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やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。 #9
やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。9
聖なる夜。届かぬ想い、かなわぬ祈り
もうすぐクリスマスがやってくる。
小さい頃はプレゼントがもらえる日だったが、いまはもうそんなことはない。
何より、願うことも、欲しいものもなくなってしまった――。
生徒会長選挙の日以来、何かが決定的に終わってしまった関係を引きずりながら、逃げ出さないため、ただそれだけのために部室に集まる八幡たち。
そんな折、新たな依頼を持ち込んだのは、先の選挙で生徒会長となった一色いろはだった。
他校との合同のクリスマスイベントを手伝って欲しいという依頼に対し一人で行動しようとする八幡。
しかし、一筋縄ではいかない依頼に、事態は次第に悪化していく……。
気付かれず、心の奥にしまわれる想い。叶わぬと諦めてしまった祈り。聖なる夜に、もし、願うことがあるならば――。
もうすぐクリスマスがやってくる。
小さい頃はプレゼントがもらえる日だったが、いまはもうそんなことはない。
何より、願うことも、欲しいものもなくなってしまった――。
生徒会長選挙の日以来、何かが決定的に終わってしまった関係を引きずりながら、逃げ出さないため、ただそれだけのために部室に集まる八幡たち。
そんな折、新たな依頼を持ち込んだのは、先の選挙で生徒会長となった一色いろはだった。
他校との合同のクリスマスイベントを手伝って欲しいという依頼に対し一人で行動しようとする八幡。
しかし、一筋縄ではいかない依頼に、事態は次第に悪化していく……。
気付かれず、心の奥にしまわれる想い。叶わぬと諦めてしまった祈り。聖なる夜に、もし、願うことがあるならば――。
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March 14, 2020
"People say that time heals all wounds [..] That's not true, though. Time is a slow-acting poison. It slowly erodes the events of the past, ending them, making you resigned to them" (p. 7).
The wounds of the Service Club run deep. Everybody knows it but nobody wants to do anything about it. The purpose of preserving the illusion of mutual friendship is to mirror but not wholly acquiesce to the virulent and backward selfishness that permeates the social lives of those who would gladly sacrifice individuality for a sense of belonging. Hikigaya, Yukinoshita and Yuigahama all believe this. Or at least, that's what they thought.
After the events of the student council election, emotions are still raw. For Hikigaya's sake, he's beginning to genuinely question whether his approach to problem solving is indeed for the best. Not to say the young man has never second guessed himself before. Only to clarify, this time around, he's genuinely ruing the consequences of his actions. Why? He wants friends. He needs friends. He needs their support. He knows it. But he can't admit it. Because it's hard for people to change. Especially when they've acted so resolutely, in their loner mindset, to bulldoze any semblance of camaraderie henceforth.
In short, unless Hikigaya can identify the decay within himself and find a way out of this morass, he's screwed.
MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#9 is emotionally exhausting. Iroha Isshiki returns with a request for the Service Club (to shepherd the end-of-year Christmas celebration, co-hosted with the upper-crust idiots at Kaihin High School). But Hikigaya, feels obligated to take on the request individually, because doing so as a club might fracture the group further. A noble effort. Too bad the Christmas party committee is an absolute mess. Incompetent leadership, lackadaisical teamwork, and absent-minded goal setting uproot an otherwise common-sense parliamentary process. Hikigaya is in over his head. What's a guy to do?
This novel takes the interesting approach of putting Hikigaya on the ropes and not allowing him room to get away. There's room for error, sure, but there's no space for the young man to peel away without causing more and more havoc with each subsequent decision he makes. If he accepts the Christmas party request on his own, is he protecting Yukinoshita's pride (since she lost the student council election) or is he slapping her in the face ("I didn't know if that was the right answer. Maybe there was no such thing as one in the first place," p. 141)?
And what about Yuigahama? She tries her utmost to stick by our cynical protagonist's side but the girl reaches her breaking point. If Yui can't speak her mind, then who can? The girl's dewy eyes, the kindness in her voice, the gentleness of her every move. Yuigahama is the glue holding the Service Club together . . . but she fears, as much as the others, that speaking her truth will render their "friendship" meaningless.
There are two scenes in MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#9 that really take their toll on the reader. One is the group's emotional confrontation to determine what it means to speak truthfully among friends -- fists are clenched, voices are raised, tears are shed. The other comprises much of Chapter 5, in which Miss Hiratsuka is a total boss.
Hiratsuka is the hero of this volume. She patiently and deftly offers an adult's perspective on how to assess, internalize, and navigate the trauma of learning to live with being wrong all of the time. For the 14 pages she and Hikigaya have a tense conversation on a bluff overlooking the shoreline, readers are force-fed the painful and ugly reality that even if it's generally impossible to fully understand someone, that doesn't mean you should stop trying.
Hikigaya thinks "it's irresponsible to say it's okay to fail" because doing so abdicates personal accountability. But Hiratsuka thinks differently. It's not that failure is "okay" so much as it is that failure is inevitable: "You'll unconsciously hurt someone merely by existing. Whether you're alive or dead, you will always hurt someone. It can happen when you involve yourself with them, or when you avoid involving yourself. It's inevitable [...] To care about someone is to be prepared for the day you'll hurt them" (p. 155).
And that's why Hikigaya and his friends, she says, must act now -- must tell the truth now. The truth is most precious when one's emotions are at their rawest. Should the kids of Service Club refuse to engage each other now, they'll struggle forever more.
MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#9 claws its way toward resolution, and readers will surely be thankful for it. It's a long and arduous journey, but it's well worth the anxiety. And plus, there some real gems hidden throughout: Hikigaya and Yuigahama finally (almost) set a time and location for their date ("thoughtless promise"), Hayama continues his existential freefall into socio-ethical oblivion, and Yukinoshita asks for help ("one day," she acknowledges vaguely). This novel could have easily been split into two separate journeys, but as readers will find, MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#9 is yet another remarkable pinnacle in the emotional and chaotic lives of young adults struggling for air.
The wounds of the Service Club run deep. Everybody knows it but nobody wants to do anything about it. The purpose of preserving the illusion of mutual friendship is to mirror but not wholly acquiesce to the virulent and backward selfishness that permeates the social lives of those who would gladly sacrifice individuality for a sense of belonging. Hikigaya, Yukinoshita and Yuigahama all believe this. Or at least, that's what they thought.
After the events of the student council election, emotions are still raw. For Hikigaya's sake, he's beginning to genuinely question whether his approach to problem solving is indeed for the best. Not to say the young man has never second guessed himself before. Only to clarify, this time around, he's genuinely ruing the consequences of his actions. Why? He wants friends. He needs friends. He needs their support. He knows it. But he can't admit it. Because it's hard for people to change. Especially when they've acted so resolutely, in their loner mindset, to bulldoze any semblance of camaraderie henceforth.
In short, unless Hikigaya can identify the decay within himself and find a way out of this morass, he's screwed.
MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#9 is emotionally exhausting. Iroha Isshiki returns with a request for the Service Club (to shepherd the end-of-year Christmas celebration, co-hosted with the upper-crust idiots at Kaihin High School). But Hikigaya, feels obligated to take on the request individually, because doing so as a club might fracture the group further. A noble effort. Too bad the Christmas party committee is an absolute mess. Incompetent leadership, lackadaisical teamwork, and absent-minded goal setting uproot an otherwise common-sense parliamentary process. Hikigaya is in over his head. What's a guy to do?
This novel takes the interesting approach of putting Hikigaya on the ropes and not allowing him room to get away. There's room for error, sure, but there's no space for the young man to peel away without causing more and more havoc with each subsequent decision he makes. If he accepts the Christmas party request on his own, is he protecting Yukinoshita's pride (since she lost the student council election) or is he slapping her in the face ("I didn't know if that was the right answer. Maybe there was no such thing as one in the first place," p. 141)?
And what about Yuigahama? She tries her utmost to stick by our cynical protagonist's side but the girl reaches her breaking point. If Yui can't speak her mind, then who can? The girl's dewy eyes, the kindness in her voice, the gentleness of her every move. Yuigahama is the glue holding the Service Club together . . . but she fears, as much as the others, that speaking her truth will render their "friendship" meaningless.
There are two scenes in MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#9 that really take their toll on the reader. One is the group's emotional confrontation to determine what it means to speak truthfully among friends -- fists are clenched, voices are raised, tears are shed. The other comprises much of Chapter 5, in which Miss Hiratsuka is a total boss.
Hiratsuka is the hero of this volume. She patiently and deftly offers an adult's perspective on how to assess, internalize, and navigate the trauma of learning to live with being wrong all of the time. For the 14 pages she and Hikigaya have a tense conversation on a bluff overlooking the shoreline, readers are force-fed the painful and ugly reality that even if it's generally impossible to fully understand someone, that doesn't mean you should stop trying.
Hikigaya thinks "it's irresponsible to say it's okay to fail" because doing so abdicates personal accountability. But Hiratsuka thinks differently. It's not that failure is "okay" so much as it is that failure is inevitable: "You'll unconsciously hurt someone merely by existing. Whether you're alive or dead, you will always hurt someone. It can happen when you involve yourself with them, or when you avoid involving yourself. It's inevitable [...] To care about someone is to be prepared for the day you'll hurt them" (p. 155).
And that's why Hikigaya and his friends, she says, must act now -- must tell the truth now. The truth is most precious when one's emotions are at their rawest. Should the kids of Service Club refuse to engage each other now, they'll struggle forever more.
MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#9 claws its way toward resolution, and readers will surely be thankful for it. It's a long and arduous journey, but it's well worth the anxiety. And plus, there some real gems hidden throughout: Hikigaya and Yuigahama finally (almost) set a time and location for their date ("thoughtless promise"), Hayama continues his existential freefall into socio-ethical oblivion, and Yukinoshita asks for help ("one day," she acknowledges vaguely). This novel could have easily been split into two separate journeys, but as readers will find, MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#9 is yet another remarkable pinnacle in the emotional and chaotic lives of young adults struggling for air.
April 27, 2016
This is a fantastic series of fun and interesting books to read if your ever bored. Not only does this series have many interesting plots but there are also very touching moments that would truly warm up your heart.
In this particular book, My favourite part is where the main character Hikigaya helps out the student council president. It is my favourite part because it makes the reader imagine the main character helping out a fellow student and finally starting to ease up. It is truly an amazing moment in the story because it will immediatly warm the readers hearts.
I recommend this book to all teenagers and young adults because every once in a while people need to ease up and read a good book that would keep them happy throughout the day. This is one of the best series of the books to exactly fill this purpose.
In this particular book, My favourite part is where the main character Hikigaya helps out the student council president. It is my favourite part because it makes the reader imagine the main character helping out a fellow student and finally starting to ease up. It is truly an amazing moment in the story because it will immediatly warm the readers hearts.
I recommend this book to all teenagers and young adults because every once in a while people need to ease up and read a good book that would keep them happy throughout the day. This is one of the best series of the books to exactly fill this purpose.
February 22, 2022
“I want something genuine” (p. 151)
Yet another great volume in this “genuinely” fantastic series. This volume wraps up the drama from the previous volumes, and it has some of the series' greatest moments, in my opinion. The service club is back on track and I really love how Hacchiman’s character developed throughout the series. Looking forward to reading the next volume.
Yet another great volume in this “genuinely” fantastic series. This volume wraps up the drama from the previous volumes, and it has some of the series' greatest moments, in my opinion. The service club is back on track and I really love how Hacchiman’s character developed throughout the series. Looking forward to reading the next volume.
November 4, 2023
El volumen comienza con los miembros del Service Club tensos, desanimados y a la deriva. Y no puede ser de otra manera. Después de todo y tras lo del consejo estudiantil, hay muchas cosas que no se han dicho (e incluso si se dijeran, no hay forma de asegurar que serían totalmente comprendidas o correctamente expresadas)
Y luego llega Isshiki con otra petición en mano, la cual es una posible forma para que el Service Club vuelva a trabajar unido… ¿verdad?
Jaja, ¡claro que no! ¿Cuándo las cosas han sido así de fáciles?
No. lo que sucede es que Hikigaya no deja que el club acepte la solicitud, decide ayudar a Isshiki por su cuenta, intenta ocultarles esto a Yuigahama y Yukinoshita (lo que no consigue hacer por mucho tiempo. De verdad, este tipo no sabe esconder cosas) se mete de cabeza en una caótica y muy estresante reunión entre dos escuelas que intentan realizar un evento navideño colaborativo y todo va cuesta abajo desde ahí.
En el camino hacia la conclusión se convierte en una especie de líder no oficial del consejo estudiantil, acepta que podría haber cometido algunos errores, recibe consejos por parte de su maestra, hace una solicitud al Service Club (que lo ayuden con lo del evento navideño y a encontrar algo genuino), Yukinoshita le hace una petición, se enfrenta al presidente del consejo estudiantil de Kaihin Sougou y finalmente, finalmente, logra —especialmente gracias a la ayuda de Yuigahama y Yukinoshita, todo sea dicho— que el dichoso evento no sea un jodido desastre (no sin antes poner a Tsurumi Rumi como la protagonista de la obra de teatro que hace Soubu porque favoritism… err… solo quiere ayudarla, digo yo) y todos terminan felices y contentos, muchas gracias.
...Eh. Más o menos, de todos modos.
...Bueno, al menos acaban mejor que al principio. Ligeramente. De alguna manera. Y tal vez no todos todos, pero sí los del Service Club.
Podría o no haber habido una confesión amorosa de Isshiki hacia Hayama que no salió nada bien…
Y luego llega Isshiki con otra petición en mano, la cual es una posible forma para que el Service Club vuelva a trabajar unido… ¿verdad?
Jaja, ¡claro que no! ¿Cuándo las cosas han sido así de fáciles?
No. lo que sucede es que Hikigaya no deja que el club acepte la solicitud, decide ayudar a Isshiki por su cuenta, intenta ocultarles esto a Yuigahama y Yukinoshita (lo que no consigue hacer por mucho tiempo. De verdad, este tipo no sabe esconder cosas) se mete de cabeza en una caótica y muy estresante reunión entre dos escuelas que intentan realizar un evento navideño colaborativo y todo va cuesta abajo desde ahí.
En el camino hacia la conclusión se convierte en una especie de líder no oficial del consejo estudiantil, acepta que podría haber cometido algunos errores, recibe consejos por parte de su maestra, hace una solicitud al Service Club (que lo ayuden con lo del evento navideño y a encontrar algo genuino), Yukinoshita le hace una petición, se enfrenta al presidente del consejo estudiantil de Kaihin Sougou y finalmente, finalmente, logra —especialmente gracias a la ayuda de Yuigahama y Yukinoshita, todo sea dicho— que el dichoso evento no sea un jodido desastre (no sin antes poner a Tsurumi Rumi como la protagonista de la obra de teatro que hace Soubu porque favoritism… err… solo quiere ayudarla, digo yo) y todos terminan felices y contentos, muchas gracias.
...Eh. Más o menos, de todos modos.
...Bueno, al menos acaban mejor que al principio. Ligeramente. De alguna manera. Y tal vez no todos todos, pero sí los del Service Club.
Podría o no haber habido una confesión amorosa de Isshiki hacia Hayama que no salió nada bien…
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November 22, 2017
Plot mainly focuses on Hikigaya aiding Iroha in preparing for the Christmas Event that is being hosted by Sobu High and Kaihin Highschool. As always, not all goes well with Hikigaya, as he does this of his own accord, due to the tense atmosphere btwn him and the other Service club members after the events during the student president elections.
Hikigaya, unsure of what caused his relationship with Yukinoshita and Yuighama to become so shallow (Hikigaya describes it as being similar to Hayama's group, as they tolerate one another). Due to being unable to comprehend Yukinoshita's strange behaviour w/ her running as Student President, he is unwilling to burden her with the task of aiding Iroha. Hikigaya begins to fear that the Service club will dissipate after the period of shallowness, as he deems their interactions as being a shadow of the past.
Through out the plot, Hikigaya begins to realize his feelings, and his desire for what he calls a "genuine" relationship. Even though he always has trouble not "reading between the lines" of people's actions, he learns that logic and reason can't always assess the human emotion. As a result of Hiratsuka's advice and guidance, he makes a last ditch attempt to save the Service Club by confessing his emotions, despite being unable to understand them himself. He professes to Yuighama and Yukinoshita that he seeks something "genuine".
In doing so, their relationship slowly begins to rebuild itself.
Ultimately, this volume had to be one of my favourites, for the incredible character development that occurs between all 3 characters, as well as the hilarious and cute moments that occurred between Hachiman and Iroha's interactions.
Hikigaya, unsure of what caused his relationship with Yukinoshita and Yuighama to become so shallow (Hikigaya describes it as being similar to Hayama's group, as they tolerate one another). Due to being unable to comprehend Yukinoshita's strange behaviour w/ her running as Student President, he is unwilling to burden her with the task of aiding Iroha. Hikigaya begins to fear that the Service club will dissipate after the period of shallowness, as he deems their interactions as being a shadow of the past.
Through out the plot, Hikigaya begins to realize his feelings, and his desire for what he calls a "genuine" relationship. Even though he always has trouble not "reading between the lines" of people's actions, he learns that logic and reason can't always assess the human emotion. As a result of Hiratsuka's advice and guidance, he makes a last ditch attempt to save the Service Club by confessing his emotions, despite being unable to understand them himself. He professes to Yuighama and Yukinoshita that he seeks something "genuine".
In doing so, their relationship slowly begins to rebuild itself.
Ultimately, this volume had to be one of my favourites, for the incredible character development that occurs between all 3 characters, as well as the hilarious and cute moments that occurred between Hachiman and Iroha's interactions.
April 17, 2019
มาถึงจุดที่พระเอกเกิดความสับสนไม่แน่ใจว่าสิ่งที่ตัวเองทำในการแก้ปัญหาแต่ละครั้งนั้นถูกต้องที่สุดหรือยัง ทุกคนมีความสุขต่อสิ่งที่แก้ไปหรือไม่ ปัญหาใดได้รับการแก้ไขจริงๆหรือกลายเป็นปัญหาใหม่ที่เรื้อรังยิ่งกว่าเดิม รวมทั้งความสัมพันธ์ต่อคนรอบข้างที่มีต่อตัวพระเอกในการแก้ปัญหาแต่ละครั้งกลับมีแต่บาดแผลด้วยกันทุกคน พระเอกของเราจะสามารถแก้ปัญหาตามคำขอร้องให้ช่วยจัดงานคริสต์มาสร่วมโรงเรียน และความสัมพันธ์กับคนอื่นๆ รวมถึงปัญหาเก่าๆในเล่มก่อนได้หรือไม่? ไปอ่านกันดู
สิ่งที่ชอบในเล่นนี้คือ การตั้งคำถามต่อการกระทำในเวลานั้นถึงแม้ตัวเราจะมั่นใจว่าได้ทำดีที่สุดแล้ว แต่จากมุมมองของคนอื่นและตัวเราในปัจจุบันกลับเห็นที่จุดบกพร่องมากมาย ฉะนั้นการทบทวนแล้วทำปัจจุบันให้ดีที่สุดจึงสำคัญมากที่สุด
สิ่งที่ชอบในเล่นนี้คือ การตั้งคำถามต่อการกระทำในเวลานั้นถึงแม้ตัวเราจะมั่นใจว่าได้ทำดีที่สุดแล้ว แต่จากมุมมองของคนอื่นและตัวเราในปัจจุบันกลับเห็นที่จุดบกพร่องมากมาย ฉะนั้นการทบทวนแล้วทำปัจจุบันให้ดีที่สุดจึงสำคัญมากที่สุด
April 15, 2018
This volume contains some of the most memorable scenes in the series. It was the longest and strongest volume so far. Also the last chapter was really beautiful and heartwarming, especially after those depressing progressions we had for a while. I really like what it tries to show or at least what the author hopes for. He believes in it and not in the same time, its interesting to read the afterwords, the author is quite similar to our protagonist. Anyway I liked the development in this volume and I am curious whether we will find an answer in the last 2 unreleased volumes.
May 21, 2020
Wow, was there a lot of Character development and Character growth. I think Hatchiman grew up in this novel. I wished it was more about the Christmas pagent, and less about how the pagent got put together. Still it was a great read.
November 29, 2019
Though title says about romantic comedy but there isn’t a shred of romance in this novel series, and that’s the best thing about it.
May 17, 2020
Hiratsuka is awesome
April 3, 2021
I can't give anything less than 5 star.
December 27, 2023
4.5 :)
March 6, 2015
Can't wait for the next volume!
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