The plot thickens!!!!

So I went back and reread the first few chapters and actually find that this later chapter does a lot to lessen Hananoi's creepiness. A lot of the stalker like behavior makes more sense as the actions of a naive boy when you realize that he knows her past possibly even better than she does. He no longer is a random stranger who falls in love with her on a whim (because he wanted to find her after elementary school all along), goes to extremes to make her smile because he already knows her smile before the bullying incident, and even has a reasonable way to know her birthday.

SUPER SECRET FORGOTTEN CHILDHOOD INTERACTION IN MY SHOUJO? IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN YOU THINK

w a t

What I find interesting about Hananoi is that he's a creepy, obsessive dude that we really shouldn't encourage, all while being relatively innocent and ignorant of the world.

To be clear, when I say innocent I mean how he took the old man's words to the letter: he's looking for someone to love above all else because he considers that that is the only way he will be loved. It's like he got stuck on elementary school in some ways that make it impossible to see the shades of gray.

I'm pretty confident that he wasn't in love with Hotaru beforehand. I may be wrong, but I think that if he was truly a creep that obsessed over her for years, he wouldn't have even considered dating others. He probably realized who she was when he saw her elementary school album and, in his childish way, desired to have been there, to have truly seen Hotaru and comforted her so that he could become her number 1.

But if I'm wrong, he's quite the creep: Girls should stay away.

I want to enjoy this manga, but I cannot get pass the fact that there are so many red flags of an unhealthy relationship here. She shouldn’t feel like she needs his permission to hang out with a male friend. He shouldn’t feel like every nice thing a friend does for here is competition. What was that about? He literally stalked her to the point of getting a job at her work. These are problems. His inferiority complex of not being the most important person in her life and this aim to possess her can easily lead to isolating her from her friends, if he chooses not to warm up to them. I’ll keep reading this, but be cautious. This is really not a picture of a healthy relationship at all and people are right to feel creeped out.

So the stalking comes from Elementary School... Ugh, Hananoi creeps me more now

Yao is a dickhead and will always be a dickhead. The less we see of his coniving face, the better off this story would be. Go find some other girl to obsess over and leave Hotaru alone. And Hotaru isn't much better. Asking the one guy your boyfriend would just as soon see six feet under for help is not the brightest, or most considerate thing to do. You coulda just taken your friend to a pet store to get used to dogs, stupid.

WHAT THE HECK IS THIS SUDDEN CHILDHOOD FRIEND TROUPE
Came out of the left field and whacked me in the face
Many thanks

I really want to ser Hananoi with knife and saying ara ara.

Hope this end with hananoi getting ntrd

Lol, I don't find Hananoi creepy at all. I like that he can express his dislike upfront like that instead of bottling it up and hiding it away until he blows up and lashes out at the one he likes like I've seen a lot of Male Leads do in other stories. And people shouldn't judge him prematurely for having that photo album since he also attended the same primary school as Yao and Hotaru, so of course it would make sense for him to have it.

I love how a few is creeped out with Hananoi lmao. I don't get how he's creepy though, I guess, he can make you cautious from how he's careful a lot of times, almost kinda calculated I think, and doesn't reveal all his cards. He knows how to act(?) accordingly. But I think a lot of people around us, even those we know or close with, are like that. Or am I tripping?

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT.

@MrKawaii I'll dig with you

Let me get my shovel, it might be getting deep.

Oh ?

i hope there'll be no shit like he was the reason with what happened to her in the middle school (or there was already told about what happened? i really alredy dont remember what was in previous chapters).

🤔
Hmm.
Hmmmmmmm.

Thank you!

Ugh Hananoi is so burdensome I would break up with him right away, I would absolutely not enjoy hanging around him. Also, I am scared for Yao-kun's safety. That was a really cute dog though!

On another note: thank god it's not a shrine or a cold locker behind the curtain.