
saw a bunch of spoilers for chapter 40 and I think I feel sorry for ue? I don’t know the full story yet but it seems like akhiko and haruki made fun of his feelings

In a way kinda...? But not really making fun of his feeling... I don’t know how to make spoiler tag, but basically after giving the ticket of hiiragi debit (which ue took part in) both Aki and haru jokingly said ue the only one having fun playing in other band. Ue then proceed saying, it would be more fun if their band can have their own debut. Then aki and haru said it’s ue job to persuade mafuyu... like that (and Aki said, since ue can only persuade mafuyu using music, it’s understandable why he wanted to help other band, something like that).... the turning point is that this is the last year for all of them, all of them gonna graduate soon, so it’s understandable that mafuyu and ue is indecisive about their future, according to aki it’s like the step where “whether I can willing die with my current partner” kind of step.
I’m kinda nervous for ue but at the same not really, cause I feel like this arc is more about hiiragi and shizu TT_TT

I get why people are upset, but the age of consent in Japan is 13, so it’s obvious that from another point of view it feels wrong, but for them it is not

I'm not kidding based on this manga, afterall it's fictional, but the laws of consent are tricky in japan. While technically it's 13, it depends by prefecture, and local laws trump the national age. 18 is widely considered the "true" age of consent. So I'm saying, if you are an adult and go to Japan, don't go chasing after middle schoolers thinking it's legal. Societally as well, most people do not condone relationships between an adult and a child, so morally, its still wrong.
pls i want this man to raise my child