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No Matter What You Say, Furi-san is Scary! #3
No Matter What You Say, Furi-san is Scary! Vol. 3
A RELAY RACE OF ROMANCE
Furi Youko’s tough-girl exterior frightens and intimidates her whole class. But a Field Day victory is about to change all that. Her classmates are starting to see the sweet girl she is underneath, including her crush, the nerdy and clueless Taira. Now he’s starting to realize all of the moments he was terrified of Furi-san weren’t what he thought. He might have feelings for her! But is he too late? Furi-san’s new status as class champion means he isn’t the only boy thinking about her. Love is in the air during the class festival!
Furi Youko’s tough-girl exterior frightens and intimidates her whole class. But a Field Day victory is about to change all that. Her classmates are starting to see the sweet girl she is underneath, including her crush, the nerdy and clueless Taira. Now he’s starting to realize all of the moments he was terrified of Furi-san weren’t what he thought. He might have feelings for her! But is he too late? Furi-san’s new status as class champion means he isn’t the only boy thinking about her. Love is in the air during the class festival!
138 pages, Paperback
Published April 12, 2022
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July 21, 2022
Watching pure romance gives me the warm fuzzies. This is so mild and the tsundere queen is softening so fast that I almost thought about giving it three stars this time, but that last page has me raging for the next volume ASAP.
April 12, 2022
Furi is becoming increasingly less misunderstood, mostly, and drawing a cadre of fans. Seeing her make friends and having fun is totally great and in no way could ever possibly make anybody upset… especially not when some of those friends might want to be a little… more…
Oh, but not who you’re thinking…
Furi and Taika resume their lives as your typical couple-in-waiting, but things are slowly changing and people are starting to realize that Furi’s outside might not make her seem nice, but it’s no reflection of who she is inside.
Adorable follows. Like, just adorable. There is so much cute and sweet and friendly in this volume that it nearly reaffirms my faith in human nature just by virtue of existing. Unlike other delinquent-is-misunderstood books, Furi really is in every sense of the word.
Furi encounters Taika’s grandmother in one of the silliest stories, just because it involves a beat cop who, like practically every single side character introduced, is swept up in the drama of when these two are going to get together.
Watching this courtship dance get misinterpreted also lets the story get some of its original premise back into the mix - surely Furi has something on her teacher if she’s getting this much praise, right (certainly not because the teacher is dying for this to work out for our leads, nonono)? And Furi wants to see the mountains to bury a dead body, naturally.
There are honestly too many good moments to list, from a sports day that does both friendship and romance deftly to the mountain trip to the whole seating fiasco to the sharp turn to the dramatic that closes out our volume. If it doesn’t do too much amazingly, it does a ton very well instead and doesn’t set a foot wrong.
Taika might not be the star of the series, but he and Furi have an obvious chemistry that is charming in its awkwardness. He’s got a real penny drop moment when he realizes Furi’s scowls are less anger and more poor muscle control (Furi standing up for those of us who don’t smile on command) that’s just great, watching him pick up on three volumes worth of missed signals.
Once he realizes that all this new goodwill directed towards Furi is starting to ruin his lock on her attention (at least in his mind; there’s never a question of how ‘pizza for Taiko’ Furi is at any given moment), our generic protagonist needs to figure himself out, and fast. If it isn’t already too late…
This story continues to alight upon its romance while also showing many different personalities all getting along. The way these disparate characters come together and interact is the little bit extra that elevates what’s already a really good story.
4 stars - if the last volume was a mug of hot chocolate, this one’s like a good hug. This isn’t a work of high art, but it’s light and fun and funny and a wonderful entry into this genre.
Oh, but not who you’re thinking…
Furi and Taika resume their lives as your typical couple-in-waiting, but things are slowly changing and people are starting to realize that Furi’s outside might not make her seem nice, but it’s no reflection of who she is inside.
Adorable follows. Like, just adorable. There is so much cute and sweet and friendly in this volume that it nearly reaffirms my faith in human nature just by virtue of existing. Unlike other delinquent-is-misunderstood books, Furi really is in every sense of the word.
Furi encounters Taika’s grandmother in one of the silliest stories, just because it involves a beat cop who, like practically every single side character introduced, is swept up in the drama of when these two are going to get together.
Watching this courtship dance get misinterpreted also lets the story get some of its original premise back into the mix - surely Furi has something on her teacher if she’s getting this much praise, right (certainly not because the teacher is dying for this to work out for our leads, nonono)? And Furi wants to see the mountains to bury a dead body, naturally.
There are honestly too many good moments to list, from a sports day that does both friendship and romance deftly to the mountain trip to the whole seating fiasco to the sharp turn to the dramatic that closes out our volume. If it doesn’t do too much amazingly, it does a ton very well instead and doesn’t set a foot wrong.
Taika might not be the star of the series, but he and Furi have an obvious chemistry that is charming in its awkwardness. He’s got a real penny drop moment when he realizes Furi’s scowls are less anger and more poor muscle control (Furi standing up for those of us who don’t smile on command) that’s just great, watching him pick up on three volumes worth of missed signals.
Once he realizes that all this new goodwill directed towards Furi is starting to ruin his lock on her attention (at least in his mind; there’s never a question of how ‘pizza for Taiko’ Furi is at any given moment), our generic protagonist needs to figure himself out, and fast. If it isn’t already too late…
This story continues to alight upon its romance while also showing many different personalities all getting along. The way these disparate characters come together and interact is the little bit extra that elevates what’s already a really good story.
4 stars - if the last volume was a mug of hot chocolate, this one’s like a good hug. This isn’t a work of high art, but it’s light and fun and funny and a wonderful entry into this genre.
August 26, 2022
UGH the two main characters in this are so cute. And it looks like Furi-San isn't the only one catching feelings now. Will love finally blossom into something more? I hope so. Filled with solid comedy, cute moments, and great characters this is the sleeper slice of life romance you should be reading.
April 24, 2023
I like the clothes style in these mangas 😍
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 26, 2022
The end of summer brings with it an expectant array of odds and ends, some of them typical (e.g., athletics competition day; annual school festival) and others less so (e.g., a quiet nature walk for autumn photography). Still, Furi-san's affection for her clueless classmate is relegated to hushed whispers and furtive glances, but things are looking up, bit by bit. NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, FURI-SAN IS SCARY! v3 shines a spotlight onto its scowling protagonist. Popularity, surely, was never Furi-san's ambition for high school. But what happens when she starts catching the eye of her peers? Of other boys?
Furi-san is a tough girl. It's no surprise to readers that she trains hard for field day (if at the promise of sharing pizza with Taira), but her efforts shock her peers to their core. Who knew the grumbly, mumbly malcontent in the back of the classroom was a hard worker? In a moment of delightful characterization, one of the girls on Furi-san's relay team, Kimura, injures her knee prior to the big race. Everyone expects Furi-san to rage, but she doesn't do anything of the sort. Instead, she prioritizes Kimura's well-being, offers the girl her handkerchief, and assures her everything will be fine. And just like that, class 1-3 begins to wonder if Furi-san is the princely type.
FURI-SAN IS SCARY v3 shifts everyone's focus onto Furi-san and provides humorous points of comparison to either reinforce or undermine her classmates' preconceptions. The girl couldn't possibly be in the Anime & Manga Association, could she? Okuta takes one for the team and playfully denounces the girl's cuter inclinations to fend off potential suitors. The girl couldn't possibly get a pass for arriving late after helping "a lost old lady" on the way to school, could she? Toshiwa-sensei, the hopeless romantic, flashes a clandestine blush and forces Furi-san to read aloud during class (effectively exposing her more and more to Taira's gaze).
These incidental character dynamics reveal as much about the supporting characters as they do about Furi-san herself. For example, when Maeda, Furi-san's longtime friend, deliberately lags behind during a field trip (under the pretense of allowing other classmates to converse with her increasingly popular buddy), Furi-san notices her best friend isn't around and swiftly pivots to snag her jacket. The characters in this manga care for one another, and their growth and maturity always occur in parallel.
The current volume is a fun, swiftly paced stopover that doesn't linger too long these otherwise seasonal affectations. The next volume will probably include some fireworks festivals and the like, but the author has handled the changing of the seasons with keen adroitness. What better way to transition the story toward autumn than by way of a leisurely stroll (during which Taira snaps a photo of Furi-san playing with an excitable shiba dog)?
Furi-san is a tough girl. It's no surprise to readers that she trains hard for field day (if at the promise of sharing pizza with Taira), but her efforts shock her peers to their core. Who knew the grumbly, mumbly malcontent in the back of the classroom was a hard worker? In a moment of delightful characterization, one of the girls on Furi-san's relay team, Kimura, injures her knee prior to the big race. Everyone expects Furi-san to rage, but she doesn't do anything of the sort. Instead, she prioritizes Kimura's well-being, offers the girl her handkerchief, and assures her everything will be fine. And just like that, class 1-3 begins to wonder if Furi-san is the princely type.
FURI-SAN IS SCARY v3 shifts everyone's focus onto Furi-san and provides humorous points of comparison to either reinforce or undermine her classmates' preconceptions. The girl couldn't possibly be in the Anime & Manga Association, could she? Okuta takes one for the team and playfully denounces the girl's cuter inclinations to fend off potential suitors. The girl couldn't possibly get a pass for arriving late after helping "a lost old lady" on the way to school, could she? Toshiwa-sensei, the hopeless romantic, flashes a clandestine blush and forces Furi-san to read aloud during class (effectively exposing her more and more to Taira's gaze).
These incidental character dynamics reveal as much about the supporting characters as they do about Furi-san herself. For example, when Maeda, Furi-san's longtime friend, deliberately lags behind during a field trip (under the pretense of allowing other classmates to converse with her increasingly popular buddy), Furi-san notices her best friend isn't around and swiftly pivots to snag her jacket. The characters in this manga care for one another, and their growth and maturity always occur in parallel.
The current volume is a fun, swiftly paced stopover that doesn't linger too long these otherwise seasonal affectations. The next volume will probably include some fireworks festivals and the like, but the author has handled the changing of the seasons with keen adroitness. What better way to transition the story toward autumn than by way of a leisurely stroll (during which Taira snaps a photo of Furi-san playing with an excitable shiba dog)?
January 15, 2024
(read in Japanese)
I had the realization between finishing volume 2 and starting volume 3 that the main character of this series is really Furi despite the fact that Taira is the first person we meet and the perspective character for her introduction and I think that really plays out in volume 3. While Taira finally gets some development, this is largely Furi's show, and we get the obligatory School sports tournament and Culture festival arcs. While the first two volumes were pretty chill and this one largely is as well, we're finally starting to see the potential conflicts shaping up and I imagine volume 4 will be some stormy waters before what I'm hoping will be a pleasant resolution.
Language-wise this volume doesn't introduce any new characters with weird dialects, so if you made it through the first two, you should be good here as well. I'm definitely hooked on these characters and hoping things turn out well for them.
I had the realization between finishing volume 2 and starting volume 3 that the main character of this series is really Furi despite the fact that Taira is the first person we meet and the perspective character for her introduction and I think that really plays out in volume 3. While Taira finally gets some development, this is largely Furi's show, and we get the obligatory School sports tournament and Culture festival arcs. While the first two volumes were pretty chill and this one largely is as well, we're finally starting to see the potential conflicts shaping up and I imagine volume 4 will be some stormy waters before what I'm hoping will be a pleasant resolution.
Language-wise this volume doesn't introduce any new characters with weird dialects, so if you made it through the first two, you should be good here as well. I'm definitely hooked on these characters and hoping things turn out well for them.
May 8, 2022
This has been building so nicely as people begin to see Furi as she is and not some delinquent but that in turn brings new dilemmas, she is getting attention she didn't have before meaning someone is feeling a little jealous.
This was such a good read, it's been light, wholesome and fun and I can't wait to get the next volume. Plus the last few panels really has me curious at what happens next!!
This was such a good read, it's been light, wholesome and fun and I can't wait to get the next volume. Plus the last few panels really has me curious at what happens next!!
May 19, 2022
Furi-san is unintentionally cute.
Furi-san may intimidate everyone else in the school, she can't help being unintentionally cute. She has a crush, but doesn't know what to do, or how to deal with it, which just leads to more cuteness. It's so much fun, but, I will warn you, this volume ends on a bit of a cliffhanger that irritated me. However, I'm sure that it's just to build tension. At least, it better be.
Furi-san may intimidate everyone else in the school, she can't help being unintentionally cute. She has a crush, but doesn't know what to do, or how to deal with it, which just leads to more cuteness. It's so much fun, but, I will warn you, this volume ends on a bit of a cliffhanger that irritated me. However, I'm sure that it's just to build tension. At least, it better be.
June 18, 2022
Cute read. ★★★½☆
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October 14, 2022Great read and wholesome story
Wholesome, entertaining, and funny! Slice of life with characters you can care for! Recommended read that is engaging and pulls you in to the story.
Wholesome, entertaining, and funny! Slice of life with characters you can care for! Recommended read that is engaging and pulls you in to the story.
February 19, 2023
CUTE BANGET WOIII GA KUADDHHH
April 26, 2023
AAAAAAAAH SO CUTE 😭💖 buying volume 4 asap
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