Double chapter. The chapter preview thumbnails forecast frowning and tears.
I looked at the raws a short while ago. This chapter is genuinely rough as fuck
How mysterious...
...get me some old man dick?
So they weren't going out. Probably.
>>288308623Seems like he's a Sasaki that hit bottom but chose not to climb out of his hole and fucked her up in the process somehow, likely why she's admittedly been coasting as cashier since before the start of the manga despite having tried for promotion before
>>288308545I feel Yamada was gonna say she's trying to get that promotion again. Whether or not he's an ex is kinda up in the air (even if the way she talked about Sasaki and Manager's reactions make it seem like she never fell in love before), but for sure he made the job Yamada loves so much shit beyond comprehension
>>288308796Yeah an anti-sasaki: "Stop trying so hard, you aren't even able to do that, there's no point trying to chase an unattainable goal"I don't what him to be fully redeemed though. I want a character that screwed up badly without a way of going back
>>288308924Anti-Sasaki is how I was thinking of phrasing it yeah, but Sasaki's apparently been there and dug himself out
>>288308966>but Sasaki's apparently been there and dug himself outI am not sure I am following. He dug himself out into a position of a mid-level manager at a black company. The only positive thing I see is that he's attained zen of not feeling miserable about where he's now
Ch 61 end.
Ch 62 start.
>>288309058I think I know where this is going but it's going to be a brutal wait to get to it
>>288308977I know she's old and all, but they guy clearly affected Yamada to the point of traumatizing her, asking if she talked to him seem like an asshole question to be honest
Thank you Size-up Anon! You're very swift today!
>>288309131It's a weekend and they posted it later than usual, so I was unexpectedly free to dump.
>>288309129She very clearly does need to hash things out but she's doing that Yamada shit again where she bottles it up and acts like nothing's wrong like with her stalker. Pretty sure the virus mentioned in the last chapter is contributing, it's about to get really really bad
>>288309276Still, I think pushing someone to talk someone that has caused them a huge trauma is a dick move. Talking to others yes, to the person that gave you hell no
Strap in.
I thought nips would sooner die than make a scene in public. Shouldn't she have done this in the staff room?
Jesus, obaa-san.
>>288309451>>288309129Ok, she was talking without knowing shit. Completely insensitive and pretty assholish to be honest
>>288309502Maezawa you scamp
>>288309514She's not wrong. Yamada is fucking up and the guy has been 100% up front and professional about shit
>>288309561Calling Yamada out is completely justified, pushing her to talk to the person that traumatized her is not. It's pretty realistic for a old person to think they know better in every circumstance
>>288309609in-story it's pretty clear basically no one but Oono and maybe Gotou even had an inkling that anything was up between them. We readers are operating on way more info
...not for ten years, at least! Sorry.
Sasaki I swear to god do not fuck this up.
>>288310022he's not who you need to worry about
>>288310022I don't think it's Sasaki you've gotta be worried about.Is she really failing to notice while talking about how she fails to notice?
Holy woman moment
>>288310251It's not. She feels she's worthless on top of feeling she pushing what she wants on others.
>>288310282What is this fucking ascendant woman-moment? I'm too testosterbrained to understand any of this.
>>288310295And she's reacting by pushing everyone trying to help with her clearly unstable state away and screaming. She's in her 20s.
>>288310295It is. I can't even imagine a man acting like this.
>>288310251The entire plot circles around a woman moment since she was pretending to be another person from the start.
>>288310333damn, that hurts even worse
Tourist fag here, only read a couple pages and got interested in what seems to be a fairly grounded adult romance story so I stopped after like the 6th page.Is it important to know what this visitor guy did the girl cause I am curious, but if it's part of the story then I'd rather not know.I'll give this a read later starting from chapter 1 since this is not what I thought it was when I first saw it come out.
>>288310320She got some emotional damage from whatever this guy did in the past and constantly bottles up her feelings to the point where she can't control them. In this case, she feels like she's being "left behind" and if she's not equal to Sasaki she won't see him again (and can't be on his level, obviously). She thinks she'll drag him down and he has no responsibility to her because they're "strangers" (not lovers or friends). There's tons of projection and other emotional baggage here.>>288310295It is 100% a woman moment, she admits it herself during her breakdown.There's nothing rational in how she's acting, it's pure emotion and she's blowing things out of proportion. Even her coworkers think she's being retarded.
>>288310343Yeah, it's a young adult movement, not a woman moment
>>288310372Unfortunately we're in the "forced drama" part of the romance story.
>>288310372Nobody knows what happened. She's acting so unstable that I must imagine it to have been severe, or else she's hatching into a glorious golden bpdemon.
Who's that in the bottom panel?
>>288310382>It is 100% a woman moment, she admits it herself during her breakdown.>There's nothing rational in how she's acting, it's pure emotion and she's blowing things out of proportion.Yeah and that is a woman moment how? It's not like man don't act like that, hell, there's even a direct comparison in this very manga
>>288310383No, not at all. This is emblematic of women, this is not a masculine reaction to anything. I genuinely cannot comprehend any of what is going on because I've never been this retardedly emotional.
And we're done. I don't know if we're skipping a month because it's a double - let me know if the raws said anything.I'm not entirely sure where things go from here. Will someone intervene? Will they sort it out themselves? No idea.
>>288310383Lmao, are you a foid or some shit? No man in his 20's is going to throw emotional tantrums like these. Men cope and lash out in entirely different ways.
>>288310396>>288310401I better get the fuck out then before I get spoiled, thanks smokefags
I actually don't mind the drama although the slow pace of the manga makes it worse. But it's safe to assume Sasaki will eventually help her out of the hole here. It's nice to see that he has had actual character development and went from a depressed salaryman to a normal guy looking forward to the future and generally being happy.Now Tayamada is having issues and needs to be pulled out of her own depression hole, so it's a nice reversal from how the story started where her smile is the reason Sasaki didn't end up like this new faggot.
>>288310372>>288310401she is also 100% sick but probably only Gotou, Noma and Sasaki have noticed, she's half out of her mind on top of all this other shit
>>288310163>>288310184Her reaction here is pretty eerie. She was expecting to get hit as if something similar happened before
>>288310433Raws confirmed June is skipped. It's gonna be a long wait. Thanks again Size-Up anon
>>288310401The guy himself recognized to have caused her enormous issues. He directly says it in his introduction in chapter 54
>>288310468I noticed a few people said that on the official app as well. I think it's just the fever. That said if Noma cops to it he's a dead man
>>288310364>>288310433The flowery box is given prominence, have we been told what it is?If not, it could be eithat a gift to Sasaki, or a gift he's prepared for Tayama
>>288310423It is not normal for men to act like this, no. When men act like this they are usually called pejoratives that compare them to women in some way. Using this manga as an example is great either, since it's written by a woman, so the male characters often act effeminate, especially the guy in love with the manager.When a dude has an emotional breakdown like this he would typically just avoid people entirely and do some sort of drug/alcohol or some other unhealthy unwind activity, such as Sasaki wanting more smokes this very chapter to deal with the stress.
>>288310468I was thinking the same thing, but wasn't there a customer before that was violent towards her? Wouldn't this reaction be a remnant of that? Or maybe I'm just missremembering.
>>288310531>Using this manga as an example is great eitherIs not a great example.
>>288310433I do like this change of pace status quo breaking to be be honest. I felt with the anime adaptation about to start things where slowing down too much, so I'm glad we didn't have to wait forever for something to happen
>>288310423There's a reason it's called 'hysteria', anon.
>>288310531Come on, Obata is a goober over Gotou but then he casually drops that he would have fucked up Yamada's stalker without breaking a sweat
Meanwhile Jinusi is trolling us all on Twitter by casually spoiling the end of the series
>>288310606I'm not saying he's a bad character, I'm just saying a lot of his behavior is effeminate. You would not see many male writers write a character like that is all. It's just, the way he acts about his crush is much more like how you'd expect a high school girl to act, like a dude in his 20s.
>>288310263Fucking oof. I wouldn't recover from this
>>288310513>>288310551She had a shit customer stalking her, but this feels different to me. Maybe she was hit by a co-worker in the past, not necessarily by Noma-san, when having a serious discussion?
>>288310688This man must have some fucking HANDS on him to elicit this level of hysteria.
>>288310433Pretty sure we're going to get the "Sasaki takes care of a sick Yamada" chapter that we were teased with but denied at the start of the series, but maybe not before getting some exposition from someone at the store. Gotou or Noma, I'd guess
>>288310644>You would not see many male writers write a character like that is all.My fucking sides anon. Stop, you are gonna kill me
>>288310680The manager is the only one I can see solving this situation or maybe Noma as a way to atone
>>288308088>>288309431These two doofuses are quickly becoming my favorite characters
>>288310680And yet he still saw her home, if at a distance. Sasaki's made of stronger stuff than that.
There are times when I'll forgive female authors writing men with clearly female behaviour, like very girly shoujou romcoms, because the audience will relate and understand.This however isn't a very girly shoujo aimed at young girls and the men are written poorly.
>>288310606He *did* fuck that guy up, anon.
>>288310606>>288310863Women are scary. Foldin' a nigga ain't nothin'.
>>288310804Stop trying to stir up shit between female and male authors just because you are jealous of women's clits being bigger than your penis. Most of the times women writes the manliest male characters
>>288310920Does hand size correlate with manliness?
>>288310863I know about that page, later when she's taking him out for ramen he mentions that he would have done way worse, completely deadpan
>>288310863>>288310891A dog personified
>>288310891>Foldin' a nigga ain't nothin'.Unironically true. When I had to deal with school bullies who wanted to throw hands, we'd go at it, resolve it and either become neutral of friendly enough to head-nod and fistbump when we passed each other.
>>288310920The problem is women are completely incapable of understanding male anger because they never really get to experience it unless shit is really dire.
>>288308158>>288308182No mercy
>>288310891I mean, he's 190 cm and does a job that constantly trains his strength. He's not very likely to struggle fighting your average man. Talking to his crush though? A different matter entirely
>>288309451Fuck this dyke hag bitch no wonder she ended up alone and wasted her entire life as an entry level wagie in nothing
>>288309702Still, only the callout is warranted, all past that would get her an earful at other places for airing that stuff like that, especially with customers.
>>288310688It might be, but to be honest I wouldn't like that explanation. I think adding to her character a trauma of being hit by a coworker, ex bf or w/e on top of all this drama with her dreams and such would be too much for the history.
>>288310939You mean here? >>288310891 He's just shrugging it off as no big deal.
>>288311348some people just forget professionalism sometimes, especially if they're just doing a menial job like cashiereringI was only putting my groceries into my bags when a manager dropped by started giving the cashier shit for being late while I was right there and all I could think was "bro, wtf are you doing, talk to her in private later, not in front of people"
>>288310680With some girls it's part of the territory, my gf has told me to get killed in my way back home and then we act as if nothing happened
>>288311348>all past that would get her an earful at other places for airing that stuff like that, especially with customers.The granny is on her way out, might as well burn a bridge or two
>>288310517It's the cigarette pack box that Sasaki bought last chapter for no particular reason. He just thought it'd be something she'd like
>>288311357Eh, maybe it Noma hit her in the past. He caused her so much trouble that he's still feeling bad about it years later and didn't want to go back to the store unless forced to. Whatever he did it was for sure pretty serious
>>288310263Well maybe if you just told him your name, dumbass
>>288308796Also leaving when they were probably at least buddies with her abandonment issues and all
>>288312164I don't see Yamada having him as a buddy, especially since she probably was years younger than now, but rather as a person she admired that tried to bring her down with him
>>288310433Thanks, OPYamada probably will try to ditch the promotion and maybe even quit. I think her state is sort of like what Sasaki was in after his huge fuckup and his senpai chewed him out for preparing to resign.there's 2 callbacks, literally the phone call and the flashback
I do like Yamada acting like the youngest of the pack, for once
>>288311465Yeah I've had some pretty nasty fights with my wife now and again. You can tilt and make it way the fuck worse or you can shit your god damn mouth and let it burn out. I try to aim for the latter but some times I know I'm tilting in my head and can't stop myself
>>288308338She's not his used goods, is she?
>>288311554Eh, I think it's just a part of her freakout, she's so down on herself she thinks even Sasaki must hate her that much now.
I'm not experienced with women enough to tell if this is forced drama or if this is how women actually act
>>288312443It's a pretty normal freakout to be honest. Yamada always felt like a weight for the people she cares about, she's under stress because she's studying for a big important exam, she's afraid of losing Sasaki and now a person that traumatized her is back in the store. Most people would freakout out, especially young ones
>>288312437Oh yeah, she's gonna be a little ball of self loathing the next time we see her. It was just every single bad thing that could happen did all at once, especially thinking Oono's opinion of her in her last days going in the toilet
Meh.Meme drama.
>>288307947Yanisuu and Noa in the same day, LET'S GOOOOOOO
>>288310372she's having a melty over a dude giving up on climbing the wagie ladder years ago because he reminds her of herselfthat's literally it
>>288312601Himaten chapter too with some pretty fucking heavy clues as to who the winner is gonna be. It's been a busy day for mangos
>>288312545>normal freakoutIf you're a woman perhaps, I can't even imagine a man acting like this
>probably another balf a year of this>plus the literal who dude out of nowhere tooIt's all so tiring.
>>288312601>Yanisuu and NoaWhat are those?
>>288312740he's talking about manga titles; this one and Noa-chan
>>288310382Nothing some BSC won't fix
>>288312756>Noa-chanWhat's this?
>>288307981Oh Maezawa, how I"ve missed you.
>>288312756Oh, thank you! I guess Noa-chan is Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi?
>>288312943>>288312815Yea, that's the one. Today celebrates the first time the TL has caught up with the JP there was a huge backlog at some points when interest was waning, but people seem to have really caught on to what a fun manga it is.not romcom, it's just comedy btw
>>288313069Thanks for the info anon
>>288309451Holy shit...
>>288309732Nononononononono noooooo calm the fuckin down it's Oono-san, you and him are set in the stone! DON'T MELT FOR FUCK SAKE!!!
>>288310282You can see that instant regret but she's too far in to back out
>>288309939NNNOOOOOOOOOO
>>288310011Sssss for fuck sake please god
>>288310163>>288310184Noma smacked her before, didn't he?
>>288310433That was rough af, thanks OP T.T
>>288310263>>288310333Damn, this must feel like getting stabbed in the heart. Well at least I would if I were Sasaki.
>>288313554He'll bounce backShe might not
>>288312639I didn't started it yet
>>288313554No doubt it hurt but the fact that he still checked up on her regardless says a lot
>>288312639Romcom GAWDS stay winning, as usual.
>>288312712To be fair this is likely the final arc
>>288312943Yep>>288313150Highly recommended, just don't stay there waiting for romance progression or whatever, as the other anon said it's mostly comedy even if Noa-senpai is very clingy with her best friend (and very lewd sometimes).The release is weekly
fresh leaks from the author!!
>>288313500That would mean that they were very close, but I don't think so. My idea is that Yamada admired Noma-san at the point that his dream became her dream too. And when he gave up to that dream, something between them happened outside of work and... She gave up too for some reason, I guess that he just wounded Yamada somehow
>>288313668Ahhh reminds me of the golden era, I hope to see it happening again
>>288310433Thanks, OP
>>288313791That would put most of the blame of what happened on Yamada though, when Noma-san himself acknowledges the problem he caused
>>288313791I think it's somewhat reversed. I think Noma was previously more enthusiastic about work and Yamada was either his pupil, or someone he tried pushing to be better. Then he probably saw that she didn't meet his exact standards and/or some work burnout affected him and he otherwise dropped Yamada as a student. If I recall, she needed prodding to even apply for the promotion so she probably has baggage as it relates to rising up in a company as well as with this guy thinking she wasn't good enough.
>>288314511nta but I think .>>288308623 >>288308665 >>288308695 might point towards something like that, yeah.
>>288314644Yeah, those pages lean more towards Noma got severe burnout and just gave up.
>>288314511I like this theory. Noma was probably someone Yamada admired, kinda like the manager, but more on the job perspective
>>288314862I don't think it was just burnout.>>288308623>Didn't you want to run your own store?>>288308665>I've learned what it's like to push your goals and dreams on to others...>And I've seen what happens when things don't quite work out.>In the end...>I've done nothing but act selfishly.I think he was trying to be managerial and was pushing her to advance, when she didn't really give a shit. He tried to use her for his goal - like Yamada wants Sasaki to stick around for her benefit, instead of maybe going to HQ (>>288309712 >>288309732 >>288309755 >>288309782) - and it went bad somehow.
>Noma was Yamada's mentor/idol/both>She made some kind of promise with him that she'd advance along with him>Pushes herself too hard and majorly fucks up at work, Noma blames himself for it>He gives up, when Yamada calls him on it he tells her tough shit that's life and leaves>This kills any dreams she had of advancing past cashierWhat I'm guessing right now. It would make sense then both why she felt so guilty about wanting to pursue her dream again, and why she reacted the way she did with Sasaki. She feels like she's in the same spot: pursuing her dream because she wants to keep up with somebody else who seems like they love their job and are taking a step forward, and once again she pushed herself too hard and feels like she fucked things up. Rough as hell chapter to read and I cannot believe we're not left handing until July, but I have the faith that Chadski can bring her back.
>>288309451I don't know what the author is going for, it seems like typical Japanese mentality "You're always the one in the wrong">Guy that traumatized you or raped you, get the fuck over it. You don't deserve this minimum wage job unless you can smile at him every time you see him, even though we don't expect you to act like that with anyone else. "get over it shithead, we all like him more than you">Everyone instantly turns on her a bit because she's the one that got upset>She's working so hard her eyes are blurring and instantly she's told you're trash who isn't worth working here>Barely says anything, just asks him not to grab her when he's grabbing on her, she gets chewed out and told to leave for the day>Everyone tells her to go home and fuck off for awhile, stop working, you're not helping anyone.>In the end she decides she's the one 100% in the wrong and she's just as bad as the rapist
>I already deduced that you are Tayama/Yamada, I might be stupid but not that stupid.>I was waiting for you to feel more comfortable around me to actually tell me, I was never angry about it.>I just wish... you had trusted me more.>I won't bother you again.>Goodbye.*The End*
>>288315203It's more like >Guy you had some beef with a long time ago shows up again >You try to show him up by acting tough but fuck it up>Everyone calls you out for being a twat>Get some shitty news on top of it>Walk off convinced you're a piece of shit >Dude you like tries to be supportive but you really don't want to fucking hear it >Explode on him because you are actually acting like a twat and can't quite stop yourself because you're fucking up the one thing that you've finally decided actually matters to you
>>288308798How fucking hard is to get a promotion on a supermarket.
>>288309451Jesus christ its a fucking supermarket relax.
Didn't see the archives but the OP and the ED of the anime are already outhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUmtsSroxnshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eo3M7-wAtU
>>288310233KISS HER NOW
>>288310629holy fucking cuteness
>>288310629If the series end isn't Sasaki locked between Yamada's thighs I'm gonna flip. Fuck the emotional victory, I demand to be witness to their intercourse.
>>288316084Given what we've now heard of Gotou and Noma I'm pretty sure she's aiming for corporate, if she just wanted to move up to a department head I doubt Obata and Kawakami had to go through all this bullshit
>>288316274>Yamada leaves the supermarket and ends up in a Black-Company corporate position>Sasaki decides to quit and take Oono's place to try and be with Yamada>Gift of the Magi ending
>>288315203I know you're trolling but he didn't even grab her, his hands are very specifically positioned not to grab, just to bolster her
>>288316122Wait, when does it premier?I remember reading that a good amount of the time the OPs and EDs are some of the last stuff to get finished before an anime starts airing.
>>288316369July iirc
>>288316115Oono going grumpy mama bear is genuinely pretty cool, she even regained most of her height this chapter
>>288309451promo's good
>>288309551fucking kek
Well, I guess I'll drop this. At least for a long time.It didn't had to go to this kind of stupid drama.Always happens when the author runs out of ideas and they do this shit and/or go for an anime adaptation. And this time is both.
>>288310207audible gasp
>>288310433is is a callback to "if three cigarettes come out yamada will be working the register"?
>>288316055Absolute cinema
>>288310207>>288310233>>288310263This is what nicotine does to you.
>>288312443it's not a woman thing, it's a fairly common response to your main defence mechanism suddenly not working, so you keep trying and things get worse and worse
>>288316853nicotine + low self esteem + lack of old salaryman dick
>>288316205have faith, anon. we'll get an all-sex chapter a la berzerk as a reward for our patience
>>288310333Stalker.
>>288307947Oh shit I wasn't expecting a chapter so soon
>>288308158What a fucking dick
>>288308276>split personalitiesOh no
>>288308338Too mysterious
>>288308390Cute
>>288308445Kino
>>288308545>>288308818It feels set up to be ambiguous enough to provide some baitUnfortunately this means discussing these chapters is going to be made shitty by bad actors in these threads
>>288316084This is Japan they have tests and quals for EVERYTHING>>288308798Qt yamaders
>>288309058I'm getting a sudden sense of foreboding
>>288316390That's pretty soon. Looking forward to it.
>>288309451Fuck you Oono
>>288309502Oh Maezawa you are always the bestFuck OONO
>>288309527Should have retired earlier I am 100% anti Oono from now ownBoomer genocide NOW
>>288317359Don't worry she'll get pegged by Nishizono-sensei in the end, trust the plan
>>288309551Ah yes the author's self insert...>lethally woundedFucking kek>>288309601Man what the fuck is her problemIs it just me, or can anyone else not imagine getting this worked up over a sales job?
>>288309579>Gotou to Yamada:
>>288309659We've all been there
>>288309835>>288309805>local man talks with the town drunk
>>288309858Kino
>>288309939Depressed maiden in love
>>288310052Stop STOP
>>288310077Yamada you FUCKING retard
>>288310077Kino
>>288310163Holy shit
>>288310184>>288310184How did we get from a sharp young lady teasing a bumbling old man to this?
>>288310207How COULD he know you?
>>288310251The sum of all the drama in this series is one woman-moment to another, with the sole exception of Sasaki once fucking up at work
>>288310233Sasaki should unironically hit her harderIt wouldn't help but it would be funny
>>288310263Devastating
>>288310320>>288310333She did almost say she was better off dead; if Sasaki didn't do at least something to see if she was okay it would be off
>>288310411It's Sasaki but the quote is obviously from his ex
>>288310433Thanks again OPI was nor expecting this direction but honestly the drama is working on me
I kinda hope the reconciliation will be just as tears rolling off the cheeks emotional like I'm so sorry I hit you, please don't leave me, I love you Sasaki-san, I'm sorry I lied to you all this time waah
>>288317693She better fucking start sucking his dick immediately for all the trouble shes caused.
>>288312443Young women in workplaces do this shut at least once or twice per jobAnd universally dump that shit on other people in their life outside of work as well
>>288316055She'd deserves it honestly. If you put aside her being cute she kind of sucks in most ways, literal highschool dropout wagie loser thats mean with everyone.
>>288318202Yeah, and she stinks of cold cigarette smoke, what a bitch.
>>288318202she's a shortstack, she can do what she wants in my book
>>288314511Makes sense
>>288310804I like sasaki though
>>288318202Yeah, she really doesn't have much going for her besides being hot. She'd be lucky to pull sasaki and be a housewife
>>288310233Man, is this phase really something you absolutely have to go through in a relationship? Why can't we just be nice to each other?
I genuinely don't understand what she's going through. Can someone break it down for me?
>>288318752>Stress from fearing she'll lose her relationship with Sasaki >Stress from studying for a big exam to get promoted >Stress from guy who traumatized her in the past reappearing in her workplace >Yamada is also 25 years old Pretty easy to see why she would snap
Don't worry bros, Sasaki-san is in it for the long run. Sure he may hurt rn, but ultimately he remains unfazed in his resolve to save her.
>>288310920>women writes the manliest male charactersI have never seen this happen.
>>288319478Look anon, it's your choice of you want to only read BL dreaming of fucking twinks, but you have to realize not everyone is like you
>>288310263Is this one of those famous woman moments they talk about?
>>288310163>I say I want to talk, then I don't want to talkThat's women 101
why did the central guy give yamada PTSD?
>>288313715
>>288319862kek
>>288319321And fucked up at work
>>288310364Love this page, look how he doesn't give a shit anymore and let everything fall on the floor, even the present for her. Completely exhausted
>>288310233tayama is dying
>>288310333
>>288320508Pretty sure Tayama doesn't survive their next meeting actually, I'm sorta surprised Sasaki kept himself in check enough not to slip this time given he was so critically worried about her
>>288321042>given he was so critically worried about herHe should've just gently walked her home
>>288309140>>288309160>>288309190I'm not sure if i just interpretated it wrong, it's a TL mistake, or the manga was just that vague about it, but i thought Nakajima already WAS in Hokkaido, so i didn't understand why Sasaki would be so surprised.Re-reading previous chapters, apparently it was a business meeting + retirement event for the guy, but still i'm not convinced
Tomodachi shitposting continues
>>288321478>posting this after these chaptersIt's gonna be alright!
>>288316867Why are you all over the thread pretending this is not a massive woman? Have you ever interacted with a man you dumbass foid?
>>288321493Woman moment*
>>288316867Yeah, happened to me once, tried hard as fuck but things went shit anyway due to burnout
>>288321493You know, thank you for your two cents, but as a counter argument, when I was in the army and we returned from a camp exhausted, a room mate slapped my thigh probably because I looked grim and tired - and I snapped at him and swung my jacket on his face. The femanon here is correct that everyone has a breaking point where you lash out or fall apart when driven to a corner. You can make a generalization that men are more resilient and build up more stress before that limit is reached. If you have past trauma things get under your skin fast.
>>288308158>Torn half off sticker on the floorWhat's the exact problem with this?Would anyone actually pick that up and stick it on something they bought to try and get a discount? That would seem really shameless, especially for the average Japanese person.
>>288321842Think it means the staff aren't keeping the store clean and if there's trash on the floor where customers can see it are you gonna trust the kitchen to be kept clean?
>girl who you like and who likes you back slaps you because woman momentI'm neither patient nor mature like Sasaki. I'd have literally ended it right then and there. I guess I'll always be alone.
>>288321929Yea, I'm really torn on how I would react. I'm of the same mind where I'd just end it right there, but if I truly loved her like that and I knew it was really out of character for her I'd try to work through it.You have to accept that sometimes people reach breaking points and you need closure after the fact even if you're resolved to walk away.
>>288309732>>288309782What a dumb dilemma, just marry him you idiot.
>>288321994>lol youre sad? just dont be sad!thanks you fixed her
>>288322038>I don't want him to leave>But I will also not develop our relationship from smoking acquaintances into something more like friendship or romance
>>288321929>girl who you like and who likes you back slaps you because woman momentUsually this means crazy reconciliation sex afterward, but we're talking about a sexless nothingburger romcom, so...
>>288321959The entire point of the chapter is that she's being immature and losing her shit due to stress and probably getting sick and everyone sees it, as well as their reactions to it. It's pretty refreshing for manga drama because I wouldn't call it forced. No one else is suddenly stupid and doing OOC shit to make things worse, she's just young and scared and can't stop herself even when she knows she's saying and doing really hurtful shit. The slap doesn't even seem to register with him, just the sudden intense fear and self loathing surrounding it
Are we really going to have another Yamada gets sick arc? Didn’t we just have one?
>>288322141I wonder if there's also a cultural thing that might be getting lost where a woman slapping a man isn't perceived the same way. Maybe it's a much more clear "this is totally over and i've gone nuclear" which means it's just a shock that it's not registering yet or maybe it's a tamer "this happens often and you shouldn't read into it too much" and he'll just address it the next time they meet so he doesn't care much.
>>288322256Like 35-40 chapters ago so almost four years. Also we were specifically denied him taking care of her directly. He knows where she lives now, she's fucked
>>288322283Thinking too much into it. He points out minutes before that she's absolutely acting out of character. It's really just about being clear-headed enough to tamp down that immediate "WTF YOU SLAPPED ME YOU CUNT" response and saying "alright shit is clearly going on, don't take it personally"
>>288322505The kind of thing that would make a man take a step back and realize "what am I doing getting hung up like this on a girl like this?" and just kill their relationship right there.
>>288322472Was it really that long ago? Fucking hell. Maybe it only seems so recent because I have this whole series a reread a month or two back
>>288308051>>288308069Just delete him with your giga strength Obatters. You would benefit both your chances with Gotou and Tayamada romance with Sasakers.>>288308114kek, told you, he just destroys your workplace!
>>288308276Nah, that can't be him. Must be alcohol doing the talking there, Oono-san.
>>288309190Guess we have the endgame ramen & beer tasting destination after our MCs hook up.
>>288309451Holy shit, what an outburst. That wasn't the place for it, for both of them.>>288309502fuck>>288309551Finally, they can fuck in peace!>>288309732I want him to stay with me, for 10 years at least!
>>288310037>>288310077She needs the old man cock treatment, immediately.>>288310163>>288310184Holy CHADSAKI>>288310207>>288310233>>288310263Nooooo!Go and hug her by force!>>288310333Kinda depressing but also nice to know that he went to make sure she went back home safely.>>288310433RIPThanks for the dump!
>>288309451wtf i hate oono nowgo back to being the 3'2" smiling obaachan again
>>288309451The fuck she screams here for? She knows nothing, both Noma and Yamada are adults, they dealt with their past in some capacity and both agreed to just quietly do their work and not talk to each other. And she's just coming in blaming Yamada. Then other coworkers come in and try to de-escalate the situation, but somehow Gotou made it even worse and now Yamada blames herself for everything.Oono should have just called in Gotou earlier, explain her concerns and as Gotou to talk with Yamada. This would then most likely just end up with Yamada agreeing to go back home on her own.
>>288310184>>288310163No way that Noma didn't hit her before or something with that reaction.Or at least the rapist customer trauma.
>>288309451I know people are coming down on Oono but I've been in a retail position and I know that sometimes you don't have the luxury of checking someone behind closed doors. I think this was a very measured chastisement from someone that only sees their younger coworker fucking herself over.
>>288323204>>288323266Oono was right for calling out Yamada, but the way in which she did it and assuming stuff was plainly wrong. What Noma did was bad to the point of him not wanting to return to the store
>>288323359People aren't psychic and all Oono had to go on is Yamada being the one causing the problem. And it is Yamada being stubborn here because she's been asked multiple times to just take a break and she's refused. Noma himself caught her right before she passed out from overwork so what do you think any reasonable person would deduce here without having reader knowledge? Nothing Oono said was out of line or even rude. It was a single page rightfully calling someone out for nearly working themselves into a coma because someone else showed up at the workplace.
>>288310263>>288310233>>288310207This is perfect moment for that one cliche scene where the girl is crying and the man is hugging her, she pounds his chest a few times and completely melts down and cries her eyes out.
>>288323472Really liked that moment in Imasara
>>288310433Damn, I didn't expect the series to just kill off Sasaki like that.RIP in smoky peace, my smoker prince.
>>288323462Again, there are ways to go about it. Oono knows Yamada, so it's not like she can't understand that if she's rude to someone there's something going on, on top of making a scene with a person that's clearly stressed out of their mindReasoning in absolutes is utterly stupid
>>288310263She could've shoot him at that point, leaving him alive with his heart shattered is just too brutal
>>288316055She would an hero that very night in your scenario
>>288310263Her heart is finally telling her that it's weird to be interested in such an older guy
>>288316205If Tokyo Ghoul of all things could have a whole chapter for sex only, then this series also can do it!I believe!
>>288323621>Again, there are ways to go about it.What did she say or do that was out of line anon? She doesn't know what happened between the two, acknowledges this, and reminds Yamada that someone aiming for a higher position shouldn't be acting the way she does. This isn't a hard or complicated situation, it's a senior staff member concerned that her kouhai is acting like a stubborn child
>>288308390>plap plapYeah Yamada, we want that ending too.
>>288323797Doing it in public infront of other people is the wrong move, besides that she is completely in the right.
>>288323830If you think chastising someone who nearly passed out in front of the staff is wrong then we'll agree to disagree. I've been a manager and I've had to call out employees who fuck up publicly and I don't think it's bad. Especially when that employee is pretending they are fit to return to the floor after nearly collapsing on it themselves.
>>288316205>I demand to be witness to their intercourse.Like in the Middle Ages?
>>288322472>she's fucked*He's gonna get fucked. Roughly and whole night long.
>>288323797>What did she say or do that was out of line anon?Making a scene in front of the customers, not trying to get the manager help, assuming things, etcBut ok, feel free to think Oono san was completely in the right. There's point in arguing with you anyway
>>288323894There are times when it's called for, especially when the people present are needed to make a point (like showing everyone's worries about what just happened) but I am firm believer in "public praise, private criticism."The people acting like she's wrong for dressing her down though are obviously wrong, Yamada is fucking up big time and needed to get told.
>>288323797If she wanted to do it right then she should have asked Gotou to talk with Yamada and not make a scene in front of the costumers.Managers exist for a reason, it wasn't her place to butt in while knowing only superficial reasons that "noma and tamada don't like each other".
>>288324017>>288323965>Making a scene in front of the customers,When someone nearly collapses in front of customers it's already a shit show. And Gotou was away handling a complaint as everyone already knew. >>288323995>but I am firm believer in "public praise, private criticism.">Yamada is fucking up big time and needed to get told.Agreed
>>288323995>The people acting like she's wrong for dressing her down though are obviously wrongI don't think anyone disagrees with that?
>>288324017Oono's internation ended up only adding fuel to the fire anyway, so she did end up screwing things up even more
>>288324113Yamada's headspace right now is in pure combat defensiveness, nothing anything tells her is going to get through and snap her out of it. She needs to get lost, go home and sleep on it.
>>288324113>ended up only adding fuel to the fireYamada's already a raging inferno by this point.
>>288316122Cool songs, but the ED being just like 15 stills is kinda worrying.But the half-price bento from OP reminds me of BEN-TO!, Now that was a fun anime.
Am I the only one who likes the forced drama? This is actually exactly how a slightly bpd woman under stress in her 20s would react
>>288324313It's being done very well, but I can understand people just wanting it to be about the smokers.
>>288324313Both main characters had to confront their past. One went into it with the wisdom of older age and the other is immature and getting floored by their own stress. I like it.
>>288324313Something breaking the status quo was sorely needed, so I'm quite happy about it. The only thing I would dislike are Yamada being revealed to have had a crush on Noma, because it would be completely out of character and him being fully redeemed for whatever he did
>>288310263Yeah if someone I thought I was closed to said that to me I would fuck of forever.Hopefully Sasaki isn't a massive retard and understand that she was hurting and didnt mean what she said.
>>288325219Old Sasaki would probably shut down, but he should be able to figure out why she put it like that specifically.
>>288316390Oh, that means we'll probably have the anime airing by the time the next chapter is out.
>>288325570Oh yea, makes sense to do a double chapter and then have the time to focus on getting the anime ready for airing.
>>288325425So he will have to reveal to her that he already knows her secret
>>288327270Either that or he'll reveal he was the guy who encouraged her way back when. It'd better resolve with kissu
>>288315203>it seems like typical Japanese mentality "You're always the one in the wrong"god I hate the Japanese
>>288328248He has an even more vague recollection of it that she does. My assumption is that she'll go AWOL and Gotou or the goofball duo will ask Sasaki to check on her, and he'll have to finally commit to stop keeping her at a polite but distant arm's length and be proactive about his feelings. At the same time I can see a second run-in with Noma that gives more context to all involved. The emotional idiot in me would want Sasaki to deck him for making her miserable once he finds out but the reality will probably be that Noma will be the first to offer that he hates he's the reason she's acting out and ask Sasaki to do/be what he couldn't for her because Jinusi actually seems to be mature about shit and good at her(?) job
>>288324313no I like it tooShe wasn't really a 'manic pixie dream girl' before but this just helps to make Yamada seem more real
>>288330366I'm pretty curious to see what is that Noma did. Yamada seems to be still quite shocked about it, but more in a "I can't let this guy ruin my job" than "I hate him" and Noma himself know what he did was bad to the point of not wanting to get back there.
>>288308338I would be more surprised if Yamada is a virgin than if she's not at this point. She's a working adult.
>>288317178Who are you kidding? There have been bad actors complaining about slow pacing since the early chapter 30s.
>>288331197It's not really all that cryptic, everything you need to know is in the last two chapters. The likely inevitable clarification probably won't change much except let the other characters understand why she imploded so hard
>>288331378Nothing of what Noma said gives much hint of what he did that was so bad that is still hurting Yamada and he still feels bad about it after a lot of time passed already (probably years)
The reason WHY it happened is kinda irrelevant, what matters is that both of them were deeply affected and it's causing them to behave this way. Whether you want it to be justified or not, it's not gonna change the way they act if one of them goes "oh for god's sake grow up who cares" if it's not 'important' enoughWhat's tragic and deeply affective for one couple might be nothing to someone else.
>>288331266you damn well know there's a shitload of people out there who can't stand the girl not being a virgin in their animus and mangars, which is why even some straight up pervert shit stories bend over backwards to absurd degrees to keep them that way
>>288321994>just marry himAnd the manga ends, because this is 100% ending at confession. I have come to terms with this series dragging its feet.
>>288331434pretty much, in the grand scheme of things it probably won't even be that 'serious', but the manga's ultimate theme is how the Tayama thing and even Yamada's "normal" personality to her Super S peers masks a shitload of insecurities, with this last chapter just beating you over the head with it for the few remaining stragglers that haven't gotten it
Sasaki #23 Fan powered down the baccybike with a not quite unhearble hum and checked his chronometer. "Damn." he hissed threw his clinched teeth which were surrounded by the stubble of five days where in he had not shaven himself at all. It was almost chromodawn at Hokkaido. Alreddy the sun was sitting Supermarkets Hill ah blaze like so much molten meddle or a yen, gyreating in the air, tossed there by the uncaring hand of an imaginary kami that doesn't exist, borne from the interior minds of the black company worker. The sky was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel that was orange. Damn, he, Sasaki, thought. We thought we were opening a new beginning with our mad dreams of company awards but ironically the only award now is the satisfaction of a job well done. It's almost humorous. Yeah, I could almost laugh, if I hadn't cried that part of me away when my senpai-girlfriend were maccasared by Mr. Noma and the corpoRAT sanctioned murderers of "CENTRAL OFFICE".He lit a Bonstars brand swaggerette and took a dip drag, sinking farther into his inferior smokologue. He thought of Tayama and her mellifluous buttocks that he used to love to bang. Even now his nicoteen enhanced hearing could almost hear her vagina lips quivering with moisture and also pleasure, like a noodle of synth-ramen being slurped by one of Noma's partimers. When he got back to Tokyo, he was going to do some sex, no doubt about that. "That's right doll" he said to nobody and the wind. They were going to do it hard. He smiled, blowing smoke from his nostrils. They were going do it size-up hard.
>>288331614Jinusi really seems to like the pairing. I wouldn't be surprised if it did, but I also wouldn't be surprised if she does gives us some time with the relationship to see them both being 100% honest with each other
>>288331266Sasaki isn't one why is this a big deal?
>>288331434>What's tragic and deeply affective for one couple might be nothing to someone else.Werid phrasing
>>288331434>>288331704>The reason WHY it happened is kinda irrelevantIf it was it wouldn't have been kept vague and hidden, would it?
>>288310920Nice insult. I bet your cooze smells like a sewer.
Classic romance manga will dictate he checks up on her consistently, skulking by the store to see if she's around and happens to call him back over. He already walked to her place to see if she went there.Modern day I'd walk away and be like "ok, have your pity party and once you figure it out, come find me." And if she never does, oh well. No more wasted time.I'm being real blunt about it, but knowing what the problem is, verbally confirming what the problem is, and still telling him to fuck off, to the point of HITTING HIM, is one hundred million billion percent peak woman behavior. And it really shouldn't be tolerated. I don't care what her trauma is, I don't care how much stress she's been under. The thing she just did where she literally says she's a shitty selfish person and nobody should be with her? THAT is peak genuine selfishness.Again, if this wasn't a romance manga, let alone one with a secret and an age gap, I'd wash my hands of this situation. Real life is too shitty these days. Not worth it.
>>288319321>fearing she'll lose her relationship with Sasaki So the best thing to do is to scream at him and call him a stranger and hit him in the face.>25 years old This is an adult with agency and I'm tired of losers and idiots pretending it's not.
>>288332499As someone in their early 40s that's still nothing, perfect age to be doing some really dumb self-destructive shit
>>288321202WHOA THERE, without protection?
>>288332319>Modern day I'd walk away and be like "ok, have your pity party and once you figure it out, come find me." And if she never does, oh well. No more wasted time.You can do this only if it's a person who you fight constantly with, but if you leave at the first fight after having built such a strong bond, that would be just a waste.Also call it a fight, is just Yamada larping like a retard because she noticed that she acted like an asshole and destroyed the atmosphere completely. If that happened to me, I'd act exactly like her tho kek
>It's an uncomfy vagueposting chapterThe romcom equivalent to filler arcs in shonen.PLEASE be done already.
>>288309858NONOT SNOWNOT NOWFUCK OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
>>288310263FUCK
>>288316205Truer words have never been spoken.Strap me in the fucking hotel chair boss, i'm ready.
It's funny how all the people giving Yamada a pass for her stubborn selfishness because "she's young" are also bitching about the way Oono handled it.I took it as Oono acting like a mother. Sometimes a kid doesn't listen until you make them listen. Could it have been done better? Sure. Almost everything in the manga could have. But the real stinging point anyway wasn't that Oono scolded her, it was that ditzy blurted out that Oono was retiring.
At first I thought he said Yamada and had to go back and double check >>288310107Am I wrong in thinking that would have been perfect? Here she is having a melt down and he calls her the other name? He's trying to be comforting using that name because he knows the secret. But she doesn't know that he knows, so the way she sees it, he's still thinking about that other girl while she's breaking down in front of him. In my mind, that would have justified the complete nuking of their relationship, calling him a stranger, etc. It's always been a sore spot with her, even though she's the one who created it.Perhaps even better, what if it was her Yamada persona that he found? She's upset, he's trying to comfort her, maybe even calls her the other name, and that triggers the outburst. Then the line about strangers would have hit more appropriately, because, as much as he's been through with Tayama, he's still really just an arms length customer to Yamada.But that's not what happened, and it leaves a bad taste in the mouth that this was pure unfiltered Tayama who did all that.As for what happens next, I figure she calms down and returns to work, and Sasaki, wanting to check up on her, speaks to Yamada. Again, she doesn't know that he knows, so she has no choice but to keep up the facade, as awkward as it is with her thinking she's lost their relationship. And it'd be even more awkward if she tried to repair it as Yamada.
>>288335768I don't know why they're bitching about Oono. She tried multiple times to reach out to her nicely before it got bad and Yamada blew her off, and she was rapidly heading for disaster
>>288335914Absolutely not, springing that on her when she's in that condition would have absolutely done lethal damage. She's already too deep in the "everyone hates me, I'm a total fuckup forever" hole, that would just pile a "the guy you thought you had something with has just been humoring your childish antics and doesn't actually take you seriously" into the mix and she would absolutely lose it. She's pretty much already trying to push him in that direction as it is, he just refuses to take the bait
>>288321842giga ultra super Karen might assume it's old stuff that's been discounted but then undiscounted.or it's just to show how much of a pedantic tight ass he is
>>288325219the run up to this was sasaki getting over the mystery thing that happened at HQ. That might tie straight into this.
>>288319821Cervix poundings went too hard.
>>288322067I bet Tayamada is creamy.
>>288323923With how stocky Yamada is Sasaki's pelvis will be ground into dust.
>>288331761Lock and key analogy.
>>288310163>cursed to be female Dreadful
>used goods confirmedGrim.
>>288338148>reading comprehension: shonentard level
>>288338148Do not worry anon, even if Sasaki is a used good Yamada will fuck him so hard he'll never be able to leave her side (especially because he'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life)
>>288309502Maezawa comfirmed stupid as usual
I've been thinking this for awhile but the drama in this manga SUCKS
>>288310433Damn, went in blind from the cliff hanger and I'm glad that Ma-kun isn't a third wheel that's going to disturb the ship. However it's so much worse (in a good way). The crisis Yamada is going though feels genuine and not forced. She's panicking and letting that decide her actions. It does feel a bit stupid to be pulling this. We all know Sasaki isn't going anywhere, so how long till he puts Yamada back together? Or will she have a moment of clarity and apologies for being such a woman? Great two chapters.
>>288342112Give a good example of drama.
>>288342547These 2 chapters. It's been non-stop drama for the past 20 chapters it feels like. Just because no-one's screaming doesn't mean it's not drama
>>288342599Yep, it was building up for several chapters, it's not that she went full retard out of the blue without a reason in the last 2 chapters. That's why, if this way of making drama sucks, I asked for a good example
>>288337202>Chuck and sneed analogy
>>288321491This is just foreshadowing of Yamada rage quitting and moving away and living in the what could have been thru Tomodachi life.
>>288321994>>288322038To be fair even if she waggiemaxed with her promotion Sasaki likely would still make 6x her salary so her caring about it is ultimately pointless
>>288334626Who would more easily pulverize a pelvis, Yamada or Ochako?
>>288345481Uravity would make herself weightless effectively turning into a human onahole
