Kin-iro no Corda Chapter 38 (preview)

poor Hihara is all confused…

Summary:

Since the pacing of the manga is not as fast as the anime, and also because a few chapters diverted from concentrating on the concours to give us fun “side stories”, it’s only now that we once again see the glimpse of Hino and the others in Seisou Gakuen. Hihara’s semi-depression happens in this part of the manga, where he was unable to do anything to help Hino. He is worried about Hino, his performance, and his love…

Rumors spread around the school about the change in Hino’s performance, and Tsuchiura and Tsukimori talks about it in the school rooftop (much like the one in the anime).

Hihara spends some time practicing with a senior (though I’m not really sure who it is), and he can’t concentrate on practicing because there’s a lot on his mind… He spends some time alone on the rooftop, and ends up falling asleep. Hino also goes to the rooftop and sees that he was sleeping. She goes to look at him, when he suddenly wakes up, surprised to see Hino in front of him. Just then, some students also arrive on the rooftop, talking about the rumor about Hino… then leaves after they see Hino there. Hihara was about to go after them when Hino stops him and tells him not to mind. Hino tells him that he doesn’t need to worry about her since she has decided to do her best after what happened.

Hihara asks her if she was able to find someone to accompany her in the amusement park, and was surprised to know that Tsukimori was the one who accepted her invitation. He thinks it’s unusual for him to have agreed to do such a thing… then thinks about what happened before (the one where he sees Hino and Tsukimori inside the classroom, in the midst of Tsukimori confronting Hino about hearing her play the ordinary violin), then says his thoughts out loud: “Can’t it be me?”. Realizing what he just said, he quickly tells Hino not to mind it.

As Hihara looks at Hino, he couldn’t help but compare himself to her. Unlike Hino who is now trying her best to recover from what happened in the 3rd selection (and the fact that she didn’t even need his help), he couldn’t get over it and continued to wallow in his sorrow. Hino notices that Hihara is in a daze, and was about to tap his shoulder (to perhaps ask if he’s ok), when he suddenly reacts by shoving off her hand. Hihara was also surprised by his own actions, and decided to run off. Hino was about to run after him when he sees him all flustered. He apologizes about what he has done, then leaves.

- end of chapter 38 -

I believe Hihara felt so useless, since he wasn’t able to help Hino, and also because his self-pitying / wallowing gets the better of him… >.<

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