Personal Space (パーソナルスペース Pāsonarusupēsu) is the eighth chapter of the manga series Renai Daikou, written by Aka Akasaka and illustrated by Nishizawa 5mm. It was released in issue #31, 2023 of Weekly Young Jump on June 29, 2023. [1]
Plot[]
Although Kengo normally works remotely as Seki's love agent, Love agents do work face to face with the clients. Therefore it is advantageous to be working close by their clients so minimize traveling costs.
There are other advantages such as today when Kengo runs into Seki's love interest, Mari. Mari is on her way to distribute documents on behalf of the student council when she runs into Kengo. Kengo for his part, decides to give her a hand. On their way, Kengo decides to take this opportunity to find out more about Mari to aid Seki's pursuit of her. Kengo calls her Mari-Jou which alerts her as Kengo remembers Mari has an aversion to men especially the flashy types. However she soon drops her guard as she finds him harmless. She ask him why does he call him Jou, to which he explains that Mari makes him think of a princess who has escaped from a castle.
With Mari no longer on guard, Kengo then asks why Mari transferred at such an odd time of year. Mari then explain her mother and father are Japanese and Swedish respectively but they divorced due to an affair when she was still in elementary school. She chose to stay with her mother at the time, who remarried to a Japanese man recently and decided to move back to Japan. Just as Kengo begins to understand, believing the father to be the unfaithful one. Mari further explains that it wasn't her father's fault but rather her mother was the one responsible for the affair. It was her mother's who made her choose and she chose the unfaithful one. This decision haunts her however, as her father would die since then she has a hard time making hard decisions.
After the conversation, Kengo recalls something Seki previously said. Seki describes Mari as a girl who lost herself and Kengo realizes that despite talks about her body, Seki isn't superficial at all. In fact he wants to help her.
Characters[]
- Kengo Matsuda
- Mari Maria Winter Nanase
- Mari Maria Winter Nanase's Mother (flashback)
- Mari Maria Winter Nanase's Biological Father (flashback)
- Mari Maria Winter Nanase's Step Father (mentioned)
- Masaya Seki
Trivia[]
- Upon release, Chapter 8 shared the same title as Chapter 6, "Strength Factor, this was a mistake and was later corrected for the volume release.
References[]
- ↑ 第8話 ストレングスファクター (in Japanese). Young Jump. Retrieved September 7, 2023
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