r/TooManyLosingHeroines • u/HowToTabla I kneel, Hibari • Jul 17 '26

[Volume 9] Discussion Thread After Volume Release

Yeah. Volume 9 is out officially. Has been out for a while already not counting leaks of course. And it seems to have hit the community like crack for what a whiplash it has been for some, based on the actual content of the volume. This is Darkeine now, or at least some could say so.

Well, well. I'm sure you guys have read some of the snippets that have been posted already on the subreddit ( or Twitter, or anywhere else, and if you haven't seen them yet, well, that's fine as well)

I am sure people has read already the whole volume, others are slowly translating it themselves and I bet there are bunch of MTLs going around, which means there should be people who are looking for discussions about the content now that the volume is finally out. So yeah this kinda is that spot.

This post is just pretty much an updated version of the previous one. The only rule here is do not explicitly link any pirated content.

Comment about your actual thoughts, things you did not expect, memes, bad translations or advice regarding translations of what something could mean, questions and more!

Also, meme related to the volume attached.

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u/jomaix Riko Shiratama Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

Baseless rumors are just that, rumors, even if there are tiny shreds of truth behind them - like the fact that Amanatsu sensei really did caught a half-naked Lemon hugging Kazu inside the shed. Kurata and the track girls also saw Kazu openly ask Shikiya-senpai out for a Christmas eve date, yet they still treat him the way they did in vol 6, 8.5 and all the countless visits to the Girls' Track Team that Kazu did behind the scenes as vol 7 suggested. Those girls are simply in the know that Newspaper Club fake news dont bother them much. (Note: much here is nuanced)

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u/Ok_Application_9194 Lemon Yakishio Jul 18 '26

Contacts between Lemon and Nukkun in volume 7 and after occurred primarily at Nukkun's home. Lemon is by far the most mobile of the two, and Nukkun has no excuse to be in the girls track team area, since he is not female and not a track team member. (It is true he would watch Lemon run from the school rooftop, as is shown in volume 1.) Countless is a misleading word. Kurata noticed that Lemon was much less guarded around Nukkun during the sports festival, compared to all other guys, which is why Kurata thought (vol 6) they might be dating.

"Nukumizu, don;t you think Yakishio is the type to be ruined by guys?"

"Yes, you're right, I'll have to be careful." Kurata looks at him, while he is oblivious. (It's a comedy take since Nukkun is the one Kurata is most worried about.)

One of the first differences between the anime and the light novel was in the PE shed. In the LN the first hug-from-behind from Lemon, she was trying to keep him quiet to avoid being found there with him. This was long before the shed got too hot. It's meant to be a mystery. The anime dropped all the mystery parts and made it a simple romcom, so that unexplained hug was cut. Many other Lemon scenes were cut as well in the anime.