Koukou Debut Chapter 24 Discussion
- Thread starter MightyDoomslayer
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- #3
It's like opening a whole can of worms. It isn't like this girl is some random person for Yoh, his experience with her is the whole reason why he's shut out relationships with women until Haruna came along, why he hates seeing girls cry so much, why he dislikes himself because he feels responsible for what happened. And their relationship ended so abruptly thus I can see why Yoh would think that there might be unfinished business there. He never allowed himself to grieve the relationship properly to move on so when Haruna urged him to acknowledge his ex gf again, it might have crossed Yoh's mind that his old feelings might still be there when he sees her because he realises this: that he didn't properly grieve her but only tried his best to forget her. He could only be honest with Haruna and say that it's a risk if he goes because he doesn't know what will happen. He hasn't faced her since then so there's no telling how he'll feel. He's reluctant to act on anything though because he's worried that it'll affect his relationship with Haruna. He asks her if she's sure as if to give her a chance to reconsider. It's not hard to see that Yoh is comfortable with things the way they are. He'd rather just have Haruna and would prefer if she not talk with the ex gf and that he just continue avoiding her. Haruna is his safety net and his reaction to reject the letter, to not respond to any kind of contact with his ex and his words to Haruna to not worry about it and it means nothing to him reflects that he wants no distractions from his relationship with Haruna, that he doesn't want anything to mess them up because she's the most important to him now but also he's scared of his own feelings and what returning to the past might do to him.
So that comment shouldn't be viewed as a way of saying that he might not love Haruna that much after all. In fact he's trying to hold onto his relationship with Haruna and is scared that his old feelings that he didn't resolve will come between them, he's also making sure that it's what she really wants, he doesn't want to do anything that she is remotely uncomfortable about. And also remember that this is a way of building angst in the story. Kawahara wanted readers to be unsure of what the outcome will be in order for them to go through the same journey and thought processes as Haruna. If we already know the outcome e.g. if Yoh says something like " I'll go to straighten things out but don't worry I'll definitely come back" sure this is probably what you want to hear from your boyfriend in real life but remember this is a shoujo manga and from a story perspective it's kind of boring and it wouldn't give Haruna the opportunity to put her faith in Yoh and show her strong resolve to fight for him no matter what.
So it shouldn't be seen as a big deal. It makes sense why he would be wary about the ex possibly steering him in a new direction because she was such a big deal for him and he worries whether she may still be because he's never put that to the test before. But when he does meet the ex and she suggests to start over, Yoh doesn't consider it for a second and doesn't hesitate to tell her that it can't happen because he's got Haruna now. Through his confrontation with her, he was able to see that he doesn't have any lingering feelings for her and how much Haruna means to him. I suspect that Yoh already told himself that Haruna means the most to him but this meeting helped to confirm it if there was any doubt.
- #5
only it was done much more nicely and.........yeAH :''''''')
kinda sad kurihara and haruna can't stay friends though, but i know how that type of situation is involving exes personally, and it's usually better to give the heartbroken person space to heal and think things over
- #8
Assa was being a sadistic b*tch again, not sure whether to laugh with her or strangle her though.
- #9
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Cuckoo, cuckoo, cukcoo.. agh how many times was it going to repeat!!!
Glad even Haruna realised they where just avoiding the issue, and gave advise, but was a little surprised with the '..can't guarantee anything if I see her' line from Yoh.
'You should be with the person you like most' :'( Assa and Asaoka were pretty useless in comforting her, though at least the latter was trying to put things into perspective.
Most importantly, while 'She's really important to me' had me grinning, he then actually confessed 'I love you'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o_O <--*still happily shocked*
- #11
although some of my previous opinions have changed... first off.... i originally felt sorry for kurihara, the ex, since i thought, after knowing that yoh has a girlfriend and that it was haruna, that she just wanted to meet yoh for closure.. but when she said during their meeting if she and yoh could START OVER, everything just changed, i think she deserved that in one way or another....
another very minor disappointment was yoh... although it ended perfectly, even saying i love you to haruna, which he probably learned from his experience with kurihara where he didn't show his feelings leading to their break up, there is still that statement that really bugged me... it was before meeting kurihara, yoh said,"are you sure? i can't guarantee anything if i see her."
that bugged me cuz it gives the impression that his love for haruna is not, or rather, may not be enough for him to stay with her... there's that possibility that he might go back to kurihara.. although its perfectly reasonable since she was the first love and everything, but still! that was the past.. come on... oh well.. at least it ended well enough... hehe
