We are shown a background story between Chika and Tetsuki. Apparently, earlier on, others have a bias towards them. Chika is largely ignored because he was assumed to be aloof and unapproachable. But then, those other two kids tend to isolate those who don’t cooperate with them. Tetsuki has an aura of being approachable though he is choosy with the people he’ll hang around with.
The fangirls have amazing intel on Tetsuki. It is kind of scary that they know a lot when they just first met. Do elementary kids know that much these days or even before then about the other kids they’re interested in?
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And, based on what happened at the shoe locker area, from what Tetsuki is thinking, I guess a lot of kids tend to get jealous of him being rich, have fangirls, etc. Perhaps, that is why he is also wary of those who are too friendly? Or is it because they are not interested in him but something he has?
Hehe, indeed, small words of gratitude/kindness can make such a huge impact in one’s life. I wonder if Tetsuki had some sort of misunderstanding to see someone blushing that red just from being thanked. ^^; It is nice that Tetsuki took the initiative to approach Chika who would easily give in/lower his guard with a bit of nudge of kindness. In a way, that shows how little or almost no kindness he was treated with normally.
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About the cake, I wonder if that is Chika’s first time meeting with a strawberry or it is the strawberry cake? Hehe, he’s so easy to please. Things were okay until a major fallout between Chika and his father. Unfortunately, Chika beat up the wrong group. I’m thinking that each group that Chika has beaten up, brought in a new group to beat up him. And in the end, they all lost but his enemies grew? ^^;;
Tetsuki thought that Chika just suddenly grew cold on him but it turned out that he was protecting Tetsuki and doesn’t want him to get involved with his problems = might also ended up being beaten up by his enemies. It isn’t surprising since bullies tend to involve the enemies’ innocent friends/anyone related.
Perhaps, Chika just underestimated the possible help that Tetsuki might give him and feels that it won’t be of much help. After all, Tetsuki did offer to help earlier on. Chika might also be thinking that he can handle it alone. Ah yes, perhaps, he is also partly venting his anger and whatever after what happened between him and his father.
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I think that, after this incident, Tetsuki keeps on trying to get close to Chika again but hasn’t exactly been able to. Or rather, stop the fighting. It only totally stopped after grandpa’s intervention and what happened to the koto store.
Anyway, since the same trouble is now coming back, this time Chika won’t have to face it alone. And, this time, it won’t just be Tetsuki at his side. Hehe, somehow, I think this side story is for the feels we’ll have later on when things are finally resolved.
I’m thinking that it would be like Satowa who used to face her issue with her mother alone but in the prelims, she done that piece for her mother again. The second time around is with everyone and it was a success. On a side note, Tetsuki’s parents are really nice and they even immediately like Chika. ^-^
I missed the last few blogs about the series so i just wanted to bring a few things to attention here
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, the name uzuki was there all the way back in chapter 3 when the musketeers were having their flashbacks.So this had been in the works basically since 8 years ago lol.Uzuki was also there in the New Years chapter 58 at the start.
Also the momoya brother thing.Look at his character profile at the end of chapter 66.Its mentioned he has an older sibling.
So my point being the mangaka didnt pull all this out of her tinfoil hat which was an impression i got from the comments on the previous chapter blogs.
As always thanks for the blogs.
This special chapter made me tear up ngl
Yes, Uzuki has been mentioned before.
DeleteIs that character profile in the volume? I didn't read the volume...I only read the magazine release. If it is in chapter 66, which page? I must have missed it.
Thanks for reading ^^
Hehe, there will probably more when the resolution comes 😄
You would have probably heard of mangadex where scanlators upload their translations primarily
DeleteYou can check chapter 66 there if you want
The penultimate page is the character profile of momoya since they were done from the volume release
No clue if it was there in the magazine release
Uh...no. ^^;
DeleteMost likely not since I haven't seen his character profile so I assumed that it is in the volume. In the story, it wasn't mentioned, right?
There is no mention of his brother anywhere except that character profile
DeleteThere was a chapter once where momoya and his mother were having dinner(before he went to the golden week training camp) and there was a panel with a family photo and there was no sibling in the photo
There were also wild theories i saw about chika and him being half brothers since there are some strange similarities between them,momoya's interest in chika and both having absent fathers which was a higher probablity for me than what happened
Uzuki turning out to be his (step??)brother was a real switcheroo for me lol
Author-san with the jebait
Ah, I see. I haven't seen that character profile so it was a surprise for me regarding the brother. Though I did theorize the possibility of him being Chika's brother because of the peculiar interest towards him.
DeleteTrue. It seems like that.
Well, I think it's good that it turned out differently...it's a surprise from the author ^^
i assumed tetsuki is used to this because maybe he transferred a lot before his parents settled in this area, also as someone new they are people who are curious and those who are annoyed, also since he interacts a lot with a much older brother i guess he is on the mature side , about kids in elementary i'm not sure but i guess they were told they will have a transfer student in few days and as they were bored with daily life they fished some info from the homeroom teacher i guess.
ReplyDeleteits interesting how chika contrary to tetsuki has no emotional development (can't express himself well) which shows due to his father neglect and living in isolation, i think it's interesting how the mom is still alive i really thought she was dead and the dad had a grudge against chika for that (not that it would be an acceptable reason) but now i really don't understand the dad i mean if the mom had lots of rumers then it means she had an affair and ran away does that mean chika looks a lot like his mom and the dad is ignoring him because of the pain the mom caused (what a stupid reason but at this point i fail to see chika's dad as anything but stupid!)
i think it's both i doubt the dad bought him cake (and i don't think chika would waste money on buying it since i guess the dad leaves limited money for grocery) and i read somewhere that fruits in japan are really expensive specially strawberry so i doubt he bought it , it's nice to see tetsuki's parent be decent human , and chika took his normal route of let me do this alone and not drag others into it but i'm glad tetsuki understood that and stayed with him
this is an important chapter for future events but it's also nice to see something light before all the uzuki drama starts
emmahoshi
True, emmahoshi. Haha...that bored, huh. But then, it's all girls who fished the info. I guess he must be a popular kid? They heard from other schools, perhaps?
DeleteTrue. Most likely it is an affair like the new guy doesn't want to deal with the kid. I suddenly wondered when did the mother found time to have an affair when the kid is still young...to the point of leaving one's child with the father? Was it some sort of forced marriage that didn't work and she left with the true love? Is it possible because of work?
Strange that I'm starting to think of this now when in other stories such scenarios did happen when the mother leaves while the kid is young. The one I read before was an affair because the father is into physical abuse. Interestingly, it didn't seem to traumatize Chika that much that his mother left him like the cliche of fear of relationships with women and stuff. Was he really young = not have known her?
Hm..the first time Chika was bruised/beaten up and called by the teacher...was that by his father? If so, maybe that is beating when seen and ignoring? Stupid yes but such things do happen...diverting one's frustration to the other.
Yes, but Chika has never seen it before. Hm...he doesn't watch TV/no TV? I wonder how he eats. Give money for him to eat outside? I mean, do you think the father even leaves food for him or just toss some money for him to eat for himself. The refrigerator looks empty aside from the cans of beer. But there is a pot and pan on the stove.
I would lean more on give money and eat outside. I'm thinking that if the father cooks or somehow brings food like Natsu's mother, there relationship won't be that bad because there is still that sense of care. What do you think?
Yup.
maybe they heard from other kids and i guess a rich smart kid should be popular but i'm glad it didn't go to tetsuki's head (the popularity , the money)
DeleteIf someone is determined to do something wrong they will find time for it, i honestly think even if no other guy was involved and she had issues with chika's dad and wanted to leave i think the least she could've done is to meet her id as he grow up (if she didn't have the financial means to raise him herself) but she did nothing like that for 17 years now so i really don;t have the best of opinions of her since her problems are clearly with the dad not the son.
I guess he was young and having his dad as a family was better than having no one, this is the second time the mom is mentioned (1st time in chapter 90 i think in the train) and i'm starting to wonder if she will make an appearance i'm really ok with her never coming after all this time it will just open an old wound
I honestly don;t think the dad is physically abusive, i do think chika in 6th grade with puberty and all maybe thought that if he caused trouble his dad would pay attention to him but the dad didn't and then trouble dragged more trouble and the dad got mad and kicked him out of the home to his grandpa's home in 9th grade, I still think the dad just didn;t care if chika was there or not which is quite painful when you have no other family around
no i doubt the dad cooks (i really think natsu's mom is wonderful she both works and cooks to her son) i think he just leaves money and you do whatever you want with it style honestly it's strange to me because when i was in third grade i wouldn't even go near the stove without an adult around , so much neglect poor chika, that's why with that money he would definitely buy basic food ( i think cakes are mostly in bakeries not supermarket and he didn't seems to have friends to go to these places to) back in the early volumes there was an extra page were chika wondered why everyone was giving tetsuki chocolate in February even though chika loves chocolate, i believe there are alot of things (human interactions, events etc ) which chika is quite naive about since he didn't have much interactions growing up outside of tetsuki and his family
I think uzuki is in a dark place in life right now just like in middle school (i looked back and uzuki was from a different middle school than chika so it makes sense for people not to know he was related to natsu) and he wants to drag chika to that place again, at least tetsuki is not alone in this battle !
emmahoshi
Indeed. I think it helps that his parents are like that = brought him up really well ^-^
DeleteTrue. Though, I think it is both...she did sever ties with both. As you mentioned, she didn't even try to contact him or anything.
Indeed. I'm wondering though how Chika grew up. Like, until when did the mother took care of him before leaving and having no ties with him whatsoever. The same with the father. Disowned/sever ties over a quarrel? I think that there might be more to it.
Ah, I see. Hm...though I didn't get the impression of Chika being someone who'll cause trouble to get someone's attention. He did have a 'family' with Tetsuki. Is it possible that those guys badmouth someone special to Chika so he got into the fight? Then, father thinks that he is a troublemaker because school called him out...it escalates from there.
Hm...maybe not supermarkets...rather, he goes to convenient stores for food? Supermarkets in Japan usually have a bakery stall inside. Or, ramen/topping/fastfood stores?
That is interesting though...does it mean that he never saw someone else being given that many choco before? Tetsuki is really popular then ^^
Yup ^^
indeed there seems to be more about chika and his father but the father did throw him away around 8 or 9th grade and the grandpa took him to raise him and i think at some point he said chika was a monster i just assumed chika getting into a lot of fights is what triggered the dad but honestly it's not like the dad was doing a good job before that
Deleteyes i meant those small market places were they sell basic food
nah i think chika just didn't get the whole concept of why tetsuki was giving chocolate he even said why they give it to you when I love chocolate, i think young chika lacked a lot in human interactions and common topics in school/life which is funny because this can be seen in housiki where she too didn't know a lot of things since she was in a small bubble of playing koto and didn't have friends outside of the adults in the koto society
emmahoshi
True. Hm...now that you mentioned it, is it possible that Chika hit the father so he is called a monster? I would think that it has to be personal for one to call one's child a monster.
DeleteI see. I just wondered if he has never seen that kind of situation before. Or he has seen it but he hasn't seen anyone get that many chocolates before. 😅
maybe it is possible but to be honest with the way the dad was acting towards chika to me it seems that he was just waiting for something to throw him away and the fights gave him the opportunity
DeleteI do agree with the other anonymous poster in this comment section that natsu having an older brother was only mentioned in natsu's character profile and that's it which made me initially think his brother was chika due to his interest in chika but now i know his brother was "friends " with chika and that is the interest i think it's interesting how 2 or 3 chapters ago he confirmed that both chika and tetsuki were really friends and not just some fellow gang members which means that he did also notice tetsuki back in middle school i'm not sure why was he interested in his brother's business back in middle school maybe all the fights uzuki got to (and i'm assuming he didn't come back home often too) created tension in the family .. who knows
emmahoshi
Ah, that's also possible.
DeleteHm..for him to be interested in/know his brother's gang member that does mean that they used to live together right? Hm...seems not because he isn't in that family picture...unless deliberately do not want to have a picture with them. At most, somehow know each other and interacted for some time. I mean, he did greet Natsu at his workplace. And, he knew that from...? The mother?
Somehow, I think that perhaps, Chika has met Natsu but doesn't recognize him now. He wasn't blond before?
Ah, Natsu did mention that Chika is famous. Perhaps, while in school, he saw Chika interacting with his brother? Like, meeting at the school gate. Though, why does Natsu had a more favorable view of Chika even if he was a part of his brother's gang. Talking about such past/background would easily made one scared and want to stay away like Momoya or Oka. Can't wait to know more ^^
I am not sure how their living situation was but it is a high possibility that the mom told him but natsu did frequent this shop since middle school (or maybe earlier) because he knows the owner (i think the guy with black hair is the owner) so it wasn't difficult to find him, and it seems that they haven't met in a long time. one thing i did mention earlier (in this thread or in another discussion) that uzuki used to go to a different middle school so i guess it is natural to focus on chika who is friends iwth the borther and attends the same school, i'm not sure how much natsu knows about uzuki and what uzuki did to chika's grandpa but when he saw how much chika changed in the new year concert maybe it made him think that his brother could also change one day? (it also made him that he can change too and he did)
Deletehmm i doubt middle school chika paid attention to a lot of people besides tetsuki and the trio also if natsu was 1 grade younger that makes it even harder for him to interact with and i doubt natsu hang out with his brother's gang
again i think natsu wasn't scared because he wanted to change and he saw a changed person and that's why chika was interesting
indeed time will tell
thanks
emmahoshi
Possible.
DeleteThat is one thing. How did Natsu know Chika is friends with his brother? So, I'm thinking that maybe they somewhat met before. Though I keep on forgetting that it is only one year age gap between them so Chika should recognize him if ever. At most, Natsu has seen Chika hanging out with Uzumi. And, seen him what's he's like?
Change - is that personality or how come a former delinquent is now in a koto club? Technically, Chika is still the same after he let go off whatever is making him into a delinquent. Iirc, he still helped the trio when they were in a fight before, right? And, he was already a delinquent then.
I would like to assume that Natsu knew what kind of person Chika is = not scared but then, curious what changed that he shifted from being a delinquent to koto club musician. Haha, but then, Natsu should have seen Chika's real character before.
Yup ^^
us readers know about chika and how besides fighting people he wasn't all that bad but if you look at it even the trio only got to know how chika was after he saved them so somehow i think besides tetsuki and the trio later on chika's image in middle school is that of a hopeless delinquent, it would be nice if natsu did see him from afar and noticed how he wasn;t all that bad or even if natsu only became interested in him recently when he saw how the koto club changed him
DeleteIt would be interesting to know which is correct
emmahoshi
True. I'm just wondering if there is something that Natsu knew about Chika that made him curious about him after seeing that performance in the mall. After all, Natsu tends to be not interested in people in general. So, is a delinquent becoming a member of a koto club enough for him to be that interested that he'll join the club?
DeleteYup ^^
you know when you put it that way indeed just that would not be enough to make him interested so it could be something else or the association with his brother i guess we will know more about his relation with the brother in the next chapter either way i hope the appearance of the brother wouldn't make things bad for natsu specially that he is actually enjoying the club now
Deleteemmahoshi
Yup. ^^
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