"Will you marry me?"

HUH? WHY?!

Found volume 1 of the physical release in a local bookstore recently, instant buy for me.

oh seira I got a crush on you

LOL what a tweest

Found volume 1 of the physical release in a local bookstore recently, instant buy for me.

Nice, the series has gorgeous physical releases

What?

This new chapter left me open mouthed, just in a awwwn, i don't know what to actually feel right now.

Whaaaat?

My expression when i read page 4 is exactly like everyone's drawn reaction. Mouth wide open.

Mitsuki said what she said because of what she saw. Completely illogical but absolutely straight to the core and by pass everything.

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i'm sorry, but i swear i can't stand mitsuki. they just found aya's brother, and out of nowhere the solution is... she starts singing and propose to aya? i know it sounds like a stupid complaint, but ever since they became adults, the manga has been inconsistent, leaving plots or themes behind out of nowhere. this is the last straw.

i understand that this is important for mitsuki's depression and all that... but i seriously don't understand. i don't understand why one thing after another keeps happening.

i feel like i have nothing left to expect from this series; the main problem (and the title of the series) was resolved many chapters ago. perhaps i only keep reading it because i admire the artist and her style, but the story no longer makes much sense to me...

It makes perfect sense to me. (Feels incredibly relatable, in fact) Mitsuki is a pretty typical artist, being jerked around by feelings that feel bigger than she is. She started feeling like a fraud, because she was playing music that she didn't "feel" in order to fit into her band, because she was afraid to try and make it on her own. She already felt like a fraud. When Aya saw her playing, and she saw Aya's expression (of concern, but to Mitsuki it must've felt like disappointment,) it made her feel like it was confirmed, the jig was up, and it was just a matter of time before Aya dumped her for somebody "real". When somebody is depressed, actually depressed, they have the least charity for themselves. Depression lies, and that's where Mitsuki's been living, under the lies her depression was badgering her with. Aya adores her, though, honestly, and has been trying to wait for her to open up, move on, anything really, but she didn't want to push.

Mitsuki let her insecurities come out to Aki, though, and it hit Aki at a really bad time, so when Aki's friend snubbed him, he started spiraling too. When the kid went missing, maybe because of what Mitsuki said to him, well, a moment like that has a way of snapping a lot of things into focus. Mitsuki is actually really good in a crisis, and so that got her confidence back, so she played, because when that fight or flight response actually kicked in, she's in it to win it. When she played, from the heart, and saw how much Aya loved the way she actually played, she got overwhelmed with feels in the moment and proposed on impulse.

Because honestly, who could look at somebody who is looking at you like that and not want to spend the rest of your life making them look like that?

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ah yes the classic "try to fix your relationship by proposing marriage". i also did this in my late teens/early twenties. they are absolutely fucked

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ah yes the classic "try to fix your relationship by proposing marriage". i also did this in my late teens/early twenties. they are absolutely fucked

She's not trying to fix anything by proposing. She proposed because she saw this face:

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_guy_she_was_interested_in_wasnt_a_guy_at_all_ch178#3

Hell, their relationship isn't even on the rocks. Mitsuki was having an emotional crisis.

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Cuties

Well guess they played it off...

There’s more they need to talk about, but it was really nice to finally have them actually talking again after forever lol

Weeeell she didn't say no, now did she~?

Shu... your time will come. There's a beautiful girl with big eyebrows who has yet to realize something yet.

Narita looking like a smooth business man here. Shu STILL going through it is always funny; she's struggling so much, I'd almost get offended if I was Aya.

I like the little trial as well. They both made mistakes and therefore were both simultaneously victims and perpetrators, so having that represented as the funny trial was neat. Inevitably, both "victims were blamed" (if we're being dramatic) as a result and both offenders apologized.

In reality, these were not major issues that changed how they felt for each other or put them at risk of breaking up (outside of their own heads), nor did either of them really do anything all that crazy. Think people got carried away with all that doom and gloom and blue yuri stuff, personally.

Now I'm waiting for what that marriage proposal will lead to once things settle down; also I'm interested in whether Mitsuki has fully embraced her music again, or if this important moment was a one off for her.

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put them at risk of breaking up (outside of their own heads)

Can confirm that problems look much bigger in one's own head when one is in a relationship than they actually appear to someone from the outside looking it. Which is why wingmen like Narita are so important to smack both of them silly from time to time. Nothing like a bit of percussive maintenance to bring people back to reality.

It makes perfect sense to me. (Feels incredibly relatable, in fact) Mitsuki is a pretty typical artist, being jerked around by feelings that feel bigger than she is. She started feeling like a fraud, because she was playing music that she didn't "feel" in order to fit into her band, because she was afraid to try and make it on her own. She already felt like a fraud. When Aya saw her playing, and she saw Aya's expression (of concern, but to Mitsuki it must've felt like disappointment,) it made her feel like it was confirmed, the jig was up, and it was just a matter of time before Aya dumped her for somebody "real". When somebody is depressed, actually depressed, they have the least charity for themselves. Depression lies, and that's where Mitsuki's been living, under the lies her depression was badgering her with. Aya adores her, though, honestly, and has been trying to wait for her to open up, move on, anything really, but she didn't want to push.

Mitsuki let her insecurities come out to Aki, though, and it hit Aki at a really bad time, so when Aki's friend snubbed him, he started spiraling too. When the kid went missing, maybe because of what Mitsuki said to him, well, a moment like that has a way of snapping a lot of things into focus. Mitsuki is actually really good in a crisis, and so that got her confidence back, so she played, because when that fight or flight response actually kicked in, she's in it to win it. When she played, from the heart, and saw how much Aya loved the way she actually played, she got overwhelmed with feels in the moment and proposed on impulse.

Because honestly, who could look at somebody who is looking at you like that and not want to spend the rest of your life making them look like that?

Very definitely. A large proportion of the people in my life have been artists of various kinds at various levels. Big emotions often lead to blurting. And of course our mangaka is an artist, who would have such associations and such insights . . .
Of course our central pair need to work on things. With humans problems never just go away, they just become more manageable with time/wisdom (if we’re lucky).
I hope that Oosawa-san realises that there’s an alcohol problem though; it’s been blunting her natural courage and resourcefulness. Koga-san is going to need her partner’s strength, because that one is definitely not out of the woods yet (and may always remain something of a woodland creature . . . )
. And of course I’m invested in the other characters with their own longings and such. Although I could imagine Arai-sensei might eventually want to move on to other projects, or indeed take a sabbatical, at some point.

See, Mitsuki back-pedaled appropriately on the proposal. Now it's just an endearing realization that Mitsuki loves Aya SO MUCH that one beautiful smile is all it takes for her to inadvertently purpose to Aya. :D Once they clear up the misunderstandings a little better (there better be more to that discussion!), I'd say that Aya is pretty lucky to know how deeply Mitsuki loves her!

(Cue someone claiming that the proposal is toxic and controlling behavior by Mitsuki...)

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I don't think anyone predicted this outcome!

I hope there is some follow-up with Aki before getting back to Aya and Mitsuki, as I speculated before this is also important for him to realize true normality and heroes are flawed.

Ahhh to be young and dumb again.

is it possible to cry out of cuteness aggression