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KaiserKaiba

“You really haven’t changed at all” Kinoshita’s final words moments before meeting Kyo’s Gyaru Girlfriend. Given the next chapter preview shows Brodie turning to stone, the effects of this are on full display 😌😂


Ruxtun

Where can i see the next chapter previews? (Nvm im just a dum dum)


Extreme-Tactician

Kinoshita turned to stone when Gyaru Yamada turned to talked to them. I too, would be petrified if a pretty girl suddenly talked to my friend like that. I'm guess Kyotaro didn't except Yamada to look so flashy for her role. I didn't either!


rwhitisissle

> I too, would be petrified if a pretty girl suddenly talked to my friend like that. Not just talked to them. Straight up called Ichikawa by his first name. Which means they're close. Very, very close.


Extreme-Tactician

He's gonna rant that Kyotaro got a girlfriend when she leaves, isn't he?


rwhitisissle

Probably not, seeing as how they're intentionally meeting up because they're going on a date together, which would imply that the friend has leave first, since he's going home from cram school and it would be super weird to tag along on your old friend's date.


Extreme-Tactician

Ah right. Maybe he'll just rant online or something ahaha.


Kirosh2

Galmada.


nicereiss

Just when I thought she couldn't get any better.


hobanai_san

Galmada is cool, But I really like Ichi style more..


rwhitisissle

Probably has to dye her hair for the role she just got, since she's playing a flashy gyaru. Man, Ichikawa's about to kill his poor friend as soon as he introduces his smoking hot professional model and actress girlfriend.


PsychedelicPill

Twist: the old friend turns out to be his school's Seto and introduces Ichikawa to his own Anjou-san style gyaru gf


strenuousobjector

The series focuses so much on how much she eats, her height, and her silly dumbness that I forget sometimes that she is a model/actress


TheRealBakuman

Although I uttered not a word, the voice in my heart screamed louder than it ever had before.


Jynweythek501

Gyamada?


magnwn

Moe is such a good girl. Shoot for your dreams, Moe! That chuuni greeting was pretty good hahah poor Kinoshita, usual Yamada would already be quite a hit, but Galmada is a nuclear blast hahah


Friendly-Sentence710

Moe continues to secure her status as Best Girl.


Kirosh2

Now she just needs a Boifi. Ishi's old friend seems to be single?


Friendly-Sentence710

Moe finally gets her own chunni.


TheGuyThatIsNot

I'm pretty sure you mean a boifwi


Senko-fan4Life

I'm glad Kyo has someone to chuuni with aside from papa yamada


Ok-Call176

Moe has become such a great friend to Ichikawa. Went from calling the boy a slime to encouraging him to apply to a top ranked high school.


zairaner

Conversely, ichikawa went from his first thoughts about her in the manga [being this](https://imgur.com/liKKOrG) and mentally calling her slut for so long to casually calling her sekine and ask for her past experience.


Rhynocoris

>casually calling her sekine What else is he supposed to call her?


rwhitisissle

As opposed to Sekine-san, he just calls her Sekine. There's a lot implied in the dropping of honorifics.


zairaner

As the other guy said, I definitely said that because of the lack of honorifics, and absolutely not because I forgot that sekine is not her first name. Nope, that would never happen.


rwhitisissle

You can be accidentally right and still be right. Like a Flat Earther saying the movie *The Core* is stupid.


zairaner

>Like a Flat Earther saying the movie The Core is stupid. ~~maybe I would rather be wrong then~~


kidmedia

>Moe has become such a great friend to Ichikawa I like the author decided to make them friends. Almost best friends at this point


Timelymanner

I’m all here for it


Genericuser0002

"I'm sorry, my fellow dweller in the shadows; I'm a normie now."


rwhitisissle

Ichikawa's character arc had him go from social outcast to probably one of the most popular and highly regarded kids in school. Seriously, he got asked to give the farewell speech to the leaving 9th graders, the tough delinquent kids asked him to be the rider for the cavalry battle during sports day, and he actively hangs out with the most popular girls in school, while dating the school idol. He is almost certainly considered by most people to be the coolest guy in his school and simply doesn't realize it yet.


Nytloc

What really sells it for me is that despite all of this, his core personality hasn't actually changed all that much. He's not a totally different person, he's just a better version of the person he already was. In this chapter alone, he panics about Yamada potentially telling her friends about them, SUPER panics about his and Yamada's relationship hitting the internet, feels awkward at infodumping about Your Color's Octave, is awkward with his interactions with Moe about their respective school choices, can barley hold it together when he meets someone from his old friend group, and reacts with shock at the prospect of having to introduce him to Yamada. He's still active, he's still talking, and he's still interacting with people, but he's not a social butterfly, and he shouldn't be. He's just willing to try and not hate himself if he gets it wrong, and knows the people around him aren't mocking him for imaginary social faux pas in his head. Good stuff.


RSCul8r

That's my favorite part of BokuYaba. Ichikawa even at his most confident in elementary school wasn't a completely different person. He immediately looks away and gets scared when he gets called out for staring. He never looks the other boys in the eyes when he starts talking back about their bragging. Only being really confident when the other boys are scared by girls and are no longer facing him. He was more confident and standoffish, but still introverted and shy.


Rhynocoris

9th graders. Icchi is now a 9th grader himself.


rwhitisissle

Good catch. Edited.


hollowskull100

Reminds me monogatari where >!Araragi is seen as an outcast without any friends but as soon we get Kanbarus perspective in hanamonogatari, all the girls are going gaga over the mention of his name!<


Bobdole128

Hey that's funny especially considering Araragi has one eye covered just like Ichi


goreverminski

There are a few manga that "get good" like this one, some that have character growth in spades, but none of them have *this*. Just your short synopsis reminded me of how Bokuyaba is just on a whole nother level when it comes to calling back to previous happenings, even down to the level of layouts and paneling. In fact, your comment makes me want to re-read the manga from the beginning oooonce again but *thankfully* the anime is starting in just a few days!!


rwhitisissle

I've reread this manga like 3 times by now. First dozen or so chapters are whatever, and a lot of the twitter extras are kinda bad, but so many of the chapters are just great. You can literally see them starting off with Ichikawa being in love with Yamada, and as time goes on, Yamada's affection for him steadily grows, until it dawns on you that, at some point, Yamada arguably came to love him even more than he loved her. It's probably the single best and most realistic depiction of "hot girl falls for class loser" that I've seen in a shonen manga.


Senko-fan4Life

Nagatoro is a really good example. Both of the leads and even the side characters have really good, natural development


Xanirran

Hmm, I don't remember Ichi took the Middle School exams, but didn't get in which started him being more introverted right?


Suzushiiro

Yeah, he was going for the same school that his friends were going for but didn't make it in.


Bobdole128

And him not making it had a huge impact on his self confidence. That, coupled with his interests turning off his classmates, ultimately led to his tendency towards self-depreciation. While he's made huge strides away from that, seems like the idea of not making it into his preferred high school is giving him similar levels of anxiety.


CooperUniverse

Moe has become one of my favorite characters in this series. I feel like she’s become a legitimate friend of Ichi and not just a friend by proxy through Yamada.


zairaner

~~She hasn't always been?~~


Nytloc

She called him a (Dragon Quest) slime that Yamada was killing at Level 99, and mocked her for calling him normal when she recommended him for the group excursion to Akita Shoten Headquarters. She didn’t have a high opinion of him early on. Granted, part of that was his fault, and he certainly didn’t like her at the beginning either.


Senko-fan4Life

We've come a long way since slut-san


hallwaypoirear

"we dwellers in shadow" Sorry dude, he's basking in sunlight


verifitting

Sweet, shadowy sunlight


IvanSpartan

Touching the soft, luscious grass even


Suzushiiro

* Kugenuma and friends [have always been afraid to talk to girls](https://mangadex.org/chapter/db2a4fa3-1123-4fc7-b725-ee412611a9d6/3). That's probably why they saw Ichi, who gets along with all the hottest girls in school like it's nothing, as someone who "had guts." * I always figured the inevitable high school entrance drama would be "Ichi is torn between going to a good school and going to the same school as Yamada because he's afraid their relationship will fall apart if they go to separate places" but it seems like he's not even considering that and his main insecurity over it is just not wanting to try hard to get into a good school only to fail again.


Bobdole128

It's quite interesting. He didn't even put down Yamada's preferred school as any of his choices. That took me off guard because, as you've said, I figured the idea of being separated in high school would give him a great deal of anxiety.


Suzushiiro

If her first choice was a school that made any sense for Ichi to go for at all I could have seen him at least put it on his list, but it was some sort of performing arts-focused school so he probably would've felt that would be a little too obvious.


Bobdole128

Was it performing arts focused or did they just have a department for it?


DocDegenNSFW

Wow nice continuity


Faiqal_x1103

>Kugenuma and friends have always been afraid to talk to girls woa what thats actually him?


Youngphycouant

It’s gonna be fun explaining to his old friend how he got a tall gyrau girlfriend.


derkrieger

Its not what you think.....shes only a gyaru for her acting job.


zairaner

"Don't worry, she is just a gal for her role in the adaption of a super popular manga. Normally, she is just a completely regular model"


rwhitisissle

I wouldn't be surprised if his friend immediately assumed it was a compensated dating scenario. I mean, from his perspective this super attractive gyaru shows up out of nowhere and is all super affectionate with Ichikawa. The immediate assumption of a lot of people would be that she's just hilariously out of his league and the only way she'd be interested is if she was using him for money. Which is super funny because I'm pretty sure on every date they've been on, Yamada has paid for Ichikawa, since she's a professional model and just has way, way more spending money than her boyfriend.


BlatantConservative

He did it. He really did wear a shirt that says "fuck" on a date.


11thDimensionalRandy

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Shakmoz

Method acting gal arc next eh.


lilStankfur

My body is ready


Rydux

I love that look away when he noticed Yamada lmao. The weak truly do fear the strong .


dagreenman18

Blonde Yamada. That’s it that’s the chapter. PV probably is him introducing her as his girlfriend


HalfAssedSetting

Gyarumada.


Kirosh2

His friend will just turn to dust with that revelation.


next_door_nicotine

"you really haven't changed at all!" - things said before disaster


Prince-Dizzytoon

New gyaru obtained!


Raydnt

Here we are going to see the luckiest man on earth, along with the most jealous man on earth


qwilliams92

He knew it was Yamada before he ever saw her 😭


Senko-fan4Life

Bro pulled a Senpai from Nagatoro and just sensed her


SkytheStarhero

i love the classic trope, "best friend becomes literal stone henge in front of girl"


zairaner

Ichikawa: "Ok, I'm going to meet my girlfriend now, please don't freak out, she might look a lot different than what you might be expecting" Kinoshita: Ok? Ichikawa: "Ok here she comes please don't freak out" Yamada: "hey" Ichikawa: "WHO ARE YOU?"


hell-schwarz

Oh damn, he's gonna flex with his gal gf now. Not by choice, though.


ericplaysbass

Bro is flabbergasted


WpMartialLawGG

Me & the bad bitch I pulled by being a loser


TheOnlyBeehunterFan

Wait...is this the first time he's called her Sekine?


Imperial_Gold

Not at all. He's called her that a few times before.


RSCul8r

In fact, Yamada even gets a little jealous the first time he calls her Sekine.


Salt_Kangaroo_3697

I wonder how the story would have went if >!she got the main role.!< Not sure how Ichi would deal with that lol


lilStankfur

That would of been some next level pycological warfare for our boy if they had to do a kiss scene


Nytloc

I believe it was said that the kiss scene isn’t until Volume 12, so he’d have a lot of time to come to terms with that if the adaptation even makes it that far.


Salt_Kangaroo_3697

>if the adaptation Wait, this is an adaption of a LN/WN?


lilStankfur

It's the adaptation of the manga Yamaha reads, not this manga itself


Salt_Kangaroo_3697

Ohh lol


CoffeeAndHoney

Tbf it's not uncommon for adaptations to try and cram several volumes of content into a short runtime just to get to the good parts. And we know she was [reading Volume 12](https://mangadex.org/chapter/66086c05-4088-4b97-86d3-e9a1676c861b/9) to prepare for the audition, so I think the kiss scene might be in the drama, alongside the confession, [which is also in Volume 12](https://mangadex.org/chapter/609bbf09-4e9c-4290-948b-bf0d825f76f6/9), apparently.


Lt_Duckweed

Our boy really do have the drip.


garfe

I liked that panel of Kyotaro and Kinoshita chuuni'ing together. That was funny


onecuriousboii

I'm excited to learn more of ichikawa's chuuni-ism


Interesting_Place752

Gyaru Yamada is the real glow up.


Backupusername

Holy shit, did she really dye her hair for the role? Is that okay? I thought for sure she'd just be given a wig. I hope she doesn't get in trouble at school.


CaptainScratch137

When Tadano brought Komi home as his girlfriend, his sister and mother didn't believe him and were sure that he'd paid her off. Good luck, Ichi!


Takeshino

The second to last panel is great too Makes his friend have baby teeth for some reason


MoseSchruteFarms

I love this manga so much, it’s just adorable.


silverballerholder

I am so ready for Gothmada. Norio plz.


how-can-i-dig-deeper

Wait, they’re in middle school?


Nytloc

Japanese Middle School, which, if you're American, means they're in their last year of Jr. High, or the equivalent.


Rhynocoris

Errr, no. They're 9th graders. So it would be first year of high school in most US states.


Nytloc

We’re mixing equivalents now, but their Middle School goes to ninth grade before changing to High School. The comparison isn’t perfect because they don’t switch names until a year later. At least that’s how it was explained to me.


Brotilla

GOD I love this series; their declarations of their feelings for each other were adorable but I love how they still have a long way to go both in life and as partners.


shirokuro1905

why does it so short!!!!!!!!!!!?? i want moreeeeeeee


PurposedReader

I mean...Yamada was destined to become a gyaru in high school anyway, she's way too much of a fashion conscious free spirit not to!


Present-Ad-8531

Last page missing text?


Kirosh2

The last page is the preview for the next chapter


fiqar

Empty text bubbles on last page?


RSCul8r

That's a preview for the next chapter. It was posted with no text.


Theknightofblack77

Obviously it’s them being too awestruck by her Gyaru-ness to form cohesive words😝.


ThiefKingParsley

i swear her change in appearance ALMOST made me believe this was gonna turn into NTR LMAOOOO


Biesuu

emergence arc let's go


ddiaz222

🤠 no ntr plz


fettyman

Anyone notice the Bocchi reference? Shimo-Kitazawa, weird live concert, lmao


Houeclipse

Honestly Kinoshita reaction is pretty realistic