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THE NEW CHAPTER IS FINALLY TRANSLATED!!!

I was so impatient I had to wait two months for it I drew exactly what I thought was gonna happen AND LET ME TELL YOU I WAS RIGHT!

(beautiful artist's rendition)

The only thing that I've missed is Ririka and Chris being there to get shocked at how shameless Shima is hugging girls that smell like Britney Spears and... coconuts...(if you get the reference you're cool)

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guy who thinks that brushing it off and coming up with an excuse would be extremely pathetic brushes it off and comes up with an excuse

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i need to reread the entirety of sukirofa REAL QUICK

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THE WAY HE FIXES HER HAIR

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shima and mitsumi really be the two dumb and delusional bitches telling each other EXACTLYYYYYY

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chapter 73 opening page!!

chapter 73 has been released!!!! what happened after that hug 👀?? and guess who showed up to the festival?? NAO-CHAN!!!! such an amazing chapter full of emotions 😭 i love them so much

don’t forget to support sensei by buying the chapter on comic days

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skip and loafer #TODAY

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Came to me in a dream

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you could say he’s kind of a family guy

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So. skip and loafer chapter 72 thoughts. lives were changed.

it's something i say endlessly, but what truly works so beautifully about shima and mitsumi's dynamic is that, first and foremost, its constituted on both of their genuine admiration and appreciation of each other as people, and as forces in each others' lives that make them strive to better themselves and become worthy of the other. i think their last interaction in this chapter encapsulates this perfectly on both ends.

shima, since the beginning of this manga, prominently never initiates physical touch. he simply doesn't do it with anyone other than mitsumi, and then when he very rarely does, it's in incredibly significant moments. given both of his social status that he sorely hates, and our newfound knowledge of his relationship with his mother, characterized by trauma of abuse, it makes sense - his wariness of physical touch crystallizes his wariness of showing vulnerability and exposing his true self to others. the first to come to mind is in chapter 11, when he grabs mitsumi's hand - it's a similarly sudden gesture that symbolizes shima's rare vocalisation of his feelings for her:

Considering these two moments are 60 chapters apart, it's incredible to see just how much both of them have grown. how shima's beautiful character arc culminates in fulfilling himself and letting his emotions out after bottling them for the vast majority of his life, and how coming to terms with his past and re-finding his passion allows him to come to terms with his feelings and act on them - because he finally feels like a whole enough person, worthy of the person he admires and loves. Shima had to have gone through his arc - open himself up on stage and gain some sort of closure from his mother, allowing to "be a kid again" as he ought to be instead of forcing himself to adopt the facade of maturity, in order to, for once, he acts on a whim - to show his genuine appreciation for mitsumi which he's only been able to internally ruminate over.

I think the significance of this gesture for mitsumi cannot be understated either. It's been established many times over that just as shima struggles with wanting to catch up to mitsumi, mitsumi has had similar feelings of inadequacy in comparison (see: "i always knew it was too much for me"), and it's been apparent that she's been somewhat walking on eggshells ever since their breakup. while of course mitsumi has self esteem and it's one of her great qualities, she is also significantly characterized by insecurities - thinking she wants to be important to shima one day, thinking, after the breakup, "of course this amazing person was never within reach for someone like me". which might make one insane given how absolutely important she is to shima. this is why she purposely chooses to shy away form approaching him at first, regardless of how mesmerised she's been by his performance - he's surrounded by people which, she assumes, are more important than her - and so she settles for staying in the back, but wishes to tell him how genuinely great he was. so in this sense, mitsumi is posited in a similar position to the one shima has been - they're both constantly struggling to become worthy of the person they admire. shima, having been so emotionally paralysed to the point he couldn't convey his feelings to mitsumi properly, probably fed into her subconscious feelings of his being out of her reach.

That's why that moment is so incredibly cathartic for both of their character arcs. shima, having finally come to terms with both his feelings and his past, is finally taking his turn to externalise his feelings like mitsumi did before, while mitsumi finally gains the appreciation and recognition she's been subconsciously missing. finally, they (hopefully) realize their outmost importance to one another - shima caught up to mitsumi not just in having fulfilled himself or (at least in his own eyes, as we all know he always was) being worthy of mitsumi, but also in voicing his feelings for her. and i'm so proud of him !!! the writing being so careful and nuanced around it just, yet again, shows the masterful understanding of human relationships in skip and loafer. i love these two so much

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romance as a subplot is SOOOOO GOODDDDD because 98% of the time it's an intense slowburn that develops over several chapters. the story focuses on the plot or character development more but somehow it makes the romance SO MUCH BETTER!!! idk how to explain it it's just so good...like when an author's focus is more on characters and plot it gives you as the reader a deeper connection to the characters which makes the romantic/platonic aspect so much better

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The new chapter of Skip and Loafer is once again amazing!

We get to learn a bit more about Kanechika's past.

It's no surprise he could understand Sousuke's loneliness so quickly - he's experienced it himself.

And the reason he was so happy to talk about tokusatsu with Kazekami is because, in the past, people used to avoid him when they saw how obsessed he was with his passion.

So happy to see Ujiie in the audience!

It's incredible how Sousuke manages to express his emotions with such precision in this play!

You can really see the sadness and despair in his eyes.

Sousuke's stepfather is truly insightful - he understands him well.

It's thanks to him that Sousuke's mother finds the strength to go talk to her son.

It's so touching to see Sousuke's mother give him a sincere and emotional smile, along with a compliment.

And you can tell it moves Sousuke deeply.

Ririka doesn't want to admit it, but it's clear she was impressed by Sousuke's performance.

The play was so incredible that it's motivating her to push herself even harder.

This chapter gives us three adorable hugs!

The first one, between Sousuke and his little brother - simply heartwarming.

The second, between Sousuke and Kanechika - not welcomed by Sousuke, but still adorable.

And the last one… a hug that made me want to scream: between Sousuke and Mitsumi!!

Mitsumi looks shocked, just like us 😂

I find it so cute that both Sousuke and Mitsumi acted just like Kanechika :')

I'm so proud of Sousuke. He's finally decided to embrace his feelings and stop hiding them.

It's incredibly hard to be that vulnerable, but with Mitsumi, he's safe 💛

Mitsumi is the only one Sousuke is willing to hold in his arms without her even asking ❤️

As soon as he sees her, he runs to her to hug her!

He doesn't say a word, as if all he wanted in that moment was to feel her warmth 💛

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All the times Shima flirted with Mitsumi by surprising her/sneaking up behind her 😍

Starting off w this moment from ch 5 during the group movie hangout when he ran forward to talk to her (he had been walking beside Mika). She’s so cutely surprised:

Ch 6, sneaking up on her at the nurse’s office window, when she was just thinking about him 😍. They’ve only known each other for a short while yet he’s already so playful— he would never feel this comfortable with any other girl:

Ch 25. Shima cannot resist seeing the back of Mitsumi’s head and not taking it as a chance to startle her. Understandably so bc her reactions are so funnyyy:

New grade, new class in ch36. So cute the way he leans over the railing to talk to her 💖:

Ch 39 okay this is THE BEST ONE 😍😍😍😍, the sexy ass smirk on his face, the way he’s staring STRAIGHT AT Mitsumi, that insanely flirty line, like are you KIDDING ME!?? 😍😍😍😍😍 no wonder Mitsumi AND MikaMako blushed like crazy in the next panel absbdjskbsnsndomggg. It’s so insane like there is no platonic explanation for this:

Ch 40 yeah yeah, I know this seems more like a general greeting but I just knowwww Shima saw Mitsumi and made a beeline for their table w the intent of making her jump a lil while she was distracted talking to her friends. I just know this in my heart 💆🏻‍♀️ 🧘‍♀️😩 🤌🏼:

Ch 47, this is post breakup 💔💀 he wants to go to his girl so bad, he’s even daydreaming about it, lmfao. He’s going through withdrawals 🤣

Also I think he likes their height difference bc look at him leaning down for her even in his imagination 👀 🤭:

Ch 49 BOOM SHAKALAKA YES LAWD ANOTHA ONE 😍😍😍😍 he’s always scaring the bejeezus out of Mitsumi 🤣. And the way he apologizes—like STOP LYING SHIMA, YOU KNOW WHAT YOURE DOING, YOU LOVE GETTNG A RISE OUT OF HER!! He was pining so bad during this whole scene too ☠️ ☠️:

Last but not least; Ch 68 lololol my poor girl’s so out of it but he tried anyway. His hand over his mouth is so endearing to me too:

BONUS: ch 4 he didn’t startle her but I love how Shima put his hands on her shoulders to usher her forward. He’s also surprisingly comfortable with skin ship, with her. He would prob rather drop dead before he willingly touched another girl like this:

Anyway, hope you enjoyed! The point of this post was to show how much Shima likes flirting and being playful with Mitsumi, way before he was even aware of his own romantic feelings for her. He’s been subconsciously gunning for her since the beginning and I think that’s so romantic 😍😍😍😩😩🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

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can they perform on your dashboard real quick

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sleepover