This technically isn't a spin-off of 14-sai because this work came first, but it's still a satellite work to the main series.

4 out of 5 of these chapters appear in the main story from a different PoV

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This was so cute wow TT_TT

Pretty cute. Guy gave me kuudere vibes, and I'm a fan of the book ends with the bus and "look at me" =w=

maan it was short ride but definitely a daem good story >w<

Well first off, if some random person decides to sit next to me instead of any other free space inside a bus, I definitely would give them a "look". And at least a second one, after a while to see if they cant finally go away. That is, if my stop hasnt come yet. Second, wow, shes narcisstic, but the boi really did a dent into her ego XD

That boy isnt really a middle schooler in my eyes, and no one can tell me otherwise, unless theres time travel involved

Ah well, there was no time travel involved, but certainly time skips. I really like the womans character development, from being an arrogant young lady to becoming more aware of her waning beauty and seeing how this boy is where she was. Its nice how natural it feels. But the boy was unfortunately too "mature" (edgy) and only when they started living together he becomes actually like an adult (which coincides with his age)

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Pretty good, except the whole "going on a date with a middle schooler" thing felt a little icky to me.

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Ah yeah middle school and grown adult really isn't great. Would have rather seen more development of their love when the kid was almost an adult. Not a full on kiss when he's a middle schooler. Seems like a lot of the side stories aren't that great to read for me.

That the co-mc is named "shouta" shows that the author is self aware.

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From my cursory search the name Shouta seems to be a fairy common Japanese name. One possible reading is Soaring, Big.

Sakura Cartelet posted:

From my cursory search the name Shouta seems to be a fairy common Japanese name. One possible reading is Soaring, Big.

While it's a common name, it's also synonym with "very young boys", in various contexts.

It's also the name of a character in Dragon Maid, for the exact same reasons.

"Shoutacon" is the same as "Lolicon", but for boys.

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This is tremendous. Really.

Cute.

While it's a common name, it's also synonym with "very young boys", in various contexts.

It's also the name of a character in Dragon Maid, for the exact same reasons.

"Shoutacon" is the same as "Lolicon", but for boys.

Shouta is not the same as shota. Just saying.

From my cursory search the name Shouta seems to be a fairy common Japanese name. One possible reading is Soaring, Big.

I didn't sit this one, nice, I didn't know how to name my baby, now it seems he will be named Shouta :)
Game over is a masterpiece, I really love it and the naming fits it perfectly. I also love games, I am playing a lot of plinko these days. After I found this game at https://casinoplinko.com/ I literally cannot stop throwing this ball, omg!

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