Beautiful, that was just what I was looking for. The obsession really comes out in the text walls.

It's finally here. Wonderfully done.

Jesus Adachi, you need to chill tf out.

Oh jesus

I know because the novel keeps going that this isn't the end but it's pretty hard to imagine surviving a self destruction of that magnitude.

My poor Adachi... crying with her.
and it's still only the beginning, right? It can't be resolved by magic in the next chapter or even a volume right?
I'm so afraid.

The scene was really a perfection.

last edited at Sep 28, 2022 12:59AM

Yikes what a gut punch of a chapter...

So they converted seven pages of mental breakdown into twenty six word bubbles. I'm impressed. I admittedly don't follow the manga too much cause I just don't read manga based on Light Novels that I read anymore, but man I just had to know how this scene was going to play out. It doesn't have quite the same level of "jesus fuck Adachi" as the Light Novel, but it still hits hella hard.

Now if only the anime would get another season so we could see it there.

last edited at Sep 28, 2022 1:16AM

lol

Wasn't sure if the manga would do justice to the mental breakdown scene but damn, they really went and slayed it.

Ah, it finally reached this magnificent yet painful part.

I've haven't read the LNs up to this part. jeez. i feel so bad for adachi. get that girl in therapy asap. if i was shimamura i think i'd be afraid of adachi at this point.

I need to vent out. If you like Adachi, dont read from here on. To those rare people who googled "I hate Adachi", know that I exist, we are not alone.

I strongly dislike Adachi, I know she is a teenager, but still, my god, the level of toxicity of that girl. She is so overbearing, clingy and petty. I really like Shimamura, her character kept me going on, I wish I'd know the rest of Shimamura's story. Unfortunately, Adachi exists. Good that Adachi at least knows how suffocating and unbearable she is. Yet, knowing it doesn't excuse her from proceding to act like a suffocating and unbearable person. As reverse Devi's mom would say: Adachi, you are too much, and you are never enough. Try therapy. And no, the Adachi's mom relationship doesn't move me, I feel 0 empathy, her personality is a train wreck. Shimamura, you deserve better.

I feel better now.

sees chapter shimamura's sword
Sigh, let's see Adachi breakdown again.

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i think it is pretty clear adachi has a disability which is not being managed since she isn't receiving any support from her family or care from medical professionals.

yes this behavior sucks, but she is trying her best. she just doesn't know how to cope because she hasn't been taught how.

even with care she may continue to experience breakdowns like this, but she could learn to manage them and could also communicate with those close to her to understand how to support her when she is struggling.

both my partner and i struggle with some serious mental health issues.

when i was younger i also behaved pretty poorly, and i know other neurodivergent people who have had episodes pretty similar to the one adachi had here. it is something that takes a lot of time and effort to work through, and will likely always be around, just managed better.

Both characters can be read as having some level of neurodivergency, it's one of the aspects I really like about this series. Though it can make for a really anxious read too.

While Adachi has trouble with emotional management, Shimamura has aspects of being on the other side of the spectrum where she doesn't always connect or process emotion. Which is part of why she feels she has trouble maintaining connections. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if she simply tuned out what Adachi was saying after a point. Her response of "You're just rambling and it's a pain to deal with" would certainly indicate that.

Was definitely a hard read though, wow.

Reading all of this was beyond worth it. Bless to the translations team.

"What a pain" is crazy but absolutely understandable

last edited at Sep 28, 2022 3:12AM

Adachi puking at the end is the icing on the cake.

each chapter this manga gets worse : /

last edited at Sep 28, 2022 3:49AM

This was incredibly uncomfortable jfc. Especially as someone who can relate to adachi there, the guilt of letting it out but also being unable to contain it past a point and that answer from shimamura, probs would've puked too. And I don't blame Shimamura becaus Ive also answered like that before.
I hope the atmosphere clears out after a few chapters after this, the oppressive feeling throughout this manga and it blowing up totally here, it'd be unfortunate to return to the previous status. Doubt the situation will resolve in a chapter, but once it does a slight tone shift would be nice

Oh goodness gracious. Adachi loves Shimamura this friggin much my head swirling with all these words omg

So about adachi breakdown in this chapter it was very depressing and the reason for it is Adachi can't properly control her emotion there's no one to console her and taught her how to do so And for shima her attitude isn't wrong "IF I WERE HER I WOULD SAY IT TOO" the reason for that is Shima is someone who can't express her emotion and can't understand people relationship so thats result in her being very slow when it come to people If shima able to express her emotion and understand other people alittle more she wouldn't said something like that at all but she can't so she just think it was a pain and said it out loud which make Adachi breakdown even worst I know this would happen just from their personalities alone this is such a hard read It really is awkward story in good ways tho

"Do you hate me just like my mom does?"
"you won't even look at me... so what was I supposed to do? How do I go about getting people to..."

A bad relationship with her mother that has given her a desperate desire for connection and (probably) some disability that makes it hard to handle relationships and emotions, resulting in very few relationships as a child for her to learn how to manage her emotions. Now, she's experiencing intense and confusing feelings for a girl that never reciprocates and she has no outlet for it. The girl needs some serious therapy, but the fact that she could hide in her room for days with seemingly no one even checking on her, I doubt anyone would step in to help

Could any LN readers spoil me on how this story goes on ? Havent really read this version after the first one got axed but this chapter was quite something and im curious on how it continues.

How glorious is this manga! It's like a science experiment to see how two people with conflicting personality disorders react when they collide head on with each other. Adachi is completely doomed to suffer in this situation. It was wonderful to see her react honestly to what is she is experiencing. The raw power of her crossing the threshold of no return with the force of a freight train had me gasping. I felt like the author took a brave step artistically with this scene and pulled it off beautifully.

I think the most fascinating part of this story is Shimamura's internal dialogue, dissecting the roles people play around her, including her own, with a cold, unflinching eye that contrasts sharply with her adorable exterior. I find her to be a bit of a non-violent psychopath. She reminds me of Patrick Bateman in American Psycho, sans the violence It's fun watching her suitors try to connect with her emotionally when we know there is nothing to connect with. If Taru-chan could read Shimamura's mind, she would probably laugh and say "wow, I dodged that bullet!" and be done with her as a romantic partner. But what if Adachi read Shimamura's mind in the gym at the start of their relationship? This girl who seemed to have the promise of saving Adachi from her empty world of nothing, only to discover that Shimamura was as empty as the world is. What would Adachi have to live for then?