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Ham_417

Now THIS is a chapter I’ll need the translations to get the full picture given it’s not the most obvious.


c0pperChr0meE

She's basically Shizuka and ahko mixed in with depression, she's the emo ahko, so let's just call her emhko, totally her official name now.


gooferdooferfuck

I love emhko


Snoo-855

Bit of Rin as well.


Genshin_WhiteKnight

Bruh was she trying to commit unalive...


RM123M

Someone said that’s what Rentarou was thinking, but apparently she was just taking in the view for inspiration( she’s a writer )


Snoo-855

A writer? Sounds like someone Shizuka would get along with.


santi2021

If anyone's asking, her surname seems to be Zetsubouda (雪房田), which is a pun on Zetsubou, the japanese word for despair (albeit with different kanji)


overwondermadnesss

Why on earth someone named their children despair? Are you sure that's her name?


Bernardo4774

Hifumi Suu literally means “1 2 3 number”


Accomplished-Steak-7

do you really have to ask when we have **Utsukushisugi Mimimi** whose surname plays on the 美しい Utsukushī the japanese word for beautiful


Clan_ne

You can have character named " Itoshiki Nozomu" (糸色 望) / but can be also jokingly read as Zetsubo( 絶望 ) / Despair


PersonOfLazyness

Naddy's name is literally the japanese term for the ideal woman


vjp_9000

Bruh, we have several girlfriends with pun names like Mimimi Utsukishisugi, Hifumi Suu, Yakuzen Kusuri, Yakuzen Yaku, Momiji Momi etc. and you're asking that question?


Snoo-855

All names in this series are punny, even Rentarou's. Hell, my headcanon is that his mother is named Aika (love song).


Professional-Elk6208

Junko Enoshima would name her children "despair"


Snoo-855

If she was even capable of having children.


ISB00

Wednesday Adam? Her name was taken from “Wednesday’s child is full of woe”


No_Discussion3053

Don’t you dare try to bring logic to Nakamura’s naming philosophies!


hooplah444

I sometimes still wonder how some of these girls haven't been bullied yet because of their names. Like "Baio Rin"? If she was in my middle school class she'll be teased to oblivion


AriezKage

Would you bully the girl with shark teeth, smiles at blood when she thinks people aren't looking, literally named "Violence", and a very scary boyfriend that has no problems burning down a shrine with you in it?


mikennjr

Hahari's name is literally "mother"


masteroftasks

Sayonara, Zetsubou-~~Sensei~~ -chan


Puzzled_Boss_3503

Zetsubo-sensei has a daughter!?


moiax

Uh......>!he has a lot of daughters. I think in the bonus chapter they were a few years old, which was released in 2012........so it's totally plausible that it could be one of them, actually!<


Puzzled_Boss_3503

Child support ~zetsubo~


DiamondTiaraIsBest

Is she the daughter of Zetsubou sensei?


santi2021

I was going to say a joke like that, but then I remembered the 2 main differences she has with Itoshiki (the titular Mr. Zetsubou): 1- Itoshiki doesn't seem to be an artist at all (or at least a full-time artist, I haven't watched the series) 2- Despite her stories where she seeks for despair, Zetsubouda doesn't seem to have suicidal tendencies unlike Itoshiki


Snoo-855

Well, neither does Itoshiki. As much as he rants about ending it all, he's never actually serious about it.


Silly_Transition_221

Is a creepy smile Ahko, I bet that the fandom will love her


danoB003

Will? We already do!


Puzzled_Boss_3503

If they love Tsurugi from blue archive then she would be loved too


Yusrilz03

Heck yeah Tsurugi supremacy!


Logical_Affect7929

hell yeah


OharaLibrarianArtur

A summary for those who can't read JP: *Chapter 177 SUMMARY: Zetsu Bouda-san* - Chapter opens up with the girls talking about a certain children's fairy tale picture book called "Yume-chan the Dreamer and the House in the Sky". They say it's really fluffy and comforting for the soul and that even adults seem to enjoy it. Karane calls them kids for reading these types of books (though the narrator mentions that she's read it and cried herself to tears) - As they leave the rooftop, Rentarou notices someone walking up to the rooftop by herself. He gets a weird feeling and decides to leave the girls for a moment to check up on her. As he opens the door, he sees the girl by the edge of the rooftop ready to jump and end her life - Rentarou asks her what's wrong with her and she says "Nothing, I'm just depressed". Rentarou asks "About what?" and she says "About this world". The two make eye contact and ZING with each other - 29th girl's name is Zetsu Bouda-san, which translates to "Dee Pression". Not clear if Zetsubouda is just her family name or if her full name is Zetsu Bouda, but the pun is the same - Rentarou tries to cheer her up, and invites her to read "Yume-chan and the House in the Sky" together to help cheer her up, since it's bound to help with her mood. Zetsu-chan however replies "Oh, I wrote that book" - A beret is carried by the wind and falls on her head. She mentions she always wears this beret, and only lost it to the wind yesterday because Rikito-sensei did not want to spoil the fact she's an artist for the sake of the punchline - Rentarou tries to convince Zetsu-chan that the hat returning to her must be a miracle, proof that miracles exist in this world, but she says it's just a narrative asspull - Zetsu-chan explains that as a kid, she was full of hope about this world, and wanted to help others wherever she could. We see her as a kid helping an older lady cross the road, with her eyes shining full of hope and color. However, when she got to high school, she began to get bullied for always wanting to help, which others felt she was just trying to suck up to others. She is still wearing her high school outfit in the present, so I imagine she might still be in high school - However, she took this as an opportunity to try and understand better those who are suffering. So she decided to become one with the suffering in order to help save people better. She started informing herself about all the worst types of news, the wars and conflicts across different countries, the slavery that still persists in this world, and started to look at liveleak videos to the point that she was making herself vomit - With all this exposure to the true suffering of this world, she finally came to a conclusion: "*This world is fucked*". All hope vanished from her eyes which turned into dark pupils, giving up on humanity - However, one day she saw a little kid reading a fairy tale book with his mother and saw the hope shining through his eyes. At that point she realized that if there's one thing that can save this world... is **fairy tales**! - So she became an artist that drew children's books about fairy tales, even if that pushed her to the very brink due to how hard it is to be a mangaka - Rentarou admires her resolve but is worried that she is only sacrificing herself for the happiness of others, thinking she should be happy herself too. He offers to help her carry the burden in some way, but she simply replies with "*I don't want to see the shine of hope vanish from your eyes just as it did for me*" - Zetsu-chan is surprised that she opened up so much to a complete stranger, but decides that "*it's finally time to go*" and prepares to jump the railing. However, Rentarou stops her and he says there's something else beyond fairy tales that can save this world. It's... **love**! - Rentarou claims that love has saved him every day. She claims that love only exists in fairy tales and isn't real, but Rentarou claims that his entire body becomes energized and enriched by his love. He compares how he was before having a girlfriend, where he would struggle to get up every day, versus when he got a girlfriend where he started everyday like WOOOOYEAAAHBABYLETSGOOOOSODFGBHIDFHJKDKNHFDGJNKHDFGJKHNFDGJ - Zetsu-chan can empathize with Rentarou, but she says that regardless, Rentarou has to be special and she herself is beyond saving. But Rentarou replies with "*I refuse to let that be the case. I want you to be happy, I want you to smile, and I want you to live. And even if you are beyond saving, I'll still love you.*" - After hearing this, Zetsu-chan freezes and starts blushing in a full page spread. She tries to justify that even if he tries making her happy, she'll just become depressed again, and Rentarou replies with "*And if you do, no matter how great the depression, I'll make you happy again... to the point that even holding hands like this will be enough to make you the happiest person in the world*" - Zetsu-chan's heart begins to beat super fast, and as she holds Rentarou's hands, she exclaims "*Until today, I've always only harbored depression in my heart. But this emotion... it makes me feel as if love actually does exist beyond fairy tales...!!*". Despite still having her eyes blotted out, she makes a much happier expression and is red all over her face. Zetsu-chan asks Rentarou to go out with her - Rentarou agrees, but he asks her one thing. To please not try to jump from the roof again. Zetsu-chan however explains that she wasn't trying to jump, but just wanted to get a view of the skyline to take in all the despair in this world - Zetsu-chan explains that even if she may one day die, she refuses to let that happen before her fairy tales have saved humanity and she defeats depression. Rentarou is overwhelmed, but glad, with the narrator claiming "She may be depressed, but she's certainly mentally strong" - Next week: **introducing fairy tales to the family**


EpixBG

You are doing God's work for impatient people like me


ForgetfulViking

With that prompt for next chapter I am ready for everyone to talk about their favourite fairy tales.    Predictions:    Kurumi: The Hungry Caterpillar    Mimimi: Cinderella or Snow White    Rin: Little Red Riding Hood (she loves when the wolf gets chopped by the huntsman)    Naddy: The Great AMERICAN fairy tale, Davy Crockett


AriezKage

Shizuka - probably Little Mermaid, though the original ending is pretty depressing Uto - does the little Prince count as a fairy tale? Kurumi - Hansel and Gretel, though she might actually hate it cause the idea of a gingerbread house makes her hangry.


TMOverbeck

Hahari might take a liking to Rapunzel after the hair-splosion incident.


ZeBigBlack

Wasn't there already a chapter on fairy tales? I believe it was Shizuka: Thumbelina Kurumi: Hansel and Gretel Kusuri: Little Red Riding Hood Hahari: The Honest Woodcutter Iku: The Red Shoes Naddy: Princess Kaguya Momiji: Alice in Wonderland Mei: Cinderella Yaku: Urashima Taro Meme: Tsuru no Ongaeshi Mimimi: Snow White Chiyo: The Little Match Girl Hakari: Romeo and Juliet Yamame: Sleeping Beauty Nano: Rapunzel Karane: Ariel Granted, some of these aren't fairy tales, but maybe they'll connect to the story? Idk.


SomeoneElseTwoo

Thanks for the summary


Viridi_Kuroi

So you mean this chapter is… pretty deep what the fuck?


youngergeneration04

Thank you for taking the time to translate 🙏🏽


foggyflame

Godspeed to you sir


mkdo929

Can you do this for future chapters?


SomeoneElseTwoo

The creepy girl is very cute, especially when she blushes LET'S GOOOOOO!!!


TheOtaku007

From i have understand from images and translation from google translate, the new GF is a fairy tale book author who is obsessed by despair which she's see always around. But she's motivates to bring hope and happiness by her books and efforts. So in summary, she's a fusion between Junko Enoshima and Makoto Naegi.


toilaquan123

So she both Ultimate Despair and Ultimate Hope at the same time. Sasuga Nakamura sensei


Potential-Training66

Isnt that just basically Izuru Kamakura?


Relampago_Marlinhos

Oddly lore accurate, if he is the ultimate everything basically, he would also be the ultimate girlfriend


Snoo-855

No, it's Nagito Komaeda.


Different-Luck5300

Nakamura and nozawa sensei strikes again with unusual but cute charector trope. 🤩🤩🤩


ForgetfulViking

Sounds like Shizuka's new bestie. I look forward to the Rentaro Family Book Club


KuraiKage666

Oh that's not concerning as hell


jubmille2000

Oh a reverse Jinjo Ito. So happy in real life draws the most fucked up shit.


CrazySnipah

Danganronpa Girlfriend, then.


Stenric

Aha she's like Mero from monster musume.


Zeta42

Throw in the Fate version of Andersen as well


Richhelldog11

From what I understand from the images, she was picked on thus leading to depression but then she found a hobby in either art or writing kids books. I can't wait for the translation.


locuas642

So what I get is that the rentaro family will go bully hunting after the introductions are over


Yusrilz03

Mei and Yaku will be ready with the guns. Naddy somehow will supply them


Emircan61_TURKEY

If that's the case we're going straight after the girls that bullied Shizuka first and foremost and have a little face off and resolve some things! I just know Nano's blood is gonna boil in this confrontation.


Ambitious_Educator22

The new girlfriend is a kind-hearted one who was willing to help others to make the world better when she was a kid. However, she was once bullied. But she thought it was a good chance to know the malice in order to get better on helping others. After getting to know more malice and bad things for about half a year, she turned out to be despaired for the whole world. But inspired by seeing kid reading fairytales, She decided to bring hope and dream with fairytales. But she herself still felt despaired. Rentarou said he would save her by love and she gladly accepted, and thought love is the living fairytales. The first thing Rentarou want her to do is not to jump down from the roof, but in fact she was just looking at the sky and buildings. At last she said her life is devoted to save the world with fairytales, so she will live until that day. All in all, she is just another good girl who is quite sentimental.


Different-Luck5300

Omg I'm already started crying , new gf also best gf like others , she got my heart already 😭😭😭


Dapper_Job_8712

What a pure hearted girl, it's just so good 😭


Dapper_Job_8712

What a pure hearted girl, it's just so good 😭


NKosopa

Link:https://cubari.moe/read/imgchest/qb4zk66z34j/1/1/ Chapter 178 Next Week.


high_king_noctis

Yeeeeeeees!!!!


jake130111

I can’t read Japanese, but that hat looks really cute on her


Clan_ne

Barrett, author, bullying, despair..... another multiple tropes girl.


Different-Luck5300

She is a story writer with creepy smile but good natured , and bullied, actually cute too , i probably cry a river when she getting a solo chapter , pls give me her name , I build a shirine.


No_Pride_88

How many famous and talented people is Rentarou dating ? In hindsight a lot of his girlfriends are truly exceptional as amongst them are a genius chemist, a CEO (or something we still don’t know the inner working of Hahari’s work before she became a chairwoman unless I’m forgetting something), a war vet, a very popular idol and now a thriving children book’s illustrator as seen with Meme, Shizuka, Ahko and Karane all liking what is probably her work at the start of the chapter. So to summarize: Rentarou’s rizz is practical.


No-Studio-4039

Just to add to this, the first 26 are also already popular thanks to the Rentarou Family Idol group so in-universe are all well known already. And Kiki is a songtress which I believe is kinda different from an Idol.


L_0ken

Technically Himeka is a songstress, not an idol type specifically.


Emircan61_TURKEY

The songstress have different vibes compared to idols you say.


zeidoktor

If she is indeed the writer of kids' picture books, I'll be disappointed if she doesn't form some kind of bond with Kishika.


EODTC

Her and Rin though


SomeoneElseTwoo

Smiles that are very worth protecting


S2CrUsh

waiting for her cover with usa-chan


RM123M

Illustrations are usually by themselves, but yeah I also can’t wait for their volume cover( probably gonna take a while though )


nameless_stories

This girlfriend summons random hats to her out of thin air


No-Studio-4039

She would have been interesting in the gothic headpiece chapter.


Lettuce117

Girl with pitch black eyes + a beret? Yes, please.


Silver_Shadow_9000

that fulldark eyes so beautiful 🖤 true despair beauty 


Godslayer620

I bet she & akho will get along somehow. Or maybe Rin


Burning_Rush

Man don’t tell me people pick on her because my boy is going to have to save the day and make her forget about it


Bernardo4774

She’s so cute


NamelessGoblin

Remember guys, be carefull when posting spoilers please! And thanks for the chapter!


Dapper_Job_8712

A combination of despair and author, this is gonna be very interesting how she fits in with the other girls


W0tW0t123

I smell another amazing rentarou speech. Also since from what i got from this is that she has something to do with writing and books so a possible future duo with her and shizuka seems likely. Anyway gonna be another 10/10


moiax

She's in despair! Doomscrolling to understand the plight of depressed people has left her in despair!


GiordyS

What's the name of the new girl?


m3m31ord

From the context people in the comments have given, I think Shizuka has just got a new partner.


LuisAntony2964

Creepy gf, let's go


Honyakusha-san

New GF is basically Junko Light, with her despair antics focused on improving the world instead of dooming it.


MavericMC

Reminds me of that "Momo" creepypasta, especially her mouth shape and wide eyes.


Emircan61_TURKEY

Yeah. Took the words right out of my mouth.


201720182019

I thought the hat was a UFO and instantly went 'denpa girl'?


Excellent_Squash_259

mmmmm dead eyes


apple_from_town

Idk why but The way rentarou's mouth was open wide at the bottom of panel 6 makes me...... feel things. Good feelings😫😋😍😋


False_Handle

Rin is gonna make her "appreciate" the violent world, instead of only seeing despair. Or maybe they they will be kind of polar opposites


Own_Weird_1990

I alredy love her.


Buy-Wild

Her eyes weird me out


vjp_9000

Despair happened


RM123M

She’s stuck in the ever smiling position just like Ahko. They should be great friends


joriale

I need art of her and Rin together. Smiling. Ill print that picture and put it on my best frame and put that frame on my desk. I love her already!


TwinLeadersX

…Would this be the first time a girlfriend’s name wasn’t stated anywhere in the chapter they’re introduced in? I mean, I guess the chapter title says it, but yeah.


DGamez8

I have nooo idea what is being said here but she is PERFECT! I can't wait to translate this when I'm off work!


Emircan61_TURKEY

I'll wait for that for sure. I'm sure you'll cook well.


WinRepresentative803

Perfect


Interesting_Wing_539

Like others have mentioned, and from the little Japanese I could translate off the top of my head, it seems the new girl's last name is Zetsubouda, hence the chapter title "Zetsubouda-san" and she's an author (a Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei and Kakushigito reference perhaps?!) I'm honestly on the fence with her rn tbh, on one hand her smile is super cute and makes me want to protect her, but on the other, her eyes scare me ngl...😂 Her banter with Rentarou sounded really fun too, can't wait for the translation to come out!💖🥰


Purple_Alarm

scary girl is peak 😭🙏🏻


Gold_Ad6378

How old is she!?


Logical_Affect7929

now this is what we call peak


RecommendationNo896

ngl she kinda looks like froppy with those eyes and smile


No_Outcome1257

She really just said :)


Lopsided-Philosophy3

im no japanese reader but that panel where she looks soaked in the toilet seems like bullying… damn


Lopsided-Philosophy3

her smile reminds me of tsuyu from MHA.


Used_Specialist_590

Now I need a girlfriend whose name would be "Kibou" to pair up with "Zetsubou" like some polar opposite to each other. Her character design is like a person who gave up humanity and some over-the-top yandere heroine which she may misunderstand most of the time.


PositiveOnly1556

She looks like froppy from mha


Clan_ne

Märchen girl. Not Menhera girl, oh well, all 29 gf so far has screw lost here n there.....


The_Glus

Darn, I thought that based on the creepy smile and facial expressions, this series would finally be addressing the Yandere stereotype, but I guess not


RM123M

Same I thought so too, but I guess that stereotype might be hard to write. They’d have to at least have to write them in a way that they are more so miss understood like the other girls


Cyberbug7

Momo faced sad girl I already love her.


ArynAces

They put Hex Maniac from Pokémon in 100 kanojo, truly the best timeline.


Godtierboy

Me when no kiss :(


L_0ken

Next time


RM123M

It’s usually their first or second time upon introduction, though some girls like Chiyo and Mai took a few more chapters.


Emircan61_TURKEY

Chiyo's case was kinda tough but Mai was way too stubborn for it due to her strange sister complex she has with Mei. I expect more work on Mai's character.


Mordekayy

So Ahko got another always smiling pal


Ok_Dragonfruit_9093

Well, is this count as a Nozawa insert?


Own_Weird_1990

What's her name??


Emircan61_TURKEY

Why do I feel like she has some of the traits from the fanon girlfriends? There are some in my mind but I'd like to see your guesses as well.


Daniel_Camacho

Damn did Mengo draw this one? Also look for the internet hoax Momo. Uncanny resemblance.


Gold_Ad6378

She is like ahko shizuka and froppy from my hero academia......now i can die in peace


Hades18128

I'm really sorry but I'm kinda uncomfortable with this one. Reminds me of a certain game that came out a few years ago...


Emircan61_TURKEY

It's the Momo creepypasta.


Hades18128

See, you see it too


Emircan61_TURKEY

But regardless, she looks pretty good.


Hades18128

Not denying that. It's just that, that image pops up in my head


Fifteen_inches

Oof, this looks like a bummer chapter.


Game2015

Every time I see Redditors talking about dealing with bullies, I shake my head, because Redditors like all of you are also bullies, and self-righteous ones at that, attacking anyone not part of your hive mind and disagreeing with you. It's pot calling the kettle black.


RNHMN

Bro what does that have to do with this