I like Naru, she's rather competent and serious about her work and FTMP communicates well with her coworkers. She was a little cold to Nene because she had a sense of competition with her, and she even apologized for it. Her neglecting to check her code was a surprising rookie mistake, but she did it because she thought she needed to, not out of arrogance.

Honestly I really don't think any of the characters came across as unprofessional in this arc, except for Nene who's still a bit naive.

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I wouldn't really say you're at fault; I've long since stated I'm not continuing the discussion any further (as it wasn't really even a discussion), and outside of that single instance have completely ignored all his posts since. So if they want to start attacking random other forum members on their apparent personal quest to insult me and demand more responses, that's entirely on them.

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im calling it now shes not "leaving the company" just taking a vacation or somthing :P

CGDCT manga
actual relationship development and not just a status quo reset.

Maybe I'm reading too much drama atm, but I'm already worried the next chapters would be something like Rin is really harsh to Kou to the point of making her snap which would make Rin's grief bigger and separate them for good...

I guess they would make it hopeful even if a bit sad though. You can never know!

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Naru has it extremely rought, people. If she fails to achieve her dream job, she'll have to resign to her other secure job suceeding her family as inn manager. And there was I thinking that fearing unemployment was bad...

What I don't get, why wont Kou discuss this with Rin? Her oldest and closest friend...

Judging by what, apparently, gave her the final push, that is Nene saying that even if they got separated, her, Hotaru and Aoba are still good friends and are happy, I'd say Kou was not telling Rin because she is her oldest and closest friend.

If she doesn't know that Rin loves her romantically, she's most likely well aware that she is important to Rin and vice-versa. Then, perhaps, she knows it'll be hard on her and is afraid to tell her until the last moment. Not the right move, I'd say, but from the little we know, Kou is bit lacking in social interaction; not really sure about that, maybe I'm wrong.

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What I don't get, why wont Kou discuss this with Rin? Her oldest and closest friend...

Because then we wouldn't get drama I guess.
Also Kou is an idiot

That picture on beginning of ch.61 they are both cute aren't they?
I wonder since now Nene and Naru relationship are good. also I sense some sweetness that maybe can turn into yuri-crush stuff in the future.
NeneXNaru is now possible? Maybe?
It's my wishful thinking anyways.

What I don't get, why wont Kou discuss this with Rin? Her oldest and closest friend...

Because then we wouldn't get drama I guess.
Also Kou is an idiot

I gotta say...ever since all those drama plots started I lost a lot of interest in New Game. What happen to the cute, with yuri subtext filled manga? :(

I gotta say...ever since all those drama plots started I lost a lot of interest in New Game. What happen to the cute, with yuri subtext filled manga? :(

At first I feel exactly the same, but this manga is slice of life genre after all, so I decided to give it a try. And that wasn't that bad to be honest, it's add a various new feeling in the series. Ultimately they not abandon they core factor the cuteness and yuri subtext.

Well at the current point, there wasn't really anything to tell until she heard back from Christina about whether or not what she wanted would even be possible.

And she's not the most social of people, so she's not one to just go and talk about hopes and dreams.

Nooooo! Yagami (´Д` ) whhyy

The inevitable has arrived.
Damn character building

Eventually Kou actually did went to overseas. As of now, I only remember one chapter or two that have her in it. Christina's sister is like an alternate version of Hazuki

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Eventually Kou actually did went to overseas. As of now, I only remember one chapter or two that have her in it. Christina's sister is like an alternate version of Hazuki

Awww dayum. 2nd part seems like it will be fun though lol.

I don't want to sound like a party pooper, but anyone expecting any relationship upgrades beyond "súper best co-workers" should do themselves a favor and stop reading.

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blopa posted:

Naru has it extremely rought, people. If she fails to achieve her dream job, she'll have to resign to her other secure job suceeding her family as inn manager. And there was I thinking that fearing unemployment was bad...

Is not about that, is about her married life with Momo who stays naked all the time if you leave her be, I would be afraid too! but in being more serious, try doing a job that you dislike/hate for the rest of your life just because it's simply there... I mean, who cares about happiness as long as you get paid, right?

FrostBurn posted:

That picture on beginning of ch.61 they are both cute aren't they?
I wonder since now Nene and Naru relationship are good. also I sense some sweetness that maybe can turn into yuri-crush stuff in the future.
NeneXNaru is now possible? Maybe?
It's my wishful thinking anyways.

Impossible, there's Momo and then Ahagon

I don't want to sound like a party pooper, but anyone expecting any relationship upgrades beyond "súper best co-workers" should do themselves a favor and stop reading.

They're already past that in the last chapter. I mean, I don't expect them to go fully into the realm of romantic relationship, but with all the hints and last chapter, it's clear that Rin and Kou are more than super best co worker (friendship is involved at the very least). Of course, I don't read it for that. It's cute and the intrigues are engaging.

Is not about that, is about her married life with Momo who stays naked all the time if you leave her be, I would be afraid too! but in being more serious, try doing a job that you dislike/hate for the rest of your life just because it's simply there... I mean, who cares about happiness as long as you get paid, right?

And yet, she hasn't seemed to enjoy any of her work at the company up to this point, either. Momo even questioned her about it. And even when directly asked if she had any fun making the game, she immediately changes the topic.

Again, she has shown no real goals beyond "make games with Momo", which sounds like a naive high school girl whose entire choice of college is "the same one my boyfriend is going to". And is so determined to go to that same college, she's willing to get disowned by her family for it.

And then, even when Momo joined into her game making process, she only resented Momo for it...

So I honestly don't know what she, herself wants.

I'm going to do one last Naru post, and that will be it on that issue. For me, the controversy was never about whether Naru was "a good person" or whether I liked her as a character or not, but the surprising proposition that Naru's way of working was the proper one and that her behavior and attitudes demonstrated the weaknesses of the previous Eagle Jump employees and their work habits. I believed that all the narrative cues and well-established internal values of the manga pointed directly and unmistakably the other way. (The Grand Gladiatorial Combat of Opinion-Having that took place was mostly just distracting and counterproductive.) The most recent chapters have unequivocally settled the Naru matter as far as I'm concerned. I was prepared to be surprised at the outcome, but I was . . . not surprised.

On the other hand, I've always thought of the Kou-Aoba connection as the heart of the professional side of the story, and it will be very interesting to see how our Fellowship of the Game Controller fares with the departure of their Gandalf.

moguTL posted:

Is not about that, is about her married life with Momo who stays naked all the time if you leave her be, I would be afraid too! but in being more serious, try doing a job that you dislike/hate for the rest of your life just because it's simply there... I mean, who cares about happiness as long as you get paid, right?

And yet, she hasn't seemed to enjoy any of her work at the company up to this point, either. Momo even questioned her about it. And even when directly asked if she had any fun making the game, she immediately changes the topic.

Again, she has shown no real goals beyond "make games with Momo", which sounds like a naive high school girl whose entire choice of college is "the same one my boyfriend is going to". And is so determined to go to that same college, she's willing to get disowned by her family for it.

And then, even when Momo joined into her game making process, she only resented Momo for it...

So I honestly don't know what she, herself wants.

You're forgetting that if Momo fails, she can try again... If Naru fails she have to work somewhere else no matter what, is hard to enjoy yourself like that, only now we will see if her dream is only to support whatever Momo does or actually making games with her

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Shotaru im going to kill you in real life.
Isn't his name Shotaro?

yes. Thanks.

You're forgetting that if Momo fails, she can try again... If Naru fails she have to work somewhere else no matter what, is hard to enjoy yourself like that, only now we will see if her dream is only to support whatever Momo does or actually making games with her

I would think that in a case like that you would want to work earnestly and work hard, showing your best on all fronts, not bet it all on a single one at the expense of everything else. Especially since you have no idea how they are actually weighing each aspect of your work in their evaluation.

So it was still pretty bad judgment on her part.

On the other hand, I've always thought of the Kou-Aoba connection as the heart of the professional side of the story, and it will be very interesting to see how our Fellowship of the Game Controller fares with the departure of their Gandalf.

I also interested. But sadly that we are unlikely to see it until next volume is published. Which I think it's middle of next year.

Tbh if I may, I wouldn't mind this sort of drama.......were this not a CGDCT series that has been teasing yuri the whole time, I complained before about it never going anywhere and that annoyed me before accepting that it was just a silly teasing manga that wouldn't go anywhere.

And now completely opposed to that tone we're getting a character essentially shunted off to the sidelines with some actual drama involving what is possibly the most popular ship of the show...........and I know thats still going to go nowhere, it feels like two different mangas are trying to fight for dominance here and its creating a weird atmosphere.

Also just on a personal note it makes the character of Rin very sad to me, she never said what she wanted to to kou for years and years and kou never thought of her the way she wanted until eventually kou moved away without Rin ever confessing.
What im saying is Rin deserves better and I want her to get a girlfriend by the end of this series (but it wont happen)