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joined Jan 14, 2020

Just remember, Aika is eight.

Nyarin
joined Mar 20, 2012

Putting in the peas was an asshole move.

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joined Aug 23, 2020

lets see if Nmi is as brave as Itou Hachi or not.

Soga Lisa Uploader
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joined May 29, 2022

Just remember, Aika is eight.

Of course I remember that, it's the best part.

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joined Mar 27, 2018

Look, I'm not going to be mad if this ends in a timeskip before they start making out, but it would be so much more based if they started making out before that.

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joined Apr 4, 2022

lets see if Nmi is as brave as Itou Hachi or not.

She should be as brave as Ryouta Yuzuki

VioletEverclear
joined Nov 9, 2025

omg that “it’s my bad” page on 9.1 is LETHALLLLL. Also I love 10.1 omg I hope the translation and 10.2 come out soon ughhh

Thomasina Pontier
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joined Mar 18, 2023

Is underage and underage have sex in Japan leagl?

Kuroko-railgun
joined Jul 21, 2024

Just remember, Aika is eight.

Of course I remember that, it's the best part.

I forgot how old is the bob hair cut girl?

Kuroko-railgun
joined Jul 21, 2024

Is underage and underage have sex in Japan leagl?

Got this from global platform for child exploitation policy
"The legal age of consent for sexual activity (or “indecent act[s]”) is 16 years old, or 13-16 years old only if the counterparty is less than 5 years older than the child."

DivineAlexandra
Ihstarresi
joined Jun 22, 2018

With everything that's out there I find it strange that this still incurs feelings of disgust in people--I mean, all things considered, this is pretty innocuous. She's not stepping over any boundaries, it's mostly limited to feeling doki doki from watching a cute girl doing cute girl things, and she gets punished for it in a slapstick way every time. I doubt anything more will happen next chapter either. But I guess feeling flustered is a sin tall enough

Either way, I'm really enjoying this one. Not necessarily hoping for any particular direction, just here for the cuteness overload (as long as there's no time-skip romance. that'd suck)

last edited at May 30, 2026 6:11AM

LostCassilda
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joined Jul 23, 2021

Oh my god, Yuka just dumping in a bowl of peas. She's kinda right tho, their taste and texture disappear in a stir fry anyway

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joined May 26, 2025

I read a very trashy oneeloli work before starting this one, and the differences are night and day! I don't wanna speak too soon, but if nmi plays their cards right, A Blooming Complex might become my most favorite oneeloli work!

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joined Aug 14, 2020

lets see if Nmi is as brave as Itou Hachi or not.

I suppose we'll find out soon eh?

last edited at May 30, 2026 10:29AM

Brevity of Mammals
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joined Sep 13, 2025

Just remember, Aika is eight.

She's nine after the birthday in chapter six, so it's okay now.

Ykn1
joined Dec 20, 2018

I'm no longer sure who's in danger here... :D

lets see if Nmi is as brave as Itou Hachi or not.

She should be as brave as Ryouta Yuzuki

Excellent taste.

KamiKat_2012
joined Jan 1, 2026

Pedophile works like this should be banned from this website, the admins need to make a policy against them. The sexualization of children should not be legitimized or made light of.

Nyarin
joined Mar 20, 2012

Oh, another product of puritanism and anti-intellectual propaganda. Hadn't had seen one in, huh, five minutes.

Dumshork
joined Mar 19, 2022

Pedophile works like this should be banned from this website, the admins need to make a policy against them. The sexualization of children should not be legitimized or made light of.

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joined Jan 14, 2020

Pedophile works like this should be banned from this website, the admins need to make a policy against them. The sexualization of children should not be legitimized or made light of.

Funny, given that you liked it back in January, and also like the mother/underage daughter one.

joined Aug 11, 2022

....Yup RIP MC...Stay strong to your morals...Or fall to your temptation...Though maybe not right now though considering your best friend is sleeping right next to you.

That chapter though/flashback feeling....Yup MC definitely has very strong unresolved romantic feelings toward her friend in the past from 3rd grade that she is unable to get over (The initial cause and result of her Lolicon fetish/obsession). I do hope that MC does eventually re-connects with her old friend back in 2nd or 3rd grade that she has unresolved feelings for and get over them/move on from the feelings to become a better person (...Well technically scratch out the better person part....Maybe just someone who can be loyal to one person without having lingering feeling for the ex-crush)

Also to KamiKat....Nice bait bro lol... I almost thought you were serious or got you account hacked XD

I admire you guts for posting that type of rage bait, you should post your bait in the other dozen more elicit Loli type manga too, especially the Hent@i ones on this site :D

EDIT:
Yuuka is evil for putting peas in that...Everyone (Okay maybe just 89% of population) has a horrible vegetable that they hate and can't eat. Could have cook it separately and add it in later or separated rich pile/something.

last edited at May 30, 2026 9:26PM

joined Apr 20, 2023

Alright! I will not tolerate this lugubrious piece of pea slander that could only be uttered by a bilaterally symmetrical bottom of the barrel hominid. I hate this libel with every fiber, denatured protein and apoptotic cell of my being. Blood has been spilled for less.

First, let us dissect Riko's complaint:
"Awful texture, a taste & smell like leaves and so bitter," she says committing an act of distaste rivaled only by Chris Kempczinski's reluctant bite of his company's burger.

The phrase, a taste & smell like leaves, is utterly uninformative. Why? Because there are hundreds to thousands of distinct volatile compounds in leaves. It is a genuine disservice to place the odor and flavor of peas in the same category as the leaves and blossoms of the Bradford pear. (Which, if you don't know, smell similar to rotting meat.)

Secondly, the texture and bitterness of peas has much to do with the development of starches. Plants produce the energy-carrier ATP and the hydrogen carrier NADPH through photosynthesis. Then, the Calvin cycle performs carbon fixation (using RuBP) and uses those two types of molecules to produce trioses (which are 3 carbon sugars, through redox reactions) and other byproducts before regenerating the RuBP using fresh ATP and NADPH. In peas that are plucked from the vine, this final process of regeneration is sabotaged, and stored sugars and trioses are turned into starches. The trioses undergo several transformations to form ADP-glucose. ADP-glucose is transformed into amylose starch by the starch synthetase enzyme, amylose is transformed into amylopectin starch by the starch branching enzyme and you end up, in a short few hours, with a pea depleted of all its natural sugars.

How does this affect flavor and texture you ask? Well, sugars, y'know, are flavorsome. And if you get rid of the sugars you get rid of what tastes good, which means they can't mask these nasty tasting things called saponins. While there are a few tasty saponins, most (including those found in peas) are bitter, astringent and unwholesome. Certain individuals and younger children especially have a higher sensitivity to bitter tasting compounds and can perceive them more strongly. Additionally, the starches in peas have an unpleasant waxy texture instead of the yielding texture of high sugar content hypertonic peas.

Tldr; Peas should be bought very fresh, within hours of being picked. If you cannot do so, may I suggest the greatest convenience food of all time, the frozen pea? By freezing the peas, they do not undergo starch conversion and remain sweet.

In other words, it's all Yuuka's fault. (I mean duh, she was arguing for natto curry and natto pizza in the opening pages of the opening chapter: biggest hear me out of all time.) Do not blame the innocent pea, for it is all Yuuka's fault. She should have gotten the tasty frozen peas instead.

last edited at May 30, 2026 11:21PM

joined Apr 20, 2023

EDIT:
Yuuka is evil for putting peas in that...Everyone (Okay maybe just 89% of population) has a horrible vegetable that they hate and can't eat. Could have cook it separately and add it in later or separated rich pile/something.

9 times out of 10, it's an issue with technique or preparation. Almost every common vegetable can be made tasty if treated well. Not all vegetables are equal but still. Also I ranted so hard that I forgot to mention that salt cancels out bitterness perceptually. Most people think that adding sugar makes things less bitter (hence the word bittersweet and all its connotations,) but sugar just complements and balances bitterness, makes it harmonious with the rest of the flavors so to say. It's salt that obliterates the perception of bitter compounds. If you add enough, eventually you won't even taste the bitterness, it'll just be salty.

That is my trick to eating bitter melon.

But unless your grandma gives you a bunch of them and you feel obligated to consume them or the Chinese store has a giant bag of them for sale for 1USD only and you're too broke to afford real vegetables, don't eat bitter melon. It's not worth it, way more bitter than arugula/rockets.

SmallFriendlyScorpion
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joined Apr 25, 2020

^ thank you so much. reading this thread has made me so angry due to the utter lack of pea defenses.

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joined Nov 25, 2023

i'm one of those people with extreme sensitivity to bitterness and tbh lots of foods are completely inedible to me as a result, not just veggies like peas or brussels sprouts but also like.. chocolate? and coffee? if someone did what yuuka did here to me i'd be going hungry that night, because otherwise i'd be dry heaving at the table. and for what it's worth the mouthfeel line made complete sense to me because that's what i hate about all kinds of beans and gourds lol. recently was able to eat zucchini in something for the first time in my life because for ONCE it wasn't mushy and didn't disgust me. there are foods you can cook/prepare differently like that, but... if the flavor itself is the problem you're usually out of luck, in my experience.

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