On the one hand, having a term that encapsulates "cute girls being close to each other, but not romantically involved, with a strong focus on their relationship"

That used to be shojou ai lol. But i guess that's taboo now. I think anything that fell into shojou ai would be relabeled now with either subtext or yuri crush.

I think this one, unless the extra adds something new to their relationship, would be better labeled with yuri crush and het.

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shojou ai would be relabeled now with either subtext or yuri crush.

Really? "shoujo ai" didn't include yuri that was definite but not sexually explicit?

There was never "shoujo ai", yuri always included both implied romance between girls and explicit lesbian themes.
God, I hoped we left that shit behind. Why are people resurrecting misinformation from more than a decade ago?

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"Shojo-ai" exist in Japan, but that's just a synonym for Lolicon there. Shojo-ai being for subtexty yuri stuff was from Occidental editors that wanted a distinction between the explicit and the implicit yuri. You can say you like Shojo-ai in Japan, you're just gonna get some weird looks.

wow, like 90% of the comments since ch7 dropped are just semantic arguments about definitions. that's just painful
not as painful as seeing the timestamp of my last comment and realizing that the last time I checked this series was mere hours before this chapter dropped

ugh I wish this was more cathartic at least. like I'm super glad that we got the closure of her closing that loose thread of a playboy, and she was smiles afterwards. but this chapter felt like nothing compared to some of the earlier ones. heck, was the page count shorter too? can't see page numbers on mobile

here's hoping the tankoubon extra gives me something, else I'm gonna be sitting here wishing it was like a oneshot or somethin