Meanwhile, Uncle is such an awesome dork. It's nice when it's a story about teens but some of the adults have actual personalities rather than just being "responsible parental figure #3".

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What does isn't there somebody here mean?

What does isn't there somebody here mean?

Think it's Narita saying he'll take the last free ticket. Why is he getting hate? He's always been chill, no? Seems like he wants to go to a music festival with friends too. He'll probably end up helping them again.

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Meanwhile, Uncle is such an awesome dork. It's nice when it's a story about teens but some of the adults have actual personalities rather than just being "responsible parental figure #3".

Or worse yet, the perennial manga "parents who are never there," whose personalities consist entirely of being "mom who works way too hard because the family is poor," "absent dad who only cares about work," "both parents who travel all the time," or "mom/dad who has another family," etc.

As you say, Joe has a past life, a present circle of friends, and has been a profound influence on his cool-adorkable niece.

Arita is clearly leaning forward in the car to distract the adults and give the girls some space for sneaky handholding by blocking the rear-view mirror.

Blastaar posted:

Meanwhile, Uncle is such an awesome dork. It's nice when it's a story about teens but some of the adults have actual personalities rather than just being "responsible parental figure #3".

Or worse yet, the perennial manga "parents who are never there," whose personalities consist entirely of being "mom who works way too hard because the family is poor," "absent dad who only cares about work," "both parents who travel all the time," or "mom/dad who has another family," etc.

As you say, Joe has a past life, a present circle of friends, and has been a profound influence on his cool-adorkable niece.

You forgot the "abusive controlling parent who want their progeny to be perfect (or worse, heterosexual)".

Narita-kun, I've come to like you and what you bring to this manga a lot, but your presence is very much unwanted this time, so please leave and let the lovebirds alone at the dang festival :⁠‑⁠X

Don't be too quick to judge. Don't forget, they're amazingly useless lesbians--they might be deeply in need of a push from a wingman.

And while it might seem like he's in the way, he's doing them a major favor by letting them each sit in the real seats back there

New interview just came out. It's mostly about Mitsuaya relationship and music choices, but she outed herself as a Glee fan in a comment related to Aya and I think I'll have to ponder this further.

Blastaar posted:

Meanwhile, Uncle is such an awesome dork. It's nice when it's a story about teens but some of the adults have actual personalities rather than just being "responsible parental figure #3".

Or worse yet, the perennial manga "parents who are never there," whose personalities consist entirely of being "mom who works way too hard because the family is poor," "absent dad who only cares about work," "both parents who travel all the time," or "mom/dad who has another family," etc.

As you say, Joe has a past life, a present circle of friends, and has been a profound influence on his cool-adorkable niece.

You forgot the "abusive controlling parent who want their progeny to be perfect (or worse, heterosexual)".

True, although they're usually all-too-present in the story, so we do get a look at their (horrible) personalities.

It makes me wonder if we'll ever get any of Koga's backstory to explain where her parents are, or if this is just (in TV Tropes terms) the usual Nephewism, with a cool replacement-parent figure.

Narita-kun, I've come to like you and what you bring to this manga a lot, but your presence is very much unwanted this time, so please leave and let the lovebirds alone at the dang festival :⁠‑⁠X

Don't be too quick to judge. Don't forget, they're amazingly useless lesbians--they might be deeply in need of a push from a wingman.

That's a solid point actually, I hadn't factored that in at all. You might turn out quite right in the end :O

Meanwhile, Uncle is such an awesome dork. It's nice when it's a story about teens but some of the adults have actual personalities rather than just being "responsible parental figure #3".

I don't know. I story with "Parent #3" sounds like it's doing something unusual, at least.

Arita is clearly leaning forward in the car to distract the adults and give the girls some space for sneaky handholding by blocking the rear-view mirror.

More like saving them from the awkwardness of being pressed up against each other with the parental figures right there. Of course, going by Kanna's reaction, everyone in that car knows the score.

As an aside, I thought the little shoulder bump (at least that's what it looked like to me) was cute

Love how pissed she is she can't sit next to her Crush lmao

Narita-kun, I've come to like you and what you bring to this manga a lot, but your presence is very much unwanted this time, so please leave and let the lovebirds alone at the dang festival :⁠‑⁠X

百合に挟まる男 (a guy that gets between the yuri)... literally.

I'm gonna forgive him only if he actually performs his duty as a wingman at the festival.

We've come so far from people doubting whether this manga was even yuri, lol.

As an aside, I thought the little shoulder bump (at least that's what it looked like to me) was cute

super cute!!! I was like daaaaang what a shoulder bump… that’s how you know a girl likes you lol

Narita… heh… I have faith you will push the two along come the right time :D

The author's ability to portray totally-dorky-but-also-smokin'-hot is truly remarkable.

Narita-kun, I've come to like you and what you bring to this manga a lot, but your presence is very much unwanted this time, so please leave and let the lovebirds alone at the dang festival :⁠‑⁠X

百合に挟まる男 (a guy that gets between the yuri)... literally.

I'm gonna forgive him only if he actually performs his duty as a wingman at the festival.

Well, it's not like he's doing intentionally. He very much just seems happy to be there with some friends. Plus he made it clear early on that he supports them.

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We've come so far from people doubting whether this manga was even yuri, lol.

We've still got plenty of work to do, but we're making progress.

Narita-kun, I've come to like you and what you bring to this manga a lot, but your presence is very much unwanted this time, so please leave and let the lovebirds alone at the dang festival :⁠‑⁠X

百合に挟まる男 (a guy that gets between the yuri)... literally.

I'm gonna forgive him only if he actually performs his duty as a wingman at the festival.

Well, it's not like he's doing intentionally. He very much just seems happy to be there with some friends. Plus he made it clear early on that he supports them.

Yeah, he's jazzed to do something his two friends are into, and like, it would be kinda mean to tell him to piss off after that.

That said he probably shouldn't have taken the middle seat.

The sneak peek from the upcoming CD drama booklet... they knew what they were doing lol. I don't remember how many booklets there will be, but it seems that one of them will be about Aya's new found love for western rock music.

The author was interviewed by Shueisha, it was an interesting read. We get to know more about her along side Aya + Mitsuki. It's interesting how the green color was actually a last minute "dangerous" addition.

You can easily translate the page to english via google chrome, here is the link : https://yoi.shueisha.co.jp/body/culture/6900/

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I feel like Narita puts on an innocent act, but he's no dummy. He's well aware of the chemistry he's interrupting. He strikes me as the type to playfully mess with people just cuz it's fun

I feel like Narita puts on an innocent act, but he's no dummy. He's well aware of the chemistry he's interrupting. He strikes me as the type to playfully mess with people just cuz it's fun

He’s like the Matsuri of this story lol

I feel like Narita puts on an innocent act, but he's no dummy. He's well aware of the chemistry he's interrupting. He strikes me as the type to playfully mess with people just cuz it's fun

He’s like the Matsuri of this story lol

That... Huh? crosses arms in contemplation Yeah.

I feel like Narita puts on an innocent act, but he's no dummy. He's well aware of the chemistry he's interrupting. He strikes me as the type to playfully mess with people just cuz it's fun

He’s like the Matsuri of this story lol

A much kinder, gentler version of Matsuri ! That girl was a real little devil early on. She still sorta is, she just uses her powers for good nowadays :⁠-⁠P