"that was her first encounter with her lifelong partner Kurogane Otoha." So this story is going to fuck severely I see.

Also Suzunomiya girl you really have to think about playing a song together in seriously the gayest way possible huh.

Yep. I am going to like this one.

I wanna know how Suzunomiya-san walks through doors with that hair.

I feel like that analogy is a self-report, but you do you, babe.

I already love this.

Beside of any band story, this seen closer to Ladies don’t play figthing games in the duo interactions

Double subversion, of the proper lady school and the cute girls doing cute stuff (music club version), strong start.

The middle finger at the end LOL

I love the chemistry between the two leads. Hope it will turn out to be more than just subtext.

Personally, the fact that japanese authors could, and have, written something like this completely straight without the slightest socioeconomical consciousness is... ...
here, modern Japan, the political-technological elites, called the "backbone" of the country, send their daughters to a private school where they act and dress like idealized 1600's european noblewomen, in order to become "noble ladies", and the mc even says she was a fucking "commoner".
This kind of stuff makes me just about as angry as boys in manga make people in comment sections of het tags, and I hope that these girls smash more than just their private music sessions together, show how fucked up these premises are, but they probably won't.

This is pretty funny so far. I wonder how long Suzunomiya will keep up the noble act.

Oh hey, a pair of lesbians bonding over GOOD rock music. Neat.

"Lifelong partner" and Suzunomiya's full-face blushes aren't enough to get us at least a Subtext tag?

Loved the chapter though, Suzunomiya and especially Kurogane have refreshingly unique personalities for this well-worn premise and the art and comedy were consistently great throughout. (I also enjoyed the MD comment that they're Yumeko and Mary from Kakegurui reincarnated lol.) Looking forward to future chapters!

That opening was the BEST.

And dang, I’m going to have to check out that math rock right now. I hope they keep the music references coming!

Personally, the fact that japanese authors could, and have, written something like this completely straight without the slightest socioeconomical consciousness is... ...
here, modern Japan, the political-technological elites, called the "backbone" of the country, send their daughters to a private school where they act and dress like idealized 1600's european noblewomen, in order to become "noble ladies", and the mc even says she was a fucking "commoner".
This kind of stuff makes me just about as angry as boys in manga make people in comment sections of het tags, and I hope that these girls smash more than just their private music sessions together, show how fucked up these premises are, but they probably won't.

If this comic book about lesbian guitar foreplay got into real issues like historical materialism and the use value of a broadcloth maybe then Japan could have a dictatorship of the proletariat

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it has a LDP dictatorship.

also I think not doing contemporary comics about nobility schools fitting girls into a princess mold is a more down-to-earth start, or the endpoint.

I wanna know how Suzunomiya-san walks through doors with that hair.

Sideways, obvs.

That was a great damn first chapter, I'm in!
Also a sweet math rock recommendation as a bonus is always welcome.
Thanks for the translation!

So a music version of Young Ladies Don't Play Fighting Games? Alright, you got my attention

Personally, the fact that japanese authors could, and have, written something like this completely straight without the slightest socioeconomical consciousness is... ...
here, modern Japan, the political-technological elites, called the "backbone" of the country, send their daughters to a private school where they act and dress like idealized 1600's european noblewomen, in order to become "noble ladies", and the mc even says she was a fucking "commoner".
This kind of stuff makes me just about as angry as boys in manga make people in comment sections of het tags, and I hope that these girls smash more than just their private music sessions together, show how fucked up these premises are, but they probably won't.

You do know that the whole "ojou sama" tropes, as used in mangas/anime nowadays is ironical and self-aware in the first place?
It's a exageration of the (less ironical, but also thus far less ridiculously noble-like) depictions of refined all-girls school in works from the 20th century that were themselves inspired from actual schools from the earlier 20th century.

That's why they use exaggerations like "commoners" and act as if it was Victorian Great Britain. That's the joke.
Not only that, but the whole premise seems to be to break said setting. The chapter ending with a character flipping a bird the size of a ostrich seems like a pretty clear indication of the author's intentions. And to that end, making the "proper lady school" that exaggerated reinforce the contrast.
Yes, there are prestigious private school In Japan, but nowhere anything near or close to the over the top ojou-sama school seen in Mangas.
No japanese person reading this today would actually take it at face value anymore than say... A French person reading a comic about a school where everyone act like it's the Renaissance.

Don't get me wrong, there are definitely some manga and animes, and especially Light Novel tropes that could use some critical thinking, but that's really not the one to be overthinking about.

All I could think when the two of them were playing was "OK, so the new girl is a really shit drummer then."
Like, if you're drumming to try to make the other instruments disappear, you're DOING IT WRONG.

I dunno, I'm not into this. I mean, ooh, they're subverting a silly old trope that has only been subverted, I dunno, ten million times already. We've long since reached the point where the subversion IS the cliche.

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All I could think when the two of them were playing was "OK, so the new girl is a really shit drummer then."
Like, if you're drumming to try to make the other instruments disappear, you're DOING IT WRONG.

You're the lead guitarist in your band, I bet.

I FUCKING LOVE MUSIC MANGA
I WANT TO SEE PEOPLE POURING THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO CREATING ART

I dunno, I'm not into this. I mean, ooh, they're subverting a silly old trope that has only been subverted, I dunno, ten million times already. We've long since reached the point where the subversion IS the cliche.

Everything's a cliche, it's all in the execution. I think this chapter executed the cliche well. It was funny and cute.

Personally, the fact that japanese authors could, and have, written something like this completely straight without the slightest socioeconomical consciousness is... ...
here, modern Japan, the political-technological elites, called the "backbone" of the country, send their daughters to a private school where they act and dress like idealized 1600's european noblewomen, in order to become "noble ladies", and the mc even says she was a fucking "commoner".
This kind of stuff makes me just about as angry as boys in manga make people in comment sections of het tags, and I hope that these girls smash more than just their private music sessions together, show how fucked up these premises are, but they probably won't.

t. commoner