My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected, Vol. 10.5

やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。 #10.5

by Wataru Watari

冬真っ盛りの総武高校。窓の外は寒空ながら、比較的のどかな雰囲気の奉仕部部室。雪乃、結衣、八幡のいつものメンバーのもとに、訪れる何人かの生徒たち。とある男子からのお願い事にげんなりしたり、いろはのわがままに振り回されたり、強行日程の締め切りに追われながら原稿を書いたり…!?今は遠くに感じる将来のことから、誰かと一緒に過ごす休日のこと、部活のこれからのこと…、悩みも苦労もときめきも不安も満載で現在進行中、日常という名のかけがえのない日々。八幡の短くも慌ただしい冬の数日を描く短編集。

Genres: Light Novel, Japan, Manga, Fiction, Slice Of Life, Japanese Literature

184 pages, Paperback

First published March 18, 2015

About the author

WATARI Wataru
Name (in native language): 渡航

Reviews

[Annie Wilbury · Rating 3 out of 5]

Having read 12 books of this series I have come to some conclussions:

First of all, why did I read a 12 books long series? Why do I hate myslef so much?

Second of all, in the remot case that you're going to read all of this, please jump straight to novel #6. The first season of the anime is pretty much an audiovisual carbon copy of novels 1-5 so you can watch that instead and save yourself hours of pointless reading. Those first novels are really bad -prose wise, and probably because of the translation too- and you're really not missing a lot even if they're fun.

Now, novel 7.5 is something to avoid at all costs. It's boring as hell and I feel sorry for the author because he was obviously forced to write that in a rush.

The remaining novels, on the other hand, are pretty good. They're funny, heartbreaking and relatable. Yes, the problems faced by the protagonists are really not a big deal, but they are proof that normal things are just as priceless as remarkable things.

I'm looking forward to see how it all ends.

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hikigaya's calculated assessment of Iroha Isshiki from Volume #8 holds true: The first-year student is "[a] bitch in fluffy sheep's clothing." The girl's duplicitousness is only marginally outshone by her galloping craftiness, and her intuition for collaborative work only goes so far as her vapid charms permit. And yet, still, somehow, Isshiki worms her way into the Service Club and steals their labor to eke out a rudimentary task she cannot complete in the course of her normal student council duties.

MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#10.5 is a slight change of pace for the novel series' half volumes. This isn't a collection of seasonal short stories. Oddly, this volume is its own, self-contained story. The time scale is compressed to perhaps three or four days' time, but generally speaking, the structure and format of the conflict set before Hikigaya and his schoolmates is no different here than elsewhere. Here, Isshiki crashes the Service Club with greater and greater frequency. She's terribly annoying. And all readers can do is hope the girl gets what she wants, so she can slough off and wander toward the next shiny object on her path.

Hikigaya, sadly, submits to far too many cute smiles and dewy eyes in this volume than is typical. It's funny to imagine the young man loosening his grip on the arch validity of pragmatism, but the truth is that Isshiki is a hungry lioness with a feral taste for materialism. What's that? The student council has funds left at year's end? And Isshiki wants to blow the cash? And then conjure some ex post facto, rhetorical needling to make herself seem like a better person than she is? Par for the course.

The stakes are low, however, and so it's not really that big of a deal whether the club agrees to assemble a cheap newsmagazine to advertise the school as the new year approaches. It's not that big of deal whether Isshiki's garrulous and cheeky efforts at forcing a weekend "date" can actually put a dent in Hikigaya's rotten-eyed fortitude. And it's not that big of a deal when, in nearly failing to make the deadline for the magazine, Isshiki grumbles, but Yuigahama smiles warmly and Yukinoshita nods with confidence.

MY YOUTH ROMANTIC COMEDY. . .#10.5 posits these inherently contradictory circumstances with the prevailing undercurrent that yes, of course it all matters, just not in the way that's easy to intuit. Isshiki is sly enough to get what she wants, but she's a complete fool for believing she'll win favors for doing so. Conversely, Yuigahama and Yukinoshita are intelligent and empathetic enough to know how much personal investment is too much personal investment, but the past year has instructed them on the need to settle down and take life as it comes. It can be difficult to ask for help or to admit when one's judgement has fallen short. It sucks being wrong. But sometimes, if one has a really good pair of allies nearby, and if one is willing to share the hardship for a little while longer, then failure is no longer a phantom of personal inadequacy, failure simply becomes another exercise in self-forgiveness.

[Geraldine Robles Chipana · Rating 4 out of 5]

En el que mis sueños de convertirme en editora son aplastados brutalmente (¡ja, esos nunca existieron para empezar!. ¡Siempre supe que no era lo suficientemente buena como para tener tal aspiración, así que gano!), Hikigaya es arrastrado a una cita de práctica por no ser más cuidadoso con lo que acepta, yo aprendo algo sobre el ramen (creo) y se demuestra lo útil que es el chantaje y lo molesto que es comprometerse a cumplir con una fecha límite (sobre todo cuando olvidas escribir la columna con la que planeas llenar el espacio en una revista gratuita pero detalles, detalles)
En una nota no relacionada, está esa escena en la que Yukinoshita y Yuigahama no dejan que Hikigaya e Isshiki vayan a ver a su profesora sin otra compañía… hey, el harén personalizado de 2 se está volviendo demasiado obvio. Ustedes podrían aprender a disimular mejor, ya saben…

[Scott Mattson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even though this volume was a couple of Side Stories (as denoted by the .5, after the volume) It was very entertaining. After watching the Anime and being able to better visualize the charcters, it's even funnier.

First ZaimoKuza Tries to decide with help of the Service what his Future career will be. Should he be a Light novel writer or an Editor. He is very over the top, and funny, but brave for trying to get published, when he has no writing ability.

Then the next few Stories revolve around Iroha the student council president. First she has a fake date with Hatchiman, that is weird and Akward as you would expect. Then she wants to put out a free newspaper for the highschool.

This is one series, I can't wait to read the next volume of.

[Strider · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite side-volume despite the fact that this might be the only book in the series where I preferred the adaptation a little more. The OVA was shorter so the comedy part was more enjoyable. I am still happy to all the little information this volume give though, the situations and problems are more understandable in the books.

[Hartwig Th · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's positive that this side story actually features the character of the cover which was not the case in some other filler volumes. The faux date arc was fun, but the rest was meh.

I can recommend this volume only to Iroha fans, otherwise it's a clear skip

[Ikku Summers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah, it really is a filler episode. waahh..

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun little filler volume.

[Freeread · Rating 4 out of 5]

ทำ ฟรีเปเปอร์

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

An almost all Iroha volume. Since I finished the anime I’ll just skip around.

[Bùi An · Rating 5 out of 5]

Đôi lúc chẳng cần nghĩ rằng mình có thể làm được việc này việc kia trong tương lai hay ko mà chỉ cần làm thật tốt công việc hiện tại của mình rồi mọi chuyện sẽ ổn

[Nyxshima · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fillers -_-
But sure, as a breater, it was fairly readable.