Koi wo Shiranai Bokutachi wa Chapter 10 Discussion

Kirie-san said:
I think it is obvious that Eiji will end up with her (Ikezawa)

Naxrrhid said:


Are we reading the same manga? The entire story is set up for Eiji to end up with Izumi in the end. All the other side characters have a pairing as well.

Ikezawa will end up with Taichi and Noahiko with Fujimura.

Kirie-san said:


I think that because it's a shoujo. Ikezawa is the first girl to appear (if we don't count chapter 0), and most of the time in shoujo mangas the main guy (here it's Eiji) ends up with the main girl (Ikezawa I guess).
But I do hope that Eiji doesn't end up with Ikezawa since I don't like the way she currently acts, and I do hope that she'll change so she could be nice to Taichi because he deserves it. =)

Naxrrhid said:
I would agree with not counting Chapter 0 if it was a standalone story or just the parent story. But Chapter 1 is a direct continuation of Chapter 0, so in every sense, Chapter 0 might as well be Chapter 1, and the first girl be Izumi. The whole main triangle is based around Izumi.

At this point the implied end pairings are:

Izumi x Eiji

Naohiko x Fujimura

Taichi x Ikezawa

This is what I am hoping the story develops to since this would make the most sense and for me atleast, be the most satisfying.

The whole Ikezawa and Eiji thing came about from a misunderstanding, one that stems from Taichi asking Eiji to get Ikezawa to go to his live. Her friend misunderstood that as Eiji liking her and Ikezawa is going off of that.

I usually stay away from shoujo mangas because I HATE love triangles when there is no clear OTP, but I loved Nijiiro Days, so I gave this new story a read. I really hope we get some more focus on Eiji and Izumi in the coming chapters.

Naxrrhid said:



From what I gather, the author was always planning on making this her next running series after Nijiiro Days. As for the Chapter 0 of Nijiiro, I was actually surprised Natsuki's ex didnt show up later in the story to progress the couple. I guess Mari filled that role so the ex was unneeded.

Also I think the author was always planning on Izumi coming back. The synopsis for the story when I first saw it, said it was a story about 6 boys and girls. So Izumi was already counted. Also from what I learned from Chapter 0 of mangas like Shokugeki no Souma and Nisekoi and a few others too, is that generally, what the main pairing or implied main pairing is for those chapters, is what to expect for the story and its direction.

Going back to Ikezawa, there is no reason for her to love Eiji. The only girl that should love Eiji, the only one that makes sense is Izumi, she was in love with him from the start. Fujimura falling in love with him because of his dedication would make a little sense here but outside of a misunderstand which is entirely because of Taichi being in love with Ikezawa, Eiji has done nothing of note to garner her attention. Eiji as a MC too, the more I type out these responses and reflect on the story, the more I realize he is such a bad character. It is really hard to like him at times and this is why I hate shoujos so much.

Lastly, I agree, I HATE love triangles in stories. They serve absolutely no purpose than to just bring unnecessary drama and angst. What carried Nijiiro Days for me, despite the shoujo elements at times was the comedy and boys as a group was endearing. Reminded me of my high school days with my group of friends. And I whole heartedly agree with you on hating Nozomi. I freaking hated her as a character and could not for the life in me understand why the author decided to make the little sister of one of the main boys the love interest to a sadist. I cringed so hard every time that couple appeared in the story. As for Yukarin, I loved her. She was cute and so fun. But I can see how that might be annoying for some people.

Kirie-san said:

Ok, I didn't know about that! I just hope it will be running far enough so we'll get to see a proper development for all the characters. Yeah, Mari was kinda a rival for Natsuki.

I do hope you're right about Izumi's come back because Ikezawa's interest on Eiji is so annoying (from my point of view she's acting like a typical shoujo heroine). Lol, even if Fujimura thinks that Eiji isn't that mean I don't think she would fall for him, otherwise it would be a harem around Eiji xD
I don't think Eiji is bad character but I do think that he has flaws, that he's not really nice and honest (except with Taichi).

I agree for Nijiiro Days but I also didn't fully enjoyed it because there was also shoujo-ish elements (three characters that have the same crush: Natsuki, Mari and Mocchi on Anna), Nozomi and the way she acts... It makes no sense that she ends up with Keiichi... I wouldn't mind if he hasn't found someone, at least it would have been more realistic and not annoying.
I didn't like Yukirin because she's too excentric and not funny for me, I don't like the way she acts, and as a character she has nothing interesting.

Naxrrhid said:


I would agree with not counting Chapter 0 if it was a standalone story or just the parent story. But Chapter 1 is a direct continuation of Chapter 0, so in every sense, Chapter 0 might as well be Chapter 1, and the first girl be Izumi. The whole main triangle is based around Izumi.

At this point the implied end pairings are:

Izumi x Eiji

Naohiko x Fujimura

Taichi x Ikezawa

This is what I am hoping the story develops to since this would make the most sense and for me atleast, be the most satisfying.

The whole Ikezawa and Eiji thing came about from a misunderstanding, one that stems from Taichi asking Eiji to get Ikezawa to go to his live. Her friend misunderstood that as Eiji liking her and Ikezawa is going off of that.

I usually stay away from shoujo mangas because I HATE love triangles when there is no clear OTP, but I loved Nijiiro Days, so I gave this new story a read. I really hope we get some more focus on Eiji and Izumi in the coming chapters.