Challenge
What effect did the conversation have on Futaba?
Clues
自分( じぶん ) はダメじゃないって言( い ) ってもらえた気( き ) がしてshe felt as though she had been told that she was not hopeless
少( すこ ) し気( き ) が晴( は ) れたかもmaybe her feelings cleared up a little
What does the speaker mean?
It reassured her and made her feel a little better.
Futaba feels she was told she is not hopeless, and 気( き ) が晴( は ) れた describes some of her emotional heaviness lifting.
It convinced her that her worries about Kou were completely resolved.
少( すこ ) し and かも make the improvement modest and tentative. Futaba does not claim that every worry is gone.
It made her think that something was wrong with her.
ダメじゃない is negative, so Futaba feels reassured that she is not hopeless.
It persuaded her to stop talking about relationships.
Futaba describes relief from the conversation. She does not say she will avoid the subject.
It made her feel worse because her friend criticized her.
言( い ) ってもらえた presents the remark as something Futaba benefited from, and she follows it by saying she feels better.
It gave her confidence that Kou had confessed his feelings.
Her friend reassures Futaba about herself. The line does not say that Kou confessed anything.
The conversation makes Futaba feel that she is not hopeless, which lifts some of the weight she has been carrying. 少( すこ ) し and かも show that the relief is real but limited.
