ち is short for like… の うち. Sometimes also abbreviated んち.
自分ちみたいに is “like your own house”
She commenting on how Chiba is treating the nursing thingy like she owns it.
I tried to just go for the second question directly when I saw you replying, and you still got both in almost the same amount of time… I’m just too slow, I guess.
Basically, while it’s possible to officially change gender in Japan, one condition is to not be married (because same sex marriage isn’t recognized) and to not have underage children (because reasons?).
However, Elin, American married to a Japanese woman, does not have to conform to that, since she only have to care about the American law. So she officially became a woman, despite being married and having underage kids. Then she had to report the change to the Japanese administration, and things got “fun” (well, the marriage is just going to become void, I guess, despite them fighting to keep it valid).
I hope such event will help getting an actual recognition of same sex marriage in Japan…
Honestly it’s CRAZY to me that Japan doesn’t already have it. Like, it’s genuinely difficult for me to process sometimes. The US was so far behind on that, and yet that fight is now years in the past and Japan is still lagging. It boggles.
Done volume 4! I read the last chapter twice, but I still have a couple questions.
Page 183 question
あたし一瞬ホッとした
Am I supposed to understand why Maho would be relieved (even for a moment) that Shuu got rejected? Unless it’s just a “you complicated my relationship with Seya and am holding a subconscious grudge” kind of thing.
Page 185 question
あたしこそどっちとも仲良くしてごめんね
Is Sasa apologizing for being friends with Shuu and Takatsuki? I think that’s the meaning, but I wanted to double check.
Random comment about page 179
おれホントに二鳥すきだよ
You know, Seya never really did say which Nitori he likes.
General volume 4 thoughts
It kinda sucks how the volume ended, for the characters. Thankfully I can just keep reading though, so I’m sure everyone will reconcile soon!
Page 183, I’m not sure. She does feel guilty about thinking it, saying she has an awful personality. I’d kinda say yet, and maybe not wanting to fall behind her younger sibling.
I’ve been reading the character profiles at the beginning of each volume, though they tend to be a bit difficult for me relative to the actual chapters. But volume 5’s was amazing (and easy). Character introductions by 佐々ちゃん is a thing I never knew I needed.
佐々さん、それはあとで
And normally I don’t ask about the stuff in the intro that I don’t understand, but seeing something that looks like グ4こぼ in Maho’s intro is bothering me… I must be misreading it, right??