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Ay csmmmm BDKDNDLDNDLDKDL que risa esta weáaa

Ay que risa dknddldmdl ta muy wenoooo

CONCHEMIMARE AAAAAAAAAH NAKAMURA VA A MORIR EN LOS BRAZOS DE HIROSE DURANTE LA OBRA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH (o eso creo xddddd)

Conchemimare siento que Hirose va a actuar en la obra porque anda medio raro. Y yo creo que la chiquilla que vió Nakamura, la que era parecida a Hirose, debe ser su hermana... O quizás su mamá xddd

Csm este weón es demasiado hormonal fkdndldmdld ¡Hirose arranca!

ESTE CSMMMM FKDNDLDMDLDLD que vergüenza lpmmmm no puede estar más obsesionado con Hirose

JSKSNDLDKSLS CSMMMMM Nakamura le pidió a una chiquilla el dibujo que ella hizo de Hirose en la clase de Arte quemiedooooo dkdndldmd pero que risa igual

Bdldndlddl csmmmmm este Nakamura se pasa

OMGGGGGG Hirose defendió a Nakamuraaaaaa y se presentaron oficialmente osiosiiiiii

Csmmmmmmmm ¡la familia de Ichi! D:

and it hits just as hard as it did in the anime!!!! ending the volume with this incredibly grounded chapter about jealousy and self doubt and thinly veiled bullying and teenage existential loneliness and the beauty of connection despite all odds is such a great way to land this very strange plane. this is the point of it all, and somehow, it is incredibly effective

okay so unless there's other stuff in volume 2 that incriminates otogiri, i actually think it's very clear that he's not a creep at all and i cannot imagine why anyone would have a problem with this storyline of hirose having a one-sided crush on him. otogiri should probably tell hirose to stop touching him but that's literally it

i will be interested to see how otogiri handles the crush though bc i was side-eyeing him constantly in the anime and i can only imagine i will be doing the same here. i know he's trying to be the Cool Teacher but lines must be drawn somewhere my guy

i wouldn't be surprised if people were unhappy about hirose's crush on otogiri being more prominent in the manga (although it was DEFINITELY still there in the anime, just toned down) but i actually really like it. it's another element that stands out as uncomfortably realistic alongside all of the absurdity. and it's character building for hirose too!! many a gay awakening has started with a fondness for a teacher

i’m not done talking about this actually bc it’s brilliant. it’s not mean spirited or framed as a cheap excuse to laugh at the weird gross fujoshi, bc we’re also invited to laugh at nakamura for being so boldly creepy and unhinged in his request. and he CLEARLY does not realize that she likes him so there’s no sense that he’s taking advantage of her. they’re both oblivious and lost in their fantasies

and this perfectly illustrates why this manga is the absolute best at handling a fujoshi plotline. nakamura is just as ridiculous and hopeless and doesn’t know how to properly express or deal with his emotions. he’s weird for asking her to draw it, and she’s weird for doing it!! everyone’s a fucking weirdo about love and desire, especially in high school!!!!

whenever any bl includes a fujoshi plotline i brace for the worst but i think the tone of this manga as a whole is very well suited to framing this critique in good natured absurdity. kawamura drawing her friends’ fantasies of their classmates acting out classic bl tropes but not realizing that nakamura is a real life gay person (AND THAT HE ONLY TALKED TO HER BC HE WANTED HER DRAWING OF HIROSE) is hilarious

the matter-of-fact and a bit teasing yet still supportive way that this omniscient narrator speaks about nakamura gives this manga such a unique tone, i really love it. somehow it also matches the 90s art style perfectly

okay so this is one of the things that was omitted from the anime and i understand why aksdhkajdh not bc it's unrealistic for a teenage boy to fantasize about that stuff but bc it's perhaps a bit too early on??? we barely know nakamura or hirose yet, maybe let's garner a bit more understanding before jumping into the tentacle fantasies yknow. it also calls into question his feelings about his pet octopus.......

this anime floored me in its hilariously absurd but deeply poignant take on a modern gay high school romcom, and i've heard that the manga is.....Different but i am intrigued nonetheless. if it hits even half as hard as the anime did then i'll be thrilled