April 12, 2014

Hirunaka No Ryuusei [Chapter 65]

Summary + Comment under the cut..

After the hug, things are back to normal in school = not much lovey-dovey interaction between Suzume and Mamura. Then, there is a sports festival and Mamura is going to participate in one of the events. Since she wants to act more like a girlfriend, Suzume declines a walk home together with Mamura after school so that she can make headbands/hachimaki and pompoms for the sports festival. She plans to make a headband for Mamura. [<- and I assume the stuff she made is specifically for her class or else, how can Mamura get that headband] After going to the classroom, she realizes that it is Shishio’s class. A bit awkward and lost in thought, Suzume kept on focusing with the task at hand instead of Shishio who is supervising the activity. She made a headband with a small horse [<- there is a kanji of ‘horse’ in Mamura] then imagines if he would wear it. She snaps out of it and finds herself to be the only one left and Shishio is waiting for her to finish. While talking with her, Shishio accidentally calls her by her nickname. Thinking that is a foul, she casually tells him that she doesn’t mind a bit whatever he calls her now. She put all her strength to pretend while saying that [last line = do not mind it a bit], so she plans to quickly leave before he notices. Shishio holds her hand, recalls her and Mamura together, and he pulls her to him to hug her.
Comment: And, we should set up the basketball court again for this is ah..potential round 3? of Shishio vs Mamura for Suzume. So, will Mamura be able to keep the ball just when he is warming with it or will Shishio steal it from behind? With that hug, Shishio fans are screaming yes, finally, he made his move. Hehe, the first thing on my mind though upon seeing that is..ah, a teacher is hugging a former ‘rejected by him’ student who currently has a boyfriend. ^^;; For a really messy scenario, someone would suddenly come in and saw them like that. =P I somewhat doubt that will happen. If she goes back to Shishio, it will probably be followed by a lot of apologizes. ‘Sorry, I lied, I actually like you’. ‘Sorry, I told him to back off since he is a teacher/adult’. ‘Sorry, I tried liking you but actually, I still like..’ ‘Sorry, guys, I didn’t tell you but my first love is actually..’ Well, Mamura would probably shrug and move on after that comment about being satisfied with what he had now. ^^;; Anyway, we’ll know for sure if it is back to how it was before Shishio’s rejection, based on how Suzume would react/do in the next upcoming chapters. I think the climax of that decision would be on the sports festival day itself. Now, do you think that the selling point of this series is the love triangle? I recall a Chinese reader mentioning that the female character in Stardust Wink would keep on going back and forth between the guys because its selling point is the love triangle. There are other series which are like that, Vampire Knight, Parfait Tic, etc. So, if this series is the same, I think it would be only at the last few chapters when we’ll know for sure as to whom Suzume would end up with..until then, it would probably be back and forth between the guys, as readers of whichever guy they are rooting, can just hope their guy gets the prize. =P Though, currently, I think Suzume wasn’t that fickle which usually happens to female leads in a love triangle series since she isn’t too sure with Mamura yet. Scans by allwink

Word of the day:
Unpredictability seems like a reason for anxiety. But the psalmist [King David from the Bible] didn’t have time to worry about what might happen. Instead, he made the choice to praise his Maker, who never loses control. We can make the same choice. ~ Our Daily Bread

33 comments:

  1. SMH Shishio... u sneaky bastard... break her heart then hug her. If you want her to be happy then let her go! I ought strangle you! Anyway thanks for the summary! <3 Tika

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    1. that was sneaky! I mean if he can't give her to anyone then don't break up... So you want to be the adult and let her go but it stings when she dates someone else...I really hated that in B.O.D,Y! The main dude done the same exact thing...

      I mean I really hate all such nonsense in shoujo mangas...The break up in the first place was so stupid because Shishio and her were doing fine and every relationship has problems and the right thing to do was to work them out... He should have talked to her about it rather than keeping all quiet and breaking up..Then suddenly reappearing to win the girl and let her know the reason why he broke up when she is dating someone else!

      But yeah lol that is how the love triangle in shoujo works....Not only that I hate the rebound concept as well..The stupid girl going back and forth not realizing she is hurting everybody around her eventhough they show how goody goody shoujo girls are! In real life guys wouldn't even be running after such a weird girl who is just messing with them....

      This series is a bit different so I have my expectations...Now it all depends on how the writer writes it down....

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    2. I AGREE! <3 Tika

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    3. Hehe, Tika, it's pretty much like that. Hm..the thing is, he might not let go if she still loves him.

      Thanks for reading ^-^

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    4. True..slolly.

      Oh well, this is fiction and that thing could have happened to drag things...^^;

      Well, I hope that it won't be unrealistically back and forth. ^^;;

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  2. hahhaha well said....vampire knight and star dust wink the author kept playing with the reader's feelings..Stardust wink the conclusion was abrupt and didn't make sense and vampire knight author couldn't even come up with a conclusion so the gil had both guys...She loved them both at the same time through out the series rather than being confused about who she loves...In Yuki's case there was no confusion because she kept on repeating how she loved both guys even before she slept with Kaname...She was messed up to her very core!!
    Here I think Suzume has a character, a personality so she acting like Yuki is out of question and I hope the conclusion isn't as crappy as stardust wink where the readers aren't convinced...

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    1. True..slolly regarding VK.

      Actually for Stardust Wink, the mangaka confessed what happened there. The editor told her to try writing a love triangle wherein she doesn't know whom the girl would end up with. She already leans towards Sou but somehow all that Hinata stuff happened. So, when it is time to decide who'll Anna end up with, she wanted to switch it back to Sou but things seem a bit off if she did that..hence she can only say sorry to Sou and make Anna end up with Hinata and end the story. ^^;;

      True..^^

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    2. knowing this makes it even more of a crappy manga....Some mangas they have the entire story drafted from the very beginning...I was reading this korean manga and as I read back and forth all the hints were already there and everything was already in set...Learning that makes me think WOW how do such artists come into the manga business though her previous mangas were pretty good...

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    3. True...there are mangakas like that..and well, there are those who draw/write things as they go..and it can be obvious after a lot of chapters.

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  3. Wohoooo! go get her Shishio! I love teacher x student thing so I am cheering for Shishio, but in the real life scenario maybe Mamura is the best choice for Suzume. Glad you mention VK, Kat. that manga really annoy me till the end with inconsistent Yuki, hope Hirunaka No Ryuusei will not end like that. BTW thank you very much Kat for your summary! :D:D

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    1. Is that so, Violet. ^^

      Hopefully so and thanks for reading ^-^

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  4. I cannot decide!!! She should end up with Mamura if she's looking for a guy who would be dedicated to her but.....but......Shishio.....gahhhhhhh......

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  5. mamura dont let shishio steal suzume from you!!!i hope this manga have good ending not like VK. ggggrrrr VK i regret read that manga coz of ending part. BTW thx for your summary kat, your blog is my fav blog ^_^

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    1. Hopefully so..is that so..because of whom Yuuki ended up with or rather vague resolution of whom she really end up with. =P

      Thanks for reading and thanks~ ^-^

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  6. That's what I'm talking about. Now, pull your shit together, sensei, and get Suzume back! DDD:

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  7. I really dislike how he's toying with her emotions. He's an adult and should be able to deal with it and move on. To do that to a high-schooler who's just starting to learn the definition of love is cruel.

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  8. I don't know why people keep hating Shishio; I mean, what he did was an act to protect the girl she loves, right? He didn't want to put her in the spot since he knew there was a limit to how much he can be there for her if things go sour due to the whole teacher/student fact. But hey, he is just a human being, and only in his early twenties to boot... he himself is a kid when you think about it- teacher or not. It must have been so hard to see the girl he loves with someone else so fast after the break-up... He just couldn't help himself and had to hug her.

    To be honest, I love both Shishio and Mamura. Honestly I don't care who ends up with Yosano, but I want the leftover (whether that be Shishio or Mamura) to be happy in the end and find happiness. I really do hope Shishio can be happy. I mean he already had his heart broken by the first girl he fell in love with, so if Ypsano were to choose Mamuya, then the author better has a good ending in mind for Shishio, because having a tragic love story TWICE is just terrible =(

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    1. True, Maliha..from that, his emotions seems to have took over.

      Put that way, ya... Anyway, most of the time, we wish for the 'other guy/girl' to be happy especially if they are 'good ones'.

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  9. Omg I squealed when I read this chapter. I have been craving for them to interact more than just quick glaces. I, got so happy when he called her ChunChun it reminds me of the good old times in the earlier chapters.

    Honestly, people seem to forget the main reason they broke up was because Suzume's uncle found out and he didn't approve. This added to the fact that if they were caught Shishio would be fired, and probably move and he would be in a mess of trouble. He never wanted to mess with her feelings in the first place, he never wanted to leave her and he does love her. This whole thing is much harder on him, like he said to Mamura in one of the previous chapters, he's jealous he can't openly date her and be with her. I just wish he would stop being hated on so much. ._. If Suzume does end up with Mamura, then I will go down with my ship of ShishioxChunChun.

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    1. True..but then, if that was the reason, he isn't doing it now. That is out the window. Hehe, maybe he is finally at this limit? So, now, it is okay to date her? Or, make her wait for him until she graduates? Or, probably do what he should have done in the first place, secretly date her? What do you think? ^^

      Well, for me, he could have 'fought' for it instead of 'easily giving in' to the uncle and lying to her about liking her. Then, they both ended up hurt. ^^;; And, I'm not extremely fond of scenarios wherein someone else, Mamura in this case, will get involve because of their issues..and well, also get hurt. ^^;;;

      I don't think her uncle would get him fired for it anyway. He wouldn't want her to be caught in a public scandal. Well, since Shishio is now hugging her in school, I think the chances of that happening is higher if someone sees them, or at least, he has a lot of explaining to do. =P

      And, I'm okay with the guy though I don't like how he handled her uncle and did that to Suzume.

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    2. I do totally agree with what you said. He did add unnecessary drama. Shishio could've done the typical shoujo theme and date her secretly but that's not what we got (and in some aspects I'm happy for that xD)

      I do totally agree with you that he should have fought harder, but this was his way of being a "responsible" adult. I didn't want Mamura dragged into it either to be honest. I thought he might have been like a one chapter thing and then they'd just stay friends.

      I know her uncle wouldn't have told on them but if someone else had found out it would've been a mess. It just makes me really anxious to see what's going to unfold.

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    3. True..it isn't typical but in a way, like this is...kind of makes him look bad, well, for me.

      I agree with being 'responsible' adult but what he is doing now is contradicting that.Ya..getting involved and for her to tell him that she'll give him a try as they go steady...might be messy.. even if Mamura might be cool about it - satisfied that it even reached that point - I'm sure it still hurts if she didn't choose him.

      I see. Anyway, let's see how this goes from here.

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  10. please just keep going out with MAMURA! he is perfect! don't break his heart

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  11. seriously it irritates me in a sense that common mangas end up with " first come first serve" scenario.,i would like to change that kind of cycle in which the girl would end up with the second guy. i mean, the first guy is just like a person who will come and go, teach her how to love so that when the time comes for the right guy to come, she is already has some experience in the name of love.,it doesn't necessarily mean, she'll end up with the first guy.,ohh come on, that teacher must be just a practice tool for her to learn what love is.,haha im so cruel.,i hope she'll end up with mamura.,they are so cute together.,and the teacher is so mature for the main character.,she looks good with mamura, they are both innocent and pure.,

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    1. True..it is rare for the girls to end up with the second guy.

      Hehe..though true, they do look cute together.

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  12. hiks, just four chapters of happiness since the confession, now sensei make a move T3T Yamamori sensei said in her twitter that she will end hirunaka this year...seeing typical shoujo manga, maybe chunchun will pick sensei. BUT before that, I really expect more mamura x suzume~ I really love seeing mamura reaction everytime suzume doing lovey dovey thing XD

    and I thought the extra chapter when they had a date, something with the salty food that give a long relationship, was a clue that suzume will end up with mamura,,,oh well, sensei must do something good to win her back

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    1. Ya, day.

      She did..so this one is ending soon, too... Hm..maybe..though those are indeed cute = his reactions ^^

      Hehe..it does seem like a hint.

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  13. I'm biased against teacher-student relationships, so I can't stand Shishio. The uncle is totally right. I know this is fiction but this manga has tried to keep a very realistic tone compared to other fluffy shoujo, so I can't ignore the realities of why Shishio is so wrong for Susume. They're at very different stages of life, and the power dynamic is totally off kilter. Aside from the fact that he controls/affects her grades and school life, he's also more experienced, more emotionally mature, and better at playing relationship games. He's in the position to take advantage of her, even if he has good intentions. If this manga really wants to rise above the typical shoujo cliche, the writer should keep Shishio out of the picture, let Susume date Mamura for a while, do a time jump to Susume in college, then revisit their relationship so their dynamic is more balanced.

    I do prefer Mamura to Shishio, but Mamura is a bit too quiet and almost boring. The writer needs to use the Susume-Mamura relationship to change and open up Mamura's character. Make him more interesting, so he'd have a better chance against Shishio. At this point, the love triangle ain't a fair fight.

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    1. Hm..that would be nice though it is rare for it to reach college unless, this is josei or serialized in magazines like Cheese!

      Is that so..well, true though maybe he is kept that way so that Shishio can easily get back his position as the 'lead guy'? Like still giving him his edge?

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