I’m first for this week even though I’m late with my readings?
I think it’s great that Saeko talks openly about her problems with her friends. She should try talking to her girl friend for a change, though.
Saeko is actually somewhat considerate in her thoughts. But what comes out of her mouth (気にしない) ends up sounding dismissive rather than reassuring.
I didn’t quite get why Miwa was crying at the end. She hardly ever talked to that blonde girl and Saeko explicitly disagreed with her.
Apparently I forgot to write for 6 so it’s a bit of a blur what happened which chapter.
It went exactly in the direction I feared, Saeko pushing Miwa too early, Miwa wanting to go along with it to get it over with. However I didn’t expect Saeko to realize what’s going on before anything happened, good on her. She is way more perceptive and thoughtful internally and when talking to Rika than to Miwa for some reason??? It’s like she puts up a wall around her to not be serious, maybe because of whatever happened in middle school?
I’m kind of confused on how the music club works, there is our main group of miwa saeko and the 3 guys and then there is a bunch of others I’m not sure if they’re part of the club or something else. I feel like I missed something.
She is already afraid Saeko will leave her because of lack of sex and Saeko disagreed a bit slowly, is my guess.
I haven’t finished week 7 yet but I think there’s the club, and they’ve then split into small groups to form their own bands.
For me personally, between Saeko’s and Miwa’s painful lack of chemistry and the characters being generally unlikable (though I will say the bandmate with the powerful eyebrows has grown on me), finding motivation to continue reading has been a bit of a struggle 
But I am still enjoying reading everyone’s thoughts, so I will power through!
For people with concerns about the couple it might be worth noting that the series
will have them break up and date other people thpugh unsure if they finally end up together again. It is aware of their incompability.
This might make you more likely to want to read on, or less 
This was my favorite chapter so far. It does seem like Saeko’s not entirely clueless, and it was nice seeing that she can have some sensitivity. I was really glad when she stopped in the beginning and why
Also it hurts to hear people say something like that about you, even if you’re not close to them.
Saeko had a real long pause there as well, in a way that suggested she maybe actually agreed to some extent
Also make characters seem to frequently take this leap in logic: “Character A said something negative about me to Character B. That must be how Character B feels about me”
A rare moment where I can both root for the main couple not to work out, and actually have that wish fulfilled
In general the main thing I appreciate is still the sense of realism
(We’re on week 8 now btw)
My main problem so far with the series is that Saeko constantly has the inner corners of her eyebrows raised, making her look either distressed or dishonest. Others also often have a similar expression, but with Saeko it’s constant.
Agreed. Maybe she is constantly distressed/internally anxious. This is the sorta thing where voice acting would be helpful. But I wonder how much that’s affected my perception of her
I don’t get why (and don’t like that) everyone’s calling Miwa めんどくさい in the first place
I really liked Miwas’s friend’s perspective on it, and was glad she helped Miwa see past what she was stuck on, and also realize that it was mutual and everyone’s human & these are natural feelings and stuff
I’m still rooting for them to break up, but a little less than before
I don’t get this panel. Whose thoughts are in the bubble? Who hasn’t cut off FWB & did they accidentally say it aloud? Edit: oh it’s the inner monologue of the friend who was jealous.
I wonder what Miya had in mind before?
Week 8!! Forgot to update again sorry!
Agreed, I agree with the general sentiment of “sometimes people you like will have negative thoughts about you, that doesn’t mean they don’t like you”. But I don’t understand why people keep calling her that.
It’s interesting to focus this chapter on Rika’s perspective. I neither like nor dislike her (boy she has some internalized misogyny to work through). I do think having strong side characters is pretty important for a long running series though. I wonder if she is into girls at all? Some of her statements point to no but her being jealous of Saeko and Miwa’s relationship and considering ditching her fwb over it might say otherwise.
Guy who has a crush on Miwa not over it, like I had assumed.
I agree with everyone that Miwa isn’t really mendoukusai and it’s a bit strange everyone saying that.
While locked up, Saeko had this troubled look I complained about before. But this time she seemed to be open about being troubled and all, and that was much better.
I think if Rika sees Seako and Miwa and is jealous of what they have, there might be something a little bit wrong with her.
I got the impression that yeah she’s probably somewhat into girls, but had just written it off cuz of whatever cultural or other biases she’s internalized. Perhaps we’ll find out later
It’s not like she’s privy to all their internal monologue and everything. “Single person envious of couple” seems reasonable enough, especially at that moment where they’re being all lovey dovey, and going off to celebrate Saeko’s bday.
I was mostly joking. Though my impression was that she was jealous of them being “serious about someone” rather than the lovey-dovey part Specifically when she talked to Saeko and Saeko said something about being serious.
Finished this, tho will save specific comments till next week. Just wanted to say I loved both the omake and the afterword. And the cover comics made me feel a bit vindicated.
Sending the reminder a bit early, we’re on the final week!!!
I’m done.
I have the second manga, so I’ll read that. I’m not sure I’m sold on the series yet, though.
The afterword mused about romance stories often ending when the couple starts going out. Though from the handful romance josei manga it seems to be pretty common there to start with an established relationship. Like, start with a dating couple and end with marriage.
What really? Do you have any recs? I have been looking for those for a long time…
Like specifically Josei? Or just works that start with an established couple (or have one very early on)?
Specifically josei.
