032 - Sundome vol. 3

032 - Sundome vol. 3

Author: We Appreciate Manga™ December 21, 2019 Duration: 59:08

Poor Kyoko! We ask ourselves if it's ever cool or attractive to be a virgin and talk about why boys can be so cruel to girls, especially when it comes to sex, not for the faint hearted! contact: WeAppreciateManga@gmail.com

Sundome vol. 3 (Yen Press)

 

By Kazuto Okada

Translation by Christine Schilling

Lettering by Roberto M. Flores

 

Topics:    

  • Kazuto's improved cheesecake pinup style.
  • Shame in relationships.
  • Why boys treat girls like garbage, the Kyoko pathos.
  • Hideo's Self-improvement.
  • The high school experience of sex and is it ever cool to be a virgin?

 

 

Synopsis:

 

Rumours of Kurumi Sahana spread around the school and she is assaulted by one jealous schoolgirl. Kurumi becomes absent from school and Hideo Aiba begins to set the record straight on the rumours. He meets with the leader of the music club whom is able to trick Hideo into thinking Kurumi is in the same room as them, having sex. Of course, it being a trick, the boy simply has a talent for miming, and calls it an air-blow job. It was how he was able to fool his girlfriend who spread the rumours. He even goes so far to suggest settling things with Hideo through an air-fight. Hideo visits Kurumi afterwards and she tells him that she'll return to school tomorrow. All would be well for Hideo but he finds a pair of men's shoes at her home. Hideo assumes it's a deterrent for burglars and thinks no more of it.

 

After school, Katsun takes Kyouko home by his bike and Hideo takes Kurumi home on his. Kurumi notices that Hideo has become more stronger, this is because Hideo wanted to exercise so to alleviate the sexual frustration from their relationship but now, he does so because he wants to be able to carry Kurumi.

 

Kyouko's ex-boyfriend arrives at the Roman club house and makes it clear that he wants to spend time with her. Kyouko is happy to ditch her karaoke plans and join him but it becomes all too clear to her that she is being used for sex and nothing else. When she returns to the club house, she finds that the boys have left without her. Kurumi stayed behind in case she returned and Kyouko finds solace in having Kurumi as a friend.

 

The rest of the club happen to walk by the ex-boyfriend of Kyuoko and overhear his disrespectful conversation about her. Katsun, the one who is always quick to call Kyouko a moron is the first person to defend her honour. After the geeks get a beating, they deduce Kyuoko and Kurumi are available and regroup for Kareoke with them.

 

When Kurumi falls sick again Hideo manages to look after her and shows initiative by cleaning up after her and carrying her. One evening, whilst leaving Kurumi's home, Hideo bumps into an older boy and almost gets in to a fight until a much older man comes to save Hideo. Hideo recognises the shoes are the same ones he found in Kurumi's home. After this hideo is no longer sexually aroused by Kurumi and is found in the library researching on erectile disfunction. The Roman club attempt to solve Hideo's problem, including the well-endowed Kyouko who sadly fails to excite Hideo much to her own dismay. When alone with Hideo, Kurumi finally succeeds in getting rid of Hideo's anxiety and arouses him once again.

 

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