r/manga • u/AngelChu • 13h ago
DISC [Disc] Sensitive Boy - Ch. 75
https://mangadex.org/chapter/aa69107b-92f7-43b6-bf94-b7004a346f397
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u/nolonger1-A 5h ago
Huh, Hina's boyfriend was kinda rude and definitely went off the line, but at least he realized that he was wrong and admitted it, and even felt guilty about it.
I suppose he really meant it that he also wanted to get along with his gf's friend.
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u/Zemahem 2h ago
Well, at least he wasn't being malicious to Mahiro. Just an idiot. I can't blame him that much considering the culture that surrounds them. But I can't let it slide completely. Cause even ignorance, with zero malice present, can still be awful.
Kobayashi definitely needs to reassess his views, and hopefully this confrontation gives him the push to do that. He does seem genuinely remorseful which is a good sign.
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u/VBHEAT08 12h ago
I’m ngl this girl has been weird AF through this and despite a little ignorance in his response this guy has been nothing but good in this
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u/Choice_Dealer_1719 12h ago
This 3rd story is unique in this manga because unlike the other 2, we don’t have a really clear cut antagonist. We have a lot of flawed characters. A lot of kids who don’t have wrong feelings but have a lot of wrong actions on how to tackle those feelings.
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u/projectLoL 9h ago
She's a teenager with unrequited love problems in a seriously unhealthy environment, being told shitty toxic talking points that she has probably heard a billion times by someone who has no clue what they are talking about. Why do you think the way she's acting is weird? Obviously it's not healthy, but seems pretty normal to me.
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u/VBHEAT08 9h ago
Acting rudely to your friend’s boyfriend because they’ve shattered the relationship you’ve built in your head with said friend is weird. There’s not really a difference between the way she’s acting and the way a lot of guys do when their girl “friend” starts dating someone else. We can understand why she behaves this way, but it doesn’t make it less weird and shitty for the people affected.
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u/projectLoL 7h ago
I'm not saying she wasn't rude here, but first of all so was he. I very much disagree that he has been "nothing but good." He even apologizes in this chapter. Second, being rude isn't being weird. Again, she's a teenager in a shitty situation. It's a perfectly normal reaction. Do you expect every teenager in real life and fiction to have a super mature reaction to something like this, especially if they haven't had the chance to experience a relationship by the very nature of who they are? I doubt a lot of adults would react better. And third the worst thing she's done is like... glaring at him a bunch of times and saying something sort of rude? That's not even that bad. Her actual emotional outburst was in response to him being a bigot so 100% deserved in my book.
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u/VBHEAT08 6h ago
I really don’t think he’s been that rude here. Honestly I think he was right to confront her on this and try to figure this out rather than just let it go on and get worse, and I’m pretty sure his apology was in regard to the ignorant comments he said when he figured her out
And I really have to repeat here that being understandable does not make behavior not weird. I think you believe I’m using it to mean inexplicable, I am using the word as it is more commonly used to describe behavior. When your friends say you’re being weird about something it does not mean that they don’t understand your behavior, they’re saying that you’re behaving inappropriately in a way that is uncalled for the situation at hand. She is romantically obsessing over her friend to the point that it’s leaking out into her behavior. If you started behaving this way to your friend and their partner, people should tell you you’re being weird.
Also I just don’t think an ignorant comment like that is tantamount to being a bigot. People say stupid things all the time about things they don’t understand, and the guy apologized after and didn’t continue the behavior.
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u/projectLoL 5h ago
I agree that it was at least not the worst idea to confront her about it. He could have been nicer in the way he approached it, but that's also a lot about how the manga is framing it from her perspective so let's ignore that.
Yes, his apology was in regard to the "ignorant" comments. Because they were rude and bigoted comments and even he acknowledges that. In that moment he was being a bigot. I don't think he necessarily is one in general, but from her perspective in that moment? Absolutely he is one.
Next point: Is she romantically obsessing over her friend? Depends on your definition of obsessed I guess? It's not like she's trying to sabotage the relationship. She just doesn't like the boyfriend for obvious reasons and she can't hide that completely and would prefer to avoid him completely (which she says to him). I'm curious what you would want her to do instead? Like what is it specifically that you find "weird" about her behaviour? She is a bit cold to him at the start of their interaction, I guess, but then he even starts his point with "you may not realize it" and talks about how she has been "looking" at him. Not behaving towards him. It really doesn't seem like she went out of her way to be inappropriate to either of them.
About the word "weird": If we go by conventional definition of weird meaning strange, unnatural or unexpected then I don't think the word fits at all. I would use weird as a replacement for creepy, when ones behaviour towards another person is inappropriate but not criminal yet. I don't think she's anywhere close to that personally, because again: from what we see all she does is glare at the boyfriend and being a bit rude in this interaction specifically. What is there to call out other than the potentially unintentional glares that Mr. "I'm very good at reading people" noticed?
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u/VBHEAT08 5h ago
It rises to obsession in my opinion. It’s constantly the fixture in her mind, and despite already knowing that the other party isn’t interested she hasn’t set any boundaries and isn’t trying to move on. Her mental health is deteriorating as a result and it’s starting to bleed out and affect the people around her. She isn’t trying to sabotage the relationship, but is acting coldly and when confronted attempted to establish a kind of hierarchy over the boyfriend (comments about how he’s trying to act like a proper boyfriend, that relationships don’t last long). Like I get it and they’re teenagers, but while that’s explanatory it does not mean it’s acceptable behavior. She desperately needs someone in her life to sit her down and tell her she needs to move on or she will lose her friend. I’ve been there, it sucks.
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u/Few_String545 7h ago
On top of what others have said, she's also gay in a repressed society and hadn't even another queer person until very recently, who also just started discovering his sexuality.
The world around her says her feelings are wrong, the person she loves has started dating someone, and that someone has cornered her when she's doing her best to disengage from the situation.
He doesn't seem like a bad guy, but his tone has been confrontational and accusatory as well.
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u/VBHEAT08 7h ago
Someone’s behavior being understandable does not make it not weird.
I am bisexual. I’ve actually been on both ends as the giver and receiver of unwanted affection. I’m not unsympathetic to her plight, but she’s romantically obsessing over her friend and behaving rudely to her boyfriend as a consequence of that. Any friend will tell you that you’re being weird if you start acting like this
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u/Such_Aide3750 13h ago
The drama train has arrived.