I'm starting to wonder if her husband doesn't have some sort of problem. He certainly doesn't have a filter, that's for sure! First he blurted out the stuff about cheating and asking if it was a one-sided thing at the BBQ, after saying he wanted to go to the BBQ in the first place when Ayano was planning to decline, wisely. Then blurting out that they might get divorced to his mom and "she's really pretty". What ever happened to Japanese men being reserved? He couldn't say, "Mom, it's a private matter between us. We'll deal with it."?
But, then again, with the way his mother is, he probably couldn't... because he hasn't ever grown up... because she's still keeping him as her little boy and trying to control his life.
sorry but I think this is kinda boring to be honest
There's only been 6 chapters!
Anyone want to bet the sister-in-law is gay? This manga seems too realistic for that kind of coincidence, but it ain't completely out the realm of possibility
I wouldn't bet against that. I'm wondering if she'll move in with her in-laws and end up with her sister-in-law trying to make a move on her, against her wishes, after finding out about her cheating, getting walked in on, and her getting blamed for it, because she's the one who's been seeing a woman outside of her marriage, after all.
Maturity is not judging the way other adults choose to spend their free time because you realised it's none of your business.
Back when I had a kid who played hockey, I NEVER got to sleep in on weekends. Now that I'm older and my kids are older, sleeping until noon on the weekend is a totally regular occurrence for me. (My wife works most weekends though. She's a nurse at a hospital, so she's gone by 6:15 am the days she works.) I've always been of the opinion that a "Good Morning" is one where you don't wake up until afternoon...
(Well... actually... my youngest has moved back home now and is going to the local community college and working as a barista, so occasionally I have to get up to take her into work in the morning because she never got around to getting a driver's license because she was at a boarding school for math and science geeks and it made it really hard to get in the required driving time, then her first year of college was at a school IN Chicago where she couldn't have a car on campus anyway, so there wasn't any reason to bother... then she turned 18 and didn't have a valid permit anymore... We wouldn't want to pay for parking in downtown where she works anyway... so I guess the kids are still making me get up on the weekends sometimes... But her opening the place where she works at 10 or 11 or whatever is NOTHING compared to going to the hockey rink between 7 and 8 am for practice or a game!)
You've said too much. I may have gone to the same community college. Quite a while ago, though.
LOL! So did my wife!
As for the maturity part, we're analyzing characters and themes here, not actual people. And the way that scene is framed among the other panels there, I think we're encouraged to judge the guy. It goes along with the title. Even though we're adults, we do X. Like the off-handed invites from person to person here in chapter 5 without thinking about the consequences at all and then just stumbling into a horrifying social situation.
It's probably a larger comment on this is what adults are actually like. I feel like we're encouraged to judge, and then it's up to us to question those assumptions. What does it mean to be responsible in these situations? For the waking up early stuff, is it an example of the guy being irresponsible or is it just part of his character? Is it bad? Does he change?
As for the sleeping in thing, I think more than judging him, it's supposed to give us insight into their marriage. They get along well, but all the romance is gone. It's like the rings that neither of them wear.
I agree with you about the title, and the bbq. Clearly no one wanted it to end up like that, but Akari impulsively agreed to go, then impulsively invited Aya, then impulsively invited the husband. Aya told him about it without thinking, and then he agreed because he's sort of in shock and isn't thinking clearly.
Yeah, I kind of agree that the sleeping in is supposed to be a thing we're supposed to judge him on and that the title relates. But I don't really think that it pertains that much for people who don't have kids. There are plenty of people who sleep in on weekends when they are fully grown adults that aren't immature.
I don't think that we're supposed to think that the romance is GONE from their marriage. I think we're supposed to think that the romance was never THERE in their marriage. If you read through the part where she recalls how she ended up married, it really comes across as something UNROMANTIC:
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/even_though_were_adults_ch02#19
And the wedding picture of the two of them on the page after that one? UGH! They look like they're in pain!
Another mess piles on.
The Mother-in-law's reaction rings so true. "Just a kiss, it doesn't count".
I think she cares more about how her family is going to be seen if he divorces than about his, or Ayano's, happiness.
Exactly this. Not to mention if it gets out that they divorced because Ayano hooked up with a woman. The mother-in-law infuriated me beyond belief here, but it is a fairly realistic take, especially considering it is Japan we are talking about.
It's obvious that she cares FAR more about appearances than she does about happiness. And she's even more concerned that Ayano get pregnant and start giving her grandchildren PRONTO because, after all, that's what she bought her for! What? You don't buy brides in the 21st century? Sorry... she didn't get the memo.
