I didn't like NTR but loved I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up.

I also really like the title of this. Guess we'll see how it goes.

Edit: Tags are pretty wild here. As of Chapter 1, it isn't technically any of those things. The only real tag would be like "lesbian misery caused by heteronormativity". Yeah, it'll probably be "bisexual" and "cheating" and "Yuri" by next chapter, so those are fairly safe picks.

Still don't see any justification for "netorare" though. Her husband is clearly against her running away. If it is just because of the author, she's written several things now and the majority of them are not netorare.

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I saw the title and then I saw the art and then the author and came straight here and saw this comment.

Kodama Naoko

Oh dear, here we go again.

I really can't say it any better than that

Damn, this is probably the most plain kodama naoko's manga so far, with the dullest characters and horrendous dialogue and logics ;; anyway, will stick around, maybe

Basically, everyone here has already said what I was thinking. When I saw the author's name those tags made a whole lot more sense.

Hell yeah it's finally here! I've been reading it in Spanish for a while now.

Is cute little deuterago-chan actualy a Kuzu joshi ?

Hehehe, nice example of a rhetorical question.

I mean, come on, it's a manga story by Kodama Naoko! ^_^

Is she pregnant?

I'm not sure if this is a spoiler, but...

No she ain't preggers. In fact she prolly can't. Or rather, she needs some kind of therapy with hormones 'n stuff to have a chance. But she doesn't wanna. She's fine not having children. And that's the reason of her fight with her husband: he DEMANDS children! And if it hurts her wife's body, welp, so be it, he doesn't care! >_<;; Frankly, I think she did the right thing when she left the dumb ass.

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My body is ready.

Pretty tame start to a Kodama Naoko story but we'll see as the story goes on lol.

I don't know, based on the start I feel like this will be a case where the story doesn't live up to whatever ominous dread its tags inspire.

Did she just take her toy trains labeled "netsuzou trap" and "I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up" and ram them into each other?????

That's exactly what this is, and I'm kinda interested. But we'll see how seriously it takes the more grounded premise about homophobia and whatnot

Not gonna read this, but the tags are basically a summary of Kodama Naoko as a writer.

This is why straight girls are so dangerous! I am having PTSD flashbacks here!

Mhm mhm, shit's gonna get messy. Can't wait! Kodama Naoko once again here to serve the morally dubious women I so desperately want to see more of in my yuri.

Kodama Naoko is back!! and I'll prolly have damaged emotional capacity but I love her works so it's worth it.

Ay my girl is back! *cries in withdrawal. Please don't get canceled or licensed

I honestly really like Kodama Naoko's works, and this chapter was a great start. I was surprised by how overtly political it got too; I definitely hadn't expected Kodama to be the first yuri mangaka to explicitly call out Japan's political establishment dragging its feet on gay marriage despite massive public support. Really looking forward to seeing where it goes from here.

The one-trick pony author is back...

Every time a Kodama Naoko chapter is uploaded to dynasty, anyone who reads it tosses/flips a coin

Is she pregnant?

I'm not sure if this is a spoiler, but...

No she ain't preggers. In fact she prolly can't. Or rather, she needs some kind of therapy with hormones 'n stuff to have a chance. But she doesn't wanna. She's fine not having children. And that's the reason of her fight with her husband: he DEMANDS children! And if it hurts her wife's body, welp, so be it, he doesn't care! Frankly, I think she did the right thing when she left the dumb ass.

Thanks a lot for the explanation! It was very helpful.
Now it has more sense than wandering around in possible special condition and not knowing exactly where to go. Poor woman...

Author indeed started harshly, bravely criticizing Japan politics and traditional behavior toward minorities and women. Very promising story!

Probably readers should not be discouraged by current tags.

Nah, not touching another one of this.

I saw the tag combo and the author and got so excited

I look forward to another hot mess

Saw the author, came straight to the comments.

I have such a soft spot for kodama's work. let's see where is future drama goes

I have such a soft spot for kodama's work. let's see where is future drama goes

Oh boy

Okay, I'm ready for whatever this is going to be.