How many more volumes until this arc wraps itself up? I feel like I started reading one manga, a cutesy couple's life manga about a musician lacking confidence and her kouhai who helps spur her on to move forward with what she loves, but after about a volume or so the mangaka decided to turn it into a completely different one, except sometimes they write a chapter or two or even just a scene for that first manga. I thought the Shiho arc was gonna be like, a volume-long rivalry arc but it's just absolutely taken over this entire series and ruined a lot of the potential. Any time another major character is introduced I'll be rolling my eyes anticipating them taking over the show for several volumes and only giving me the manga I was initially promised once in a blue moon.

I just want the fucking manga that released in volume one back

Yeah, kind of agree. I actually feel like the mangaka maybe really intended to write that first manga, only to discover partway in that she has a terrible time coming up with cutesy-couple-relationship material, and so she goes with the other stuff.

"You can figure out the rest, right?"
"WTF you weren't supposed to figure out the rest!"

ow good the mouse is out of the bag now.
I can't believe hima manage to put the two and two together like bruhhhhh.
now make up you two and just be together since yori was already taken just confess already.

got a feeling she will do a god damn confession after the competition,she better be.

got a feeling she will do a god damn confession after the competition,she better be.

... well it's literally what their bet is about now, isn't it? If they lose, she will have to.

I'll honestly refrain from commenting about whether this was obvious or not because this manga seems really bad about making me remember the details... maybe it was obvious somewhere near the beginning but there were enough distractions in the meantime that I probably forgot.

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Going off of the comments for awhile now I feel like 1 of maybe...5 people that are still reading this manga and enjoying it haha

Shiho is being just adorable today.

Going off of the comments for awhile now I feel like 1 of maybe...5 people that are still reading this manga and enjoying it haha

I enjoy it, I just found Shiho's turnaround funny.

Going off of the comments for awhile now I feel like 1 of maybe...5 people that are still reading this manga and enjoying it haha

I enjoy it, I just found Shiho's turnaround funny.

That's fair. I think for me at least there was a point where I had frustrations, but I've been having fun with it again since the main couple talked out their issues, and various characters have been communicating more. It seems though that a lot of people still aren't liking it, and I just hope by the end of the series they're able to find some enjoyment from it again.

Everyone talking abot the love square, but I see few comments of how Hima finally grew a pair of ovaries and told Shiho to stop badmouthing her GF in front of her, instead of keep playing the "Oh, the misterious and cool and arrogant side character is allowed to freely be rude to everyone with no consequences" trope straight.
It was... distinctly refreshing.

I honestly already knew that shiho would be in love with aki. The way they interacted in the beginning of the manga seemed to easily catch my attention. Not to mention it was hinted during the volume 6 extras.

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Oho wow, finally its confirmed all of my clues....
Finally thank goddess

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Me holding the popcorn and seeing the drama unfold finally.
THIS GETTING GOOD

Everyone talking abot the love square, but I see few comments of how Hima finally grew a pair of ovaries and told Shiho to stop badmouthing her GF in front of her, instead of keep playing the "Oh, the misterious and cool and arrogant side character is allowed to freely be rude to everyone with no consequences" trope straight.
It was... distinctly refreshing.

This was the best part about the new chapter. It was getting annoying that she didn't want to talk about her feelings to anyone like COME ON there's someone who's willing to listen to the shit you went through just open up already.

Me holding the popcorn and seeing the drama unfold finally.
THIS GETTING GOOD

Give me some stole the popcorn

She actually told her off. Didn't expect that

She actually told her off. Didn't expect that

And Shiho always backs off when someone stands up to her, she's not that unreasonable.

erana posted:

Everyone talking abot the love square, but I see few comments of how Hima finally grew a pair of ovaries and told Shiho to stop badmouthing her GF in front of her, instead of keep playing the "Oh, the misterious and cool and arrogant side character is allowed to freely be rude to everyone with no consequences" trope straight.
It was... distinctly refreshing.

This !!!!!!! I loved this a lot, I felt a lot of character growth from Hima and Shiho accepting she's in the wrong, apologizing and explaining things properly too (even the little bit at first where she was just joking).

I warming up to Shiho this time around but I also get the frustration that even in their fucking date, it was all about Shiho... except for maybe 2 pages.

the thought of having to read god knows how many chapters to actually get to some semblance of conflict in this manga makes me sick to my stomach but tuning in now (chapter 35), i'm kinda here for it lol

I don't know why people are acting like this is some sort of revelation. It was plenty clear Shiho had a thing for a Aki.

But this doesn't change anything. If anything, it shows how pety Shiho is. If she doesn't want to be in the same band as Aki because her feelings aren't returned, that's perfectly reasonable. But going out of her way to be a bitch to Aki, and to Yori who is absolutely blameless in all this, well... I'm sorry but Shiho gets no sympathy from me.

All in all, I agree with the people who are getting tired of this arc. There's nothing interesting about it.

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I knew it! From the very first time izumi came, i knew she had a thing with aki.

I think people need to understand that, whether we like it or not (I certainly do), Shiho is the most important character in the story. This Arc, which will culminate with the band competition, most likely represents the climax of the entire series.

Going off of the comments for awhile now I feel like 1 of maybe...5 people that are still reading this manga and enjoying it haha

Internet comments are never, ever representative of actual reader enjoyment. People who are displeased with something are way more likely to seek someplace to bitch about it. This disproportionately skews online criticism toward the negative. Never use that as a barometer.

Going off of the comments for awhile now I feel like 1 of maybe...5 people that are still reading this manga and enjoying it haha

I still include myself on the side that enjoys this manga, hope to see more of Aki and Shiho going foward

I think people need to understand that, whether we like it or not (I certainly do), Shiho is the most important character in the story. This Arc, which will culminate with the band competition, most likely represents the climax of the entire series.

So the couple's life story was just a bait and switch for another pining romance story. Sad times.