I don't quite understand the conflict here. If the blind girl doesn't know what the brother likes she could just say anything. Just tell her your favorite foods.

The conflict is that Hana hates herself because she thinks she's the reason her brother died. Recall she was a second away from literally committing suicide in chapter 1 before Lily (inadvertently?) stopped her. She's not just doing this "become Kaoru" plan for Lily's sake, she's doing it as a form of suicide. By symbolically killing off "Hana" she can atone for her (self-perceived) sin by reviving "Kaoru." That's why she can't lie.

Anyway, I thought this chapter was good. It's not a perfect manga; it gets a little repetitive/slow in places and it leans too heavily on exposition sometimes, and Lily is a pretty flat character so far. I'm definitely curious to see where the current cliffhanger will lead, hopefully it won't just be a return to the status quo. I also am harboring a pet theory that Lily already knew or guessed Kaoru was dead from the beginning -- we already know he told her he was sick, after all -- and started treating Hana as him as a way to take revenge for Kaoru's death before genuinely coming to care for her as they interacted. It seems unlikely at this point but it would at least make her a much more interesting character.

I don't quite understand the conflict here. If the blind girl doesn't know what the brother likes she could just say anything. Just tell her your favorite foods.

She's not trying to pretend to be her brother. She's trying to be her brother. Lying about what foods "he" liked would defeat the purpose, because that means it's not "him" that Lily is interacting with.

She feels compelled to keep him alive through this deception, but is increasingly paralyzed by the realization that she knows basically nothing about him beyond that he worked a lot. That's why she's having nightmares about how he's "not someone you can become," because she's decided her only reason for living is to replace Kaoru and make Lily happy.

Yikes

Small typo on Chap 5 page 5 panel 2
I'd happy -> I'd be happy

Edit:
Dang, you're fast!

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The problem is that he doesn't know if something he says is contradictory, he doesn't know if he ever ate or rejected something with the girl. Furthermore, those questions hurt him because he realizes more and more that he didn't know anything about his brother.

Why use he/him ? It's a girl you're talking about.

Aw

I know she's trying to become her late brother, but she's as clueless as Lily in this case... Might as well wing it!
It feels like some sloppy and cheap drama.
Thanks for the update

My dumbass was clicking the right side of my phone for the next page several times before realizing that was the end...how tf does this author get away with that cliffhanger!

honestly i’m not as mad about “be careful onee-san” ending so poorly and abruptly if it means the mangaka is putting all their effort into this; it’s genuinely a pretty interesting story and seems promising. still a bit disappointing what happened though. hopefully the mangaka is actually willing to finish this one properly lol

Man that obi looks gorgeous, along with the manga cover. Thank you redrawers/whoever did it, it looks so cool.

Nice.

America...

Haha Nekomori's note on the map

Good job, Nekomori! :D

And looks like an enemy has arrived...

Nekomori speaks for all of us!

She is having alucinations, very dangerous

How can you pretend to be your brother if you have a woman's voice and hope that a blind girl does not catch it? You would have thought Lily's will have sharper hearing than anyone else and there is no way Hana can get away with it,

Oh oh? I guess the maid is in lesbians with Lily...

From adorable to tragic to adorable again.

wonder how it's ending will turn out to be? pretty excited about this.

What a damn adorable chapter!
I wonder who the new girl is. She seems related to Lily somehow.
She probably means trouble.
Thanks for the chapter!

What a damn adorable chapter!
I wonder who the new girl is. She seems related to Lily somehow.
She probably means trouble.
Thanks for the chapter!

I'm pretty sure that's Lily's sister (not sure of their relationship) who bullied her in chapter 2.

What a damn adorable chapter!
I wonder who the new girl is. She seems related to Lily somehow.
She probably means trouble.
Thanks for the chapter!

I'm pretty sure that's Lily's sister (not sure of their relationship) who bullied her in chapter 2.

Nice catch, I would have missed it. It's s definitely the same character. I like it when authors take the time to introduce characters early in the story, even briefly, instead of having them appears out not nowhere just to disrupt the plot.

Very cute chapter. I'd like for them to find there own happiness, but the longer the lie run, they more damaging it will be...

A lovely date, then trouble comes knocking.

The Bowden (loose) cable for brakes apparently was invented at the end of the 19th century already, but the levers are for rod brakes. If the author is drawing from reference photos of an old bicycle, maybe the mystery box in the middle of the handlebar is some converter for retrofitting a newer brake at a lower cost.