TOO"! SO YOU DO REMEMBER MY BIGGEST MISTAKE?! WELL ALLOW ME TO FIX THAT MISTAKE RIGHT HERE AND NOW! I TAKE BACK THOSE WORDS OF LOVE CAUSE ALL I CAN SAY IS YABBA DABBA DOO, APOLLO YOUR CONFESSION FINALLY CAME THOUGH! THIS ENTIRE TIME i WAS WAITING FOR YOUR ANSWER WHEN IT WAS ALWAYS THERE, SHE REALLY DID LOVE ME! WOOHOO!
When most of the story is trying to point out that Rikka is Apollo in a "mystery" manga, it's really hard to believe that she is Apollo because all of that just makes her look like a big red fucking red herring.
>>288056569Why bother with standard family drama? Anons were expecting Nene's daddy issues to be a big plot point for her character, then it got resolved easily. What else do you want from Nobu's past? Dad is okay, nothing at all suggest he mistreats her. Mom divorced. This took a hit on her and she started a radio show. But please do take not she is fine and dandy during the broadcast club flashback so surely you don't expect some big, dark backstory.
>>288056708When Rikka almost title dropped the manga I switched to the red herring side as well.
>>288056718Her mom leaving was probably the reason why she couldn't come to the christmas stream and stopped streaming altogether in the first place which has been foreshadowed since volume 1.
>>288056718>Why bother with standard family drama?I dunno, maybe ask Igarashi? Arisu's issues stems from your typical parent x child drama too and the only character that knows about this is coincidentally Shinobu kek
>>288056804>Her mom leaving was probably the reason why she couldn't come to the christmas stream and stopped streaming altogether in the first place which has been foreshadowed since volume 1.Shinobufags once again reveal they don't read the manga, Apollo said during her stream her reason to wanting a voice related job was related to her parents, Shinobu's reason is her wanting her mom to see her, assuming they're the same person then Shinobu's mom had to leave long before she even started the Apollo stream
>>288056474Its fucking over!
>>288056804Doesn't add up. Apollo streamed for at least a year. She was just as depressed as Arisu. Then stopped streaming one day. If the parents' relationship was the cause why she started stress streaming in the first place, the divorce shouldn't be that shocking where she just disappears because she should've seen that coming. Current Nobu also doesn't particularly bothered about talking about the topic.
>>288054522Iko's the one who's been consistently shown to have those front facing loose hairs on her bangs, you can even see them here >>288054476
>>288056542Who's the milkman?
>>288054891She has a tendency to have a bone to pick with people.
>>288056964This chapter feels like we're reaching endgame. We probably have less then 20 chapters till the manga ends
>>288056841Don't all the girls know he has some daddy issues?
>>288054340Iko's original dream was to be an idol, so she qualifies. Rikka does as well, given that she had ostensibly given up on actually making it as a musician. Nene is the most ambiguous, because we don't really know how serious she ever was about her endeavors before deciding to become a voice actress. The only one who technically doesn't fit the bill is Shinobu, who was actually working toward being an announcer to the extent that she was willing to quit the club to focus on her grades. But we still don't know her backstory yet. She could have given up on the past do to get strained relationship with her mother, before being inspired by Arisu to keep going. So once again this is a hint that's deliberately made to be ambiguous enough that it could apply to any of the girls in the broadcasting club.
>>288057001Milking as a mangaka. I expect a Yui situation from Nisekoi happening. In this case maybe Lemon.
>>288053987>>288054008After the girls stood him up at their Christmas party, he rebounded to Lemon-chan since she was in his vicinity, but she went to sleep on him. Another chance gone by.
>>288057271
>>288057200>She could have given up on the past do to get strained relationship with her mother, before being inspired by Arisu to keep going.That doesn't fit Apollo, she ended her stream because she gave up and that happened after Arisu said he's support her, Apollo's dream was also already related to her parents when she was doing her stream so if she were to be Shinobu her mommy issues would be the reason why she started the stream in the first place
>>288057331>Apollo's dream was also already related to her parentsGive me a citation.
It's hard for me to partake in these discussions since my ship is at the bottom of the sea.
https://poal.me/rr26xt
>>288057382Her aquarium scene is the best in the series, it's over for Arisu.
>>288057382>The other girls were trying to be seductive>Meanwhile Nene just does something a normal couple does to tease Arisu.She's going to pull a win.
>>288057331There are a million reasons Igarashi could contrive to make it work for Shinobu. It could be as simple as her wanting to mend her already estranged relationship with her mother, only for her mother to tear her down and tell her to give up on her dream when Shinobu told her about her aspirations. Personally I would rather he didn't go that route, because Shinobu and Rikka are both nowhere near as interesting as picks for Apollo. >>288057364I can't remember the chapter but he's correct that Apollo mentions her dream as having to do with her parents.
>>288057364The sky tree chapter, right when Shinobu was having her red herring moment
>>288057451>There are a million reasons Igarashi could contrive to make it work for ShinobuThe same applies to every girl and is the main reason the mystery sucks in this manga, any clue in favor or against any of the girls can be undone in a single page
>>288057382Why? Nene could still be Apollo
>>288057382>hides his eyes so she can grab the honey
>>288057535OH JESUS
>>288054267Wow, Arisu has emotion. Big development.
>>288057491Regrettably I agree with you. Have why I said it's YET ANOTHER "hint" that can conceivably apply to any of the heroines. Igarashi has tried too hard to both keep people guessing, and to give himself avenues to just pick whichever girl he decides he wants to win when the time comes. Even as an Ikofag I'm starting to think that if she wins it'll just be because she's popular and that Igarashi has kept the door open as wide as he has so that he can just let the fan favorite win.
>>288057382This one must have been absolute hell on the goslingbros. >>288057418No one ever gives a fuck about polls in these threads.
>>288053932>>288053951The greatest makeshift Christmas party ever. It's not about what the party is for, or where the party is located, but as long as everyone's together.
>>288057420This, I won't remember a lot about this manga in a few years but that chapter that Nene played him like a fiddle made a strong impression that I won't forget.
>This poor thing got left alone on christmas, by her big brother
>>288057460Thank you. Quite vague. I mean she wants a voice related job cause of parents, but the manga also showed she is thinking through the possibilities and was not set on something on-screem at least.
>>288057557nobu is the fan favorite
>>288057429I'd unironically consider this the greatest manga of all time if that happened
>They all lied about wanting to spend christmas with him
>>288057585Consistency.
>>288057641She's not even second place, anon. She she's certifiably not the most popular heroine no matter how much you lie to yourself.
>>288057725>first in polls>first in our hearts>best chaptersHow does she do it
>>288057831Adorable, proactive, and oozing with sex appeal. Also she's a VTuber and the nips love that. She also asserts herself without ever outright stepping on the other heroines' toes or slighting them. She was destined to be popular.
>My carrer progress is dead last?!
>Sexka>Sexko>SexneAll too short, too similar, don't sound good at all>SexnobuElegant. Evocative. Rolls off the tongue. Music to the ears
>>288057582To be fair, the polls won.
>>288057924Igarashi fucked up by giving Shinobu the only career path that a high school girl can't break into without first graduating and pursuing higher education. Although to be fair, at least off the top of my head I can't think of anything else he really could have gone with. Maybe a podcast host? But that feels like it has too much overlap with Iko.
>>288058006>joe rogan but as a cute animu girl
nenebros...
>>288057998They care about the official polls, sure. But not the ones posted by one of the 20-at-most anons who are regular posters in these threads. The MangaPoke poll results thread was unironically the best MayoTuna thread we've ever had on /a/. Which was delightful for me because I made it and thought most people wouldn't care. My daughter is simply that powerful.
>>288058054No no I mean Polls won because Apollo's name is Apollo Polls that's her last name.
>>288058019
Nenebros status check!?
>>288058086Still believe in our girl.
>>288058086My status is that I think Nene is cute
>>288058086I carry on.
>>288058118What a terrible fucking edit.
>>288058217
>>288058086hope is still alive
Shinobu is Apollo and you're a big dumb stupid idiot if you disagree.
>>288057725
>>288058311That Nobufag sure didn't have anything to say after that. I guess he got hit with picrel.
>>288058086nene now and forever
Basing the entirety of the story on who is Apollo....you know what this means? Once it ends, people will hardly remember it, most of the discussion is going to be shitflinging between those who lost.
>>288057924Assuming Arisu goes to Tokyo U or along those lines, outside of her obsession does she really need that high high high of an education to debut on TV?
>>288058428We all know Shinobu will win.
>>288058428We all know Nene will win.
>>288058006>https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/287743798/#287744754
>>288058358I am surprised that Shinobu placed 3rd when her chapters focus the most on her relationship with Bucky.
>>288058543Her 2 chapters in the whole manga, narrated by her biased view.
>>288058428That was a given. The mystery aspect sucks and Arisi lost his charm for being stuck in the past with no meaningful development.
>>288056916You obviously lack imagination if this was your first conclusion because for all we know, she could've just started streaming in the middle of the conflict of her parents and her mom leaving was the last straw that made her stop streaming. Shinobu's dream could just be an updated version of the Apollo's excuse because her mom obviously left already>>288056969The divorce wasn't the cause for her to start streaming, it would be the cause of her to stop streaming completely, you dumbfuck.
>>288057725>most popular >the most popular one is always fated to loseAlright, one in three it is.
>>288058485That post is retarded. The whole point is that all four of the heroines are pursuing careers that sprcifically make use of their voice. It completely misses the point. >>288058543She's generic. A kurokami, yamato nadeshiko heroine who's just a little bit clumsy and insecure to provide the sweet, unassuming, and totally inoffensive gap moe that Japanese readers love from their otherwise flawless heroines. She has all the makings of a safe, likable haremette. But that's exactly why she falls short compared to characters with sharper edges and stronger personalities. Rikka likewise feels pretty unoriginal, but she doesn't look as generic as Shinobu and she has a bit more going for her in terms of personality. Iko meanwhile is just loaded to the gills with traits that set her apart. Her design is more unique, her personality achieves the same gap appeal without feeling as recycled and also being much stronger, and to tie it all up in a neat little bow her career choice is as appealing as one could possibly be to Japanese readers. It's easy to see why Shinobu falls short. I'm pretty confident she'd be losing to Nene as well if not for decades of accumulated tsundere fatigue. She'd work great as the heroine if a romcom light novel. But as of of four in a harem manga? She just doesn't have that "it" factor.
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>>288057451>Personally I would rather he didn't go that route, because Shinobu and Rikka are both nowhere near as interesting as picks for Apollo.As opposed to Iko and Nene? lmao not even close. Typical old and busted tsundere and typical shy type girl with her only redeeming qualities are being cute. With how Igarashi wrote these two, both of them sound like fucking filler heroines to me if we're being totally honest 1. Nene's daddy issues literally resolved in 2 chapters2. Iko's flashback introduced in 1 chapter and the esolution with her school bullies resolved in 2 chapters as wellPeople might think this is all good but it's just garbage writing because there's barely any foreshadowing nor proper focus on them to make these resolutions even remotely satisfying.
>>288058807>Shinobu is the meek clumsy and insecure character and people will pursue other girls that are more exciting and less genericStop it I can't possibly love her more than I already do, you're telling me I can have her all to myself?
>>288058465>>288058482I think if you read romance with this simple philosophy in mind, you will hardly be disappointed: "don't wish for the girl you like the best to win, hope that the guy gets with the one he loves the most".
>>288058934Bucky loves Shinobu the most.
>>288058711>Arisi lost his charm for being stuck in the past with no meaningful development.He was funny at the beginning, but 100+ chapters of a self centered egocentric douche is boring, is like the writer started watching American tv from 10+ years ago, embracing the trope where a smart character is given a license to be an asshole . (Doctor house, Lie to me for example).
>>288058807The point is that if you want to play the card where she is different than the rest, you have options to display high school opportunities for her instead of letting her rot in front of a desk and study. She has beautiful voice, they keep telling her to try this and that, but unlike the rest she wants a job that doesn't necesarrily involves her voice the same way. There, fixed the manga for you.
>>288057725>animeonly tainted pollGet new material.
>>288058807>Rikka likewise feels pretty unoriginal, but she doesn't look as generic as Shinobu and she has a bit more going for her in terms of personality>she has a bit more going for her in terms of personalityYou can't be fucking serious. Reading Rikka chapters is like watching paint dry. That's how uninteresting and dry her whole personality is. She's literally the most recycled heroine in this series and barely has any outstanding character development from any of her arcs. Rikka from Volume 3 is literally the same character in Volume 13.
>>288058910Calling Iko a typical shy heroine is so retardedly off base that I don't even know where to begin. She's been by far and away the most physically affectionate, proactive character in the manga. It's legitimately not even close. Igarashi even gets meta about it at the very start of the manga when he describes her as a pioneer of the "assertive shy girl" archetype, which she has successfully fulfilled for the entire run of the series to date. Remind me how many chapters it took Miku to flirt overtly with Futaro? How long Haruna spent tiptoeing around her feelings shrug the entirety of To Love Ru AND Darkness? And you're comparing Iko to characters like that? Iko, who was doing THIS 20 chapters in under the guise of "acting"? Certifiable dumbassery of the highest order. Never post again.
>>288058772She streamed for a year and she also noted that Arisu was her sole solace in the night. Implying she she some issues already. All I'm saying is that the streaming definitely had escapism purposes and if it were parent related, then I hardly see the divorce as something shocking that made her stop everything, considering how easily she talked about it. But hey it's a mango so it can happen if it makes you feel better.
>>288059017>Implying the anime made new people want to pick up the manga
>>288058910>Assertive shy girl
>>288059019Hey man, you won't hear any arguments from me that Rikka has the most boring fucking chapters by a country mile. But I don't think it's just the fault of her personality. I think they're uninteresting because Igarashi has failed to make her career pursuits interesting since around chapter 30. She just comes across as a red herring who makes good music that can't be conveyed through the medium of manga. And yes, her personality is generic. Yet another seemingly-confident heroine who ends up being mostly bluster. But I still find her to have nominally more going on than Shinobu, who could be transplanted into virtually every romcom ever written without it making a difference. That's said, I like Shinobu a bit more just by virtue of the fact that shit actually kind of happens in her chapters, and because she moves the plot forward for as much as you can move frozen molasses. And also because Rikkafags are somehow even more fucking insufferable than Nobuschizos.
>>288059043Iko some kind of shy + genki mix if anything, plus whatever is the reason she’s faking her pronouns and stuff
>>288058822>implying onodera wasnt far and away the most popular
>>288053906Cute Nene.Lovely thighs.
>>288059084I didn't watch it but it wasn't that bad.
>>288058054>Iko can't stop touching him>Shinobu is ashamed to do soShe doesn't deserve him
>>288053906Honestly one of the cutest faces she's made so farBravo Igarashi
>>288059140Chitoge won the final poll. And even when Onodera won it wasn't by especially big margins. Granted that Chitoge's win was even slimmer than that, but she was still the most popular at the series' peak in popularity.
>>288059081>I hardly see the divorce as something shocking that made her stop everythingI honestly don't understand why you're downplaying the divorce here so much when Shinobu obviously has abandonment issues. But hey, whatever makes you feel better, I guess.
>>288056428>The people who kept saying she isn't winning are morons.Who you calling a moron? Chapter 1 has Arisu state he wants to take back his confession and he fell in love with her back in middle school. It's not real love, just a whim, like he admitted in chapter 74. He cares that much about his reputation that he tracked her down to her school.
>>288059192She's always the pretiest.
Mayotuna, our beloved.
>>288059017That was a MangaPoke poll and nips didn't give a single solitary fuck about the anime. Iko was also the worst performing character in weekly couple polls overseas, below even Nene. She didn't leave an impression on animefags at all.
>>288059221>nenefag>mad as fuckYep, that checks out
>>288059208But the last poll was not the peak. Or what exactly defines peak in this case? IIRC that poll came in very late, almost before the ending and by that time the manga started losing readers with each girl elimination.
>>288059120>whatever is the reason she’s faking her pronouns and stuffThe reason is obviously a result of her putting on airs because she's ashamed of herself. That said, it's also probably the reason Shinobu knows Iko is Apollo and knows that she's able to fight through her shyness to do things like confess during the Sports Festival and put her feelings on full display like in picrel.
>>288059233>>288059084I'm just pissed off Nene didn't win the popularity poll and she didn't catch on with anime watchers DESU senpai
>>288059335I told you beforehand this isn't 2006 anymore. Tsundere are a niche and an acquired tasted, especially amongst younger otaku. And I say this as a big fan of them.That said, I wouldn't be surprised if she picked up more fans as her character's progressed some more since the poll took place.
>>288057491>>288057557It’s true that the series have kept things balanced with enough leeway for any girl to be Apollo without breaking self-consistency, but that doesn’t mean that Apollo’s identity hasn’t already been decided and properly foreshadowed, because the hints given to each girl do in fact vary in quality.There is indeed one girl in particular who has just the right balance of getting hints that don’t come off as red herring bait.
>>288056916>Shinobu's reason is her wanting her mom to see her, assuming they're the same person then Shinobu's mom had to leave long before she even started the Apollo streamWhy do you make the assumption that her Mom hasn't seen her since she was little? Shinobu's dialogue doesn't state that at the Sky Tree. Shinobu's mom divorces her husband and leaves the family. Later there's a reunion around Christmas where Shinobu is hurt by her Mother. Then she wants to prove her Mother wrong by showing her how far she's come by being broadcasted on tv. At least that's how I view it currently.
>>288059412>There is indeed one girl in particular who has just the right balance of getting hints that don’t come off as red herring bait.This i actually agree with. Pic related.
>>288054008LEMON WON LEMON SEX
If Nene doesn't win I will burn the author's house...
>>288054247Nene several times, Iko once (idol), not sure about Shinobu probably secretly yes. Who actually wants to be a newscaster since childhood?.
>>288059404Go to the grave grandpa, violent tsunshits deserve to be forgotten and never win ever again.
>>288059233>overseas polllollmao
>>288059682The anime actually did pretty well overseas, whereas in Japan it got no attention at all. It was consistently one of the more popular anime last season.
>>288053910I want to live a quite life with Lemon in our lighthouse having sex all night in front of the light for sailors to see our shadows intertwine with each other.
>>288059192I thought that was Rikka.
>>288059784>R*ddit liked itGrim
>>288053906Nene will drown in her love for Arisu.
>>288054267>I kneel
>>288054365Did you not read 2 chapters ago where Arisu tries to find Apollo by watching the honey? Where they all "coincidentally" followed up on each other to grab Arisu's attention. They collaborated so Arisu wouldn't be able to see what gifts they bought.
>>288057382Not being the winner is typical for best girls.
>>288060017I still think Nene has a better shot than the doomfags give her credit for. But I do pity them all the same.
>>288058006Which means she'll be a career woman and won't need no man in her life.
>>288060073Well yeah, but that's kind of the whole point of all of the heroines having aspirations beyond just romance. Even if they don't end up with Arisu, they'll still find a fulfilling life through becoming successful instead of just ending up as bog standard losing heroines who only exist to have their hearts broken.
>>288054267Reminder that Iko's langrange point was the one directly behind the moon, whereas Arisu represented Earth. They were both looking at the same moon between themselves. It's like pottery.
>>288059983Man, I’m not denying that possibility, but I seriously hope it doesn't turn out that way. Having all of them coordinate to favor their biggest rival in love (Apollo) would be genuinely stupid, especially given how jealous those four girls are. It would basically be like admitting they’ve given up and decided it’s better to just get Arisu and Apollo together.
>>288054476>>288054203at this point the only girl who has been consistently present during crescent moon symbolism is Iko and Apollo, she's also the only one who has aggressively confessed to Arisu, the only one who has a career dream similar to Apollo's actions in the past (broadcasting), the mascot character, the one with weird pronouns, the one who has to hide behind a mask, and there's the whole Lagrange point. Now it is funny that whenever the group chat is shown, Rikka is the one missing from replies after Arisu sends something, but in this chapter, Iko is seen saying "now loading"... so yeah it's either Iko or Rikka, the other two stand no chance if the hints given so far are to be taken seriously. Then again, Shinobu is the only one who has solo volume covers, all the other three have the rest of the girls present on their covers in some shape or form.
>>288060220They might be thinking that they can get Arisu to fall for one of them without finding out who’s Apollo and that it’s the only way to be fair
>>288060250And despite what I said here, I still think Nene can pull a win, even if she's not Apollo.
>>288060272They would have had to have discussed that in private, with Apollo (Iko) stepping forward to reveal herself. Otherwise the only one who should know Apollo's identity is Shinobu, who found out during the confession service.
>>288054985>>288054280Shinobu's running away has something to do with her mom, right? Sounds like something for her last arc.
Are there still people who think Iko is Apollo? I feel bad for them.
>>288060404In terms of Apollo-ness:Rikka > Shinobu > Iko > NeneBut Rikka is a red herring
>>288060392No, her trying to achieve her dream despite being kinda bad at it is due to her mom, her final arc will be her meeting her mom and achieving her dream but still want to become an announcer regardless because reasons
>>288060404Even Iko has a bigger chance of being Apollo than Rikka simply because Iko is the only heroine that has been shown to have any kind of streaming experience.
Nene and Arisu are the most girlfriend-boyfriend-like in the series despite both of their tsundere behaviour, Iko is the most aggressive despite being the shy-genki mix personality, Rikka is the closest to Arisu in terms of personality and abilities and even he has referred to her as being a Yamabuki-like many times basically sibling/family vibes, and Shinobu is just a snek.
>>288060220They aren't helping Apollo in specific. They're just friends helping each other out. Akin to planning a surprise gift or party for someone. All of them benefit here that Arisu doesn't spoil the surprise on what present they bought for him and the party celebration they're throwing for him.
>>288060504Iko is inept at technology though. Whatever app they use for streaming is piss easy to use.How did Arisu even find their stream anyway? I'm sure if he asked certain internet forums they would find something about her.
>>288060464or her just mom dies and she abandons the idea of wanting to be an announcer and she just shift's to a different career and fucks off
Rikka
>>288060675Not even Igarashi is this bad of a writer
Rikka is the most special girl in the cast like supertuna. She is Apollo and Winnie
>>288060250This panel from chapter 5 is the biggest tell for Iko being Apollo imo. She's clearly sat in a gaming chair which you can also see in the last chapter as well.
>>288058006They formed the broadcast club because of her, right? Broadcasting at school is her form of working on her dream while still in school.Sure she could open a news channel in youtube or something but she's already doing something. And in that way, she was the first one.
>>288060725That's just a normal office chair.
>>288060705Shut the fuck up, Rikkajeet.
>>288060392>Shinobu's running away has something to do with her mom, right?>Shinobu last arc is gonna be copy of 5toubun dad comming back at the end of the manga
>>288060648Well, that makes more sense, Apollo manipulated them so that they all chose a gift without Arisu finding out.
>>288053910>>288053932>>288054008>>288054029Christmas sexo with lemon
>>288060675>and she just shift's to a different careeryamabuki wife, a 7/11 cashier
>>288054262My bet is Ao was the second listener, she became interested in Arisu because she remembered his voice from the old Apollo streams and is trying to confirm if Iko is Apollo
>>288061004>Follow that ass!
>>288060705We already know that, Igarashi.
>>288058006What's Rikka. Her dream was to become singer only to spit on that label and especially that fuckboy producer who trashed her friend. And now she is working with them on their fucking terms lol. She get fuked so hard even forced to become a slut in revealing clothes. She completely lost her way and only one she could do with her life is to confirm her being Apollo and marry rich Zaibatsu heir to bought that label and crash it . Iko dream about being popular vt achievedNene dream too. Shinobu will the last one to gain opportunity. Rikka will win
Rikka is love Rikka is life
>>288061169I already told you to shut the fuck up, Rikkajeet.
>>288053910Why couldn't I've been the one to listen to a sexy drunk lemon chan? Life isn't fair I want a sexy drunk hag
>>288060812>>288061254Neneslav fuck offRikka is the only girl with real story real character development and fan favourite.Your plastic doll nino copycat is a fillerRikk/a/
>>288061169>What's RikkaA miserable little pile of secrets!
>>288061315>NeneslavSame Ikochad who's been calling you ever since your showed up and started shitting up the thread with your pathetic IESLB, retard. I see you've moved past complaining about her having a newbie VA and are still stuck on the cosplay chapter, which is the only decent Rikka chapter we've gotten in the years. Now shut the fuck up, Rikkajeet.
>>288061371Two years*
>>288061315>fan favourite.>>288057725>>288058311Behold, my infinite keks.
In igarashi previous manga protorikka entered the battle too late to win against protoshinobu.
>>288061452>side character lost to the main heroine in a non-harem, mono romance mangaThank you for your insight, Rikkajeet. But when will you shut the fuck up?
>>288061452Show me protorikka
>>288061517Dumbcat. Rikka is Apollo and the main heroine this time. She created broadcasting club, she bought the boy to it and she constantly moves story forward. Rikka romance storyline is the main story
>>288057382I like how you fags act like Nene has no chance when nothing in the story has alluded to it
>>288061607I love that for how argumentative you are, you've never once denied being a jeet. Hilarious.
>>288061688You're so pathetic to use ad homenim instead of arguments as well
>>288061673When one considers all the evidence available and the meta, her chance of nabbing the autist is almost nil. But much like how absolute zero cannot be reached but only infinitely approached, the possibility of victory is there, however infinitesimal it is.
>>288061717Everyone has already learned that you don't engage in good faith. You just talk about how Rikka is "special" and pretend no other heroine has ever had meaningful development with Arisu. If you were just a Rikkafag, that would be fine. It's cool to have your favorite waifu. But you blatantly ignore the rest of the manga and pretend she's literally the only important character. You're also so illiterate that you think a post outlining why Rikka being the first girl to appear doesn't make her special is actually a post saying that she is special, so even if someone WERE to argue with you it would be entirely fruitless because you're so fucking stupid that you're liable to not understand anything they're saying. Still never letting you live that down, by the way. Time to shut the fuck up, Rikkajeet.
>>288061827The biggest issue Nene is facing is that Apollo is obviously endgame, and that her being Apollo is by far and away the hardest to make work, especially at this point in the narrative. It's not impossible, granted. Hell, I've even made a lengthy post explaining one way it could work. But even when you put a lot of effort into justifying it, it still hugely fucking beggars belief.
>>288061846They are not important. If you remove or add one or two sidegirls nothing would changed. Rikka created club and attracted mc by becoming the first girl he meets. She used her authority to convince other girls to accept him tlin their club.
>>288062119And this is why it's pointless to try and discuss anything with you. You literally just make shit up and treat it as fact rather than speculation. You also don't even like the manga to begin with. You read it only for Rikka, but complain constantly about how she's treated in it. You're a soulless, streetshitting retard who's only interested in talking at people instead of talking to them.
Explain this to me right now, why even bother doing this? What is the point?
>>288062315To give me false hope.
What a pure angel.
>>288062315Honestly one of the more interesting theories I've heard in favor of Nene winning is that the star on her belly in that panel represents her being pregnant as a call back to when Arisu mistakenly thought that she was.
>>288060220Apollo is the only one with the chance to win. Personally, I think the story would develop better if all of them shared being Apollo since it would actually develop Arisu as a character as well as making his relationship with each girl actually mean something. The whole manga is a complete waste if Arisu doesn't even budget with his feelings.
>>288054267great wordplay
>>288062451Iko is a clever gremlin.
>>288054267nearly every chapter is a kino wordplay like this, I kneel.
Explain why Lemon hasn't raped Arisu.
>>288062708Because she's apollo and she wants to reserve her womb for their honeymoon.
>>288062708She wants a comfortable life with a man who will pamper her, not child support payments.
>>288062391>the star on her belly in that panel represents her being pregnant as a call back to when Arisu mistakenly thought that she wasIgarashi isn't cool enough to do this.
>>288063057Probably, but it'd be pretty fucking funny if he did. This girl is built to birth children.
>>288061893>Apollo is obviously endgame,Today I will remind them that Apollo lost, first time skip literally spelled it out for you.
Nene's fertile body...
>>288063114t. literally fucking illiterate
Even when fully clothed, you can't help but recognize her as a fertility goddess.
Nene's reaction to her positive pregnancy test could well be the single most adorable thing ever illustrated in a manga. Hint hint, Igarashi.
Just want to put this out there and say that I'm willing to take one for the team and impregnate my daughterwife if Arisu ends up providing his baby batter to Nene instead.
>>288063114>retard who relies on ONE mistranslation instead of reading the RAW mangaKill yourself, faggot
>>288058910All the girls are generic at the end of the day. What matters is how entertaining they are. Nene chapters are consistently entertaining, while all of Rikka's stuff post the street concert has just been the same boring recycled bullshit, where she got walked all over by Hizumi. It might have been funny the first time, but not anymore. If anything, Rikka feels more like a filler heroine than the rest at this point. Hell, even her "teasing Onee-san" role can easily be filled by Nene.
>>288063580Even reading the translated version and somehow coming to the conclusion that Apollo holds onto a picture of Arisu and another woman in a fucking wedding dress, after apparently being rejected, is just pure retardation.
>>288063884Yeah, I don't understand how retards still think Apollo is going to lose when she has her own wedding picture with Arisu in her room.
>>288063879>Hell, even her "teasing Onee-san" role can easily be filled by Nene.Hell, she only even fit that role in the first few volumes before losing any apparent confidence she had. Nene on the other hand has actually developed in such a way that she's not only confident in her teasing, but can carry wrap Arisu around her little finger. Never mind that she basically singlehandedly broke the guy by being the first to use his given name; ever since then her advances have been flagrant and unflinching.
>>288054267based phil collins reference
>>288060250>at this point the only girl who has been consistently present during crescent moon symbolism is Iko and Apollo, They all have appearances with the crescent moon. "Consistently" is a weasel word, Iko hypothetically having 10 panels with the crescent moon, while Rikka, Shinobu, and Nene having 8 isn't a deciding factor for who is Apollo.>she's also the only one who has aggressively confessed to Arisu,This is more of a mark against her than for. Iko's was a spontaneous thing and she didn't want to hear an answer after feeling she was going to be rejected, and she wanted to keep her relationship with Arisu the way it was for longer. Apollo planned to give an answer to Arisu's confession on Christmas, and it was an answer to his confession from 3 years ago. She feels the same as Arisu since back then and is saying we both love each other, quick turnaround from Iko wanting to keep things the same and thinking her feelings weren't reciprocated.>the only one who has a career dream similar to Apollo's actions in the past (broadcasting), Shinobu wants to be an announcer which is broadcasting herself talking and hosting, similar to a radio show. In the end it doesn't matter, Apollo thought of singers, announcers, voice actors, and vtubers, and her main point of the radio show was connecting with other people through their voices, it wasn't necessarily her way of pursuing her dream.>the mascot character, This is characterization, doesn't really have anything to do with Apollo>the one with weird pronouns, This is characterization, doesn't really have anything to do with Apollo>the one who has to hide behind a mask, More characterization, and all of the broadcasting club girls conceal their feelings or "wear masks".>and there's the whole Lagrange pointThey all have Lagrange points.
>>288064006>Now it is funny that whenever the group chat is shown, Rikka is the one missing from replies after Arisu sends something, but in this chapter, Iko is seen saying "now loading"... so yeah it's either Iko or Rikka, the other two stand no chance if the hints given so far are to be taken seriously. They all coordinated their replies. How does the group chat eliminate or decide someones Apollo? You mean "now loading" is Iko as Apollo saying she's starting the broadcast for Mayonaka Heart Tune? That's pretty cool, but will end up misleading next chapter when the girls reunite with Arisu after planning to meet up making preparations for their Christmas celebration.
>>288064006>This is characterization, doesn't really have anything to do with Apollo>boku/watashiIt does when you realize that if Shinobu isn't Apollo, she must necessarily know who is (hence her lying about not being the one to confess/not knowing who did during the sports festival). Igarashi goes well out of his way to establish that voices can't be recognized over the string telephone. If Shinobu isn't Apollo, but knows who it is, there has to have been something that gave her away. Quite literally the only logical conclusion is that it's Iko because she's the only one who has a consistent verbal tell with regards to fucking up her pronouns that would blow her cover. >They all have Lagrange points.Iko and Shinobu's feel the most significant with regards to their position in proximity to the moon. This is actually reinforced by today's chapter title.
>>288062451Ia it a tsuki ga kirai thing?
>>288061169Iko's original dream is being an idol. She already failed at her dream even if she succeeds at vtubing. She should just drop it and become a housewife to the Yamabuki family.
>>288063993Nene's developed pretty nicely. She's been converting her tsun into some powerful teasing dere.
How can Arisu even reject Apollo to go out with another girl? He's a pushover who'll do whatever Apollo tells him to.
>>288064590I'd say she and Shinobu have had the strongest development in terms of their relationship with Arisu. Iko just feels like she's always been into him and has just gotten more overt in her willingness to say it out loud rather than just express it physically. So the progress is there, it just doesn't feel as appreciable as with Nene and Shinobu, who gave gotten a lot better at expressing their feelings. Rikka, on the other hand, feels like she takes a step back just as often as she moves forward. Igarashi really seems to struggle with her.
Damn, are there no Rikkabros left in these threads?
>>288064107Then to eliminate Iko from being the one to make the confession we have to point to Iko being unable to make the confession at that point in time since she didn't understand her feelings towards Arisu, while Apollo did.
>>288064678Nah, you're in great company anon.>>288060705>>288061169>>288061315>>288061452>>288061607>>288062119You and Rikkajeet can be best friends.
>>288064571I have a pet theory that Iko at some point gave up on Vtubers becoming big enough to make money and tried the other jobs she listed which is how she met the other girls
>>288064678I'm sure you'll find a lot of them in reddit.
>>288064713This is definitely the strongest mark against Iko in the manga, but it's hardly confirmation that she isn't referring to the fact that she's been in love with him from the start. She's explicitly shown to be a terrible actor, but has absolutely no problem fawning over Arisu and even telling him that she loves him early on in the manga. We also see Shinobu's feelings develop over time, and her behavior around Arisu is markedly different from the beginning of the series, to the School Festival, and especially up to this point in time. Unfortunately I think these inconsistencies in their characterizations are a consequence of Igarashi trying to leave the door open for any of the heroines to be Apollo. But as of right now, setting those inconsistencies aside and considering that Rikka feels like a massive fucking red herring, Shinobu and Iko seem like the strongest candidates by a pretty wide margin.
>>288064855I think it makes the most sense that Iko was also looking for friends after being bullied hence why she turned to podcasting, she's the only one with a background story of losing friends and going loner and being outcast at least for a portion of her school life. strong parallels with arisu.
Apollo is a 1 viewer shitter could never be Iko.
I need some schizo theories on why Nene is Apollo
>>288065314I have a post I made about how it could possibly work, but it's more of a "this could happen as an insignificant possibility" thing that I came up with, rather than an actual theory. I can post it again if you want false hope, I guess?
>>288065364I want to cope so feel free to post.
>>288063162To be fair when chapter 6 first dropped it led credence to Apollo losing. It gave the impression Arisu and Apollo separated after high school. He never found her and ended up moving on to another girl with Apollo having to remind him of the string telephone and calling him by his surname. So now Apollo was saying goodbye and revealing everything she never told him. As the story developed with us given more context that outcome became more delusional and not fitting the narrative that was being told. Now believing Apollo will lose is just holding on to an outdated ideal, that the winner wasn't already decided from the past.
>>2880653861/2 - note that this is from like 5 months ago.The only scene in the entire manga besides the very on the nose hints that all of the heroines get by default (she sounds like Apollo when she's angry; she likes the same filling in her onigiri) that Nene has going for her is pic related. You can make a cogent argument that Nene is saying that she began to hate Arisu because him reciprocating her confession somehow blew up her spot and forced her to end Midnight Heart Tune, thereby destroying their safe space. That's strengthened by the fact that she hesitates ("...") when he defaults to the assumption that she's referring to him barging his way into their club, almost as if she's playing off of his response rather than asserting truthfully that she's pissed that he ruined their relationship through no fault of his own (which would be in character for her).The problem with that is that it necessitates headcanon theorizing to justify her reasoning. Why would Arisu reciprocating her feelings cause her to end the broadcast? Or more accurately, why would she be forced to do so? Did her dad overhear? Her brother we haven't met? We know she absolutely despises men at the beginning of the manga. So it wouldn't be TOTALLY far-fetched that the moment one of her listeners professed their love for her that she would be forced to end MHT by the men in her family, and that she would project that resentment onto Arisu. Cue the ambivalence: her perpetual state of both loving and hating Arisu, the dickhead who ruined her radio show by reciprocating her feelings (again, actually in character for Nene to be this unreasonable). And when he forces his way back into her life and into her new, no-boys-allowed safe space, what's the first thing she hears? That this absolute douchebag has been going around asking every girl he meets to tell him she loves him. "Fuck this guy," she thinks...
>>2880654352/2 - I really don't think this is gonna help you cope, but you do you. ..."He ruined my show, and now he shows up acting like a philandering tool? After he told me he loves me? Absolutely fuck this guy. I hate him. Wait, now he's helping me. He's back on that 'I'll be a producer' bullshit and is actually helping me. Fuck. He's suave. He's genuine. He's really pushing me to be better. But he's SUCH a narcissistic asshole. How can I possibly like this guy? No fucking way I can tell him I'm Apollo. But why the fuck does he keep helping me and keep making me love him again? I have no idea what to do. I can't fess up NOW, then I'll look like the stupid one."Nene could be Apollo. It could happen. You can write it. You can make it work. But to suggest that it's LIKELY, given everything we've been presented with in the narrative, is an extreme stretch that requires headcanon and minimizing established elements of her character (e.g, she's a terrible fucking liar). All the while you have to bank on being able to convey all of this within a couple of chapters to make the reveal work, while praying to whatever shinto god inhabits the local shrine that your reader base doesn't get furious with the red herrings you've built up so thoroughly proving to be exactly that.>>288065314This image is actually way more compelling than what I wrote. I didn't look at it when I initially responded. That's kind of fucking huge.
>>288065418See >>288063884
>>288065314What is this supposed to show? That they have the same handwriting?
>>288065528NTA, but yeah, that's the implication.
>>288065464You can have a wedding photo of your best friend friend and the guy you loved together. They say true love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.
>>288065528Seems pretty obvious that it's a handwriting comparison. Nene is definitely the closest. Hell, hers is the only one that's even remotely similar.
>>288065549I don't think Igarashi is anywhere near enough of a hack to turn Apollo into the ultimate cuckquean when a hugely important aspect of this manga is the heroines finding fulfillment outside of just their love for Arisu. I guess it's not impossible, but it certainly seems fucking unlikely.
Sort them in order of who's most likely to be Apollohttps://strawpoll.com/Qrgew8qJYyp
>>288065557>>288065314Actually, looking at this more closely, Iko's handwriting is also pretty bold and curvy. But there's so little of it that it's really hard to compare. And it's fucking tiny to boot. If this were any other manga I would say this outright disqualifies Rikka and Shinobu from the running. Unfortunately Igarashi wants to have his cake and eat it too.
>>288063114No one actually believes this.
>>288065737This anon >>288065549 apparently does.
>>288064504basically, yestsuku is moon and suki is to love
>>288065546>>288065557I don't really see it honestly, though if the question instead was whose pen is the same as Apollo's then yeah Nene's closest, but I don't think it's as strong of an argumentRikka and Shinobu both used pens with a thin tip, Apollo and Nene almost look like they used a felt pen. If they switched pens it could really go either wayIko's kind of an in-between, hard to say with how small it is, though if they're all supposed to be on the same scale then the fact she was tiny handwriting could be a clue on its own against her.Would've been helpful to have any character in common among them to make a direct comparison though, but maybe a Japanese person could better extrapolate how one would write other characters based on those that are shown
>>288065785Did you also believe the guy saying nene didn’t like arisu?
>>288054262That is pretty unexpected. Since Arisu and Apollo made it understood their feelings were requited, you would put in a obstacle in the story. That could be the second listener, I would put Ao Momatose as the first option. Another possible explanation is Apollo had a backup phone join the call since she mentioned her phone was dying >>288054186. That also could be wrong because if her phone died, the broadcast would just end, defeating the purpose of the second phone. Maybe she wanted the other phone to record their conversation since it was a precious conversation between them, and recording would take extra battery or it wouldn't record properly on the broadcasting phone if it dies in the middle of it.
>>288065968I think it's more likely the battery was just an excuse to end the stream without answering him because she was embarrassed
>>288065917You seem to have mistaken me with the anon that I was pointing out. I don't think anyone other than Apollo is winning this horse race. But to answer your question: no, I was never that retarded. Especially since that guy said that shit after the fireworks festival, IIRC. And you'd have to be truly fucking delusional at that point to have not recognized that Nene wants the Yamabucock.
>>288065917>the guy saying nene didn’t like arisu?I wonder if he's still around.
>>288066004This is consistent with Iko's characterization. Makes sense, given that she's Apollo.
>Look closely at Nene's earHOLY FUCK.
>>288066149We talked about this in the popularity poll thread last month actually. Her lying here just means she knew who brought it (and possibly who Apollo is if you REALLY wanna stretch it), not necessarily that she did. But it's still a pretty good hint for her.
>>288064678I'm a dual Shinobu/Rikka bro. I'm happy either way, they're the best girls.
>Three girls had their crescent moon scene with Arisu>Only Nene hasn't and somehow Apollo confesses her love during a crescent moonTake what you will from this schizo theory.
>>288061441Has there before a heroine in harem series lost against the bland mc in polls?
>>288066362>bland mctourist begone
>>288066362Toubun.
>>288066338Sure, but she has a full moon getting inseminated by shooting star jizx. See >>288062315Igarashi NEEDS his favorite to be impregnated.
>>288061441At lest it wasn't as bad as the Bokuben character poll, where the author had to make a side character a heroine.
>>288066621Mafuyu is a legend the likes of which will probably never exist again in a harem romcom. To this day I think 22i is full of shit when he says that he always planned to do multiple endings. I actually think it was editorial's idea because Mafuyu was simply that popular, and that he always intended for Uruka to win. Hence why her ending reads as the most "canon" of the bunch.
Rikka might be boring, and obviously she's not as cute as my daughter, but I would very much like to ejaculate onto her thighs.
>>288066621>put lemon in now and then>no one cares>a single chapter mafuyu in first 10 chapters>hahahahahakeklmao
>>288067030Think Iko has ever dropped a hard R?
Nene's bulbous, button-breaking bosom. Nene's fucking Nenes.
>>288067458She definitely thinks you're a nigger. That's why she's terrified.
>>288067485https://files.catbox.moe/cin8nf.png
>>288067540Looks like shit.
So we're all in agreement that Nene at the aquarium is the strongest individual performance by any heroine in the manga, right? No other girl in their own has managed to break through Arisu's walls quite this hard. Just her using his name had him crumbling at the hands of the other girls because of the sheer aftershock of how devastatingly effective this advance was.
>>288067763She literally baited him into following her, led him there, and proceeded to puppeteer him like a goddess of strings.
>>288067772How the fuck do you NOT lose to this? Even a Yamabuki has his limits, and Nene found them. Absolute protag annihilation.
>>288067778Then she proceeds to cop an unforgettable gift from him at the start of the next chapter. It can't be emphasized enough that this is the single biggest win in the series thus far. Nene really is something special.
>>288067763I just recently caught up and this chapter made the biggest impression on me. I was already a Nene believer before but this really did make me go all in.
>>288062315Huh. Neat.
>>288053932Lemon-chan knows more about marijuana than the average Japanese person.
Can you believe some faggot earlier in the thread actually has the wherewithal to call this man bland? What an absolute god damn legend he is.
>>288067954That's Shinobu, those are her thighs.
>>288067778Why is she sticking her ass out and insulting him? Is correction needed?
you gotta give it to that bastard igarashi, his art is flawless.
>>288068988Yes. But not for her. >>288069033I honestly can't believe he maintains a weekly publication schedule. He apparently has a tendency to cut it close, but it's still incredibly impressive regardless. He's fucking great.
>>288069069must be nice being young, this will be his harem magnum opus after all.
>>288068988She baiting for the correction.
The mystery is getting unbearable now, how much longer is this gonna take?
>>288069484Another 30 chapters of red herring hints for RikkaAnother 20 chapters of Iko being irrelevantAnother 20 chapters of Nene being jealous of ShinobuAnother 10 chapters of Shinobu having no career advancement
>>2880695215 chapters of Yamabuki confessing to and marrying Hizumi
>>288068988She's just being a playful tease to the boy she likes.
Please God have Nino lose twice in a row and bawling over it it would be so fucking funny
>>288067954Its probably a red herring but the hair is also pretty much hers too, especially the way it's shaded.
>>288070677Meant for >>288068956
Not enough sex this chapter Someone save Lemon
>>288056674these posts are hilarious
>>288056674Kek
Nene does have some intriguing moments, not that I think they substantiate anything.
>>288056674stay your containment thread
>>288071489They are only bait. She's the cutest bater.
So proud of Nene, carring this entire thread on her back.
>>288071489>The only girl so far who hasn't outright told him that she loves him.>All of her arcs are building up to her confession>She has the most "first" moments with ArisuYeah my Nenecoins will be printing money soon.
>Don't leave my side>Doesn't go to a party with himNarcisist bitch.
>>288073449Your optimism astounds me, anon.
>>288073257>tsundere sex goddess will never give you fuck me eyes
>>288074414Even if the Neneship sinks to the bottom, I will still be optimistic. She is the best girl with the best arcs out of everyone in this series.
>>288074481You're right.dum Nene est, spes est
>>288073816Rikka continuing to be the most convincing pairing with him, I love that panel.
>>288074800That's just her half-assed attempt to measure up to what Nene did here. >>288067763
She knew she's gonna win that poll.
>>288075169This is just Iko declaring why she's going to win. She's Apollo, and she was there first.
>>288054101>Didn't she talk about what she felt the moment he first walked into the broadcasting room where there were only the four of them in one of her first streamsShe talked about it in her internal monologue, not to Arisu.
>>288073449>>288074481Are these AI colored?
>>288076092Yes. Unfortunately one of the most prolific Nenefags in the threads recently really fucking loves slop for some reason.
>>288076122
>>288076235I want Shinobu to do this to me but also, I need her to magically make me a shota again.
>>288076235kek someone saved this. I shitposted this months ago.
>>288076122I fucking love coloured pages of Nene. If I could use Photoshop to colour them any better than AI does, I would.
>>288075169>First comeObviously meaning she met him first since she's Apollo
>>288076749Based truth knower. Loliko already won.
>>288054008It’s too bad he’s Apollosexual otherwise he could’ve fixed Lemon easily
Nene's so hot brehs..
Even Rikka knows, she's the last choice.
>>288078137Rikka's my second favorite, which is the first loser or the best loser.
>>288079520Who's your favorite?
>>288080003Shinobu
>>288080703
Last one for Nene.
I hope to see at least one Nene panel next week!
>>288081858SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEX
>>288081858Learning the alphabet with Nene!
>>288082383A is for Anal! Anal with Nene!
>>288083109B for bussy! Smashing Nene's bussy.
>>288083255Boobs was right there, why did you have to make it faggy
>>288083425Let's be generous and assume he meant "boob pussy."
>>288083255Remarkable how fucking quickly you ruined that.
God, I want to push Nene to the floor and make out with her for hours as she melts into my body.
>>288083888What a coincidence. I also want to rape Nene.
Nene bump.
>>288085270I want to bump Nene's rump
We're closer to the bump limit than I thought.
>>288085336The only limit I'm interested in is the number of loads I can pour into my daughterwife before we both succumb to exhaustion.
Just a little while more until page 10.
>>288057382Just read it for Nene. Too many shipfags get butthurt when their girl lose even when the MC doesn't have great chemistry with them, and the girl is doing all the work.
>>288086132Nene and Arisu have pretty terrific chemistry, though.
>>288086308That's just how he react to all the girls' advances.
nenebros....
>>288086132I already do; that's why my posts only concern Nene.>>288086374Yeah, that only signaled the end even harder.
>thread this slowMan, mayotuna really losing steam it seems. I do hope it starts heading towards the endgame at this point though, it feels like its dancing around a lot these last few chapters.
>>288067778>heart shape haircute
>>288086561Not surprising, really. The novelty's worn off by now, and there's a clear decline in quality with the recent arcs. Not that the manga was ever that popular to begin with.
>>288087104Kinda sucks honestly, I only just returned to romcoms after shonen burned me for the final time and it seems like the whole genre is on a decline overall. Feelsbadman
>>288086561>no conflicts>0 stakes>MC is a fucking moron that can't even distinguish the voice of the girl he's looking for despite being with the 4 girls for a long time nowNothing in this fucking manga is interesting because Igarashi just wants to keep the status quo for another 100 chapters.
>>288087216Or Maybe Apollo is just that good at concealing her voice
>>288087258She just talks normally in the anime, though. Doesn't even sound like there's even a tiny bit of effort that she's trying to conceal it.
>>288061827But it wouldn’t make sense since he likes Iko and Rikka the least out of all of them. It would be pretty weird to have the girl with the best progress lose but Toubun already did that
>>288062119this is delusional. i just don't get insufferable rikkafags who create convoluted scenarios in their heads to justify rikka as apollo and treat them as facts. a lot of rikka fans are like this
>>288078137w self-aware moment
>>288088202>wYou're outing yourself. You don't know that you are, but you are. Lurk moar.
>>288087668Toubun somehow let the least interesting and seemingly least interested one win, its astounding.
>>288087258Interestingly enough, someone used vocal software analysis to determine which of the voice actresses was used for Apollo. The conclusion was the unless the sound director somehow blended all four actresses' voices together into one voice, the only possible answer was that she had the same voice actress as Iko__. Hardly a surprise, given that she's obviously Apollo.
>>288088629Didn't they switch who was voicing Apollo every time?
>>288088004That's Rikkajeet. Don't bother with him. He's quite literally functionally illiterate.
>>288088660That was what people thought was happening, but actual vocal analysis indicated otherwise. It's very possible that they had one actress doing imitations. There's a solid chance that the anime staff knows who Apollo is, and it even tracks with them worshipping a golden Iko statue in the studio.
>>288088629>>288088697For those who are curious. I've never brought this up before because I've been making my own arguments for why Iko__ is Apollo since long before it was done, and this is either such an overt smoking gun that it's literally a spoiler for the manga, or the most convoluted fakeout imaginable.
There's only one way to be sure.
>>288088766Given how little care Gekko put into the anime, I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
>>288088982The one area where they DID put care into it was the vocal performances. The voice acting and direction is excellent. It's the animation and it's direction that sucked ass. They even did a solid job with the music given that they were obviously not given much to work with.
>>288087216Agree on the "no conflicts" part. The girls are way too friendly with each other despite being rivals, and the little drama that happens between them is easily resolved. In QQ, there's at least some semblance of conflict. It's almost like Igarashi is too afraid to rock the boat, or he's just not confident he can write conflict well.
>>288088766Even if this is true, it makes no sense for it to have any meaning unless it's an intentional clue, which wouldn't make sense either since the anime isn't supposed to reveal any more than what the manga doesWhy would they choose the VA of the girl who's supposed to be Apollo to also voice Apollo when it makes no difference for the viewer? It would make more sense to pick purely based on whose performance is best for this role, or have them rotate, or even get someone unrelated to do it. Especially since they must know that there's always a risk people will identify who the voice belongs to, and they gain nothing from giving it any meaning
>>288089132nta but iirc there are laws about giving proper credits to the VAs for the characters they play, since Apollo is one of the girls there might be a legal issue with treating it as a separate character so they can use a different VA from the main four, so the choices was to use the correct VA or keep Apollo's lines as text
>>288089256 #Japan does have pretty strict laws with regards to that sort of thing, but there have been uncredited performances in anime. The bigger obstacle is probably agencies is anything. But just the fact that Apollo IS one of the heroines should mean that it isn't a problem. Still, I think it's a deliberate choice by the anime staff to either use the correct VA, or to throw people off. But it does seem that the idea that they rotated between the VAs doesn't actually hold water. I guess Sayumin is just a really fucking capable impressionist, because that's what I thought they were doing with I watched it.
>>288089059Igarashi should have the knife attacker mentioned in the last chapter randomly kill off one of the girls to raise the stakes!
>>288089478WSM might unironically allow this.
>>288088697>but actual vocal analysis indicated otherwise.Not really. The episode at the mall where Apollo brought the CD, they were changing VAs for Apollo. Also Ep 1 Apollo is Itou Miku.
>>288089529>The episode at the mall where Apollo brought the CD, they were changing VAs for Apollo. Also Ep 1 Apollo is Itou MikuFeel free to post your audio analisys for those scenes
>>288089545Literally doesn't matter what audio analysis says, because they could've just used Iko's voice more for the other episodes. At the mall, you can tell when Bucky was remembering something about Apollo about a certain moment with a heroine, they would use that heroine's voice and not just the same voice over and over.
>>288089478this happening in the final volume would boost sales. who though?
>>288088766This dude also checked the english dub, the result was same Iko's VA matches Apollo's
>>288089569Where they actually changing the VA or was just one mimicking the others?
I'm going to laugh my ass off when their stupid audio analysis turns out to be total bullshit, because clearly Iko isn't Apollo.
>>288089569The person who did the analysis checked against every single instance of Apollo speaking in the anime. And as was stated here >>288089580 it was consistent across both the dubbed version and the original Japanese. There's no indication whatsoever that they actually switched VAs between scenes. It seems pretty incontrovertible that it was one actress.
>>288089597>clearly Iko isn't ApolloImagine still believing this in 2026.
>>288089593Yeah, all 4 heroine's VAs were voicing Apollo in the mall episode. It's just funny to me that some people in here would believe some random schizo's "audio analysis" from reddit when none of them even understand how audio analysis work in the first place. Also the faggot only tested it for like 2 or 3 episodes, completely skipped the episode in the mall and refused to answer anymore inquiries after that.
>>288089667>Yeah, all 4 heroine's VAs were voicing Apollo in the mall episode.Any proof of this?
>>288089667>>288089667>none of them even understand how audio analysis work in the first placeDo you? >Also the faggot only tested it for like 2 or 3 episodes, completely skipped the episode in the mall and refused to answer anymore inquiries after that.I just checked the thread in question and you're literally making this up.
>>288089573Iko and Rikka are the most popular ones, so their deaths would most likely generate the most buzz.
>>288089318>Still, I think it's a deliberate choice by the anime staff to either use the correct VA, or to throw people off.Either way they would know not to hinge and risk the most important plot point of the whole series on the capability of an actress to make different voices without being recognized by a single person and especially by machnesIf they did pick the real Apollo's VA for Apollo then I guess they just liked it being consistent even behind the scenes, for themselves, and they knew that even if we can tell who it is, they know that we know that they know and that it doesn't help us figure out anything from it. Or they picked based on performance alone (which could coincidentally end up being the same person again making it even easier for them), but in that case they might as well have gotten a completely separate VA to do it if they cared that much about her sounding different and they were allowed not to give credit
>>288089717Iko is Apollo, gets "killed" but really gets into a deep coma, Arisu marries another girl, and that's how we get those early chapters Apollo reminiscing about her time with Arisu in high school...
Reminder that Iko is Apollo but Shinobu will win
>>288089718>Either way they would know not to hinge and risk the most important plot point of the whole series on the capability of an actress to make different voices without being recognized by a single person and especially by machnesThat or they were confident enough in her ass an impressionist to sell multiple voices without being figured out by ear. Which looks fairly likely given that the in this thread someone is arguing that every VA was used for Apollo when actual analysis indicates otherwise.
>>288089746You could sell me the absolute best voice impressionist in the world with a 100% guarantee that no one would ever find out and I still wouldn't count on it as the only layer of protection for the main mystery point of my entire story that has been running for 2 years. I would hope they think the same way, especially when the other options have no downsideThough hypothetically even if they did intend it to be relevant (for them), if we came out to them with somehow irrefutable proof that her voice belongs to someone specific, they can always just say it was never supposed to mean anything even if it was. We get no canonical clue regardless
>>288089746>That or they were confident enough in her assI am also confident in Iko's ass
>>288089863You should be. >>288063570
Reminder that Rikka is Apollo but Iko will win
>>288055509>dagger in to the heart of our misinterpretation of the story? I don't know how you can look at a character who obsessed over a podcaster for years, deduced where she was attending school based on prior conversations, unconditionally helps her pursue her dreams, and knows her by tye sound of her voice, and not conclude by chapter 2 that he was subconsciously romantically hung up on her just because he said "take backsies, I promise"
Isn't it kinda fucked up that one of the girls has an ace up her sleeve of being Apollo, like if she's ever in danger of losing the Arisu Yamabuki bowl she can just play that card and immediately btfo the other 3, how can the other girls stay friends with someone so duplicitous like that
>>288090865The only girl who has an ace up her sleeve is unironically Nene just because she hasn't confessed to Arisu
>>288089132>which wouldn't make sense either since the anime isn't supposed to reveal any more than what the manga doeswouldn't be the first time an anime spoiled the manga
>>288090865That's one of the biggest reasons why this manga is hard to take seriously.
>>288090895Iko is the only one who has confessed to Arisu. Rikka did so ambiguously in Chapter 69, while Shinobu and Nene never confessed to Arisu
nene ows me sex
>>288092098anal sex or baby making sex?
>>288090865I hope Apollo fucking lose.
Soon
>>288092637
Holy shit, Nenefags carried this thread to bump limit.
>>288093298why is she so angry?
>>288093347Nobody understands what good fashion looks like.
>>288092261both
>>288092637>>288093067canon ending btw
>>288093588Lets not forget
>>288093067>You will never have this
>>288093807Her tits get bigger in the future because she is pregnant
>>288093121nene strong
>>288093121Any retard can make vacuous posts to carry a thread to bump limit.
Nene's nenesShinobu's shinobousIko's ikosRikka's rikkas
>>288094219>Rikka's (...) asAss indeed
