Kengai Princess

Oh my gosh, the last chapter had me tearing up so badly. It's so refreshing. 

Masuki is kind of cool, I think I'm in love 

A nice little bit of character development for Masuki. She was a bit cool this last chapter, I think she became a little gentler after their visit to the amusement park. She does still speak with sharper words, but I like that she is straightforward and self-assured. The character herself is a nice foil to Mito.

Am i the only one that want less love based chapter? I think this manga is better if focused on friendship and self improvement and make love a bonus....

This is weird. Conflict doesn't last more than 2-3 chapters. I like it.

Am I the only one that wishes the nerdy guy with glasses that seats near her would become a love interest? It would be refreshing.

the delusions are hilarious partially because i remember having similar ones when i was young haha 

Am I the only one that wishes the nerdy guy with glasses that seats near her would become a love interest? It would be refreshing.

It would be funny if one chapter shows him on focus, and he would be the male version of the MC and trying to approach her all the time. 

Am I the only one that wishes the nerdy guy with glasses that seats near her would become a love interest? It would be refreshing.

I just hope it doesn't unwind after subverting all my expectations positively

I can't hold all these fukken' feels. Where has this shoujo been all my life. 

Friends friends frieeends!!!

Hurrah!

"Girls that look like boys" usually doesn't happen in real life.

Spoiler

And somehow it's crazy to think that at one point, women tend to do so many things about their body (paint their face, shape their eyelashes/eyebrows,remove hair,etc.) but in most western countries, at the same time, remove the traits that mostly identifies them as women, i.e. having distinctive hair styles and clothing (dresses, skirts e.g.). I think that the most distinctive characteristics that make you attractive to most men are not "tights" or "breasts" (if that was the case, there would be more single "thin girls" and all "oversized" women had a partner) but the ability to showcase that you are  "a woman", i.e. combining all kinds of optical stimulants [reverse "peacocking" xD].

 

Seems like natural beauty doesn't really happen anymore, and face seems to be just a "farce" of misspelling "fake", concerning the make-up hype nowadays to set new "beauty standards" that are far away from reality. Maybe that's another thing to consider when reading the title: Outsider princess [could be the name of a manga about a female "yankee"...], because all those fakers make it hard for the protagonists to be true to themselves...

Regional/cultural matter. Social norms is a biiiig topic.

IMO, the point here is more that Mito wants to gain confidence, and presentation is perhaps the 'easiest' way to gain confidence (or the first thing we/she think/s of). "I want to be pretty/look good so I can stop worrying about how people see me."  What struck me here though is where Mito thinks, while looking in the mirror after applying make-up, "If I can avoid looking at all the stuff I dislike, maybe I'll like myself more." (Paraphrasing here.) I can definitely see the author using this over and over again and having Mito realize that avoiding it won't make her like herself more, like with

"Girls that look like boys" usually doesn't happen in real life.

Wow, I didn't know that all the models and most of the fashion industry was made up of holograms.

The boyish girl/child look is idealized by other women and gay men, not straight men. Most straight men really love fat asses, big breasts and thick thighs, all things that happen to women after puberty. I think it's important to note that a lot of these beauty tips, like the ones in the magazine the main character read, are written by women for other women without much regards or input from men. It's why the female cast of the comic noticed her changes versus the male characters (who are non existent or have been shown to say nothing).

"Girls that look like boys" usually doesn't happen in real life.

Seems like natural beauty doesn't really happen anymore, and face seems to be just a "farce" of misspelling "fake", concerning the make-up hype nowadays to set new "beauty standards" that are far away from reality. Maybe that's another thing to consider when reading the title: Outsider princess [could be the name of a manga about a female "yankee"...], because all those fakers make it hard for the protagonists to be true to themselves...

I like how this shoujo is about a genuinely plain girl working to improve her self-esteem. It's nice at how real it is.

Spoiler

Though the term "friends with benefits" had me do a doubletake haha. I think "fairweather friend" would have been better. Though most wouldn't use particular labels in reality and just say something like "not real friends" .

First they're "friends with benefits", and now they're a "threesome". I think the translator's trying to tell us something here.

honestly i really feel like  i can relate with how maru-chan's feelings.... That's being paranoid stuff is really.... somethings that would normally happened between a group of 3 or more... Tbh the friendship factor is much more of a treat than the romance factor imho huehuehue