Do You Still Take Me for Better or for Worse? Manga Reviews (P.3)

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リアルな大人のテーマ

Realistic adult themes

This review contains spoilers. 純が抱える問題は、誰にでも起こり得ることだけど、重くて身動きがとれなくて、苦しすぎる！生い立ちにトラウマがあったとしても、長年のレス状態、子どもを作る気にならない武頼は、許せない。さっさと別れてしまえばいいと思うけど、痴呆もすすみ、持病のある母親の介護費用を出してもらってたりして、すぐには離れられない。つらすぎる。。。好きだし、女として見られたいしで、モンモンとする純なのに。この状況で、元カノとキスするってどーよ！妻とは何年もキスすらしていないのに、よその女に優しいなんて！つらい、つらすぎるから、職場の年下男から真っ直ぐな気持ちをむけられると、すがりたくもなるよね。純、心がキレイすぎる！楽にしてあげてほしい！

This review contains spoilers. The problems that Jun has are something that can happen to anyone, but it's so heavy that she can't move, and it's too painful! Even if he was traumatized during his upbringing, I cannot forgive Takeyori, who has been unemployed for many years and doesn't feel like having children. I think we should break up quickly, but my dementia has progressed, and I'm being paid for nursing care expenses for my mother with chronic illnesses, so I can't leave right away. it's too hard... I like it, and I don't want to be seen as a woman, and it's pure and dismissive. In this situation, why don't you kiss your ex! Even though I haven't even kissed my wife in years, I can't believe she's kind to another woman! It's hard, it's too hard, so when a younger man at work gives you straight feelings for you, it makes you feel reluctant. Pure, my heart is too beautiful! I want you to make it easier for them!

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女の人生

A woman's life

This review contains spoilers. 17巻の時点でレビューを書いています。結婚、子供、仕事、浮気、不倫、離婚(主人公の事だけではありません)…色々詰まった作品です。大人の女性なら色々刺さる部分があるのではないでしょうか？私はぶっ刺さりました。30代も半ば。子無し夫婦で旦那は稼ぎのあるエリート。自分は専業主婦。傍から見たら羨ましい生活かもしれないけど…というところから始まります。色々な事を諦めたくない、けど諦めなきゃならないのか？と葛藤する年齢ですよね。主人公の純はそれはもう様々な葛藤の中でその時の自分に出来うることを懸命に選択して前に進んでいきます。武頼との事、武頼の元カノの事、職場の若い男の子(真山くん)との事…。私は別のサイトでもう少し先まで読んでいますが、まだまだ色々起こります。辛いこともそうでない事も。諦めず進み続ける純が最後に笑っていられたらいいなと思います。ちなみに武頼の元カノの沙織先生、やってることは最悪ですが、もう少し話が進むと彼女への見方が変わるかもしれません。強かにならざるを得なかった部分や彼女自身もこれから変わろうとしているのか…？など。にしても人様の旦那にちょっかい出してはダメですがね。

This review contains spoilers. I'm writing a review as of volume 17. Marriage, children, work, cheating, infidelity, divorce (not just about the main character)... it's a work filled with everything. If you're an adult woman, there are a lot of stinging parts, right? I was stabbed. I'm also in my mid-thirties. They are a childless couple and their husband is an elite who earns money. I'm a stay-at-home mom. It starts with a life that might be envied if you look at it from the side... I don't want to give up on a lot of things, but do I have to give up? It's an age of conflict, isn't it? The main character, Jun, is already working hard to choose what he can do at that time in the midst of various conflicts and moves forward. Things with Takeyori, Takeyori's ex-girlfriend, and a young boy (Mayama-kun) at work... I've been reading a little further on another site, and so much more is happening. Some things are painful and some things aren't. I think it would be nice if Jun, who never gives up and continues to move on, could have a laugh at the end. Incidentally, what Takeyori's former girlfriend, Saori sensei, is doing is terrible, but the way you look at her may change as the story progresses a little further. Is the part where she had no choice but to become strong and is she herself about to change from now on...? etc. Even so, you can't just give it to someone's husband.

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共感、最後が気になる

Empathy, I'm worried about the end

夫は優しいけれど、昔とは違うことに悩むヒロインと、その夫の元カノ、ヒロインの年下同僚男子のお話です。愛憎劇というのではなく、みんな本当に悪い人ではないので切なくなります。むしろ思いやりがすごい。30代での再就職、仕事の失敗、親の介護、自身の病気など、若いうちにはない色々な問題が描かれていて、共感したり応援したりして読みたくなります。どこに着地して4人とも幸せになれるのか、とても気になります。

This is a story about a heroine whose husband is kind, but she is worried about things that are different from the old days, and her husband's ex-girlfriend, the heroine's younger male colleague. It's not a love-hate drama, and everyone isn't really bad, so it's sad. Rather, their compassion is amazing. It depicts various issues not seen when young, such as re-employment in your 30s, job failure, parental care, and your own illness, etc., and it makes me want to read it because I sympathize with and support it. I'm really curious to see where it will land and all 4 people will be happy.

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琴線に触れてグッとくる

It comes in a big way when you touch the heartstrings

言い回しや表情がグサグサ心に突き刺さってくる。本当に琴線に触れまくりで、キャラクター達の感情に引きずられていきそうになるくらい面白い。

The expressions and expressions are piercing my heart furiously. It really touches my heartstrings, and it's so interesting that I almost get dragged by the characters' emotions.

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それでも真山君推します

Still, I recommend Mayama-kun

This review contains spoilers. 不倫で年下もの。色々な価値観の違いを上手に現していて、引き込まれます。最後はどうなるのか想像つかないですが、最後まで見守ります！とりあえず、子ども産むなら真山君とのハッピーエンドを期待します〜

This review contains spoilers. Something younger due to infidelity. It successfully shows the differences in various values, and I am drawn in. I can't imagine what will happen at the end, but I'll be watching until the end! Anyway, if I'm going to have children, I'm looking forward to a happy ending with Mayama-kun ~

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ヒロインの迷いと辛さに共感できるからこそ

Precisely because I can sympathize with the heroine's hesitation and pain

This review contains spoilers. 作者の観察力に感服。子供優先で周りが見えない母親、自分の事しか考えられない夫、周囲に配慮して言えなくてストレス溜まるヒロイン、既婚者に近づくシングルマザー…どれも心当たりあります。その心の暗いところを表にしてえぐって、読ませるってスゴいです。正直読むとダメージ受けますが、時々読みたくなる中毒性があります。

This review contains spoilers. I admire the author's ability to observe. A mother who prioritizes her children and can't see her surroundings, a husband who can only think about herself, a heroine who is stressed because she can't say anything in consideration of her surroundings, a single mother who gets close to a married person... I know all of them. It's amazing to let them read it by looking at that dark part of their heart. It's damaging when you read it honestly, but sometimes it's addictive that makes you want to read it.

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胸がギューッって苦しくなります。

My heart feels stiff and painful.

This review contains spoilers. すごく難しい展開になってきました。悪意ある人の動きと仕事での失敗。そして夫の異変。主人公は35歳。子供を望まない夫、高齢の母の施設費の負担での夫への負い目。結婚前の仕事を辞めたことへの悔恨。そしてひとまわり年下の真山への思いの変化。夫との平穏な日々を願いながら、もう35歳、まだ35歳・・・子供はまだ望める。さぁどう進んでいくのか・・・読み手も苦しんでいます（涙）純・武頼・真山・足立、４人其々の立場にスポットを当てて心情の展開がある為、みんな其々に色んな悩みと葛藤していて辛いなぁとも思えてきました。巷では、単行本7巻(単話て35話)が発売されています。伝書でもその内、単行本も出るでしょう。

This review contains spoilers. It's become a very difficult development. Malicious person movements and failures at work. And then my husband's incident. The main character is 35 years old. A husband who doesn't want children, and an elderly mother's debt to her husband due to the burden of facility expenses. Regret for quitting my job before marriage. Then, a change of mind for Mayama, who is a little younger. While wishing for peaceful days with my husband, I'm already 35 years old, still 35 years old... I can still hope for children. Now how is it going to proceed... the readers are also suffering (tears) Since there is a development of feelings by focusing on the positions of the 4 people, Jun, Takeyori, Mayama, and Adachi, each of them is struggling with various worries and conflicts, and I began to think that it was painful. Seven volumes of the book (35 single episodes) are on sale in the streets. Even if it's a letter, a book will also come out.

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一気に読んでしまいました！

I read it all at once!

世の中が多種多様化…という事なんでしょうか…。女性からの目線だけでも、結婚するまでのそれぞれ、結婚したとしてもそれからのそれぞれ。考えさせられました。SNSなんていう余計なツールのせいでマイペースでいられなかったりと悩みも多様化ですが、真山君の様な姿勢ももっと受け入れられても良いんだなと思いました。（真山君の先輩ナイスです）純さんには幸せになって欲しいですね…読んでいて共感できるし応援もしたくなります。旦那さんも悪い人では無いけど、どうして？というストレスが生じるのにも悩まされました。今後がどう展開するのかとても楽しみです。早く次が読みたいです！

I wonder if the world is becoming more diverse... Whether it's just from a woman's perspective, each until they get married, and even if they get married, it's different from then on. It made me think. My worries are diversifying, such as not being able to go at my own pace due to unnecessary tools such as SNS, but I thought it would be okay if Mayama-kun's attitude was more accepted. (Mayama-kun's senior is nice) I want Jun-san to be happy... I can sympathize with her while reading it, and I want to support her. My husband isn't a bad person either, but why? I was also bothered by this kind of stress. I'm really excited to see how the future unfolds. I want to read the next one soon!

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35才、女性のリアル

The reality of a 35-year-old woman

木更津くんの××がみたい・の作家さんの作品なので気になって拝読。つらい、同じ35才でも未婚(木更津くんの旭)既婚(純)でこんなにも状況が違うとは。しかし、どちらも女性特有の葛藤心情を巧みに表現されていてこちらは重い内容ですが惹き付けられます。純の幸せを願わずにはいられません。

It's a work by the artist Kisarazu-kun I want to see ××, so I read it with interest. It's hard, the situation is so different even if they're 35 years old, unmarried (Kisarazu-kun's Asahi) and married (pure). However, they both skillfully express conflict feelings peculiar to women, and although this content is heavy, it is appealing. I can't help but wish for pure happiness.

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持たざる者の話

The story of the one who doesn't have it

これは10代の頃にはわからなかった世界の話。女ならではの嫉妬やプレッシャーからの焦燥感、リアルすぎる。30歳過ぎた女たちは地雷原の中で会話してたんだ、と戦慄を覚える。これだけそれぞれの気持ちがこんがらがったのをどう落とすのか気になる。ハッピーエンドがいいけど、どうなるのがハッピーなのかな。

This is a story about a world I didn't understand when I was a teenager. The feeling of jealousy and impatience from pressure unique to women is too real. I am horrified that women over 30 were having a conversation in a minefield. I'm wondering how to get rid of this much confusion between our feelings. Happy endings are good, but I wonder what happens when they're happy.

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自分とかぶる…

Wear it with yourself...

本当にリアルです。引き込まれました。私は45歳。子供居ません。周りの友達はみんな子持ちです。ひとつ違うのは私が子供を欲しくならないこと…かな？バツイチ再婚組ですが、前の夫とは私が子供を欲しがらない事でギクシャクし、だんだんレスになり、元夫が職場の同僚とダブル不倫してる事を知り、色々あって離婚しました。不倫された当時とてもショックで落ち込みましたが、そんな時私の話をいつも横で聞いてくれ、連絡したら逢いに来てくれて、好意を持ってくれていた私の元上司の人と前の夫と離婚して数年後に再婚しました。色々有りましたが再婚して約10年、今とても幸せです。子供は再婚後も作らない人生になりましたが、色々葛藤もあり、このマンガはその辺りの微妙なニュアンスが絶妙で、ほんと引き込まれました。未婚、既婚、子持ち、バツイチ、シンママ、親の介護…みんなそれぞれのステージで葛藤しながら生きてるんですよね。人生色々ありますが出来るだけ前向きに生きていきたいです。

It's really real. I was drawn in. I'm 45 years old. I have no children. All my friends around me have kids. What's different is that I don't want kids...? They are divorced and remarried, but my previous husband and I were jittery because they didn't want children, gradually became less and less, learned that my ex-husband had a double affair with a colleague at work, and got divorced due to various things. I was so shocked and depressed when I had an affair, but at that time, they always listened to my stories on the side, and when I contacted them, they came to meet me, and I divorced my former boss and my previous husband, who had a crush on me, and I remarried a few years later. There were a lot of things, but it's been about 10 years since I remarried, and I'm very happy now. I had a life where I didn't have children even after my remarriage, but there were various conflicts, and the subtle nuances around that area were exquisite in this manga, and I was really drawn in. Unmarried, married, having children, divorced, new mom, caring for parents... everyone lives while struggling on their own stage, right? There are many things in life, but I want to live as positively as possible.

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なんとなく読み始めたけど

I started reading it somehow

なんか暗そうで面白くない話かな、、、って思ったけど、読んでみたらどんどん読み進めてて、あっという間に1巻読み終わっていました！盛り上がる系の話ではないけど、でもなんか続きが気になる、ちょっと不思議な感じの漫画でした?

I thought it might be a dark and uninteresting story... but when I read it, I read it steadily, and I finished reading volume 1 in no time! It wasn't an exciting story, but it was a slightly strange comic that made me wonder what would happen?

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真山くん押し！！

Push Mayama-kun!

色々問題はあるけれど?もう全部すっとばしちゃって、純さんには健気で純粋な真山くんと幸せになってほしいです～?がんばれ～！！純さん～?

there are a lot of problems though? I've already spared everything, and I want Jun-san to be happy with the healthy and pure Mayama-kun ~? Good luck~!! jun-san?

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逐う人

The one who evicts

切なく苦しい大人のラヴストーリー。常に緊張感のある展開が続くので読み進めるのに気力が必要ですが、しかしそれに見合った面白さは保証します。会社の上司が主人公に諮らず物事を決定するシーンのようなリアリティある描写のおかげで物語への没入感が生まれていてとても良い漫画でした。

A sad and painful adult love story. There is always a sense of tension, so it takes energy to read on, but I guarantee that the fun is commensurate with that. Thanks to the realistic depiction of a scene where the boss at the company decides things without consulting the protagonist, a sense of immersion in the story was created, and it was a very good comic.

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八方美人というか、優しすぎるのもいいけど、その優しさで本当に大事な人を傷つけているのに本人は気づいてない。何でも言い合えてる夫婦っているのかな。

It's fine to be beautiful from all sides, or rather, being too kind, but the person herself doesn't notice that she's hurting someone really important with her kindness. I wonder if there is a married couple arguing about everything.

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いったいどーなっちゃうの?

what the hell is going to happen?

ご主人にイライラします。顔がタレ目すぎなのも気になる。仕事一筋なのは、いいけど奥様のやるせない気持ちをわかってあげてほしい。

I'm annoyed with your husband. I'm also worried that my face is too saggy. It's fine to work hard, but I want you to understand my wife's unbearable feelings.

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面白い

interesting

登場人物の心情がとても丁寧に描かれていて、どっぷり感情移入しちゃいます。それにしても、旦那の煮え切らない態度、中途半端な優しさ、イライラします。真山くんと幸せになってほしいけど、多分そっちに行くことはないんだろうな。

The feelings of the characters are drawn very carefully, and I am completely empathized with them. Even so, I'm frustrated by my husband's unwavering attitude and half-hearted kindness. I want Mayama-kun to be happy, but they probably won't go there.

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引き込まれる！

I'm drawn in!

何だかとってもリアルで、ついつい引き込まれて主人公の気持ちになって、切なくなったりドキドキしたりしてしまいます。旦那さんの同級生がとてもイライラしますが、またそれもリアルな感じでスゴいなと思います。これからの展開が楽しみです。

Somehow it's so real, and it just draws me in and makes me feel sad and excited. My husband's classmate is very frustrated, and I also think that's amazing because it feels real. I'm looking forward to future developments.

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とてもリアル

So real

まわりが出産して母親になっていく中で取り残される気持ち、そんな中で子育ての苦労や愚痴を言われても傷つくだけ（「母親は偉大」って旗掲げて行進してるようなもの、という不妊症の友人のセリフが上手いです）、レスのつらさ、30過ぎて手に職を持てない女性の生きにくさ、などなど…全てがリアルです(T_T)武頼のレスの裏には、自分の生い立ちのトラウマがあることもよくわかる。不器用ながらも一生懸命な純。よく頑張ってるよ～！それに惹かれる真山君も純真で好感が持てます。ひとり腹黒な沙織、見ててムカムカしますが、こういう計算高い女って実際います。最新巻まで全部読みましたが、最後はとにかく純が幸せになれることを願っています。心理描写が丁寧で素晴らしい。

The feeling of being left behind as those around you give birth and become mothers, it's just hurting even if they are told about the hardships and complaints of raising children under such circumstances (an infertile friend's line that says “Mother is great” is good at marching), the pain of wrestling, the difficulty of living a woman who is over 30 and can't hold a job, etc... everything is real (T_T) I also know very well that behind Takeyori's wrestling, there is trauma from one's own upbringing. Jun is clumsy yet hardworking. I'm doing my best! Mayama-kun, who is attracted to it, is also innocent and likable. Saori, who is alone and hungry, makes me nervous to watch, but there are actually women who are highly calculated like this. I've read everything up to the latest volume, but I just hope Jun will be happy at the end. The psychological depiction is careful and wonderful.

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足立本当無理！！

Adachi it's really impossible!!

足立本当無理だから！大事な事なので２回言いました…こーゆー女いるよなー、と思いイライラしつつも新刊出ると即買いしてしまいます。たけより本当はメッチャ良いやつなんだろうけど言葉が足りなすぎて拗れていってて可哀そう。

Adachi because it's really impossible! It's important, so I've said it twice... even though I was frustrated thinking that there are such women, I bought it as soon as the new issue came out. Actually, they're probably really better than bamboo shoots, but they don't have enough words and they're relentless, and it's a pity.

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