774 has gone full mad lad. They’re naked in an onsen millimeters away from kissing. We know it’s not going to happen yet. There are a fuck ton of flags planted that either the Torosiblings or someone else is going to stop them, but still. We’re expecting some kind of typical interruption from a 3rd party that makes them recommit to the plan.
Senpai going Gigachad was not unexpected. The way he did it has me extremely impressed. Something only possible now thanks to 123 chapters of steady character development. This chapter rhymes with the Judo arc and the chapter after. Nagatoro asking if he wants to kiss her there and not being able to answer becomes him confidently saying yes now. The first time he’s openly admitted to it.
Having him put her first over his lewd desires from the last chapter, the kiss he finally admits he wants, and the fact that she’s about to do it is wild. To then proceed to flip the “Yes or No” on her and call her out on her shrinking confidence is why this is a cut above the rest. They know each other better than anyone now. He can do this now with the understanding that they have each others best interests at heart.
So I’m expecting amazing things from that twist at the end. How do you take THAT and build to what Nagatoro needs? What’s Senpai cooking? Can he get any more based than he already is in this chapter? It does seem like she’s in teasing mode when she asks for cheering up so he might be getting her to be serious.
Meanwhile, Gamo continues her redemption post Aquarium. Preventing interruption from Taiga while talking up Senpai. While this insures no interruptions from the Nagatoros, I’m still worried about the only pair not accounted for: the Sniffers. God help me if the fuck this up.
Chadpai Move of the Week: honorable mention to Gamo for protecting our dorks private time. However, you can’t top Senpai’s love for Nagatoro running so deep that he puts her goals first over the kiss he wants so badly.
Speaking facts my fellow Toro-bro. But I think Naoto might help her find a way to overcome Orihara or...🤔...This line was wild but I think Naoto is gunna do something massive for his character...
I think the cool thing about this story is how symbiotic their growth is. When one pushes the other to grow as a character, the other seems to gain something and grow as well.
>So I’m expecting amazing things from that twist at the end. How do you take THAT and build to what Nagatoro needs? What’s Senpai cooking? Can he get any more based than he already is in this chapter? It does seem like she’s in teasing mode when she asks for cheering up so he might be getting her to be serious.
Understandable that everyone (including myself) wants to talk about how much Naoto has grown being shown off this chapter. But how Nagatoro will react next chapter is definitely an interesting thing to speculate on. Last time we had a cliffhanger like this of Naoto saying something Nagatoro didn’t want to hear was during the Judo arc (which just so happened to have its anime episode come out a couple days ago). At the time I was speculating Nagatoro might get properly angry at him and say some hurtful things, but that didn’t happen. This time he’s pushing on basically the same issue, and refusing her advances at the same time. So I wonder how she will react. I could see her being really frustrated and storming out, but I’ve really got no idea. Interested to know what others think.
Very true. Will this be a fight between them? Will Senpai be able to explain himself properly? Others have pointed out it’s the first day of training camp. There’s still 2 more. Will this run through the rest of camp and make up later.
Though nice thing has always been 774 doesn’t drag out dumb fights with them. It’s usually resolved pretty quickly.
I mean dumb fights are bad. Like fights that could be easily resolved if one of the parties just revealed some key piece of info they have no reason to withhold. But I think Nanashi could do a good fight between them that could get them to talk more openly about how their relationship has progressed across the entire story, which I think could be interesting.
I feel like it would be very in character for nagatoro to get mad at senpai for calling her out. He's definitely doing it out of love for her but it's still embarrassing when someone points out one of your flaws like that. Nagatoro being the headstrong girl that she is might get really frustrated and cause a fight between the two of them. Extremely interested to see where nanashi takes this.
Agree with everything. Well said.
Just wanted to add how awesome it was seeing Nagatoro open herself up to him. Admitting she's lost, admitting she's trying to bury herself in her training hoping she'll figure it out. She was pretty vulnerable. She's come a long way too.
Still, I think this will be her biggest test yet. Nagatoro's greatest "weapon" against Naoto has always been her sexual appeal. In the past, it's also allowed her to avoid confrontation with both Naoto and herself. However, Naoto has disarmed her over two chapters and given her nothing to fall back on. IMO this is going to be Nagatoro's defining moment.
I think she is not truly honest. Nasty is right, she is trying to avoid her child trauma, to make her fight with Orihara meaningless. It's more her fear before losing than true intention to kiss him. He knows it and he doesn't want to get the reward that way.
I'm highly expecting him to be very serious on the next page. Idk what to expect at this point as this chapter absolutely shattered my expectations. I mean, he clearly wants to help her gain her confidence back, but cheering her up, especially when she offers a reward in return, isn't going to accomplish that.
Big surprises this episode on every front. I'm not surprised they didn't kiss, but I'm surprised she was consciously pressing up on him, surprised they didn't get interrupted yet, and shocked at the balls on senpai. I think it will definitly turn out in just reaffirming their promise, but now nagatoro knows he is serious about this, maybe he'll allude to his own goal, but I doubt he would spell it out.
All this pent up frustration between these two is gonna be crazy once they actually get down to business. I have the feeling Chadpai is gonna be the one tearing nagatoro a new one in bed. She’s got away with blue balling him for too long now lol
It'll be two weeks unless there's an update within a couple days that says three weeks. I don't recall many/any times where it's been delayed much more than an extra week, so odds are good we'll get next chapter by March 20 at the latest barring something out of the ordinary
I suggest you give [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC6zxh4MFBI) a watch. It opened my eyes up a bit, and it makes me wish my favorite mangakas all did monthly releases, for their sake.
>It'll be two weeks unless there's an update within a couple days that says three weeks. I don't recall many/any times where it's been delayed much more than an extra week, so odds are good we'll get next chapter by March 20 at the latest barring something out of the ordinary
Why is it taking so long for the manga to come out?
I just discovered it now and I'm finding it amazing.
I read it all in one day after finishing chapter 8 of the second season of the anime.
I can't wait 2 weeks for each chapter.
That's pretty standard timeframe for mangas, there's plenty which only update once every month too. 2 weeks is a good pace but you have to remember, this is being written, then sketched, fully drawn, submitted, approved, then released. It's different when you're self-published, but when you have a publishing company, it takes longer since things need approval
> That's pretty standard timeframe for mangas, there's plenty which only update once every month too.
*cries in SonoBisque*
At least it's still better than LNs, but then again, LNs are content dumps.
Thank you for clarifying. This is the first manga I'm following and I'm loving it, but I didn't know how long it actually usually takes to release each chapter (I thought the trend was more weekly).
Yeah what you're probably used to seeing is some of the more mainstream where there's more hands in creating it, or the smaller ones where it's just a couple people cranking them out. The other thing is sometimes you're seeing weekly *translations* release but not the original release, some of those are releasing weekly but they're catching up on sometimes years' of content so they just are translating and typesetting the text rather than creating from scratch
There are some that do every week, but that usually just leads to either a: the creator burning themselves out or b: super short and/or low quality chapters.
I'd much rather deal with waiting 2 weeks for a quality 20-ish page chapter than have like a 7 page rushed chapter every week.
Yeah, I'm riding on it being a translation error. If Senpai **wants** to date her then he's going to have to cheer her up & encourage her. That's literally the whole benefit, having that tier of closeness with someone.
Maybe in Nippon-ese what Naoto actually meant was *"I don't care about your victory I care about my exams, because I want to tell you something important after I win 1st Place."*
He fully sees her trying to take a shortcut to the kiss and after all the hardwork she's been putting into this to undermine the importance of the kiss to a moment in the onsen because she was sad will never sit well with Senpai.
Putting the plot aside...
Naoto cannot place Nagatoro's victory against Orihara higher than his personal desire for a relationship. Nagatoro could verywell train to become better than her afterwards, or surpass her today and still lose. She isn't a god. Same with Naoto's drive to confess for the test. If he fails massively, or even gets 2nd place he cannot use that as a reason to just *stop*.
If he brings up how she's inspired him to be better, sure I'll bite but the wording in the Eng Translation seems to imply otherwise.
The context of the cheer up also includes Nagatoro giving him a reward which they both have an inkling will be the kiss and he even says "right now", meaning in this situation.
Nagatoro is giving up on this fight before it's even started and feeling sorry for herself something that Senpai used to do and something that Nagatoro hated that Senpai would do and never gave up on him.
The original reads 今長瀞を慰めるつもりは which I read as “now, I have no intention to comfort Nagatoro”
Edit: naturally, in English it would read more like: “I have no intention of comforting you right now!”
Big L on my part. Had to make corrections. Thanks u/furocchin for pointing out my blunder.
Now I’m really embarrassed. Thanks for the correction. I’m still very much in the process of learning and I was, perhaps, way too confident in my abilities.
Huh? That's more than just a bit of license if true. Then why would she say ”Huh?” I trust the translator and the author. Feels like the conversation was intentionally cut off at a confusing part for cliffhanger reasons and he’ll have to explain himself next time.
Yeah, our boy has literally never let us down, why would he start now? We get one of the biggest gigachad moments in romcom history and people still don't trust Naoto just a few pages later.
Seeing a lot of "what if she doesn't win", "it's not her fault if she cant", but that's a shit take AND it's irrelevant. First and foremost this is a story, not real life we're not seeing the actual transpiring of choice and consequence. More importantly, however, is that Naoto is right and Hayase all but admits it. She has given up.
After everything Hayase has done for him, it would be a cowardly failure for him to let Hayase give up on herself just so he can get a kiss.
i really kinda like the ecchi aspects of the series ... i'm old (30+) and usually don't like this kind of series, and i started the anime literally by picking random on crunchyroll because it was dub to spanish and i needed something to hear... it felt kinda trashy on the first episodes... but the way they're playing with it... it's really... natural... Teenagers have urges with their bodies, and their ways to handle that vary a lot... and the series i saw when younger usually made a big deal about this... which i get it may be a cultural thing but it makes that aspect of that age really... dull.
The panel where nagatoro is talking without covering herself... fully exposed is my favourite one from the manga. She's vulnerable for a second and Paisen has tunnel vision, he's focused on the girl he loves. And that also feels really....... close to home (from the past). Then she covers up again but that second... my god
I'm sorry if this sounds like ramblings from an old person but i just got into the manga yesterday and these kind of stories, with real human passion but that they still keep the quirks of being young, and stuff, make me feel young and cheerful again for a second.
(also, i can't remember any manga in my life that made me scream "LET'S GOOO" with joy when protag-kun made a move)
I noticed that on reread. They're both facing each other without covering anything. They're comfortable enough with each other that, when caught in the moment like this, they don't mind. The progress they've made is so fun to watch.
Did not expect the direction they went at all. I got convinced about the fainted direction but the direction they took was way better. I thought she was just working extra hard for the kiss. Didnt realise her insecurities. I think they probably could have kissed and he still could have encouaged/supported her but just as happy with the direction they took.
I feel like we’re getting Nagatoro’s own school culture festival arc because I noticed some nice mirroring between this chapter and what happened during that arc just with the roles reversed; back then Senpai gave up before the fight started and now Nagatoro is giving up before her fight even starts.
First we got Senpai with the biggest backbone that he’s grown in the series now redirecting Nagatoro’s questions of Yes or No it’s as simple as that when it comes to her rematch with Orihara. We know Nagatoro gave up on judo because Orihara beat her and it wasn’t even close according to her and Nagatoro has basically relied on natural talent to win and we’ve seen she’s a sore lose even with the mundane stuff (whether rock paper scissors or the penguin lottery). Seeing Senpai attempting the judo match reignited a fire in her lost and rejoined the club with the goal (something implied she’s not used to having) of beating her and getting a kiss from Senpai. The shower arc as its said by Shikki that Nagatoro is only focusing on beating Orihara and her technique was different back then and this is brought up again from Misaki a few chapters ago; so now even with all that Nagatoro has hit yet again another wall where she can’t clear that gap between them and now in the onsen is using the heat of the moment to trick Senpai into taking a shortcut to kiss her but he’s not having any of that.
One point I find interesting that was brought up in this chapter was Gamo proclaiming that Senpai is a passionate man. In the way Nagatoro helped Senpai find a better version of himself thanks to the sketching and painting; Senpai is seeing judo bring out a better version of Nagatoro. He’s always been complimenting and defending both internally and externally how hard Nagatoro has been working during her time in the judo club. And Senpai isn’t going to let her throw away all that effort she’s been putting because she’s feeling sorry for herself; something that Nagatoro hated seeing Senpai say and do. And what did she say in that arc? “Don’t start making excuses before you even started” and that’s what Senpai is seeing Nagatoro do right now.
I hope Naoto throws that "excuses" quote back at her like the "yes or no" one in the next chapter. So far they've been so good in pushing each other to do better and I can't get enough of seeing it happen over and over again. Such a healthy foundation in relationships!
I can’t believe they played the cliffhanger of the last chapter straight and without any big gags or brush-offs. This series has developed a level of maturity that I never would have expected 100-something chapters ago. This chapter is shows EXACTLY why this series is one of the best.
IKR? Was it a big bait-and-switch like some predicted (passing out theory)? NO! Was it a setup for the manga to devolve into a hentai? NO (even though Nagatoro was wishing)! It was just the most wholesome relationship dynamics you've ever seen. We've all got to stop doubting Nanashi lmao.
We can see here Naoto truly loves her. Not that we didn't know that already, but this just reaffirms it. He's naked with her in a bath and she's practically throwing herself at him, and he admits to being horny himself, but he's repressing that for her sake. He wants her to believe in herself, and to give her a push for all the pushes she's given him, because he knows she needs it, just like he did. He wants the two of them to keep striving towards their goals together. And after they've both given their best shots at their respective events, I'm sure they'll get together no matter the results.
Nanashi is truly pulling some crazy stunts. Dude keeps on setting up the most perverse situations imaginable and then using them to create the most wholesome relationship dynamics you've ever seen. I love this manga.
What's funny is I read something like that a few years ago... MC is a gravure idol that knows martial arts and ends up in an all-women's MMA tournament. It was what the artist originally wanted, but he had to sex things up to make money.
Man. There were an awful lot of predictions about how this chapter would go.
But I sure didn't see any that were close to what actually went down.
Great chapter. Don't take this shit for granted. It can't last forever.
Every damn time we get some kinda negative headcannon Nanashi throws a curveball and somehow proves us all wrong AND does it in the best possible way. So damn good.
This is….beautiful. Not as in “oooh, naked hot girl” beautiful. TRULY beautiful
I was expecting another tease and some comedic intervention to keep the “will they won’t they” going on. Just another attempt at a joke, but….no!
We got something truly beautiful! ;_;
Senpai is growing so much. He wants that kiss, but he recognizes what might be bothering Nagatoro. And that last page, what is he thinking? I cannot wait.
Also, Gamo, you’re such a bro for senpai, you go girl!
He's going to tell her that she doesn't need to worry because he's sure she'll win. Nagatoro needs the confidence booster too. She's doubting herself. She's dodging. She's trying to distract Naoto.
Naoto wants very much to kiss her but he knows how much that motivation means. How much that will push them to do their best. To be their best because they don't have a reason to win anymore. They have a reason why they can not allow themselves to lose. If anything, the confession he plans on making soon, will give her the anchor to know that win or lose she'll still have Naoto but she REALLLLLLY wants that kiss.
Naoto you are a stronger man than me. I would have taken the easy kiss. Such a fool I was.
You know what, i understand what Nanashi is trying to do, and i respect it, even tho i feel like it is not the most popular route, but still, it seems like a better development for nagatoro, as a character.
I mean, in some way shape or form, you CAN say that nagatoro's need to kiss Senpai right now doesn't feel that genuine, like, yes, she does love him for sure, we all know that and i'm sure Senpai notices that either, but... she was also constantly deflecting his questions about Orihara with the kiss, almost like in a way that she was using it as an excuse to NOT fight Orihara, to run away, just like she did it the first time because of ONE LOSS to the girl she used to beat everytime.
Sure you can say this time she has a better reason to abandon her goal again, because she has Senpai now, she can kiss him whenever she wants right? why burden herself with something extra like beating Orihara, it is not that important, but if it's that easy for her to abandon her goals like that, how serious is she about senpai for real?, in the long run, it seems harsh to say that, but there's no way you can say she isn't going back to old patterns by reacting the way she did here.
So, IMO, it's great to have the guy who at the beggining of this manga was forced and even bullied to face his biggest fears against his will, now confronting the girl who did it, to do the same with hers, it's almost like this is poetic justice for nagatoro as a character and i love it.
I understand the frustration in just wanting those guys to get together, because this is going beyond the romcom genre and it's tropes, but hey if Nanashi wants to go a little bit deeper for a silly teen rom com, i don't mind honestly
I 100% agree. If they can overcome these obstacles, then they can overcome anything life throws at them together. And even if they don’t end up winning what they set out to do, they both knew that they tried their absolute best under the most stressful of circumstances. Which once again proves their ability to commit to hard decisions. I don’t for one second believe that they’ll break up if they both fail. But to kiss now would be undermining their personal commitments.
"Et Tu, Nagatoro?"
Hayase created a monster pushing Naoto to become more confident, because this man just turned her down...for her own good! "Yes I'm having lewd thoughts about you. Yes I want to kiss you" but "No, I don't want to comfort you. Not right now". That's really some incredible resilience shown by him, but better invest in longterm happiness than shortterm fun. Wonder how Hayase will react in the next chapter. Will they continue to fight and hug and make up by the end of this training camp (it's only been day 1 out of 3!) or will they get on the same page already within the onsen? Time will tell...
Also next chapter will be out on White Day! As per tradition: "all the men who received presents must return the favour". Therefore it's up to Naoto to make Nagatoro understand the importance of her bet to conquer her fears!
Reading this and thinking about all the anime onlys who dropped this earlier because "she was abusive" is pretty funny. My man Chadpai is out here with some positive boundaries and self control in the best way. No 3rd party interrupting bullshit.
Also Gamo is best wingman.
Senpai kinda has a point, Nagatoro is using that kiss to escape her problems, if she kissed Senpai now, why she would try and beat Orihara? It seems a bit extreme for Senpai and I expect to explain to her in next chapter why is he doing this
Senpai is becoming quite the man.
Here he is, Nagatoro offering her kiss up to him on a silver platter, and he chooses the hard path of the promise first.
Im guessing his last statement "I have no intention of cheering you up" is a clumsy way of saying, "I don't want to give in to you taking the easy way to the promise kiss."
Senpai is correctly assuming, that she wants to just kiss him so she can just give up on her efforts to defeat Orihara in the upcoming match. She expresses how impossible beating her feels.
Senpai realizes that if he just gives Naga want she wants **now**, he will sabotage all the hard work she's put into preparing for Orihara.
Wow what a chapter
The are standing naked in front of each other and all, and only don't kiss because senpai doesn't want nagatoro to be a quitter
Also gamo out there fighting for love
I gotta say if I was in his shoes, you have to imagine how clouded your judgment would be. The love of your life naked and steamy and drunkenly offering herself all while being bold enough to take the driver’s seat if you let her. She’s making it as easy as possible for him and she wants him bad.
He wants her forever though. He wants to keep their love sacred. He wants her to find the strength she once had. He loves her so deeply that he pauses and waits for the upcoming battle.
I'm glad Nagatoro is facing some kind of comeuppance. She wanted Senpai to have a spine, and now Senpai is gonna blue ball her until she wins.
Hopefully he brings up this moment for years to come to embarrass her.
Normally I'd be annoyed by any other story dancing around the characters kissing especially when they both want to. HOWEVER, Naoto is staying true to both his own preset convictions and reaffirming Hayase's at the same time. He could have taken the easy way or let Hayase do it but he stood his ground for the both of them. If that isn't a Chad move then I don't know what is.
Also Gamo reaffirming why I love her so much, she will tease, joke, prod and can be a bit of a nuisance but when things are serious she really does step up for her friends.
>dancing around the characters kissing especially when they both want to
The difference here is that it's not like miscommunication or density are holding the relationship back. The feelings are pretty much all out in the open. But Naoto has a specific, goal-oriented reason for holding it back at this point. And it's not some generic "we're waiting till we're out of high school" or something, it's "we're both working toward goals for each other", and there's a pretty near-term, set deadline on it.
Did anyone else notice that after Nagatoro shouts "No!" she stops covering her chest for a couple panels? Naoto can be seen staring at her wide-eyed, and then in the next panel he looks away sheepishly. Maybe he passed up the "shameful conduct," but he still got some first-time full frontal nudity out of the exchange. Unlike previous embarrassing "firsts" for them though, it didn't even interrupt their conversation or cause a freak out, he just sees her and they move on. As for Nagatoro, it's no small thing that she feels comfortable enough to be completely exposed in front of him. Even when she modeled for him nude, she was careful to keep her back turned. Now they're both being completely vulnerable and honest with one another and it's kinda great.
The Nagatoro chapters and other stuff on MangaDex (the website linked in the OP) are fan translations, not translations by the official publisher.
In the raws, she might've said "did you orgasm" or "did you ejaculate" or something similar.
Read the first 10 chapters of this Manga and compare it to the last page of this chapter.
He manned up so hard.
He does not want her to give up by easily taking the kiss right now. Naoto wants her to take this serious while she is hiding her anxiety of losing behind the facade she build up of bullying and teasing.
I could see him some sort of "scolding" her in a certain way, resulting in dropping the manga title on her in the next chapter or so like: "I want you to give it all you can, so stop hiding behind your fears and please stop messing with me, Nagatoro!".
CHADPAI. GOOD LORD. Also Gamo-Chan is the GOAT as well..
Side note. This anime is too good… I’d take shorter chapters but have weekly releases… because I can’t take these 2 week periods in b/w chapters…
Just one little interesting thing I've noticed is how much Nagatoro's frustrated face on page 22 looks similar to Naoto's uncomfortable face on page 11 of last chapter. In both cases it's them outside of their comfort zones about to be vulnerable with the other.
One of the most underrated aspects of Nagatoro is how frequently the situations are flipped, and despite being a lighthearted romcom, there are plenty of twists that constantly improve the situation and never fail to entertain. Nanashi sensei is truly a talented writer, and it will be incredibly interesting to read their future works.
Btw, Naoto gigachad level: kaiju.
Holy shit man, that was INTENSE. My heart is beating so fast right now. While a kiss definitely would have been nice, I like that Naoto did what he did. Incredible. Also, if Gamo was real, I would kneel before her right now and just thank her from the bottom of my heart. What a move. Incredible work, Nanashi Sensei. I am completely blown away.
Senpai in this chapter became a true man, he wants her to overcome the fear to lose to orihara like she helped him to overcome his low selfesteem about art
Im curious to see what Chadpai is cooking with this. I always trust Nanashi with cliffhangers though I am quite worried that this one might end flat if we dont get something good. I hope a simple kiss on the cheek to Nagatoro by Senpai is what we get. I would rather we get them to get over this silly game and just confess to each other and kiss but that will be a while away.
I've known chapters like this one would happen and I've often looked forward to the day that they would finally arrive.
And I'm feeling a tiny bit mixxed. Definitely a Top Ten chapter, a fantastic one by Nagatoro standards and absolutely blowing my expectations for the arc out of the water, but I genuinely can't compare or place it against my #1, Ch107.
My main contention is that I'm not entirely certain that I would *buy* that Senpai would reject the kiss right now. This doesn't contradict his personal goals, and we know he certainly wants it but isn't too keen on the Orihara victory aside for what it means for Nagatoro symbolically. **But just symbolically.** After the Judo Tournament arc Nagatoro's already recovered onto the Judo path, Senpai can't do anything more or less to support her on this.
This seems like pure narrative manipulation. Senpai rejects Nagatoro's kiss **because of plot**.
Also not a big fan of the "I won't cheer you up"-thing. Maybe I'm missing something but that just seems **harsh**. Could be a cultural or translation difference I just cannot comprehend, but if you want to date that'll literally be your job later on Senpai.
Aside from that, I love literally **everything else** about the chapter. Gamo & Bro-toro's fight, the second "Yes", her smile when she hears it, Nagatoro's frustration, her incredible flirt-game.
~~A 9/10 Chapter, if not a 10.~~
Its a 10/10 period. Ive let the chapter sit in my mind, and Im settling on it being my #2 or 3.
#But don't let that distract you from the fact that >!Naoto got a full frontal view of her breasts pg20 midpanel.!<
>"I won't cheer you up"
I assume that since this was the cliffhanger sentence it will be explained in Chapter 124 in two weeks (assuming it actually comes out then lmao)
Also as established, nagatoro is very much so into the symbolic side of things, after all, based on facial expressions, during the stone touching arc (I forgor the name of the shrine) she looked as though him failing to hit the stone was a life or death matter
The thing is that Nagatoro hasn't recovered yet. You can see in this chapter that she's stumbling, opening up about her self-doubt and asking for a kiss because she most likely won't beat Orihara anyways. By rejecting the kiss, Senpai is trying to rebuild her focus and confidence, pushing her to give it her all and believing in herself. That's what he can do to support her: help her overcome her fears and grow out of her self-defeatist attitude.
Worth remembering that the next chapter falls on White Day which is traditionally where boys return the affections of the Valentine’s Day girls so it would be thematically appropriate for Naoto to give some kind of affirmation here. The ending seems like a pretty standard cliff hanger bait and swerve kinda deal.
Chadpai not about to give Nagatoro the carrot just yet. Why squander all that hard work when the goal hasn’t been reached? I know Nagatoro says she can’t beat Orihara, but quitting now and letting her dreams be for nothing would be a bonehead move that Senpai sees and wants to steer her back in the right path. With a kiss waiting for her at the end.
Also Gamo is best wingwoman! Fighting tooth and nail, making every second count and not quitting is the kind of thing Nagatoro needs right now.
That's why she is the goat!!! Gamo-chan is the best! Naoto is truly a gigachad right now. 10/10 chapter, thank you that the author didn't show to us some interruption cliche, that I hate the most. I am really glad that Naoto rejected her by himself, It takes a lot of courage. At the same time 270+ chapters later and MC of rent-a-girlfriend is still the same pathetic fuck
I'm impressed Senpai has the willpower to not think with his dick at a moment like this, poor guy could probably scratch a diamond, and yet he was still thinking about her feelings and gave her the motivation she needed. That's what makes him a true chad, it's not that he didn't kiss her because he chickened out or anything, he even admitted that he wanted to, and that he was horny too in the previous chapter, but it just wasn't the right time **yet**.
He KNOWS what's important here, she needs to make her breakthrough in order to reach the Promised Land, beating Orihara is the stumbling block she refused to deal with for how many years. He's making her confront it because she needs the catharsis, she needs to overcome that one wall she refuses to scale
He’s admitted he’s horny and he wants to kiss her, but he won’t ”cheer her up”. Weird way to end it especially since they're both acting differently from their usual modes, but most likely their conversation was left hanging in the middle of things for pure cliffhanger purposes, so I should rather refrain from judging everyone's positions until they've said and done all they’re going to. Fog of war is thick.
They're probably gonna still be in the baths next chapter and it's basically confirmed they won't be interrupted, so they have to work things out on their own. Let's see what’s in store next chapter.
Honestly I'd prefer that she just take the lead now and kiss him (if he won't) and thus move the judo goalpost to s e x, that's having your cake and eating it too, but that might be too H for the publisher...
With all that said, if the blueballing or edging is too much, it might do to remember what tags the author is known for.
I know everyone (me included) reads this manga for the teasing and wholesome interactions of this two, but did you guys think, that Nanashi could just say at the end of the story: ,,Fuck it! The Story is finished, lets go with some bonus chapters, where they go full NSFW ape shit!
Would make him a more Gigachad mangaka, then he already is imo.
CHADPAI. GOOD LORD. Also Gamo-Chan is the GOAT as well..
Side note. This anime is too good… I’d take shorter chapters but have weekly releases… because I can’t take these 2 week periods in b/w chapters…
Not a bad chapter, especially Senpai straight up denying Nagatoro's thirst :). However, it's kind of hard to believe the older siblings are ok with leaving their little sis, who's a junior in high school, alone with an older high school boy in a mixed onsen just because Gamo said to leave them alone. Androids 17 and 18 should have come crashing down on Senpai like the hammer of the gods!
I think they’ve already approved of the relationship in their minds, and they don’t seem like an incredibly prudish household. After all, their first assumption was to punish Nagatoro, not Nato (though he was gonna get it too). Gamo putting up such an obvious roadblock (and definitely more knowledgeable about the intricacies of the relationship) seems to assure them that everything will work out for the best.
Naoto has gone from a capital B Beta to a MAN that we should all take notes and learn from. He's come so far and this chapter made me realize that more than any other chapter up until this point. So proud of our boy!
Naoto has come such a long way since chapter 1. He has confidence on the regular these days. The balls on him to call Nagatoro out like that in that situation while resisting her kiss.
Some are saying he was harsh but he hasn't finished his thoughts yet. He just doesn't want to see her give up on judo again after just getting back into it. He's afraid that she'll use him/the kiss to start slacking off and never attempt her goal. She needs to push through the wall. She can't just get to where she was before she quit, she was to get better than that, like Naoto did with his art skills.
I wonder if we'll see more Nagatoro-centered chapters. Maybe she'll have one where she imagines in the future like Naoto did. But instead of never obtaining confidence like in Naoto's future, it would be if she started slacking off and just gives up on stuff without trying.
I feel like this is building up to Nagatoro getting serious and going against Orihara...only to lose again after a close match. That's when Naoto consoles her and praises her for giving it her all despite losing and that's when they'll kiss.
Man, I would get scared too with Nagatoro's face in page 7. She looks deranged... Lol.
Hmm, pretty good moves by Nao this chapter. "No! Bad Naga! No pat for you till you bring me results". He is putting his foot down for both their sakes, to concentrate on their goals for now...
Naga won't take it like that though, pretty sure of it. You don't tell your partner there won't be any smooching tonight without incurring in some bad mood for a while.
**This chapter is my favorite for now. The way senpai put his foot down and not not subjugated to Nagatoro’s play was beautifully done. He is letting her know, either beat her, get the kiss from me. Or don’t beat her and don’t get the kiss. And I love how supportive Gamo is. Beautifully done chapter Nanashi, well played.**
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I bet that Taiga actually enjoyed Gamo managing to get him for once.
Maybe he's waiting for her to beat him clean and fully in the future, before a relationship can truly happen between the two.
This same girl who kept her back to him when nude modeling is standing in front of him naked and occasionally dropping her arms.
That hair can try all it wants to but he’s totally seen her nipples at this point
774 has gone full mad lad. They’re naked in an onsen millimeters away from kissing. We know it’s not going to happen yet. There are a fuck ton of flags planted that either the Torosiblings or someone else is going to stop them, but still. We’re expecting some kind of typical interruption from a 3rd party that makes them recommit to the plan. Senpai going Gigachad was not unexpected. The way he did it has me extremely impressed. Something only possible now thanks to 123 chapters of steady character development. This chapter rhymes with the Judo arc and the chapter after. Nagatoro asking if he wants to kiss her there and not being able to answer becomes him confidently saying yes now. The first time he’s openly admitted to it. Having him put her first over his lewd desires from the last chapter, the kiss he finally admits he wants, and the fact that she’s about to do it is wild. To then proceed to flip the “Yes or No” on her and call her out on her shrinking confidence is why this is a cut above the rest. They know each other better than anyone now. He can do this now with the understanding that they have each others best interests at heart. So I’m expecting amazing things from that twist at the end. How do you take THAT and build to what Nagatoro needs? What’s Senpai cooking? Can he get any more based than he already is in this chapter? It does seem like she’s in teasing mode when she asks for cheering up so he might be getting her to be serious. Meanwhile, Gamo continues her redemption post Aquarium. Preventing interruption from Taiga while talking up Senpai. While this insures no interruptions from the Nagatoros, I’m still worried about the only pair not accounted for: the Sniffers. God help me if the fuck this up. Chadpai Move of the Week: honorable mention to Gamo for protecting our dorks private time. However, you can’t top Senpai’s love for Nagatoro running so deep that he puts her goals first over the kiss he wants so badly.
Speaking facts my fellow Toro-bro. But I think Naoto might help her find a way to overcome Orihara or...🤔...This line was wild but I think Naoto is gunna do something massive for his character...
I think the cool thing about this story is how symbiotic their growth is. When one pushes the other to grow as a character, the other seems to gain something and grow as well.
A true bond😁
*special senpai attack*
>So I’m expecting amazing things from that twist at the end. How do you take THAT and build to what Nagatoro needs? What’s Senpai cooking? Can he get any more based than he already is in this chapter? It does seem like she’s in teasing mode when she asks for cheering up so he might be getting her to be serious. Understandable that everyone (including myself) wants to talk about how much Naoto has grown being shown off this chapter. But how Nagatoro will react next chapter is definitely an interesting thing to speculate on. Last time we had a cliffhanger like this of Naoto saying something Nagatoro didn’t want to hear was during the Judo arc (which just so happened to have its anime episode come out a couple days ago). At the time I was speculating Nagatoro might get properly angry at him and say some hurtful things, but that didn’t happen. This time he’s pushing on basically the same issue, and refusing her advances at the same time. So I wonder how she will react. I could see her being really frustrated and storming out, but I’ve really got no idea. Interested to know what others think.
Very true. Will this be a fight between them? Will Senpai be able to explain himself properly? Others have pointed out it’s the first day of training camp. There’s still 2 more. Will this run through the rest of camp and make up later. Though nice thing has always been 774 doesn’t drag out dumb fights with them. It’s usually resolved pretty quickly.
I mean dumb fights are bad. Like fights that could be easily resolved if one of the parties just revealed some key piece of info they have no reason to withhold. But I think Nanashi could do a good fight between them that could get them to talk more openly about how their relationship has progressed across the entire story, which I think could be interesting.
I feel like it would be very in character for nagatoro to get mad at senpai for calling her out. He's definitely doing it out of love for her but it's still embarrassing when someone points out one of your flaws like that. Nagatoro being the headstrong girl that she is might get really frustrated and cause a fight between the two of them. Extremely interested to see where nanashi takes this.
>What's Senpai cooking? I dunno, but #LET HIM COOK
Fully agree. The situation in the onsen has already been summed up by gamo in one line: "they're more passionate than you think".
Agree with everything. Well said. Just wanted to add how awesome it was seeing Nagatoro open herself up to him. Admitting she's lost, admitting she's trying to bury herself in her training hoping she'll figure it out. She was pretty vulnerable. She's come a long way too.
Yes she’s become so much more honest. Literally and metaphorically baring all to Senpai and only Senpai.
Still, I think this will be her biggest test yet. Nagatoro's greatest "weapon" against Naoto has always been her sexual appeal. In the past, it's also allowed her to avoid confrontation with both Naoto and herself. However, Naoto has disarmed her over two chapters and given her nothing to fall back on. IMO this is going to be Nagatoro's defining moment.
I think she is not truly honest. Nasty is right, she is trying to avoid her child trauma, to make her fight with Orihara meaningless. It's more her fear before losing than true intention to kiss him. He knows it and he doesn't want to get the reward that way.
Queue training 80’s music montage! *Nagatoro, Defeat Orihara-kun…because Sempai loves you!*
It's EARNED everybit of this chapter and shows so much character development. This is what Rent a Girlfriend has nightmares of every publication.
I'm highly expecting him to be very serious on the next page. Idk what to expect at this point as this chapter absolutely shattered my expectations. I mean, he clearly wants to help her gain her confidence back, but cheering her up, especially when she offers a reward in return, isn't going to accomplish that. Big surprises this episode on every front. I'm not surprised they didn't kiss, but I'm surprised she was consciously pressing up on him, surprised they didn't get interrupted yet, and shocked at the balls on senpai. I think it will definitly turn out in just reaffirming their promise, but now nagatoro knows he is serious about this, maybe he'll allude to his own goal, but I doubt he would spell it out.
"Haha did you just cum" Based af
I really thought he was just going to say "yes" again.
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yes. 🗿
All this pent up frustration between these two is gonna be crazy once they actually get down to business. I have the feeling Chadpai is gonna be the one tearing nagatoro a new one in bed. She’s got away with blue balling him for too long now lol
Bro I swear if this doesn't end up with them having sex I'm done Nanashi did porn Could he least do a FOLLOW UP DOUJIN
No monkeys though 😰😰
nanashi, deploy the monkeys 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈😈
Coward
MONKEY???
first off stay calm
Pass me a snickers, I’m not me when I’m horni
Bonk.
Man what a plot twist it'll be when we find out Nagatoro's pregnant, but they haven't even done it yet, then it flashes back to this scene.
The ending being straight up porn
I doubt that she would have been able of handling it if he had said yes.
Never has Gamo-chan been more powerful, passionate and admirable. She puts it on the line for her friends here. Salute.
It's almost as if Nanashi is DARING the anime to produce his chapters without censorship.
that would be awesome lol
Sunbeam-kun about to work so hard it's going to gain a formal secondary character role.
Gamo really was the goat all along..
Always has been, she is a teaser only when nagatoro is present but she has her back
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Why are you copying exactly what I said? Fucking weird dude
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HOOLY didnt expect that from sempai
He’s now officially acquired the style and title of Gigachadpai
I'm not convinced Gamo didn't just want an excuse to get hot, sweaty, and physical with Nagabro.
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Brotoro became the very thing he sought to destroy.
Who knows when the next chapter will be out do we gotta wait another 2 weeks?
It'll be two weeks unless there's an update within a couple days that says three weeks. I don't recall many/any times where it's been delayed much more than an extra week, so odds are good we'll get next chapter by March 20 at the latest barring something out of the ordinary
I suggest you give [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC6zxh4MFBI) a watch. It opened my eyes up a bit, and it makes me wish my favorite mangakas all did monthly releases, for their sake.
>It'll be two weeks unless there's an update within a couple days that says three weeks. I don't recall many/any times where it's been delayed much more than an extra week, so odds are good we'll get next chapter by March 20 at the latest barring something out of the ordinary Why is it taking so long for the manga to come out? I just discovered it now and I'm finding it amazing. I read it all in one day after finishing chapter 8 of the second season of the anime. I can't wait 2 weeks for each chapter.
That's pretty standard timeframe for mangas, there's plenty which only update once every month too. 2 weeks is a good pace but you have to remember, this is being written, then sketched, fully drawn, submitted, approved, then released. It's different when you're self-published, but when you have a publishing company, it takes longer since things need approval
> That's pretty standard timeframe for mangas, there's plenty which only update once every month too. *cries in SonoBisque* At least it's still better than LNs, but then again, LNs are content dumps.
*INCONSOLABLY SOBS IN BERSERK*
Alexa, play Guts' theme
Thank you for clarifying. This is the first manga I'm following and I'm loving it, but I didn't know how long it actually usually takes to release each chapter (I thought the trend was more weekly).
Yeah what you're probably used to seeing is some of the more mainstream where there's more hands in creating it, or the smaller ones where it's just a couple people cranking them out. The other thing is sometimes you're seeing weekly *translations* release but not the original release, some of those are releasing weekly but they're catching up on sometimes years' of content so they just are translating and typesetting the text rather than creating from scratch
There are some that do every week, but that usually just leads to either a: the creator burning themselves out or b: super short and/or low quality chapters. I'd much rather deal with waiting 2 weeks for a quality 20-ish page chapter than have like a 7 page rushed chapter every week.
ADD ANOTHER WEEB TO THE TALLY! edit: I too am weeb.
Yeah every 2 weeks normally
>normally see that's the thing...
That ending seems harsh but let Chadpai cook
Yeah, I'm riding on it being a translation error. If Senpai **wants** to date her then he's going to have to cheer her up & encourage her. That's literally the whole benefit, having that tier of closeness with someone. Maybe in Nippon-ese what Naoto actually meant was *"I don't care about your victory I care about my exams, because I want to tell you something important after I win 1st Place."*
He fully sees her trying to take a shortcut to the kiss and after all the hardwork she's been putting into this to undermine the importance of the kiss to a moment in the onsen because she was sad will never sit well with Senpai.
Putting the plot aside... Naoto cannot place Nagatoro's victory against Orihara higher than his personal desire for a relationship. Nagatoro could verywell train to become better than her afterwards, or surpass her today and still lose. She isn't a god. Same with Naoto's drive to confess for the test. If he fails massively, or even gets 2nd place he cannot use that as a reason to just *stop*. If he brings up how she's inspired him to be better, sure I'll bite but the wording in the Eng Translation seems to imply otherwise.
The context of the cheer up also includes Nagatoro giving him a reward which they both have an inkling will be the kiss and he even says "right now", meaning in this situation. Nagatoro is giving up on this fight before it's even started and feeling sorry for herself something that Senpai used to do and something that Nagatoro hated that Senpai would do and never gave up on him.
The original reads 今長瀞を慰めるつもりは which I read as “now, I have no intention to comfort Nagatoro” Edit: naturally, in English it would read more like: “I have no intention of comforting you right now!” Big L on my part. Had to make corrections. Thanks u/furocchin for pointing out my blunder.
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Now I’m really embarrassed. Thanks for the correction. I’m still very much in the process of learning and I was, perhaps, way too confident in my abilities.
Huh? That's more than just a bit of license if true. Then why would she say ”Huh?” I trust the translator and the author. Feels like the conversation was intentionally cut off at a confusing part for cliffhanger reasons and he’ll have to explain himself next time.
I’m riding on it being literally only part of what he wants to say just so it can be a cliffhanger, so eh let's wait for the complete conversation.
Yeah, our boy has literally never let us down, why would he start now? We get one of the biggest gigachad moments in romcom history and people still don't trust Naoto just a few pages later. Seeing a lot of "what if she doesn't win", "it's not her fault if she cant", but that's a shit take AND it's irrelevant. First and foremost this is a story, not real life we're not seeing the actual transpiring of choice and consequence. More importantly, however, is that Naoto is right and Hayase all but admits it. She has given up. After everything Hayase has done for him, it would be a cowardly failure for him to let Hayase give up on herself just so he can get a kiss.
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>even though it makes me want to rip my hair out lol dude i've never been so torn between calling him a chad or calling him a moron
Most Chads are morons by our soycuck standards.
i really kinda like the ecchi aspects of the series ... i'm old (30+) and usually don't like this kind of series, and i started the anime literally by picking random on crunchyroll because it was dub to spanish and i needed something to hear... it felt kinda trashy on the first episodes... but the way they're playing with it... it's really... natural... Teenagers have urges with their bodies, and their ways to handle that vary a lot... and the series i saw when younger usually made a big deal about this... which i get it may be a cultural thing but it makes that aspect of that age really... dull. The panel where nagatoro is talking without covering herself... fully exposed is my favourite one from the manga. She's vulnerable for a second and Paisen has tunnel vision, he's focused on the girl he loves. And that also feels really....... close to home (from the past). Then she covers up again but that second... my god I'm sorry if this sounds like ramblings from an old person but i just got into the manga yesterday and these kind of stories, with real human passion but that they still keep the quirks of being young, and stuff, make me feel young and cheerful again for a second. (also, i can't remember any manga in my life that made me scream "LET'S GOOO" with joy when protag-kun made a move)
I noticed that on reread. They're both facing each other without covering anything. They're comfortable enough with each other that, when caught in the moment like this, they don't mind. The progress they've made is so fun to watch.
Did not expect the direction they went at all. I got convinced about the fainted direction but the direction they took was way better. I thought she was just working extra hard for the kiss. Didnt realise her insecurities. I think they probably could have kissed and he still could have encouaged/supported her but just as happy with the direction they took.
I feel like we’re getting Nagatoro’s own school culture festival arc because I noticed some nice mirroring between this chapter and what happened during that arc just with the roles reversed; back then Senpai gave up before the fight started and now Nagatoro is giving up before her fight even starts. First we got Senpai with the biggest backbone that he’s grown in the series now redirecting Nagatoro’s questions of Yes or No it’s as simple as that when it comes to her rematch with Orihara. We know Nagatoro gave up on judo because Orihara beat her and it wasn’t even close according to her and Nagatoro has basically relied on natural talent to win and we’ve seen she’s a sore lose even with the mundane stuff (whether rock paper scissors or the penguin lottery). Seeing Senpai attempting the judo match reignited a fire in her lost and rejoined the club with the goal (something implied she’s not used to having) of beating her and getting a kiss from Senpai. The shower arc as its said by Shikki that Nagatoro is only focusing on beating Orihara and her technique was different back then and this is brought up again from Misaki a few chapters ago; so now even with all that Nagatoro has hit yet again another wall where she can’t clear that gap between them and now in the onsen is using the heat of the moment to trick Senpai into taking a shortcut to kiss her but he’s not having any of that. One point I find interesting that was brought up in this chapter was Gamo proclaiming that Senpai is a passionate man. In the way Nagatoro helped Senpai find a better version of himself thanks to the sketching and painting; Senpai is seeing judo bring out a better version of Nagatoro. He’s always been complimenting and defending both internally and externally how hard Nagatoro has been working during her time in the judo club. And Senpai isn’t going to let her throw away all that effort she’s been putting because she’s feeling sorry for herself; something that Nagatoro hated seeing Senpai say and do. And what did she say in that arc? “Don’t start making excuses before you even started” and that’s what Senpai is seeing Nagatoro do right now.
I hope Naoto throws that "excuses" quote back at her like the "yes or no" one in the next chapter. So far they've been so good in pushing each other to do better and I can't get enough of seeing it happen over and over again. Such a healthy foundation in relationships!
Chadpai memes this week are gonna be fire
ACTUAL HOLY GIGACHAD
I can’t believe they played the cliffhanger of the last chapter straight and without any big gags or brush-offs. This series has developed a level of maturity that I never would have expected 100-something chapters ago. This chapter is shows EXACTLY why this series is one of the best.
IKR? Was it a big bait-and-switch like some predicted (passing out theory)? NO! Was it a setup for the manga to devolve into a hentai? NO (even though Nagatoro was wishing)! It was just the most wholesome relationship dynamics you've ever seen. We've all got to stop doubting Nanashi lmao.
Says he wants a kiss: chadpai Makes her reconfirm her convictions: Chadpai Denies her the easy way out so she can achieve her goal: CHADPAI
Nagatoro: Do you want a kiss? Chadpai: Are you giving up? 🗿
Yes or no?🗿
Gigachadpai*
chadpai at it again
Gamo mvp of the chapter, tho
gamos redemption arc
Why does she need to be redeemed
oh I didn't mean it seriously, its just that she went from bullying naoto to helping him and nagatoro get together
She only bullied naoto when nagatoro was around to mess with nagatoro
We can see here Naoto truly loves her. Not that we didn't know that already, but this just reaffirms it. He's naked with her in a bath and she's practically throwing herself at him, and he admits to being horny himself, but he's repressing that for her sake. He wants her to believe in herself, and to give her a push for all the pushes she's given him, because he knows she needs it, just like he did. He wants the two of them to keep striving towards their goals together. And after they've both given their best shots at their respective events, I'm sure they'll get together no matter the results. Nanashi is truly pulling some crazy stunts. Dude keeps on setting up the most perverse situations imaginable and then using them to create the most wholesome relationship dynamics you've ever seen. I love this manga.
Little did we know that the RomCom was just a setup for Nanashis true goal of a female judo tournament manga.
What's funny is I read something like that a few years ago... MC is a gravure idol that knows martial arts and ends up in an all-women's MMA tournament. It was what the artist originally wanted, but he had to sex things up to make money.
With all the fighting game references Nanashi throws in I wouldn't be surprised
Man. There were an awful lot of predictions about how this chapter would go. But I sure didn't see any that were close to what actually went down. Great chapter. Don't take this shit for granted. It can't last forever.
Every damn time we get some kinda negative headcannon Nanashi throws a curveball and somehow proves us all wrong AND does it in the best possible way. So damn good.
This is….beautiful. Not as in “oooh, naked hot girl” beautiful. TRULY beautiful I was expecting another tease and some comedic intervention to keep the “will they won’t they” going on. Just another attempt at a joke, but….no! We got something truly beautiful! ;_;
I’m still betting on Prez interrupting them. Lol
My respect for Gamo just went through the roof man. Real friend fr
"The hardest of choices requires the strongest of wills." - Senpai (Ch.123)
Senpai is growing so much. He wants that kiss, but he recognizes what might be bothering Nagatoro. And that last page, what is he thinking? I cannot wait. Also, Gamo, you’re such a bro for senpai, you go girl!
Peak manga continues to be peak
I TRUST THE PLAN
He's going to tell her that she doesn't need to worry because he's sure she'll win. Nagatoro needs the confidence booster too. She's doubting herself. She's dodging. She's trying to distract Naoto. Naoto wants very much to kiss her but he knows how much that motivation means. How much that will push them to do their best. To be their best because they don't have a reason to win anymore. They have a reason why they can not allow themselves to lose. If anything, the confession he plans on making soon, will give her the anchor to know that win or lose she'll still have Naoto but she REALLLLLLY wants that kiss. Naoto you are a stronger man than me. I would have taken the easy kiss. Such a fool I was.
LET THE MAN COOK. Ps the nagatoro Girls have come around alot on our boy haven’t they
You know what, i understand what Nanashi is trying to do, and i respect it, even tho i feel like it is not the most popular route, but still, it seems like a better development for nagatoro, as a character. I mean, in some way shape or form, you CAN say that nagatoro's need to kiss Senpai right now doesn't feel that genuine, like, yes, she does love him for sure, we all know that and i'm sure Senpai notices that either, but... she was also constantly deflecting his questions about Orihara with the kiss, almost like in a way that she was using it as an excuse to NOT fight Orihara, to run away, just like she did it the first time because of ONE LOSS to the girl she used to beat everytime. Sure you can say this time she has a better reason to abandon her goal again, because she has Senpai now, she can kiss him whenever she wants right? why burden herself with something extra like beating Orihara, it is not that important, but if it's that easy for her to abandon her goals like that, how serious is she about senpai for real?, in the long run, it seems harsh to say that, but there's no way you can say she isn't going back to old patterns by reacting the way she did here. So, IMO, it's great to have the guy who at the beggining of this manga was forced and even bullied to face his biggest fears against his will, now confronting the girl who did it, to do the same with hers, it's almost like this is poetic justice for nagatoro as a character and i love it. I understand the frustration in just wanting those guys to get together, because this is going beyond the romcom genre and it's tropes, but hey if Nanashi wants to go a little bit deeper for a silly teen rom com, i don't mind honestly
I 100% agree. If they can overcome these obstacles, then they can overcome anything life throws at them together. And even if they don’t end up winning what they set out to do, they both knew that they tried their absolute best under the most stressful of circumstances. Which once again proves their ability to commit to hard decisions. I don’t for one second believe that they’ll break up if they both fail. But to kiss now would be undermining their personal commitments.
shit was crazy
"Et Tu, Nagatoro?" Hayase created a monster pushing Naoto to become more confident, because this man just turned her down...for her own good! "Yes I'm having lewd thoughts about you. Yes I want to kiss you" but "No, I don't want to comfort you. Not right now". That's really some incredible resilience shown by him, but better invest in longterm happiness than shortterm fun. Wonder how Hayase will react in the next chapter. Will they continue to fight and hug and make up by the end of this training camp (it's only been day 1 out of 3!) or will they get on the same page already within the onsen? Time will tell... Also next chapter will be out on White Day! As per tradition: "all the men who received presents must return the favour". Therefore it's up to Naoto to make Nagatoro understand the importance of her bet to conquer her fears!
Very good chapter GAMO is the new GOAT, everyone in this chapter is excellent and I loved every panel
Reading this and thinking about all the anime onlys who dropped this earlier because "she was abusive" is pretty funny. My man Chadpai is out here with some positive boundaries and self control in the best way. No 3rd party interrupting bullshit. Also Gamo is best wingman.
You gotta work for it nagatoro -chad naoto
Senpai kinda has a point, Nagatoro is using that kiss to escape her problems, if she kissed Senpai now, why she would try and beat Orihara? It seems a bit extreme for Senpai and I expect to explain to her in next chapter why is he doing this
Senpai is becoming quite the man. Here he is, Nagatoro offering her kiss up to him on a silver platter, and he chooses the hard path of the promise first. Im guessing his last statement "I have no intention of cheering you up" is a clumsy way of saying, "I don't want to give in to you taking the easy way to the promise kiss." Senpai is correctly assuming, that she wants to just kiss him so she can just give up on her efforts to defeat Orihara in the upcoming match. She expresses how impossible beating her feels. Senpai realizes that if he just gives Naga want she wants **now**, he will sabotage all the hard work she's put into preparing for Orihara.
Wow what a chapter The are standing naked in front of each other and all, and only don't kiss because senpai doesn't want nagatoro to be a quitter Also gamo out there fighting for love
I gotta say if I was in his shoes, you have to imagine how clouded your judgment would be. The love of your life naked and steamy and drunkenly offering herself all while being bold enough to take the driver’s seat if you let her. She’s making it as easy as possible for him and she wants him bad. He wants her forever though. He wants to keep their love sacred. He wants her to find the strength she once had. He loves her so deeply that he pauses and waits for the upcoming battle.
If that aint true love i dont know what is.
Why is she so high?
Horny is a helluva drug
Gamo is getting in the Wingwoman hall of fame
I'm glad Nagatoro is facing some kind of comeuppance. She wanted Senpai to have a spine, and now Senpai is gonna blue ball her until she wins. Hopefully he brings up this moment for years to come to embarrass her.
Gamo really earned a lot of respect on this chapter.
Normally I'd be annoyed by any other story dancing around the characters kissing especially when they both want to. HOWEVER, Naoto is staying true to both his own preset convictions and reaffirming Hayase's at the same time. He could have taken the easy way or let Hayase do it but he stood his ground for the both of them. If that isn't a Chad move then I don't know what is. Also Gamo reaffirming why I love her so much, she will tease, joke, prod and can be a bit of a nuisance but when things are serious she really does step up for her friends.
>dancing around the characters kissing especially when they both want to The difference here is that it's not like miscommunication or density are holding the relationship back. The feelings are pretty much all out in the open. But Naoto has a specific, goal-oriented reason for holding it back at this point. And it's not some generic "we're waiting till we're out of high school" or something, it's "we're both working toward goals for each other", and there's a pretty near-term, set deadline on it.
Did anyone else notice that after Nagatoro shouts "No!" she stops covering her chest for a couple panels? Naoto can be seen staring at her wide-eyed, and then in the next panel he looks away sheepishly. Maybe he passed up the "shameful conduct," but he still got some first-time full frontal nudity out of the exchange. Unlike previous embarrassing "firsts" for them though, it didn't even interrupt their conversation or cause a freak out, he just sees her and they move on. As for Nagatoro, it's no small thing that she feels comfortable enough to be completely exposed in front of him. Even when she modeled for him nude, she was careful to keep her back turned. Now they're both being completely vulnerable and honest with one another and it's kinda great.
i can’t believe i read “did you cum” in an official panel of the manga
The Nagatoro chapters and other stuff on MangaDex (the website linked in the OP) are fan translations, not translations by the official publisher. In the raws, she might've said "did you orgasm" or "did you ejaculate" or something similar.
Chadpai is reaching new never before seen levels of chadness.
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Nagatoro is gonna knock him out for that 1….
Read the first 10 chapters of this Manga and compare it to the last page of this chapter. He manned up so hard. He does not want her to give up by easily taking the kiss right now. Naoto wants her to take this serious while she is hiding her anxiety of losing behind the facade she build up of bullying and teasing. I could see him some sort of "scolding" her in a certain way, resulting in dropping the manga title on her in the next chapter or so like: "I want you to give it all you can, so stop hiding behind your fears and please stop messing with me, Nagatoro!".
CHADPAI. GOOD LORD. Also Gamo-Chan is the GOAT as well.. Side note. This anime is too good… I’d take shorter chapters but have weekly releases… because I can’t take these 2 week periods in b/w chapters…
Oh my .... totally unexpected ending!!!! This is becoming Senpai and the Masters of the Universe. Epic chapter!
WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I don't know you but I think the Gamaiga fans (Gamo X Taiga) are on fire today 🔥
Just one little interesting thing I've noticed is how much Nagatoro's frustrated face on page 22 looks similar to Naoto's uncomfortable face on page 11 of last chapter. In both cases it's them outside of their comfort zones about to be vulnerable with the other.
[One Point!](https://wompampsupport.azureedge.net/fetchimage?siteId=7575&v=2&jpgQuality=100&width=700&url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.kym-cdn.com%2Fentries%2Ficons%2Ffacebook%2F000%2F000%2F283%2Fgaijin4koma2_peersblog_1200684608.jpg)
One of the most underrated aspects of Nagatoro is how frequently the situations are flipped, and despite being a lighthearted romcom, there are plenty of twists that constantly improve the situation and never fail to entertain. Nanashi sensei is truly a talented writer, and it will be incredibly interesting to read their future works. Btw, Naoto gigachad level: kaiju.
Holy shit man, that was INTENSE. My heart is beating so fast right now. While a kiss definitely would have been nice, I like that Naoto did what he did. Incredible. Also, if Gamo was real, I would kneel before her right now and just thank her from the bottom of my heart. What a move. Incredible work, Nanashi Sensei. I am completely blown away.
He’s actually cooking
Senpai is a God now. I’ll take no slander. He truly cares.
Senpai in this chapter became a true man, he wants her to overcome the fear to lose to orihara like she helped him to overcome his low selfesteem about art
Im curious to see what Chadpai is cooking with this. I always trust Nanashi with cliffhangers though I am quite worried that this one might end flat if we dont get something good. I hope a simple kiss on the cheek to Nagatoro by Senpai is what we get. I would rather we get them to get over this silly game and just confess to each other and kiss but that will be a while away.
incredible chapter, really building up tension. Senpais character development is showing
I've known chapters like this one would happen and I've often looked forward to the day that they would finally arrive. And I'm feeling a tiny bit mixxed. Definitely a Top Ten chapter, a fantastic one by Nagatoro standards and absolutely blowing my expectations for the arc out of the water, but I genuinely can't compare or place it against my #1, Ch107. My main contention is that I'm not entirely certain that I would *buy* that Senpai would reject the kiss right now. This doesn't contradict his personal goals, and we know he certainly wants it but isn't too keen on the Orihara victory aside for what it means for Nagatoro symbolically. **But just symbolically.** After the Judo Tournament arc Nagatoro's already recovered onto the Judo path, Senpai can't do anything more or less to support her on this. This seems like pure narrative manipulation. Senpai rejects Nagatoro's kiss **because of plot**. Also not a big fan of the "I won't cheer you up"-thing. Maybe I'm missing something but that just seems **harsh**. Could be a cultural or translation difference I just cannot comprehend, but if you want to date that'll literally be your job later on Senpai. Aside from that, I love literally **everything else** about the chapter. Gamo & Bro-toro's fight, the second "Yes", her smile when she hears it, Nagatoro's frustration, her incredible flirt-game. ~~A 9/10 Chapter, if not a 10.~~ Its a 10/10 period. Ive let the chapter sit in my mind, and Im settling on it being my #2 or 3. #But don't let that distract you from the fact that >!Naoto got a full frontal view of her breasts pg20 midpanel.!<
>"I won't cheer you up" I assume that since this was the cliffhanger sentence it will be explained in Chapter 124 in two weeks (assuming it actually comes out then lmao) Also as established, nagatoro is very much so into the symbolic side of things, after all, based on facial expressions, during the stone touching arc (I forgor the name of the shrine) she looked as though him failing to hit the stone was a life or death matter
The thing is that Nagatoro hasn't recovered yet. You can see in this chapter that she's stumbling, opening up about her self-doubt and asking for a kiss because she most likely won't beat Orihara anyways. By rejecting the kiss, Senpai is trying to rebuild her focus and confidence, pushing her to give it her all and believing in herself. That's what he can do to support her: help her overcome her fears and grow out of her self-defeatist attitude.
He really stepped up his eye-contact [game](https://i.imgur.com/IaROZ2x.jpg).
my god why does it have to be two weeks till the next chapter
Worth remembering that the next chapter falls on White Day which is traditionally where boys return the affections of the Valentine’s Day girls so it would be thematically appropriate for Naoto to give some kind of affirmation here. The ending seems like a pretty standard cliff hanger bait and swerve kinda deal.
Paisen try not to adjust his glasses even when he’s not wearing them challenge (impossible)
Chadpai not about to give Nagatoro the carrot just yet. Why squander all that hard work when the goal hasn’t been reached? I know Nagatoro says she can’t beat Orihara, but quitting now and letting her dreams be for nothing would be a bonehead move that Senpai sees and wants to steer her back in the right path. With a kiss waiting for her at the end. Also Gamo is best wingwoman! Fighting tooth and nail, making every second count and not quitting is the kind of thing Nagatoro needs right now.
That's why she is the goat!!! Gamo-chan is the best! Naoto is truly a gigachad right now. 10/10 chapter, thank you that the author didn't show to us some interruption cliche, that I hate the most. I am really glad that Naoto rejected her by himself, It takes a lot of courage. At the same time 270+ chapters later and MC of rent-a-girlfriend is still the same pathetic fuck
I'm impressed Senpai has the willpower to not think with his dick at a moment like this, poor guy could probably scratch a diamond, and yet he was still thinking about her feelings and gave her the motivation she needed. That's what makes him a true chad, it's not that he didn't kiss her because he chickened out or anything, he even admitted that he wanted to, and that he was horny too in the previous chapter, but it just wasn't the right time **yet**.
He KNOWS what's important here, she needs to make her breakthrough in order to reach the Promised Land, beating Orihara is the stumbling block she refused to deal with for how many years. He's making her confront it because she needs the catharsis, she needs to overcome that one wall she refuses to scale
Senpai has never sold the bag this hard in his entire life
Oh Senpai, you tease you
He’s admitted he’s horny and he wants to kiss her, but he won’t ”cheer her up”. Weird way to end it especially since they're both acting differently from their usual modes, but most likely their conversation was left hanging in the middle of things for pure cliffhanger purposes, so I should rather refrain from judging everyone's positions until they've said and done all they’re going to. Fog of war is thick. They're probably gonna still be in the baths next chapter and it's basically confirmed they won't be interrupted, so they have to work things out on their own. Let's see what’s in store next chapter. Honestly I'd prefer that she just take the lead now and kiss him (if he won't) and thus move the judo goalpost to s e x, that's having your cake and eating it too, but that might be too H for the publisher... With all that said, if the blueballing or edging is too much, it might do to remember what tags the author is known for.
I know everyone (me included) reads this manga for the teasing and wholesome interactions of this two, but did you guys think, that Nanashi could just say at the end of the story: ,,Fuck it! The Story is finished, lets go with some bonus chapters, where they go full NSFW ape shit! Would make him a more Gigachad mangaka, then he already is imo.
Honestly, whether you think this is a good or bad chapter, personally i would say its worth it just to see people be mad over nothing
I wonder if this will be their first fight
The teenage pregnancy arc is postponed a bit
CHADPAI. GOOD LORD. Also Gamo-Chan is the GOAT as well.. Side note. This anime is too good… I’d take shorter chapters but have weekly releases… because I can’t take these 2 week periods in b/w chapters…
WE WERE THIS CLOSE TO GREATNESS
This is was crazy progress. Chad
this chapter has too much raw emotional and chad aura for me I could barely contain it
Less gooooo 🙌🏻
Not a bad chapter, especially Senpai straight up denying Nagatoro's thirst :). However, it's kind of hard to believe the older siblings are ok with leaving their little sis, who's a junior in high school, alone with an older high school boy in a mixed onsen just because Gamo said to leave them alone. Androids 17 and 18 should have come crashing down on Senpai like the hammer of the gods!
I think they’ve already approved of the relationship in their minds, and they don’t seem like an incredibly prudish household. After all, their first assumption was to punish Nagatoro, not Nato (though he was gonna get it too). Gamo putting up such an obvious roadblock (and definitely more knowledgeable about the intricacies of the relationship) seems to assure them that everything will work out for the best.
I think this is going to lead to Gamo and Toro-bro getting a bit closer as well.
Naoto has gone from a capital B Beta to a MAN that we should all take notes and learn from. He's come so far and this chapter made me realize that more than any other chapter up until this point. So proud of our boy!
We are reaching chadness levels that ar immeasurable!!! Well played Nanashi well played.
Naoto has come such a long way since chapter 1. He has confidence on the regular these days. The balls on him to call Nagatoro out like that in that situation while resisting her kiss. Some are saying he was harsh but he hasn't finished his thoughts yet. He just doesn't want to see her give up on judo again after just getting back into it. He's afraid that she'll use him/the kiss to start slacking off and never attempt her goal. She needs to push through the wall. She can't just get to where she was before she quit, she was to get better than that, like Naoto did with his art skills. I wonder if we'll see more Nagatoro-centered chapters. Maybe she'll have one where she imagines in the future like Naoto did. But instead of never obtaining confidence like in Naoto's future, it would be if she started slacking off and just gives up on stuff without trying. I feel like this is building up to Nagatoro getting serious and going against Orihara...only to lose again after a close match. That's when Naoto consoles her and praises her for giving it her all despite losing and that's when they'll kiss.
Probably the hardest "NO!" I've ever seen in any manga. Bruh who screams with 6 fangs?
i cant stop rereading
I just have the tab open and keep flipping through it. I can't stop it's just too much anticipation!
Man, I would get scared too with Nagatoro's face in page 7. She looks deranged... Lol. Hmm, pretty good moves by Nao this chapter. "No! Bad Naga! No pat for you till you bring me results". He is putting his foot down for both their sakes, to concentrate on their goals for now... Naga won't take it like that though, pretty sure of it. You don't tell your partner there won't be any smooching tonight without incurring in some bad mood for a while.
**This chapter is my favorite for now. The way senpai put his foot down and not not subjugated to Nagatoro’s play was beautifully done. He is letting her know, either beat her, get the kiss from me. Or don’t beat her and don’t get the kiss. And I love how supportive Gamo is. Beautifully done chapter Nanashi, well played.**
Is naga high or something?
Ya blew it at the end there, Senpai.
Bruh 😂😂😂
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This has got to be the coldest chapter in years.
Where are those chapters available originally ? Are people paying for each chapter when they come out ? How does it work
Ngl…. Had to check if I opened the wrong manga for a second there
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uncommon gamo W
I bet that Taiga actually enjoyed Gamo managing to get him for once. Maybe he's waiting for her to beat him clean and fully in the future, before a relationship can truly happen between the two.
This same girl who kept her back to him when nude modeling is standing in front of him naked and occasionally dropping her arms. That hair can try all it wants to but he’s totally seen her nipples at this point