Chapter 5...
BOING BOING BOING
Hahaha!!!!!!
I really like the last one
Everyone's talking about how that was pretty savage to break up with his GF over the phone but consider this:
They weren't really that close (he said she confessed to him and he was kinda just going along with it to see what happened), and it would have been twice as shitty of him to sleep with Rin without breaking up with her at all. He can always explain things to her face to face later, but I think he did the right thing. o3ob
You're probably right, considering how often people are shown confessing "love" to someone they have never even had a real conversation with. Most of these confessions are obviously based on the most superficial knowledge and acquaintance of the other person, and often seem to no more than liking that person's appearance and general reputation. You can't even say at that point that there was chemistry, as often the confession is the first real interaction the two have. So it probably wasn't a BF/GF relationship the way we would understand it.
Uh, except that he DID 'sleep' with Rin. As soon as he accepted her confession they WERE BF/GF no matter how anyone 'understands' it. T.
What I saw was Sousuke's hand reaching out to pull Rin off the edge of a cliff. Rin was already walking away, feeling rejected and being resigned to it. Sousuke caught him back. It was that or let the love of his life fall away from him forever. Fuck the girl.
Since the comment appears to be to me, I'll answer. First, he didn't actually sleep with Rin until after that phone call breaking up, though they did relieve themselves together. Second, not all relationships are equal and should be treated the same way. If she confessed with them being practically strangers, and not really having talked, not only was her feelings pretty shallow to begin with, but she had no reason to expect him to feel much for her. I know at one point Sousuke replies at the end at the phone call that he loves her too, but I have an elderly neighbor who's constantly telling me the same thing rather forcing me to respond in kind, even though that isn't quite the way I feel (I just like and enjoy their company). I very much doubt that Sousuke and his GF had more than a few awkward dates and phone calls, or that they were at all close.
That is the problem of the whole confession thing, it often seems to be people confessing to people they don't really know, which means whatever they think they feel is built on a fantasy of the other person. Being on the receiving end of that is probably kind of weird. It is likely not most comfortable thing to have all this supposed "love and affection" from someone you know doesn't really know or understand you, and who now wants you to feel the same way about them.
I knew that asshole was fucking with him. He was coming on WAY TOO STRONG.
I really hope Shinobu finds someone new, but knowing the yaoi trope that's unlikely... >3>
Wait so... is no one else weirded out by the fact that the 1st story's seme supposedly head hunted EVERYONE in his office by fucking them? Cuz I sure am. Kinda ruined the story for me.
PLEASE DON'T SOUND WITH SEWING NEEDLES
seriously wtf that's so dangerous
I'm a bit torn...
I really like the MC but the current love interest... he's just really dickish. I don't want to root for that pairing at all and I just feel awful for the tomboy in the story who has a crush on him.
I read the next couple of raw chapters and everyone's so sad... T^T
Thank you translaters for the lovely work and uncensoring! ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
I can't really think of this as a romance. it's not one. It's a very well constructed commentary on gender dysphoria following the lives of four friends and told through a VERY unreliable narrator. I'm not really sure how I feel about the story at the end. While it had a proper 'ending,' I didn't really get any closure from it and I honestly hated Nao and how he handled just about EVERYTHING.
Idk... mixed feelings, I guess.
I'm always terrified of stories where it begins with a perfectly happy couple and family... i smell disaster and drama and nooooooo ;A;
ahaha dont worry. this is a good one and have a good ending. the drama is not really "hard" (pst they even have second child ;)
that got weird