For anyone that wonder why Shimamura sound quite cold in the end, some says that Adachi ranting are quite incomprehensible because of she was crying. The blue board usually showed this image
https://files.catbox.moe/4h7zg0.png
However, don't know if it true or not, My Nihongo skill are not good enough.
Well, the light novel translation came out in 2020 (you can see it here on Dynasty Scans as well)
Just like
"A Yuri Story About a Girl Who Insists "It's Impossible for Two Girls to Get Together" Completely Falling Within 100 Days", you can find the unprofessional translation https://meatbuntranslation.blogspot.com/2020/09/onna-doushi-to-ka-arienai-deshou-to.html
and
There's No Way I Can Have a Lover! *Or Maybe There Is!? found by the same translator https://meatbuntranslation.blogspot.com/2020/09/watashi-ga-koibito-ni-nareru-wakenaijan.html
I find that the reactions by those who only follow the anime which is usually later than the manga, or only follow the manga which is usually later than the light novel, to be interesting having known what occurs next. I truly was waiting for this chapter and the next two chapters to be drawn and illustrated because I only had text to go off of, like a normal book. But I wanted to see what these artists could do with the plot shown in the manga side of things.
I'd have to say I am quite glad and relieved that they kept this rant in here. The rant is at least a few pages long in the novel and it was clearly called for. Same way how Kurokawa had a blow up in "Useless Princess" or "Failed Princesses" and the translator even said "if you think this was out of character, this was a long time coming". I'd say the same applies here. It is kind of cut short, the development in the manga from the LN.
But even so, Adachi's codependency and obsession with Shimamura, of course after several normal months of just playing in the gym playing tennis like normal buddies when she slowly started to change, clearly is because Adachi does not care about people that don't interest her. There's no need for others. It's a lot of work and she is fine with being on her own. . . until Shimamura. And then for Shimamura, it is depicted well in the anime the actual analyzation and evaluation of her relationships (with the oceanic metaphors of drowning and such) and how she knows she is very . . . hmm unbothered by people's actions. So much so we never figure out if this is truly set in a normal reality because she barely gives the clearly weird but like established supernatural "alien" girl Yashiro that remains a mystery like no attention. Shimamura doesn't invest much time to her except to treat her like a little kid like her sister or the "family pet" haha. She knows that she actually does engage with people but they also can be quite boring. And there's sometimes no need to really be with the group where she literally calls them "Pancho, Sancho and Delos" because she doesn't care for their real names. But truly throughout the anime and manga alike, both reflect deeply about themselves showing a great deal of self awareness but also lack of awareness or lack of ability to be around others. This is where they both evolve together. Why you see Adachi go backwards and Shimamura here seems to be static. This would've been a response she would've given to maybe Tarumi (who clearly also tries just as hard as Adachi to get to know Shimamura).
Honestly, I have always related to Adachi, especially this moment (except the full blown craziness. . . although I did something like this in a less intense way haha) because of my one-sided love with my straight best friend. Because despite me being more of a pain than anyone else or any other friends she has, she still puts in effort. Almost like because it feels like she has already put so much effort in to hanging with Adachi as her current high-school self, so why stop now? This of course mirroring Shimamura having had a natural "strong" relationship from childhood burn out over time and then having to intentionally choose to reignite this dead flame as her current high-school self, which she thinks is vastly different than her younger self that Tarumi knew. And so the more problematic or weird that Adachi gets, the more she just goes along with it, indirectly accepting and enabling Adachi and her increasing requests. Tarumi's requests also grow sightly, but we see more resistance and uncertainty about whether to keep hanging out with Tarumi. Why are the two different? Specifically because she can't see anything past platonic, this is a realistic portrayal of a high school girl trying to figure out how to navigate different kinds of relationships in her life. One being just a little slightly different than the other but still FOILS.
But even at this moment, clearly Shimamura was like showing colors she usually doesn't show Adachi, but has done with others. But Adachi also showed colors that usually are hidden or only slightly leaking out throughout the friendship. Shimamura doesn't initiate much, no. But she always anticipates Adachi more so than Tarumi. And Tarumi isn't probelmatic at all. You don't see too many character flaws. That's why she's a side character. However, the point is that Adachi and Shimamura both have extreme character flaws and it's part of this plot. It's especially called for by this point because of the over a year now of seeing their relationship and friendship grow. Useless Princess. . . pretty sure that was in the span of like . . . a few months.
Okay thank you for coming to my Ted Talk lol.
last edited at Sep 29, 2022 12:47AM
