But which is worse, living without thinking or thinking without living? I honestly don't know. As someone whose life seems to have been the latter so far, they both seem just as destructive.

Both are life is all about balance and even then the craziest part is you are going to miss things that's ow time works,that's how circumstance works. It sucks cause that balance cant yield everything

So much just happened in just 4 pages... oh well That photo of Oosawa's beautiful dress helps Koga make a clearer decision about whether to go to prom with Oosawa or attend the music event. From this chapter, their intentions are becoming more clear. Oosawa getting a dress shows she's set on going to prom. but It also seemed like Koga wanted to go to prom with Ossawa from the get go judging but the line "if she wanted to go to prom, she could've just said so..."

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I once had a teacher who said, “Stories are mainly about characters getting information—who knows what, when they know it, and how they get the information,” which didn’t sound right at first, because sometimes there’s also heads getting chopped off and car crashes, etc., but on further reflection the idea had an astoundingly wide application anyway.

This chapter is not an exception to that rule.

That reaction from Mitsuki kinda sounds to me like she was hoping for, or at least open to, an invitation to prom from Aya. She might even think this means Aya got a different date...

That reaction from Mitsuki kinda sounds to me like she was hoping for, or at least open to, an invitation to prom from Aya. She might even think this means Aya got a different date...

I think we knew that from earlier. Aya was the one to push her to this music event. Mitsuki never got the chance to make a choice before. She even asked Aya about Aya's wanting to go to the prom, but if I remember, Aya lied. I assume Mistuki always wanted to go.

Now, we'll see if Mistuki just says this to Aya (and vice versa) or if we go the other route in which they both say nothing and act moody instead. Considering the story's history, I'm heavily leaning towards option 2, but hoping for an early Christmas surprise.

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Yeah Aya unilaterally decided that Mitsuki meeting a record producer was more important than their relationship because "I don't want to get in the way of her music" or something. A choice that is blowing up in her face atm. Ironically a disaster that could be better for her than having her choice stand, since this gives Mitsuki an opportunity to tell her off for it before it's too late.

Probably worth keeping in mind the author drew Aya and Mitsuki at prom as one of the extras for the series quite a while back.

https://dynasty-scans.com/images/28041?tag_id=21856

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Yeah Aya unilaterally decided that Mitsuki meeting a record producer was more important than their relationship because "I don't want to get in the way of her music" or something. A choice that is blowing up in her face atm. Ironically a disaster that could be better for her than having her choice stand, since this gives Mitsuki an opportunity to tell her off for it before it's too late.

I’d guess it’s more of a “kerfuffle” than a “disaster”—the chances of not having at least some scenes at the prom are vanishingly small.

Yeah Aya unilaterally decided that Mitsuki meeting a record producer was more important than their relationship because "I don't want to get in the way of her music" or something. A choice that is blowing up in her face atm. Ironically a disaster that could be better for her than having her choice stand, since this gives Mitsuki an opportunity to tell her off for it before it's too late.

Probably worth keeping in mind the author drew Aya and Mitsuki at prom as one of the extras for the series quite a while back.

https://dynasty-scans.com/images/28041?tag_id=21856

I mean it was so obvious that the two would go to the prom or at least do their own little prom/dance. Why else take the time to set up one getting a suit and one a dress...

Chat seems pretty critical of Aya's side, and she did lie, but I can also understand. They'd made up, so asking right after to Mitsuki if she wanted to go to prom, despite knowing that she had a good opportunity with a music producer at the same time, and thus making her choose between the two felt wrong. It should have made Mitsuki uncomfortable, and it makes sense between friends to try not to put the other in a uncomfortable situation.

"I can't take this anymore." Well girl, don't then. Time to open up ! Now that Mitsuki knows, the option to make thing least uncomfortable and painful for her is to just say the truth, so... Congrats on putting yourself in a corner where "forward" is the only good direction.

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Author be like: Drops a few pages of drama. Refuses to elaborate
:’DD

But which is worse, living without thinking or thinking without living? I honestly don't know. As someone whose life seems to have been the latter so far, they both seem just as destructive.

Thinking without living is worse. Thoughts are much more forgetabble. In 10 years, won’t remember what you used to think about.
You will remember flashes of memories though, places you used to see, people you used to talk to, etc., pictures you can review/videos you can rewatch.

It’s always better to touch grass than be depressed about something immaterial.

Not sure why people are saying that Aya lied. At the time she told Mitsuki she wasn't going to prom she actually wasn't planning to go. She changed her mind after talking to Kanna.

The Kanna san plot line is just so boring for me, I couldn't care less about it, feels like it's there just so the author don't have to write about the main "couple" which is not getting development at all since around chapter 60

I can understand the frustration at the slow progress, but at this point I am airline safety strapped into this ride. I really want Joe to go after Kanna-san though, but he still is technically a parental figure to a teenager.

The Kanna san plot line is just so boring for me, I couldn't care less about it, feels like it's there just so the author don't have to write about the main "couple" which is not getting development at all since around chapter 60

Why would the author do that tho?

Not sure why people are saying that Aya lied. At the time she told Mitsuki she wasn't going to prom she actually wasn't planning to go. She changed her mind after talking to Kanna.

That's not what happened, though. The relevant chapters are back to back. She finds out about the prom, excitedly says she's going, tries to find Mistuki, then immediately sees the Kouhai asking about the music event.

Mitsku then wants to talk about it in the following chapter. Aya says they don't even need to worry about prom because she's not going anyway. She says she has a family Christmas gathering, implying she was never planning to go. We know this is a lie because of the previous chapter. We saw that she did want to to go and was planning to go until the Kouhai issue.

It's not a big deal anyway. She did it to help Mitsuki and didn't want Mitsuki to feel guilty by making it seem like Aya had to change plans--which she did. She deliberately down played the whole thing for Mitsuki's sake, pretending the prom wasn't a big deal. This is why Mitsuki is upset now and will be what they probably talk about soon. The lie and the hiding of how she was really feeling, are the reasons for current issue.

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Everything piling up at the same time...

These 2 are actually killing me wtff

The Kanna san plot line is just so boring for me, I couldn't care less about it, feels like it's there just so the author don't have to write about the main "couple" which is not getting development at all since around chapter 60

Why would the author do that tho?

I just said it? Because the author doesn't know how to develop the main couple, it hasn't developed at all since Aya discovered Koga was "oni-san"

Not sure why people are saying that Aya lied. At the time she told Mitsuki she wasn't going to prom she actually wasn't planning to go. She changed her mind after talking to Kanna.

That's not what happened, though. The relevant chapters are back to back. She finds out about the prom, excitedly says she's going, tries to find Aya, then immediately sees the Kouhai asking about the music event.

Aya then wants to talk about it in the following chapter. Mitsuki says they don't even need to worry about prom because she's not going anyway. She says she has a family Christmas gathering, implying she was never planning to go. We know this is a lie because of the previous chapter. We saw that she did want to to go and was planning to go until the Kouhai issue.

It's not a big deal anyway. She did it to help Aya and didn't want Aya to feel guilty by making it seem like Mitsuki had to change plans--which she did. She deliberately down played the whole thing for Aya's sake, pretending the prom wasn't a big deal. This is why Aya is upset now and will be what they probably talk about soon. The whole lie is the reason this is a contentious point in this chapter.

I think your "Aya"s and "Mitsuki"s are switched.

Are you saying the lie is downplaying that she wanted to go? All I was saying is at the time it came up Aya was genuinely not planning to go. Downplaying that she wanted to go, sure, I guess that's a lie. But whether she would be there or not? That wasn't a lie at the time.

The Kanna/Joe thread is directly connected to the main couple story, since Kanna explicitly said that she came back to Japan in order to take Mitsuki back to the US with her.

We haven’t been explicitly told how long Kanna was originally planning on staying, or what her hopes for the relationship with Joe currently are. Nor do we know why Joe has been Mitsuki’s de facto guardian, what the legal status of that relationship is, or why they didn’t all go to the US together in the first place (although we can infer that it would be difficult to emigrate and try to start a musical career as a punk musician while caring for a toddler).

But we do know that in the first instance Kanna’s ambitions for Mitsuki are a threat to separate the MCs.

Not sure why people are saying that Aya lied. At the time she told Mitsuki she wasn't going to prom she actually wasn't planning to go. She changed her mind after talking to Kanna.

That's not what happened, though. The relevant chapters are back to back. She finds out about the prom, excitedly says she's going, tries to find Aya, then immediately sees the Kouhai asking about the music event.

Aya then wants to talk about it in the following chapter. Mitsuki says they don't even need to worry about prom because she's not going anyway. She says she has a family Christmas gathering, implying she was never planning to go. We know this is a lie because of the previous chapter. We saw that she did want to to go and was planning to go until the Kouhai issue.

It's not a big deal anyway. She did it to help Aya and didn't want Aya to feel guilty by making it seem like Mitsuki had to change plans--which she did. She deliberately down played the whole thing for Aya's sake, pretending the prom wasn't a big deal. This is why Aya is upset now and will be what they probably talk about soon. The whole lie is the reason this is a contentious point in this chapter.

I think your "Aya"s and "Mitsuki"s are switched.

Are you saying the lie is downplaying that she wanted to go? All I was saying is at the time it came up Aya was genuinely not planning to go. Downplaying that she wanted to go, sure, I guess that's a lie. But whether she would be there or not? That wasn't a lie at the time.

Thanks, I'll update! It felt wrong but I didn't double check. She also lied about having a family gathering. She made it seem like going to the prom was never in the plans because she would always be with her family that day.

That was a lie, as she had been planning to go. Then, she continued to downplay her intentions, etc. Mitsuki will be upset once she finds out Aya was not being truthful about her plans and desire to be at the prom. None of that tension works without understanding that Aya hasn't being upfront and truthful with Mitsuki. There will almost definitely be a scene where Aya finally admits that.

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The Kanna san plot line is just so boring for me, I couldn't care less about it, feels like it's there just so the author don't have to write about the main "couple" which is not getting development at all since around chapter 60

Why would the author do that tho?

I just said it? Because the author doesn't know how to develop the main couple, it hasn't developed at all since Aya discovered Koga was "oni-san"

I mean, this could be just due to perspective, but I can't really see a reason to agree with this. Progress has been made, even if a confession hasn't happened yet.

Also, to me at least, it feels like the situation with Kanna is not only to act like padding (since a story resolving too quickly can technically be a problem), but to also give a proper identity to the Uncle, so he's not just someone who simply exists.

This all seems final hurtle-ish. Like we're building up to the climax. I'm sensing a grand gesture at the prom. Maybe a surprise performance by a curtain up and coming singer.

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Not sure why people are saying that Aya lied. At the time she told Mitsuki she wasn't going to prom she actually wasn't planning to go. She changed her mind after talking to Kanna.

That's not what happened, though. The relevant chapters are back to back. She finds out about the prom, excitedly says she's going, tries to find Aya, then immediately sees the Kouhai asking about the music event.

Aya then wants to talk about it in the following chapter. Mitsuki says they don't even need to worry about prom because she's not going anyway. She says she has a family Christmas gathering, implying she was never planning to go. We know this is a lie because of the previous chapter. We saw that she did want to to go and was planning to go until the Kouhai issue.

It's not a big deal anyway. She did it to help Aya and didn't want Aya to feel guilty by making it seem like Mitsuki had to change plans--which she did. She deliberately down played the whole thing for Aya's sake, pretending the prom wasn't a big deal. This is why Aya is upset now and will be what they probably talk about soon. The whole lie is the reason this is a contentious point in this chapter.

I think your "Aya"s and "Mitsuki"s are switched.

Are you saying the lie is downplaying that she wanted to go? All I was saying is at the time it came up Aya was genuinely not planning to go. Downplaying that she wanted to go, sure, I guess that's a lie. But whether she would be there or not? That wasn't a lie at the time.

Thanks, I'll update! It felt wrong but I didn't double check. She also lied about having a family gathering. She made it seem like going to the prom was never in the plans because she would always be with her family that day.

That was a lie, as she had been planning to go. Then, she continued to downplay her intentions, etc. Mitsuki will be upset once she finds out Aya was not being truthful about her plans and desire to be at the prom. None of that tension works without understanding that Aya hasn't being upfront and truthful with Mitsuki. There will almost definitely be a scene where Aya finally admits that.

To be fair, we don't know that the family gathering is a lie. It might be a lie, but it kind of doesn't matter since if she wanted to go to prom Aya would skip it even if it were true.

As for the rest, I think we're coming up against a disagreement here because Mitsuki never asked Aya about her intentions. She didn't ask if Aya wanted to go, just if she was going. Aya said she wasn't going, not that she didn't want to go.

I agree that Aya is fudging the truth here a bit with implications, but I also can't say I'm super into how Mitsuki just assumes Aya will be her date without asking her or expressing herself. She doesn't say, "Too bad about your family gathering, I'd rather have gone to prom with you than this music event", she just keeps it to her self. And then this chapter she just straight up says "You didn't want to go with me?" as if she had asked Aya and was rejected.

Mitsuki is doing the same thing Joe is doing, assuming that things will just go her way without being explicit. Aya is doing the opposite, assuming things will not go her way which makes her not try. Aya has her own problems to deal with, but let's not discount Mitsuki again not expressing herself.