Chapter 25 summary:

Risako and Uta’s conversation... goes nowhere. Like many people have guessed, it’s confirmed here that Risako is Reiichi’s ex. Nothing about the cheating gets revealed, and their small talk is cut short by Uta, who says she needs to prepare for her move. Some unimportant farewell party takes place and then at the end, as Uta says goodbye to Kaoru. the latter subconsciously reaches out and holds Uta back, but Uta pulls herself out of Kaoru’s grasp and leaves.

If the cheating is real then it's way worse if it's with his ex. Can you precise me one thing. It's a goodbye or a farewell ? Because a simple goodbye mean she stillwant to see her whereas a farewell mean she stick to her words and don't want to see Kaoru anymore. Also with your summary, it's just (again) a empty chapter. Nothing happen beside Kaoru being on the verge to make a big mistake.

Lol, late reply, but...

It's a farewell.

i am so fucking angry

Best thing that could happen is probably that Uta moves on and falls in love with someone else.

Probably not going to happen.
Kaoru's hand was literally shaking when she held Uta. This is not normal if all you feel for someone is familial feelings...I think Kaoru has been into Uta for a while now, but it's like she has repressed it.

Kaoru's hand was literally shaking when she held Uta. This is not normal if all you feel for someone is familial feelings...I think Kaoru has been into Uta for a while now, but it's like she has repressed it.

Do you even have a family? If your dear and closest sister was sent to a place where you know she will suffer, why would you not react that way?

Kaoru's hand was literally shaking when she held Uta. This is not normal if all you feel for someone is familial feelings...I think Kaoru has been into Uta for a while now, but it's like she has repressed it.

Do you even have a family? If your dear and closest sister was sent to a place where you know she will suffer, why would you not react that way?

This is a romance manga called "My Unrequited Love". Do you seriously think the author wants us to interpret Kaoru's hand shaking is because of her 100% platonic sisterly feelings for Uta? >_>

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Do you even have a family? If your dear and closest sister was sent to a place where you know she will suffer, why would you not react that way?

This is a romance manga called "My Unrequited Love". Do you seriously think the author wants us to interpret Kaoru's hand shaking is because of her 100% platonic sisterly feelings for Uta? >_>

I didn't say that. Your argument was just flawed. Now you said what you actually meant. It's still no real evidence, but I won't say it's impossible.

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Do you even have a family? If your dear and closest sister was sent to a place where you know she will suffer, why would you not react that way?

This is a romance manga called "My Unrequited Love". Do you seriously think the author wants us to interpret Kaoru's hand shaking is because of her 100% platonic sisterly feelings for Uta? >_>

I didn't say that. Your argument was just flawed. Now you said what you actually meant. It's still no real evidence, but I won't say it's impossible.

The argument is valid because in the context of a romance manga, girls don't have their hands shaking because of overwhelming concern for their sister.

The argument is valid because in the context of a romance manga, girls don't have their hands shaking because of overwhelming concern for their sister.

According to who? You? Pff.

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I think kaoru's reaction is in line with her particular relationship with uta. we can see that she had one last hope that uta as she always did would turn back and come back close to her. no chance uta is decided and kaoru finally realizes the break.
Which leads me to say that kaoru rejected uta but that in the end uta rejects kaoru in the relationship that she loved. It is clear that the emotional shock will be much greater for kaoru than for uta.
Normal uta although rejected needed this to make a new start and she now looks to the future as kaoru sees her world, her family collapsing with no happy prospect for the future with reii.

Finally, to come back to the "goodbye" in Japan, we avoid saying this in a normal or daily way, goodbye in Japan is an important term or we cut personal ties when we say it.

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In what I read here, there's no hint that Kaoru has romantic feelings for Uta. She's obviously scared her family is falling apart., as it seems she has none of her own left.

In what I read here, there's no hint that Kaoru has romantic feelings for Uta. She's obviously scared her family is falling apart., as it seems she has none of her own left.

For the moment kaoru has no romantic feelings towards uta, she was perfectly satisfied with the situation. Reii as an imperfect husband but compensated by the presence of uta... She says it even at a moment that sometimes she wants to be with her than with her husband....
Now kaoru had never imagined this scenario and especially not that her emotional ties with uta would be broken so quickly and easily, you add the insecurity she has had since the accident with reii and we find a completely rushed woman, who moreover absolutely does not support solitude.
Now if the story goes on well she will learn the reii cheating and maybe find herself completely isolated, and with all that going on she will have no one left and that's where the links removed with uta can be restored.
Besides, I don't see kaoru managing on his own.

I see a thread and I want it painted black...

I see a thread and I want it painted black...

Why did I sing this line as if it's from Paint in Black?

I really don't see why Kaoru and Uta should be together as a couple. From what I've read, I can't support them anymore. As someone said here, the best thing that could happen is Uta falling in love for someone else.

Kaoru is a dependent person, just someone that doesn't like to be alone (okay, she likes Uta, but clearly not in that way) -- And Jesus! She was just a 'consolation-waifu-prize' for Reii to begin with, who never loved her. Also, since the sister confession, I don't see her interested in have Uta in a romantic way. It's really more like a family thing.

What I trully want to see from now is Kaoru get her life together and restart it by herself.

Bonus: I want more chapters of Miyabi and Kuro. They're AMAZING! <3

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What I trully want to see from now is Kaoru get her life together and restart it by herself.

Spoiler : With Uta. Kaoru will have nobody to help her after that and i'm still certain Uta bear some feelings for Kaoru despite what she have say. She has this attitude because she assume Kaoru will be fine with Reiichi but with the cheating,Kaoru has nobody and i'm confident in Uta coming back

All the lights are in the red for kaoru and it's not going to get any better, without outside help she won't be able to do it. Reii already knew that uta was vital for kaoru especially when he was away..... now he'll have to make a decision, keep cheating with riseko or have pity for kaoru...The problem is that in the past he had broken up with kaoru several times and I'm not sure he loves his life as a couple with kaoru who really behaves like a lovely but very old woman....riseko who also learned that uta was leaving might not want to wait any longer... kaoru will make a huge state of the place, for she has failed everything and she will want to change some things.
Her smell not good for kaoru and uta doesn't know yet about her brother's cheating, and if she finds out and knows what kaoru will endure I'm sure she won't be able to stop herself from going back to live with her and the.....

Omg was that a dig at Trump? This is now my favorite manga.

Do you even have a family? If your dear and closest sister was sent to a place where you know she will suffer, why would you not react that way?

This is a romance manga called "My Unrequited Love". Do you seriously think the author wants us to interpret Kaoru's hand shaking is because of her 100% platonic sisterly feelings for Uta? >_>

I didn't say that. Your argument was just flawed. Now you said what you actually meant. It's still no real evidence, but I won't say it's impossible.

The argument is valid because in the context of a romance manga, girls don't have their hands shaking because of overwhelming concern for their sister.

I have the precise opposite interpretation, that in this context, the romance is doomed and the concern is, indeed, platonic.

Damn looks like I am the only UtaxKaoru shipper remaining here. Sad times.

The thing is... there are multiple unrequited loves in this story. Uta's is maybe not the doomed one.

Kaoru's love for Reiichi has been unrequited for a while I think.

Reiichi is (maybe) in love with Risako, but I somehow doubt she would abandon her career for him if it came to that.

Kuro x Miyabi is looking up in the latest chapters though.

Damn looks like I am the only UtaxKaoru shipper remaining here. Sad times.

No, i'm still here too.

Damn looks like I am the only UtaxKaoru shipper remaining here. Sad times.

Well, the Kaoru that started out the series was a plausible object of affection—she clearly felt deeply for Uta (as much or more deeply than for her husband), she was very skinship-y, and she kept doing these quasi-romantic things—remember the necklace gift atop the Ferris wheel?

It looked at that point like she just needed to become more aware of the nature of her feelings for Uta and, abetted by the fact that her apparently kind husband was a sleazy cheater, we’d have an age-gap yuri romance. (The story would still have to deal with the age gap somehow, but there at least seemed to be the outlines of a potential path to UxK.)

But at this point not only does that path seem to have disappeared, but (to me) Kaoru no longer seems like a worthwhile partner for Uta in any case—for a variety of reasons, she seems much more self-centered and in fact rather dim-witted, while Uta has become more self-aware and mature in her thinking and actions.

The writing and plotting in this series is such a muddle that hypothetically it could certainly take a turn toward getting Uta and Kaoru together somehow. That just doesn’t seem like such a desirable outcome to me anymore.

It looked at that point like she just needed to become more aware of the nature of her feelings for Uta and, abetted by the fact that her apparently kind husband was a sleazy cheater

Isn't that the point where we are right now ?

while Uta has become more self-aware and mature in her thinking and actions.

I don't know if going back to her mother who will certainly hurt her more than stay with Kaoru is good tho. Like i said it's good tomove on but not by hurting you more and cutting all the ties like she want to. I don't will reuse the coward term but i still have the same idea, not wanting to see Kaoru anymore because you're too hurt is not very mature of her.