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Aoharaido 22 Summary

10/15/2012

32 Comments

 
By Bikkuri!

Whoop! Sorry I didn’t show up last month (especially sorry to those of you who like to see the Japanese raws this way), but let’s not dwell on the past. We leave that to Futaba and Kou, those SILLY KIDS.

So. I’m going to assume everyone reading this has already read the translation and knows everything that happens, so I’ll just ramble freely without any semblance of structure. It’s also probably not going to be very nice, because I’m definitely in the this-chapter-sucked camp. A new sort of feeling, when it comes to AHR. Hopefully it won’t become the norm. Next chapter better be AWESOME >:(

Kominato saves this chapter. Seriously. Seriously. Kominato... please marry me. I’m sorry I didn’t notice these feelings for you sooner. I’ve been distracted by Kou and Touma most of the time until now, but that’s really not my fault, okay? I mean, they show up more often. In close ups! I kept getting their eyes like, right up in my face, and then they staaaared at me, you know? It never occurred to me to resist. But now... I guess what I’m trying to say is... like... I was blind, but now I see. You’re the only one for me.

I bet you can’t resist such a heartfelt proposal, right! Aya-chi~~n!<333 WE’LL MARRY IN THE SPRING. (My apologies to anyone else whose proposals I have previously accepted, but I’m sure you understand. We’re talking true love here.)

Hm. So. Getting straight to the point, I’m not really pissed at Kou for wanting to be there for Narumi in her time of need. It’s very consistent with his character, and I can’t hate someone for empathizing with someone in a similar situation to himself. Actually, an even worse situation. (He might want to be nicer to Futaba, though, but I guess I’ll get back to that later. I mean, I don’t hate Kou, but I hate the WAY he does things?)

I am, however, pissed at Sakisaka Io. I’m sorry, sensei (I usually love you for your thoughtful treatment of shoujo-clichés) /sob. But I really dislike this turn of events. I REALLY DISLIKE IT. I just subjectively really, really HATE this kind of plot line. It has zero entertainment value for me. I mean, why on earth make Narumi SUCH a tortured soul? She’s a side character. She only showed up a couple of chapters ago. JUST GAH. WHYYY A CHARACTER LIKE THIS. Her life is really freaking sad. I don’t want a character with such sad circumstances to be used as a plot device to keep the OTP from getting together (especially not when it’s SO OBVIOUS that they will, in the end). That’s just so... mean. Why would you break her heart in addition to everything else? I can see why you’d want to break Futaba’s heart a little, as she’s the heroine, and making the heroine go through some sucky times isn’t unheard of, but must you do it LIKE THIS?!?!

I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THIS ANGER.
WAIT, I KNOW. I’LL TURN IT INTO ART.
A POEM:
Oh, Sakisaka-sensei, why
would you
do
that
abcdefg
123

Anyway, I just hate it when third parties start interfering. LOL I know, why the heck am I reading shoujo. Really. Why am I doing this to myself? It’s just, for a long time AHR seemed to steer clear of that, and focus more on their personal issues (which makes for much more interesting conflicts, in my opinion). I mean, there was the thing with Yuuri also liking Kou, but that felt like it was more about Futaba and Yuuri’s friendship than anything else. And then Touma showed up, but for a while I really thought he might just be there to give Kou one last push (the power of jealousy!). But of course that was delusional of me. Naive. I should have known better. I mean, is there ANY shoujo without a love triangle/square? That isn’t a one-shot? That’s actually a really good question. Let me think... Dengeki Daisy...? Ah, Fruits Basket? Uhhh, Natsume Yuujinchou, but that’s not romance...

But I digress. Forgive me. Where was I. Was I anywhere? No. Let’s go off on another tangent. You know how shoujo heroines tend to be really obsessive when it comes to their love lives? That’s annoying me lately. In the beginning, Futaba cared more about friendship, and her own personal growth, but lately she’s 100% about Kou (while Kou has never been 100% about Futaba). It pisses off the feminist in me. I wish she had a hobby (worrying about Kou does not count). I wish she had a dream (dating Kou does not count). I wish her role as a class rep had awakened some ambition in her, or something. I wish all the stuff with Kou’s difficult family situation had led us to learn something about HER family situation. I want to know who FUTABA is. What does she do after school? Does she just lie around and wait for her next chance to see Kou? Does she and Yuuri and Murao ever talk about anything besides boys? Does she plan to go to university? What line of work does she want to get into, or does she have no idea? If she has no idea, why isn’t she worrying about THAT? That’s what I was worrying about all through high school, and even now, two years into uni. Why must all shoujo heroines be so. damn. one. track. minded?

...LOL OOPS that was whiny. Sorry. I’m not here to knock the shoujo genre. I realize that love stories need to focus on the love part of the story, so... yeah. Haha. End of grumpy part of ramble? Okay.

Let’s abuse Kou instead. (Uhm, enthusiastically! So as not to sound grumpy.)

I keep saying this, but Kou really needs to sort out his priorities. (...Hooray!) Just seriously, what is he thinking? Is he going to date Narumi, yay?! Seriously? He isn’t, right? I mean (hurraaah!!), does it make sense to date someone half-heartedly out of pity, LOL?! Let me answer that for you! (Yaaay!) The answer? Is no! (Applause!) IT MAKES NO SENSE and it would suck. IF that happens, I’m going to root for Touma until THE END OF TIME. BANZAIII. (Or I might just ship Futaba x a-dream-independent-of-boys. Aim to be emperor!!)

Speaking of GG-kun, I did find him annoying last chapter. As I said, I hate interfering third parties, and last chapter, he was interfering (or trying to interfere). Not very goody-goody! Bad GG-kun! But as long as Kou is acting out his hero complex and being a noble idiot and whatnot, I won’t mind Touma attempting to take advantage of that. I don’t imagine it will have any effect, because as mentioned, Futaba is all about Kou. I really don’t think Touma stands a chance whatsoever. But as things are now, I do think he has every right to try. I have a sliiight suspicion he might confess next chapter? Maybe. And Touma confessing is bound to be adorable. (Also, he does have maybe a 5% chance? He’s her type, after all XD)

Ahh... what else. About the kiss(es)? I noticed that that’s been the focus a lot with the rest of you XD In my opinion, Kou handled that whole thing a million times better than Futaba. She messed that up on her own. I don’t understand why on earth she’s so obsessed over whether Kou is the kind to kiss people because of the mood, or if he’s the kind to protect his purity with his life until he meets his soulmate or whatever. I can’t remember ever making such a big deal out of kissing, so it’s kind of an alien way of thinking for me. That also makes it annoying. Haha. I guess I just don’t understand the pure heart of a young girl in love... /oldman.

Anyway, like... the beginning of the chapter. Was just. Really cute. Him resting his forehead on the top of her head like that? Omg~<3 And then Futaba ruins it GODDANGIT. Instead of taking the roundabout way of figuring out if he’s serious or just going with the flow, couldn’t you just have asked him if he likes you? Like, “I like you, do you like me?” PROBLEM SOLVED. But okay, because she has those stupid insecurities regarding Narumi, I guess I’m glad she asked him straight out if it was true. Not that it should actually matter. But yeah. And then he admits to it, which is fine (I don’t know if he’s being honest though, he goes all blank and seems a bit angry. Disappointed in Futaba’s lack of faith in him, maybe? Or is he just thinking really hard, realizing Narumi lied, realizing why she’d tell such a lie, and then deciding to play along with it? Uhh, I dunno. Don’t feel like analyzing this too deeply) but he also says he didn’t like her (Narumi). GET IT, FUTABA?! He said he didn’t like NARUMI, he never said he doesn’t like YOU. FUTABA. YOU IDIOT. YOU SILLY TEENAGE SILLY CHILDISH SILLY GIRL.

And then she runs out of the classroom like a drama queen, and when Kou doesn’t follow her, she’s like “So that’s his answer”. Oh my god. Oh my god. I want to high five your stupid face. … … … NO I’M SORRY VIOLENCE IS BAD.

(Ah, by the way, whether Kou kissed Narumi or Narumi kissed Kou is not really clear. It’s more just like “there was a kiss”. Which there might not have been.)

Ahh, just in general I’m not really happy with Futaba this chapter. I’m not happy with Kou either, but I’m kind of used to being unhappy with Kou. Futaba, however, does not usually annoy me like this. I mean, I love her :( Just not right now. She clearly doesn’t trust Kou even a little, which I find strange at this point. I guess it might just stem from the fact that she’s ridiculously insecure. She seems to have no sympathy for Narumi at the moment, and although I guess she’ blinded by jealousy, she’s being self-centered and over-dramatic. The biggest tragedy in HER life is just that she’s so hot that girls end up hating her out of envy, and the guy she likes is not completely invested in her and only her. Compared to Narumi, that’s really... not a big deal. I’d like to see her at least realize these things. I guess all this might be happening for the sake of her character growth, though. I suppose so. I guess I hope so. (I don’t mean to say that there’s anything wrong with having a privileged life of little tragedy, but I do think it’s worth being conscious of how lucky one actually is when that is the case. It’s not like she deserves being treated by crap because her parents aren’t dead and she’s made friends lately, but SHE HERSELF should realize that she’s pretty blessed. Anyway, they all need to calm down. Too much happening in one night, omg.)

I AM really annoyed at Kou as well, ‘cause I’m not a fan of the noble idiot type. You know, the kind who gets all “I shall sacrifice my own happiness, and sometimes even the happiness of the person I love, for the sake of some other person/great cause! Please, watch me as I self-destruct!!” It’s natural for his character, but it’s ANNOYING AS FRACK.

And I don’t know what the point of that hug at the end was. I actually just thought the whole thing at the end got so dramatic it was stupid. I even rolled my eyes. I never roll my eyes at AHR! What’s going on!! I’m being really critical! Someone help!! I’m going to regret this when Sakisaka turns this all around, which she’s likely to do. She’s probably just trolling us (like when we were all like oh-my-god-did-kou-and-yuuri-kiss-on-the-floor-amongst-the-potatoes-?!?!?). But since I don’t know what she’s going to do with this in the future, I’ll just sulk for now.

Another thing. Is it just me, or is Kou only ever a proper jerkface to Futaba? He’s supposed to like her, yet he deliberately stabs her in the heart? Whyyyy?!

...wow my thoughts are coming out even more rambly and messy than ever today. This chapter is messing with my literary talents... (cough)

By the way. Page 30. Haha. When I looked through the Chinese scans before I got the J raws, I had a good laugh with myself because I kind of thought it looked like Kominato was confessing, and Kou was turning him down. I’m sorry. But... I’m not... opposed to this pairing... aaah. Hah. Haha. No. Okay. Ignore me. *strangling slash shipping urge* I’ve been reading too much BL lately. omg has anyone read anything by Hayakawa Nojiko? She’s such an ARTIST and also my soulmate. Er, next to Kominato. She’s my soulmate no. 2. I swear Kurayami ni Strobe is the most adorable one-shot I’ve read since---NOO SOMEONE STOP ME. I’m treating this like my personal blog or something. I’m so unprofessional (Minchi, fire me already!).

I feel like I say this a lot, but I apologize deeply for rambling for so long (omg, this one is SO LONG. It’s like over four A4 pages WTF D: ) and making no sense (I really don’t pretend to be insightful here, I’m just... rambling) and just in general for being a hopeless person. I recently forgot one of my best friends’ birthday. For four days. Four days. I’m a terrible, unorganized, hopeless person. I apologize to my parents and all the world. I honestly feel utterly amazed whenever anyone tells me they like reading these. But thank you so much /sob

It’s made me kind of happy to see how almost everyone’s been ready to strangle Kou to pieces, though. Like (almost) everyone’s all OH GOD FUTABA MY BBY DON’T LOOK SO SAD like she’s your best friend and Kou is the guy who just broke your best friend’s heart. XD That’s so cute. You guys are so cute YOU’RE ALL INVITED TO MY WEDDING WITH KOMINATO IN THE SPRING.

Now, to close off this beastly wall of text... Seeing as my fanfiction last time was just SUCH A SUCCESS (?), I've decided to write another one! Okay! And now you're like, "N...no... no, Bikku, don’t -- one was enough. Okay, B? One was enough! Don't... don't do i--"

QUIET! HERE I GO.

It was a sunny day in April. The sun was shining (because it was sunny), and it didn’t rain (because it was sunny).The birds were singing and the wind was dancing. Kominato Aya and Bikkuri Bikkuri stood side by side in front of the minister who was to unite them in holy matri...

...JUST KIDDING HAHAHA (except not really BECAUSE IT’S REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN OKAY).

I hope Yuuri throws a cupcake at Kou next chapter.

That is all.
32 Comments
DBZ
10/15/2012 04:07:57 am

ROFLMAO! You are so hilarious! xD Really missed your comments last time. And your fanfiction about Kominato, seriously LOL! xD I have an exam tomorrow and I'm supposed to be studying but I have no regrets! :P

I'm so glad to see that you've been thinking the same stuff about Futaba as I have. I've been thinking about it for a while now. Futaba is a bit self-centered and extremely obsessed with Kou! Like not in a good way! Lately, it seems like she's ignoring her friendships in favour of it, and that's irritating me.

You're totally right. What is her family background? What do her parents do? Does she have any goals in life? DOES SHE THINK ABOUT ANYTHING BESIDES KOU? I mean seriously! What about school work? What about Class Rep activities? Nil? Nada? Have a goal in life man! And yeah, that whole "OMG! He kissed someone before!" annoyed me too.

Might I add that despite Murao receiving the least amount of panel time in the manga, we have seen her think about stuff besides Tanaka Sensei. Why hasn't Futaba asked about that btw? Murao is actively involved in the KouxFuta relationship. The friendship doesn't seem as strong as before.

And Kominato! Dude, I love you!! Seriously! Marry me! Forget about KouBGIEBFOWFB! I'm inspired to write my own fanfiction too! <3 Sakisaka needs to give him more panel time! Right now, I'm more interested in his love life than our idiot leads.

Kou, an idiot as usual. Used up all my rage on him. Meh. :|

Please let the next chapter NOT be another typical shoujo plot device. PLEASE, SAKISAKA. YOU STARTED OFF SO DANG WELL DON'T RUIN IT! :'(

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stupid kou
10/16/2012 07:04:42 pm

He doesn't like narumi? tsk. all the more reason why he SHOULDN'T have kissed her. jerk.

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Iso
10/15/2012 04:39:37 am

I'm very angry at Sakisaka too, it's like everyone is a puppet in her hands lately, and the flow of the story became really unnatural. Surprises and plot twists are good, but using nothing but other characters and random events to do them is kind of cheap. I hope that it's for the sake of Futaba's character development though. If Touma confesses, that could make Futaba realize that there are other people in the world besides Kou. Or something like that. I don't know, but it would be really refreshing if she started caring about her friends, her future, HER FAMILY, etc. ANYTHING.

Kominato was great in this chapter, and I'm also impressed with Yuuri, although she basically just pointed out out that Futaba doesn't trust Kou, but at least now we know it's Futaba who's being stupid and Sakisaka also knows it's wrong. I guess.

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Estella link
10/15/2012 05:19:04 am

Thanks for the comments!

I was just wondering... could you or someone else who can read Japanese clarify what Narumi meant by everything being done on purpose in the last few pages? I didn't really understand what that meant in the Chinese scans.

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jenjen
10/15/2012 06:22:28 pm

The original Japanese is just as ambiguous- so we are left open to speculation right now as to what she means by having done "on purpose".

Also I don't know if this is the case in the Chinese scans (my Chinese is terrible;;), but Narumi didn't actually say that whatever she had done WAS on purpose. She says:
" 'If" I said that everything, everything was on purpose, what will you[Kou] do?"

Thanks again Bikkuri for the raws and commentary! I enjoy reading them so please do keep writing them haha

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Confounded
10/17/2012 06:47:54 pm

She's just talking about how she mentioned her and Kou's kiss to Futaba and that she mentioned it on purpose (because she likes Kou)

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wawa
10/15/2012 06:04:34 am

i love youuu bikkuriiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! thanks for your hilarious comment...so sad for this chapter i really don't understand kou....

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CharChar
10/15/2012 06:30:59 am

OMG!! LOL "I hope Yuuri throws a cupcake at Kou next chapter." NUFF SAID.

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XGuestX
10/15/2012 07:30:45 am

This is the best part of AHR after you guys provides the summary and raws!!! This is really hilarious!!!! I always love your commentaries!
I want to know about Futaba too!Why is it that most of the stuffs are about Kou and his life, her friends and their love life, boys and exams then now Narumi and her life?! Why no Futaba and her stuffs(well, except Kou and school and that's it)!!?!D: I hope we can have a glimpse of her home and family so we'll get to know her more!

Thanks for the fun read!!!

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Tilly link
10/15/2012 03:52:46 pm

OMG!!! I Love you!
I think anyone doing a review/summary on this chapter digressed.
It was sooooo what you said.

I completely enjoyed this!!
I mean this is completely well worded
"I AM really annoyed at Kou as well, ‘cause I’m not a fan of the noble idiot type. You know, the kind who gets all “I shall sacrifice my own happiness, and sometimes even the happiness of the person I love, for the sake of some other person/great cause! Please, watch me as I self-destruct!!” It’s natural for his character, but it’s ANNOYING AS FRACK."

But I'd have to say that I felt that Fruits Basket did have a love triangle, like a soft love triangle I suppose. I was YukixTohru all the way!

Again, SUPER ENJOYABLE!

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aya
10/15/2012 05:02:18 pm

Reading this make me smile :) I like Kominato too!he's awesome right? I hate third parties and why does shoujo always have this?Kou is so stupid!!hope he fixed all this mess!

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Sou
10/15/2012 07:05:27 pm

Gah, that chapter è_é I too feel like Sakisaka sensei has let us down. I agree on what you said about love triangles. Can’t a shojo be interesting without it? She used to focus on her characters issues, how Kou and Futaba helped each other grow, how they built friendship. Now it’s all about the Narumi drama. I want to know more about Futaba, give her back the spotlight! (or give it to Kominato xD) Where did AHR’s freshness go? It used be different and unexpected, now it’s turning into a typical shojo plot -_- Get a hold of yourself, sensei!

Yes, Kominato saves the chapter. I love how pissed he got at Kou. People might talk about Kou and Touma, but Kominato is the best male character, I mean, he already is pretty awesome: he’s a cheery, happy, hyper, funny, likable character, a very good friend and someone who wants to improve for the girl he loves. He’s the best, period.

I don’t hate Kou, I’m just disappointed in him and mad at the choices he makes. Sure, you can be there for a friend whose situation is worse than yours, but he’s been overprotecting her. Kominato is right, he’s just spoiling her and encouraging her dependency of him. Since learning more about Narumi, there was something fishy, too many coincidences. Now, the drama around her is just TOO MUCH. Next you’ll know: she’s accidentally going to set fire to her relatives’ house and they won’t want her anymore. She’ll come to live with Kou and his dad. On her way to transferring schools, she’ll almost get raped but SuperKou will come just in time. She’ll feel so depressed she’ll try to take her own life. Kou, as her superhero will save her again only to discover in the hospital that she has some kind of terrible disease she’ll have to live with for the rest of her life. And Kou won’t be able to leave her.

Okay, it’s not funny and quite horrible, but that was just to illustrate how ridiculous this Narumi drama has become. Narumi seriously looks like some kind of magnet for all the miseries and sorrows of the world. Also, even though she’s going through a lot of pain right now, I can’t bring myself to like her. Not just because she’s a hindrance to the KouxFutaba relationship, but because she’s the kind of person who will lie (Kou-chan wasn’t affected by the kiss (when he lovingly just ran into a sign xD)) and tell other people things that hurt (it’s probably not even his first time (while knowing Futaba obviously liked him)). I can just slightly feel compassionate, that’s all. The way Sakisaka is doing this, I feel like she’s making the girl more and more miserable so that we’ll start to like her.

I am annoyed at Futaba too. She’s 100% about Kou recently, but the Yuuri-liking-Kou thing is settled, so she doesn’t have to worry about friendship. She’s also a girl in love in a shojo manga xD. The reason I’m mad at her is because after what happened to her before, she doesn’t clear things out with Kou. She didn’t make sure whether Kou invited her or not back in middle school nor did she dare confront Yumi-chan on her why she was ostracizing her too. At least, when she told Yuuri her feelings for Kou, I felt like she was improving. Thus, I’m glad she directly asked Kou about the kiss. But she made a mess out of that. Instead of making things clear until the end, she just ran away. She could have said “why did you kiss me, do you like me?” or “then what about this kiss? Is it the same as Narumi-san or because you like me?”. But without misunderstandings there wouldn’t be all the drama the mangaka is looking for. I don’t mind her being insecure (to the extreme though), Yuuri felt the same way when she saw how close Futaba and Kou were, she was really helpless. Same goes for Futaba, she feels like she cannot come between the two of them, no matter what.

About the kiss. I’m completely depressed xD To me AHR was all about youth and first love, so I thought Kou and Futaba would discover love and physical intimacy together. I’m really mad because the way I saw things, Yuuri or Narumi weren’t romantic rivals. But they had to put a kiss in this -_- And I’m tired of the “girl is new to love, guy has been around” shojo plot. I was persuaded Narumi was lying, but now my heart is torn: half of it wants Kou to just cover Narumi’s lies and the other half is trying to take the blow that yes, they did kiss. Again, I’d rather have him kiss her without feelings than him liking her.

What else? Oh, Touma, time for you to shine! Can’t wait to see you confess, even though it’s FutabaxKou all the way. I’ll ship the two of you in an Orange-like alternative universe since your meeting was epic xD Also, Kou might be the one with a hero comple

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Sou
10/15/2012 07:06:19 pm

Also, Kou might be the one with a hero complex, but Touma IS the real hero here. I mean, Futaba was running with her eyes closed (very clever!) and was almost ran over by a car. Good thing you saved her life GG-kun ;D

Next chapter: Murao will be like “Mabuchi you damn brat *glares*, Kominato will punch the idiocy out of Kou and CupcakeMad Yuuri will be back (especially after she told Futaba to fight only to have her heart broken). I mean, all of them are going through unrequited love while Kou and Futaba are lucky enough to have the person they love like them back, but no, they mess things up! And yeah, Kou is only a jerk to Futaba, he pays close attention to Narumi but doesn’t seem to give a sh*t about Futaba’s feelings. Damn page 41, Futaba looks so empty ;_;

That was way too long o.O I’ll shut up now, I promess! Thanks for your ramblings!

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Jayna
10/15/2012 08:21:49 pm

HAhahahahahahah i totally want to come to your wedding with Kominato, but it might be heartbreaking to watch because i love him aswell~!

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Anon
10/15/2012 10:20:03 pm

It feels like all the assumptions I made about Narumi when she first appeared are true xD and that pisses me off more than this chapter. I don't know, I know it's hard on her, but I've grown up around people where 80% of their families were divorced and none of them ever showed up at a school event in a puddle of their own tears. Then again, they had to add the whole "she was abandoned" crap in and that frustrates me. To me, there's only two good endings: 1) Kou gets no one, Futaba falls in love with Touma or 2) Kou and Futaba. Yes, I'm a baddd person hahaha.

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Jess
10/15/2012 11:45:58 pm

GOSH, you said just EVERYTHING I'd like to. Well, I did say it in my tumblr, but people there are just too much in the Touma-team so it's kinda difficult to break the walls and, of course, people will hear you a lot more than they would hear me, YEAH. I mean, you're so... Gah, perfect. Your literary talents are amazing.
...I'd like to watch you reading the mangas and them writings the rambles LOL
Anyway, focus, focus. About Kominato, ASDFGHJKLÇ ISN'T HE PERFECT? Sorry, Bikkuri, but I fell in love with him in chapter 19 so... Yeah. It's gonna be hard.
...Actually, no, it's not. I have too many manga-husbands out there, and Kominato IS perfect, but I'll leave him to you and your spring dreams *O* Don't forget to send me an invitation! And don't do that four days later, please! LOL
Well, I was intending to say just a few words... Geh.
Thank you for this ASDFGHJKLÇperfectly long text, it's everything I needed to read today <3

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miya
10/16/2012 12:22:43 am

whaaaaaaaaaaoooooooo >< that was awesome from you,it really lifted my spirits up^^i compleltely agree with you, kou is a baka,and futaba should teach him a lesson^^

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magic kids
10/16/2012 12:49:10 am

I think your opinion on the chapter might've been the fairest I've read so far. Haha including the comments I posted on the matter. You're right Futaba really was being over dramatic, it's almost out of character. We have to give Yuuri some props here for calling her out on it. And the whole "are you underestimating me?" was cool too! Kominato has been cool and cute chapters ago, people should really start to appreciate him more in the manga.

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Arina
10/16/2012 07:38:03 am

LOL LMAO LMFAO LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLLOLL!!! YOU LITERALLY MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD!!! HAHAHAHAHA!! Anyway, Honestly I haven't cared that much for Ao haru ride. I felt.. Futaba was a bit emotionally weak in the beginning. I mean what's so bad about being alone? I also hated how she acted all fake but she's changed since then so I'm ok with that :)). I also agree about her only focusing on Kou!! I wanted to know more about her family. I know she's only mentioned her mom once which was when she asked her to bring out her yukata. I somehow feel like the author (Don't remember name) ran out of things to enhance the plot so she throws in a character, adds a bit of jealousy and tragedy, and horrible pasts and voíla!! You get a crappy forced plot. Sorry if I offended any of you but I'm speaking my mind. I think Futaba should stop worrying about her love life!! Narumi needs someone there for her and I guess Kous the only one but she still needs someone. I guess I'm sympathizing with Narumi because of another manga I read. Anyone read Taiyou no Ie? Mao has been lonely too and she had nowhere to go and Hiro accepted her and started caring for her. Narumi is sort of like Mao but I think Narumi's situation is a but worse.






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XGuestX
10/17/2012 08:42:37 am

There is a big difference between Narumi and Mao.
Mao knows where to put and conduct herself(she was willing to leave if the real siblings would go back home), she's not that selfish, she's not that weak. She's a brat but she is very much tolerable.
On the other hand, with the stuffs that Narumi did, she made me think thought she's the type of person who leeches out sympathy from the people around her(was referring to making herself look like she has no one and when a classmate of her called she told her that going to kou's school festival was fun BUT < it looked like she was telling the classmate 'he doesn't want to see her that often anymore'>).

this is probably biased because people who act like Narumi are one of my least favorite people in the world.=(((

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Kurini
10/16/2012 10:42:37 am

Bikkuri, Bikkuri, you know what? No? I've already told you a million times!

I LOVE YOU!!

That my reactions while reading this: Nod nod, LAUGH, nod nod nod, Laugh, nod nod nod, LAUGHH, nod nod LAUGHH, LAUGHH, LAUGHHH! Seriously, you are amazing! Never someone did made me laugh over some rambling on the net as you as you did to me!

Thank you so much! Sakisaka sensei should seriously read this! XD

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mika
10/16/2012 02:30:23 pm

This totally made my day! Thanks Bikkuri!!

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AA
10/16/2012 03:13:52 pm

As always I have thoroughly enjoyed myself by reading your ramblings and find that I agree with all of 'em if not enlightened by what you had to say. Especially about Futaba's character growth! I reeeeally don't want her to just be about Kou too. I wanna know what her family's like and everything!

Oh, and that whole "I wanna high five your face" bit? GENIUUUUS

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HAHAHHA
10/16/2012 07:34:22 pm

HAHA. really. it's my first time reading your comment but it's REALLY funny! i actually read everything:)) it's like listening to someone talking right in front of you:)) anyway. despite all the anger i feel for kou. this is actually one thing i like about this manga:) it makes me FEEL. a story that pulls me in deep enough to feel angry at a character. other stories can have jerks as the main character but i act like "who cares they end up together in the end anyway." but this story feels like i actually KNOW them and makes me want to strangle them for being such stupid people.. :)

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Mawi
10/16/2012 10:44:58 pm

I agree with everyone who dislikes this new love-triangle thing. I admit it's not Futaba who makes me reject the idea - it's Kou. I strongly detest characters who either are not sure who they love, or their so called love doesn’t really stand for anything. Futaba might be a little obsessed at times and makes lots of silly mistakes but that’s exactly what this manga is about - her inner problems and struggle to overcome them (of course since it's shoujo, her problems have to be about love..), so I tend to excuse her a lot. At least she knows who she likes. Kou's behavior is completely random now, and since we don't get any insight into his thoughts, what we see is unappealing mess.
I don't really mind Futabas little side story with Touma because I am sure there is really no chance that Futaba would end up in love with him too, creating the scenario I hate the most. I like the idea of his support, he is very gentle with her - Futaba ends in lots of situations where someone tries to push her out of her comfort zone by force, even if she doesn’t seem to be ready for it. And it doesn’t have to be like that all the time; having someone’s warm support might make her make a move out of her own will too.
That being said......... *pulls out a sharp knife and throws it at Kou's head barely missing it* I don't like this guy since Narumi's act started, and my will to read AHR died down. His strange jealousy isn’t endearing, the way he handles Narumi very disappointing. You do not make a move on girl while punching her in the guts on the same time; I’m very curious how the author will make him likable character again (lets be honest, she have to). I just hope it won’t be at the cost of Futaba’s feelings. If she will make her realize that she was ‘too selfish when it comes to Kou and Narumi’ or ‘did not made her feelings obvious enough’ on top of making us suffer through butt-clenching triangle or square drama I will remove this manga from titles-I-like list and put it into painful-unbearable-cliché trash bin that holds 95% of popular shoujo manga titles in my mind. /sigh

Also thanks for the ramblings, it was much more enjoyable than the chapter itself. I sure won’t put this little pleasure of reading them into any inner trash bin any time soon ;)

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Confounded
10/17/2012 06:42:47 pm

I was so happy after chapter 21 too TAT
After reading chapter 22, I felt like a girl whose boyfriend told her that the few wonderful months he'd been dating her were all just for the lols. MY HEART IS BROKEN DAMMIT.

And thank you Bikkuri for verbalising ALL MY THOUGHTS about this chapter and shojo in general. It's comforting to my tortured soul to know that I'm not the only soul who's tortured by these stupid clichés (we're so masochistic -_-)
I'm in the mood to give Touma full reign in trying to steal Futaba's heart because EFFING DAMMIT KOU. But at the same time I really wanna give Futaba a good kick up the a-hole for being SO USELESS AND DIRECTIONLESS. MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND AND STOP WAVERING, BAKA.

That is all. I feel a bit better now. Now to read something to make me forget this terrible chapter.

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Arina
10/18/2012 06:10:29 am

So I just read chapter 22. All I can say is What the fluff did I just read?!?! I feel a little confused too. There were some things that felt unclear like when Narumi asks something about doing something on purpose? Was she talking about the kiss or what? Also was Kou telling the truth about he and Narumi kissing? Or was he just lying to protect her lie? I loved kominato (I think thts his name) in this chapter. He was trying to hammer some sense in Kou but Noo!! He didn't listen!! And I thought Narumi had "no friends". That person who called Kou is clearly her friend. And Now that I think it over, Narumi was being a beach by just saying oh I shouldn't have said that when she was talking about the kiss. It reminds me of those cliche manga or animes where that girl lies to try to break the couple apart. This chapter wasn't as bad as people were exaggerating or maybe I'm not as attached to the manga as other people but Eh it wasn't a super horrible chapter but it wasn't a great one. Also I take back what I said about the Mao thing. Now that I think back(haven't read this manga for a long time now), Mao tried to check Hiros phone to see if he had a girlfriend dice she didn't want to bother them. Mao can be very dishonest with her feelings but she is still very consider and kind making her a whole lot different than Narumi.

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cyberlina
10/18/2012 09:05:24 pm

Bwahaha! that poem was EPIC! turn that into enka: enka! if sensei doesnt turn up something good next time it"ll be our torture weapon.

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Nana
10/19/2012 07:12:27 am

belated comment, yaay~ Will you see this? Hmmm.. Dunno, but aaanywayz!

I think your literary talents are not hindered in the least. There used to be an entire movement based on writing whatever comes to mind depending on a specific subject, or not(the subject). And of course, ah, the erratic way in which you ramble.. It's so lovely~ <3 I haven't laughed so hard in days. Or weeks. Maaaybe? I don't really remember ^^

Anyway, I didn't come here to talk about Kou. Or Futaba. Or Futaba and Kou. Or Narumi. Or anyone else for that matter but... Hayakawa Nojiko. I'm sorry, Kominato is your soulmate, wish you a happy life at that btw, but she is my soulmate. Her and many other BL mangaka but. Hey! I live in the Netherlands, I can marry her. Though I don't want to. Lock her in a cage? I guess so~ That'd be nice \o/ So, back ooofff~ She's mine! <3 teehee

That and, is an espresso machine okay for a wedding gift? ^^ ^^ ^^

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chopstickx
10/19/2012 04:49:20 pm

Bikkuri... You won't succeed marrying Kominato...

Because I'll take you away from him and marry you myself!

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mysticalmists link
10/21/2012 04:14:40 pm

AHAHAHAHA OH MY GOODNESS. Bikkuri...YOUR WORDS SOOTHE MY RAGING/SAD/ANGRY/DEPRESSED FANGIRL!! I've only discovered AHR recently and your website recently, but DAMN, YOU ARE AMAZING!! Thank you for these rambles, certain parts actually genuinely made me laugh out loud a few times xDD I think it's healthy and awesome that you can be critical of something you love (Y). I really enjoy this series (more than Strobe Edge - only cos my type is TOTALLY NOT the "silent/stoic" type xDD) - AND I'LL FORGIVE KOU FOR NOW. I agree with that you said about Futaba too...but I guess the series has come quite a far way considering it's only chapter 22 <3 Expecting good things for chapter 23..I'm sure sensei isn't planning to make all the fans hate Kou for too long x3

ANYWAY, I'll be coming to yours and Kominato's wedding - I'll bring a chocolate fondue machine and it shall be SWELL. Thanks again for working so hard for this series, you are amazing! <333

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Hatic-Hectic
11/6/2012 10:55:42 am

I am so glad someone thought the same way I did. I completely agree with you. Actually this post of yours practically saved me from the suffering I have been on this last month... The day Chapter 22 was published everyone was "Oh Touma is so great and Kou is such an idiot and blah..." and I was "I don't like third parties interfering, Kou not your best moment-but in character nontheless- and Futaba you idiot!" So glad I read this. Thanks a lot. Its nice knowing I am not crazy.

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