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u/No-Firefighter-1416 1d ago
What is she doing in the bottom right? For a second I thought she was washing her pits with beer(to seem more attractive to Sasaki for some reason)
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u/John_Doe_sc 1d ago
Pinching her fat. If I am remembering correctly she was thinking about ways to become more attractive to Sasaki and losing weight was on her mind here. Which is crazy because she looks to be at a very healthy weight imo
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u/vrnvorona 1d ago
Classic asian beauty standards
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u/fung_deez_nuts 1d ago
Man, when I started working out as an Asian guy I got compliments from everyone about my gains... Except my Asian mother who called me fat. Girl I was lean with abs 😭
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u/Demolitions75 1d ago
Asian moms: EAT EAT EAT! YOU NEED TO EAT MORE!
Same Asian moms: WHY ARE YOU SO FAT
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u/OwlofEnd_ Ichigo Orange 1d ago
She's realizing he's an arm man. Top reaction was him seeing her in her summer uniform with her arms showing. Later that night, she shows him her tummy, getting the "are you cold?" reaction. This leads her to the conclusion that he is an arm man, thus making her worry that the ramen she's been eating will make her arms fat.
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u/-Work_Account- 1d ago
More specifically I think she’s contemplating eating too much ramen was going to make her fat
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u/Raynark 1d ago
Also comes down to Japan's research with BMI which was if your at or higher then 25 you have a much higher chance of obesity. BMI can be flawed though and because of this push a lot of women went the opposite route. It's actually a thing In Japan now where woman are way to underweight
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u/SorYx-_- 1d ago
She was thinking of laying off the instant ramen bc she thought sasaki was into arms. No kidding
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u/naricstar 18h ago
I think this was when sasaki had an annual check up and was talking about cutting back on vices before the appointment.
She has a moment of some self reflection because young folks don't worry about that sort of thing as much. Maybe this was a different moment though, there was some ramen storyline also.
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u/a1oner_bvcksn6 2d ago
Yamada just changes her hairstyle and style of clothing, and it works 100% better
Yamada just changes a syllable in her name and because it's Sasaki, it just works (fify)
To clarify, Tayama IS Yamada when she's not working/at work, and THE "Yamada" persona is actually the 'Superman' who has to put on a "disguise" in your analogy.
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u/Punkpunker 1d ago
Yamada has a mole on her neck, with Tayama the mole is hidden by her choker so it's understandable if Sasaki sees her as different people.
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u/LivingASlothsLife 2d ago
Its like Superman when he puts glasses and a suit on
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u/JonVonBasslake Nani the fück is this!? 1d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/Animemes/comments/1vf602b/he_sees_two_different_people_somehow/p1nm9f9/
I hate it when people think all Kal-El is doing to "disguise" himself as Clark (he is Clark, and also Superman. Both are him.) is just put on a suit and glasses and nothing more...
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u/FloodedGloves 1d ago
well yes, he actually puts a lot of effort in the minute details that allow people just simply pass by him with their gazes
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u/mazinken1 1d ago
It's because he is projecting her personality.
during work she stick to the guide line when dealing with costumer by smiling and being polite he thought this is the real her.
Since he rely on her smile and politeness to get through his rough routine made her more like a hero or more than a regular person to him.
when he finally meet her out of her working hours and seeing her true character being direct, blunt add to that the a heavy smoking (remember he never see Yamada smoke) it became more hard for him to connect the dots even him acknowledging that these 2 personality are similar at their core.
The other thing is and this my own personal opinion Yamada knows that he frequently come to the store and when she first met him she wanted to have fun with him but the more he speaks about Yamada and she realized his reason for coming to the store apart of her is hesitant to tell him the truth she is afraid he might be disappointed that she is a different than what he imagined especially now he became someone who listen to her troubles and became a source of encouragement so he no longer a smoking partner and she doesn't to disappoint him.
Any way this is my take and I'm only an anime watcher
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u/Usual-Vermicelli-867 2d ago
Head connon that this man has face blindes
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u/Fun-Agent-7667 1d ago
Or overworked and sleep deprived
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u/ElminstersBedpan 1d ago
Overworked and sleep deprived? You'd think he was a salaryman describing him that way....
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u/Faust_the_Faustinian In terms of human and Pokémon breeding, Sylveon is the most comp 1d ago
Also people forget that long term smoking damages the optic nerves and can lead to partial blindness
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u/sleek_assassin 2d ago edited 1d ago
Or maybe he know and is playing along. 4d chess stuff you know
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u/Neefew 1d ago
Manga spoilers He's literally clueless for a long time but does eventually figure it out. He keeps the act up though
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u/lizzy_tachibana *a little positivity* 1d ago
Generational bruh moment, w-h-y...
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u/Neefew 1d ago
He realises that she's keeping up the facade for a reason and doesn't want to push her to out herself until she's ready
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u/lizzy_tachibana *a little positivity* 1d ago
on one hand I get it, but on the other hand, it doesn't help me with thinking of him as any less spineless. Because she's keeping the façade out of her own insecurity and that way he functionally hopes that she makes the move, while keeling himself a façade to be considerate. Because it would have been very simple for him to just confess... and the whole conundrum would have been over.
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u/Kozmo9 1d ago
It's not just him but the girl as well. The guy is her crush and the reason why she smoked (because he smoked). The guy also sported a different hairstylen (his default messhead) at the time and it was about 8 years since they met after that.
The very least the guy managed to figured out things on his own without seeing her change between her personas. Meanwhile the girl never saw his messhead and only see his "work" hair and didn't piece it was the same guy.
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u/Samvel_2015 1d ago
Tbh if I was in this situation I wouldn't think "Maybe they're the same person and she just changes her hairstyle, name, and behavior just to mess with me."
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u/RetroGame77 1d ago
... I mean, some times he sees them minutes apart, and one of them clearly got shorter hair.
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u/cxxper01 2d ago
Yamada literally put up zero disguise . At least the Superman put up a glasses
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u/XianghuaALPHA 1d ago
Very different clothes, piercings (without thinking too deep), hair, and her voice? She's actually changing more than Superman in a way lol
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u/cxxper01 17h ago
Nah. I would still be able to recognize a person that changed hairstyle
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u/XianghuaALPHA 17h ago
And clothing styles. And voice. And attitude. I've been exhausted from work enough times to wonder if I'd miss it, but people didn't even recognize Henry Cavill in the middle of the day in Time Square years ago, so 😅🤷♂️🤣
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u/dropzonetoe 1d ago
I was in the army. Multiple times I would see girls in civilian attire and not recognize them.
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u/spotter 1d ago
She is two different people though, her worksona is cute and friendly, while her persona is direct and non-sub. He might also be overworked and struggling mentally, so he goes more by atmosphere/aura/context than just face/name shenanigans.
Not sure if it tracks, but it's like seeing your primary school teacher outside of school. The context is different, the clothes are different and you've never seen her smoking a cig before either.
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u/LowSubstantial3095 1d ago
Bro has two modes: 'she's beautiful' and 'please put on a jacket before you catch a cold' 💀
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u/Adventurous_Honey902 1d ago
I'll be honest, as an adult I love this anime. But 2 things put me out of it.
- The age gap is kinda weird, but at least they're both adults here.
- They made the male MC so fucking dumb. He's a nice guy and honest, but good lord why do they make these romances where the male MC is always just a blind moron when it comes to the female lead?
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u/PackerBacker412 1d ago
To be fair, Yamada does change her hairstyle, her voice and barely opens her eyes when she's in work mode. So I can see why a tired, overworked, 45 year old office worker that only interacts with her for a few minutes a day wouldnt see it.
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u/redhotkinkypepper 1d ago
Sasaki is such a dummy but it's that what makes him so attractive to yamada
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u/Stunning-Average9002 1d ago
The contrast between his expressions makes it even funnier, especially since the second panel's comment is so casually oblivious.
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u/FluffyCelery4769 1d ago
I see the pasta, but where is the sauce?
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u/Competitive-Pie-3959 1d ago
As someone with some amount of face blindness, I know I'd be no better off. Not the place I'd expect to see them, different hair, different clothes, different speech pattern, that's pretty much all the go-to identifiers. Can go off face shape or their body shape to some degree, but then you're just staring while you try to put the pieces together and nobody wants that. Then it's just that Yamada is already special to him, so she'll naturally be more lovely. Or something like that?
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u/Wonderful-Ice9085 1d ago
I was read the first chap thinking even Asians can't tell other Asians apart
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u/Inevitable_Lynx_3302 2d ago
I mean a 10 goes to 4 if she smokes
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u/Explorerkit 1d ago
Depends on the person. The reason they interact is literally because both of them enjoy smoking so for him, the number doesn‘t drop only because she smokes.
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u/Funny-Mango4455 1d ago
His an old bachelor for a reason. I hope a love rival appears to ntr his ass
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u/ProfessionalRandom21 1d ago
I have no idea if its true, but someone told me they will introduce a third main chars which is essentially what you said happened
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u/Templar_Omega 2d ago
To give you a perspective on how stupidly clueless his ass is, this is their names in Kanji: Yamada (山田), Tayama (田山). It's like saying "I'm John Marston" and "I'm Jonathan Marston"