Watashi no Shounen - Vol. 3 Ch. 12 - Marble

[MangaDex]

 

[Deoxyribo9]

Tiny Tawada a cute.

 

[donutholer]

when ramune teaches you a shitty life lesson

 

[idkmybffjpeg]

Those ramune bottles looked like they had been openned already.

 

[belkrax]

Those god damn bottles, hate them.

 

[Lynkaster]

she was born 18 years too soon, or him too late...? x')

 

[IAmArock]

So Mashuu is like that bead, uf you free him (out of your care) he can break, that's why you would want to keep him trapped. Sounds beautifully creepy. But doesn't quite apply to our story since she doesn't really feel so possesive of him.

 

[YuumeiHime]

That picture of Satoko's child-self and Mashuu is just making me feel things 😭😭😭😭

 

[kurobuns]

Yeah I feel like the analogy doesn't work very well with the story. It's kinda been a running theme with this manga for me, that its anecdotes for emotional moments fall kinda flat. It's cute and all, but it's not quite getting to something more profound.

 

[PurpleQualia]

TIL some people have never heard of foreshadowing.

What if, and this is just a huge if, the "perfect sphere" analogy is a hint towards inner turmoil explored later on by the characters? Almost as if our protagonist retreats from relationships because of her internalised vulnerability caused by family trauma or something 🤔. Nope, must be bad writing /s.

Incidentally, I also think detective fiction are all crap because authors keep putting in these unrelated details called "clues" for the readers. No way those "clue" things can be relevant later on.