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やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。 #7
やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。7
A LONER'S SOCIAL LIFE SHOULDN'T BE THIS COMPLICATED, RIGHT?
Excitement is building among the students for the big overnight trip to Kyoto-a school event rife with potential for both budding romance and traumatic memories. And sure enough, right before they leave, the Service Club has a surprising visitor who asks for romantic advice. Unfortunately, this may conflict with a request from someone else before the trip...and Hachiman is finding it harder and harder to stay out of the growing web of relationships in his class.
Excitement is building among the students for the big overnight trip to Kyoto-a school event rife with potential for both budding romance and traumatic memories. And sure enough, right before they leave, the Service Club has a surprising visitor who asks for romantic advice. Unfortunately, this may conflict with a request from someone else before the trip...and Hachiman is finding it harder and harder to stay out of the growing web of relationships in his class.
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First published March 20, 2013
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October 31, 2023
Tobe Kakeru hace una petición: quiere que el Service Club le ayude a confesar sus sentimientos. Él no piensa —no quiere pensar, en realidad— en lo que podría pasar con su grupo de amigos si es rechazado. El amor es, después de todo, tremendamente egoísta.
Ebina Hina hace una petición a Hayama Hayato… y la misma —aunque encubierta— al Service Club: ella no quiere que las cosas cambien, y menos por una declaración fallida. Palabras no dichas y la necesidad de mantener el status quo es lo que es esto, en realidad. La amistad es, después de todo, tremendamente egoísta.
Hayama Hayato siente que debería apoyar a su amigo, pero hacerlo causará un gran cambio en su grupo… y dicho cambio no será para mejor, él lo sabe y eso es lo que menos desea que suceda. Así que interfiere, interfiere, porque sus amistades escolares son algo que necesita aquí y ahora y si actuar así lo convierte en un egoísta, bueno, entonces será un egoísta.
Hikigaya Hachiman está atrapado en medio de la debacle que está a punto de desatarrse (lo cual podría o no ser culpa de las otras dos miembros del Service Club por ser mayoría y decidir que "sí, hay que ayudar") y únicamente quiere darle un buen final a las cosas, uno que satisfaga las peticiones que se han hecho. Y si satisfacer dichas peticiones implica que él sacrifique su orgullo y haga una falsa confesión frente a algunos miembros de su clase, bueno, lo hará y ya. Lástima que no tomó en cuenta a quienes sufren tras verlo ponerse en la línea de fuego… otra vez. Después de todo, el autosacrificio no solo tiene consecuencias para la persona que lo realiza…
Ebina Hina hace una petición a Hayama Hayato… y la misma —aunque encubierta— al Service Club: ella no quiere que las cosas cambien, y menos por una declaración fallida. Palabras no dichas y la necesidad de mantener el status quo es lo que es esto, en realidad. La amistad es, después de todo, tremendamente egoísta.
Hayama Hayato siente que debería apoyar a su amigo, pero hacerlo causará un gran cambio en su grupo… y dicho cambio no será para mejor, él lo sabe y eso es lo que menos desea que suceda. Así que interfiere, interfiere, porque sus amistades escolares son algo que necesita aquí y ahora y si actuar así lo convierte en un egoísta, bueno, entonces será un egoísta.
Hikigaya Hachiman está atrapado en medio de la debacle que está a punto de desatarrse (lo cual podría o no ser culpa de las otras dos miembros del Service Club por ser mayoría y decidir que "sí, hay que ayudar") y únicamente quiere darle un buen final a las cosas, uno que satisfaga las peticiones que se han hecho. Y si satisfacer dichas peticiones implica que él sacrifique su orgullo y haga una falsa confesión frente a algunos miembros de su clase, bueno, lo hará y ya. Lástima que no tomó en cuenta a quienes sufren tras verlo ponerse en la línea de fuego… otra vez. Después de todo, el autosacrificio no solo tiene consecuencias para la persona que lo realiza…
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June 11, 2019
It is terribly difficult if not impossible to exhale a disquieted exhaustion after the exquisite thrashing the previous volume laid upon the hide of the foolhardy, but alas, in MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#7, Hachiman Hikigaya's exploits pale in comparison.
Yes, the young man remains a pillar of ideological counterculture. Yes, the young man occasionally calls forth a tenet or two of perfectionism-nihilism to settle the score with schoolmates whose optimism has run amok. And yes, the young man detests, now as much as ever, how the world into which we have all been born seems to have been made for somebody else ("You might think you're at rock bottom right now, but in life, there's always another bottom beneath rock bottom. Yes, you can fall forever," p. 36). But, in spite of all that remains within the philosophical purview and social-cultural grind of Hikigaya's nascent adulthood, this novel tugs on the reins and remains more observer than participant.
The school is funding a three-day visit to Kyoto. Classmates of all sorts are planning trips to stores, shrines and more. And some kids, like Kakeru Tobe, berate their buddies to help them confess their feelings to a certain someone special. The premise of this volume is quite simple. But MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#7 outlines in bold a prevailing irony of the series: more and more characters are coming to rely on Hikigaya for his honesty (and as a consequence, more and more characters are coming to learn just how much they truly admire/disgust a person of his rare breed). Ebina lusts for friendship and fears exclusion. Kawasaki has an awkward crush. Yukinoshita is neglected by her parents. Young adult problems are freakin' everywhere in this book.
Can Hikigaya and other Service Club members encourage a dim-witted jock to be true to his feelings? Can they pry apart the uncertainty of a glass-half-empty fujoshi who is determined to keep everyone at arm's length (Ebina: "I kinda like the way you can be honest with people you don't give a damn about," p. 183)? Matchmaking charades are always disastrous, but in this novel, there's the intriguing and curious side note that everyone is acting as if they're scared of getting hurt. Nobody wants to put themselves out there. Nobody wants to risk disassembling their heart for someone else to see.
Yukinoshita is increasingly self-conscious about the mistakes (sacrifices) others make to live the lives as they see fit (Hiratsuka: "A lecture isn't a bad thing. It means someone is paying attention to you [. . .] I'm paying attention to you, so make all the mistakes you like," p. 121). Yuigahama is increasingly determined to validate her affection for Hikigaya through wayward requiems of emotional vulnerability. Hayama refuses to let sleeping dogs lay and demands his "sympathy for the abject" cleave its victims to the bone. And on and on it goes. These kids are restless, all of them; none of them truly know what to do with themselves. And they cannot help but feel as if time is running out. On romance. On friendship. On discerning their future. Youth is a farce. Die in a fire. But time is running out on whether you can do anything with what you have left.
Yes, the young man remains a pillar of ideological counterculture. Yes, the young man occasionally calls forth a tenet or two of perfectionism-nihilism to settle the score with schoolmates whose optimism has run amok. And yes, the young man detests, now as much as ever, how the world into which we have all been born seems to have been made for somebody else ("You might think you're at rock bottom right now, but in life, there's always another bottom beneath rock bottom. Yes, you can fall forever," p. 36). But, in spite of all that remains within the philosophical purview and social-cultural grind of Hikigaya's nascent adulthood, this novel tugs on the reins and remains more observer than participant.
The school is funding a three-day visit to Kyoto. Classmates of all sorts are planning trips to stores, shrines and more. And some kids, like Kakeru Tobe, berate their buddies to help them confess their feelings to a certain someone special. The premise of this volume is quite simple. But MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#7 outlines in bold a prevailing irony of the series: more and more characters are coming to rely on Hikigaya for his honesty (and as a consequence, more and more characters are coming to learn just how much they truly admire/disgust a person of his rare breed). Ebina lusts for friendship and fears exclusion. Kawasaki has an awkward crush. Yukinoshita is neglected by her parents. Young adult problems are freakin' everywhere in this book.
Can Hikigaya and other Service Club members encourage a dim-witted jock to be true to his feelings? Can they pry apart the uncertainty of a glass-half-empty fujoshi who is determined to keep everyone at arm's length (Ebina: "I kinda like the way you can be honest with people you don't give a damn about," p. 183)? Matchmaking charades are always disastrous, but in this novel, there's the intriguing and curious side note that everyone is acting as if they're scared of getting hurt. Nobody wants to put themselves out there. Nobody wants to risk disassembling their heart for someone else to see.
Yukinoshita is increasingly self-conscious about the mistakes (sacrifices) others make to live the lives as they see fit (Hiratsuka: "A lecture isn't a bad thing. It means someone is paying attention to you [. . .] I'm paying attention to you, so make all the mistakes you like," p. 121). Yuigahama is increasingly determined to validate her affection for Hikigaya through wayward requiems of emotional vulnerability. Hayama refuses to let sleeping dogs lay and demands his "sympathy for the abject" cleave its victims to the bone. And on and on it goes. These kids are restless, all of them; none of them truly know what to do with themselves. And they cannot help but feel as if time is running out. On romance. On friendship. On discerning their future. Youth is a farce. Die in a fire. But time is running out on whether you can do anything with what you have left.
April 23, 2020
I had a hard time getting into this one. I realize this is an important turning point in the series as a whole and it sets the stage for the deeper things to come, but I found the main plotline of this specific volume to be kinda boring. The same youthful miscommunications and misguided viewpoints that made the previous volumes fun to read made this one a drag. But maybe that's the point, since the arcs that follow revolve around realizing that these ways of thinking and acting aren't quite right, and figuring out how to be honest about and work through them together (based on my interpretation of the anime, at least). I'll still be continuing the series since I like the main cast and the story, I'm just glad I'm done with this part of it specifically.
Glad to see more Kawasaki though, that's always appreciated.
Glad to see more Kawasaki though, that's always appreciated.
January 23, 2021
If this novel is about field trip to Kyoto, then I'd say that to understand it, person must read the conclusion of manga XXX Holic volume 7, " When one bears the pain not only he but all the who he is intimate with get hurts" though Hachiman was not a bit intimate with a single fellow. And why the people got hurt was simply because they don't know the relation between Hachiman and that Otaku girl and their personal gossips. But if they know I think what would happen but it was not possible because both Hachiman and Otakuish girl were very mature.
April 9, 2018
Hachiman makes social suicide over and over again. He will not be able to keep this up for long anymore because whether he realizes it or not, he is not alone now. Anyway it was a strong volume and the change of scenery was a good idea too.
June 2, 2019
I think I have finally figured out Hachiman, he isn't as much a relatable loner character, as he is a Jesus figure, voluntary choosing a path of suffering to redeem transgressions and mistakes of others.
September 1, 2017
Good book, kinda sad.
December 26, 2021
4.5/5 ⭐
A fantastic read, especially the part about fake confession was great.
A fantastic read, especially the part about fake confession was great.
September 26, 2019
Tình bạn va tình yêu là hai thứ ích kỉ. Đáng tiếc là chúng không thể song hành. Giống như khi tình bạn thất bại trong việc tiến hóa thành tình yêu, dù biết trong truyện đó chẳng ai là người có lỗi, song thế nào đi nữa thì mọi thứ cũng đều trở nên thật gượng gạo. Luôn xuất hiện một khoảng cách khiến cả hai đều cảm thấy khó chịu. Kết cục thì chẳng ai dám gặp mặt lại người kia nữa.
Ebina Hina sợ hãi vì mình mà tình bạn cả nhóm rạn vỡ. Hayama Hayato mâu thuẫn, khó xử, bất lực muốn bảo vệ thứ mình trân trọng, phải nhờ cậy đến Hikigaya Hachiman, dù biết điều đó sẽ làm cậu ta, và những người xung quanh cậu, tổn thương. Tobe Kakeru thì quá trẻ con không hiểu chuyện, chẳng thèm bận tâm đến hậu quả.
“Nếu như một mối quan hệ đổ vở chỉ vì chuyện này thì có lẽ tình bạn của các người cũng chẳng bền chặt tới mức đó đâu.” Cứ thong thả và thỏa hiệp, thì biết đâu đó lại là câu trả lời đúng. Hikigaya Hachiman nói ra điều đó, nhưng cậu khó có thể phủ nhận suy nghĩ của Hayama Hayato. Khoảng thời gian học sinh ngắn ngủi, ai có thể trách một người biết trân trọng những thứ mình có? Cậu chưa từng trải qua cảm giác phải sở hữu quá nhiều thứ mà thứ nào cũng thật quan trọng.
Hikigaya Hachiman cô độc, bị ghét bỏ, nhưng mọi người vẫn tới tìm cậu để giúp đỡ, vì cậu có thể dễ dàng “thành thật” với mọi người. Điều chẳng ai dám làm. Vì phơi bày sự thật là một hành động thực sự mạo hiểm. Sự dối trá giống như một vỏ bọc bảo vệ mình khỏi sự tổn thương, cũng như không muốn làm tổn thương người khác. Không ai muốn mạo hiểm gỡ bỏ trái tim của mình ra, để cho người khác nhìn thấy cả.
Họ bị cô lập bởi sự bất lực. Không muốn tổn thương, không muốn phải hi sinh, không muốn đánh mất thứ gì. Không biết phải làm gì với chính mình.
Một lần nữa, ai cũng được cứu rỗi, ai cũng hài lòng. Nhưng một lần nữa, vẫn có người phải chịu nhận về mọi tổn thương.
Nhưng đâu chỉ đơn giản vậy. Yukinoshita đã ngày càng tự ý thức được sự đau đớn và bất hạnh của một người chịu lấy chính bản thân mình ra làm vật hi sinh để đạt được mục đích (từ lễ hội văn hóa, tập 6). Điều đó không rõ ràng, khó giải thích, nhưng cô thực sự thấy thật khó chịu khi phải chứng kiến điều đó. Với Yuigahama thì điều đó lại càng chẳng thể chịu đựng được, trước cái tình cảm mà cậu bộc lộ và xác thực nó một cách vụng về.
Hikigaya Hachiman luôn “thành thật” để cứu giúp mọi người. Nhưng trước những người thực sự trân trọng cậu, thì cậu là trở thành kẻ nói dối tồi tệ nhất.
Ebina Hina sợ hãi vì mình mà tình bạn cả nhóm rạn vỡ. Hayama Hayato mâu thuẫn, khó xử, bất lực muốn bảo vệ thứ mình trân trọng, phải nhờ cậy đến Hikigaya Hachiman, dù biết điều đó sẽ làm cậu ta, và những người xung quanh cậu, tổn thương. Tobe Kakeru thì quá trẻ con không hiểu chuyện, chẳng thèm bận tâm đến hậu quả.
“Nếu như một mối quan hệ đổ vở chỉ vì chuyện này thì có lẽ tình bạn của các người cũng chẳng bền chặt tới mức đó đâu.” Cứ thong thả và thỏa hiệp, thì biết đâu đó lại là câu trả lời đúng. Hikigaya Hachiman nói ra điều đó, nhưng cậu khó có thể phủ nhận suy nghĩ của Hayama Hayato. Khoảng thời gian học sinh ngắn ngủi, ai có thể trách một người biết trân trọng những thứ mình có? Cậu chưa từng trải qua cảm giác phải sở hữu quá nhiều thứ mà thứ nào cũng thật quan trọng.
Hikigaya Hachiman cô độc, bị ghét bỏ, nhưng mọi người vẫn tới tìm cậu để giúp đỡ, vì cậu có thể dễ dàng “thành thật” với mọi người. Điều chẳng ai dám làm. Vì phơi bày sự thật là một hành động thực sự mạo hiểm. Sự dối trá giống như một vỏ bọc bảo vệ mình khỏi sự tổn thương, cũng như không muốn làm tổn thương người khác. Không ai muốn mạo hiểm gỡ bỏ trái tim của mình ra, để cho người khác nhìn thấy cả.
Họ bị cô lập bởi sự bất lực. Không muốn tổn thương, không muốn phải hi sinh, không muốn đánh mất thứ gì. Không biết phải làm gì với chính mình.
Một lần nữa, ai cũng được cứu rỗi, ai cũng hài lòng. Nhưng một lần nữa, vẫn có người phải chịu nhận về mọi tổn thương.
Nhưng đâu chỉ đơn giản vậy. Yukinoshita đã ngày càng tự ý thức được sự đau đớn và bất hạnh của một người chịu lấy chính bản thân mình ra làm vật hi sinh để đạt được mục đích (từ lễ hội văn hóa, tập 6). Điều đó không rõ ràng, khó giải thích, nhưng cô thực sự thấy thật khó chịu khi phải chứng kiến điều đó. Với Yuigahama thì điều đó lại càng chẳng thể chịu đựng được, trước cái tình cảm mà cậu bộc lộ và xác thực nó một cách vụng về.
Hikigaya Hachiman luôn “thành thật” để cứu giúp mọi người. Nhưng trước những người thực sự trân trọng cậu, thì cậu là trở thành kẻ nói dối tồi tệ nhất.
October 10, 2017
This book's focus is on the class trip, and the Service Club's attempts to fulfill the request from Tobe and Ebina, where Tobe requests help in confessing to Ebina, and Ebina wanting her group of friends to be unchanged.
This poses a problem for Hikigaya, as he understands the emotional and relational changes that can stem from a confession and a rejection. Thus, the Service club, throughout the plot, is in a constant predicament, as to how to fulfill both requests.
Yet, in the end, Hikigaya ultimately resorts to his "foul" methods in order to formulate a "compromise", as to please please both Tobe and Ebina. Although sucessful, he ultimately ends up unknowingly hurting those around him
In this novel, Yuighama and Hikigaya are interacting moreso than in previous books, as Yukinoshita is consequently found in another group during the field trip. As a result, they become closer, and we get to see Yui reveal more of her emotions towards Hikigaya. On the other hand, by the end, with Hikigaya once again acting as the scapegoat, Yukinon's anger towards him, is indirectly revealing her pain, and she demonstrates she cares for and is worried of Hikigaya's well-being.
This poses a problem for Hikigaya, as he understands the emotional and relational changes that can stem from a confession and a rejection. Thus, the Service club, throughout the plot, is in a constant predicament, as to how to fulfill both requests.
Yet, in the end, Hikigaya ultimately resorts to his "foul" methods in order to formulate a "compromise", as to please please both Tobe and Ebina. Although sucessful, he ultimately ends up unknowingly hurting those around him
In this novel, Yuighama and Hikigaya are interacting moreso than in previous books, as Yukinoshita is consequently found in another group during the field trip. As a result, they become closer, and we get to see Yui reveal more of her emotions towards Hikigaya. On the other hand, by the end, with Hikigaya once again acting as the scapegoat, Yukinon's anger towards him, is indirectly revealing her pain, and she demonstrates she cares for and is worried of Hikigaya's well-being.
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April 5, 2016
This is a magnificent series it tells you all about the typical highschool life that you may have or had in the past or future. It is also amazing how it shows the reader a world through the eyes of loner and what other people are like.
In this particular book there are many heart warming moments for example nearly at the end of the book when the main protagonist gave his "firends" a gift it was truly amazing because it makes the reader feel warm and also think that he has matured and grown out of his shell and started to change for the better than being the bitter and lonely person.
I reccomend this book to all young teenagers and also young adults because it can bring fanatsies to your life it can also cheer up your day or even feel sympathy for the main character as he continues his journey.
In this particular book there are many heart warming moments for example nearly at the end of the book when the main protagonist gave his "firends" a gift it was truly amazing because it makes the reader feel warm and also think that he has matured and grown out of his shell and started to change for the better than being the bitter and lonely person.
I reccomend this book to all young teenagers and also young adults because it can bring fanatsies to your life it can also cheer up your day or even feel sympathy for the main character as he continues his journey.
February 26, 2015
I think the author is undecided whether to commend Hachiman or what not.
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