Oof, that hurt. But that ending... Looking forward to chapter 2.

I like this type of narrative, looking forward to it!

I'm surprised this is a whole series, but looking forward to more. I really hope that het tag is only for chapter 1 though lol

I'm such a huge sucker for stories about "abnormal" women who end up having to take in a kid and raise them, so I am very interested to see where this goes, and really hoping for Miwa and Akane to have a bit of development with each other, since it already seems like it's going in that direction anyway.

Fyi, the bookwalker page for the series has yuri (and romance) tags: https://bookwalker.jp/de23a94983-092a-4b10-accf-edcde676895f/

I have a feeling Shiori will be the lesbian character, the work can take the innovative choice of pairing Miwa and Akane, but I have a feeling that we will get the obvious “She was not raising her child alone but for obvious reasons (raising her with her gf) she didn’t tell anyone”

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Fyi, the bookwalker page for the series has yuri (and romance) tags: https://bookwalker.jp/de23a94983-092a-4b10-accf-edcde676895f/

I really wanna know which mysterious people are consistently tagging every single new series as subtext or het whenever a woman mentions the word boyfriend even once lol, it's starting to become a real pattern here

Fyi, the bookwalker page for the series has yuri (and romance) tags: https://bookwalker.jp/de23a94983-092a-4b10-accf-edcde676895f/

I really wanna know which mysterious people are consistently tagging every single new series as subtext or het whenever a woman mentions the word boyfriend even once lol, it's starting to become a real pattern here

Gouma-den group update their own translation here I think? This one has two volumes (idk if its finished or ongoing) so they must have tagged it themselves for a reason. Most of gouma-den translations are Yuri, so I don't think the group would avoid the tag for something like that.

Edit: it’s ongoing i think, bookwalker use the [final volume] mark when a series is finished

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Gouma-den group update their own translation here I think? This one has two volumes (idk if its finished or ongoing) so they must have tagged it themselves for a reason. Most of gouma-den translations are Yuri, so I don't think the group would avoid the tag for something like that.

Edit: it’s ongoing i think, bookwalker use the [final volume] mark when a series is finished

I'm not judging anyone for why it got tagged "het," tagging can be difficult and subjective at the best of times, but if it's tagged yuri on Bookwalker I think that should be the default assumption.

It's also complete at two volumes, you can see it marked 完結.

Yep. Although I also meant that if they are translating it they know what is coming in future chapters (I assume). The truth is that I don't take tags on reading sites seriously (I don’t know how to explain it but there are a lot of discourse around them, basically they are useful and a problem at the same time) so I don’t mind.

There are also cases where different Japanese sites use different tags. Either way the tag Queer was created the other day and I thought they would use it with this one.

Edit: It clicked what you mean by “I don’t judge”
personally I don’t think the Het tag is there to be transphobic towards Akane, but for future relationships. We were talking about the tags on jp site, this one has Love Affairs (yuri already mean romance) so maybe that is why we have Het. We will see. (I hope the Het is not for transphobic reasons obviously)

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Yep. Although I also meant that if they are translating it they know what is coming in future chapters (I assume). The truth is that I don't take tags on reading sites seriously (I don’t know how to explain it but there are a lot of discourse around them, basically they are useful and a problem at the same time) so I don’t mind.

There are also cases where different Japanese sites use different tags. Either way the tag Queer was created the other day and I thought they would use it with this one.

Edit: It clicked what you mean by “I don’t judge”
personally I don’t think the Het tag is there to be transphobic towards Akane, but for future relationships. We were talking about the tags on jp site, this one has Love Affairs (yuri already mean romance) so maybe that is why we have Het. We will see. (I hope the Het is not for transphobic reasons obviously)

Oh, that wasn't what I meant by "I don't judge." I don't believe anyone who uploads to this site would be transphobic. So that might've been poor wording on my part. I think there are many reasons this could've gotten tagged het. Regardless, if the translator says it's the right tag, I won't argue.

Fyi, the bookwalker page for the series has yuri (and romance) tags: https://bookwalker.jp/de23a94983-092a-4b10-accf-edcde676895f/

Oh awesome

This series seems like it'll be fun. An-chan is very cute, and the expressions are intense in a way I don't get to see usually.

I mean, "childless adult takes in a relatives child" is hardly a trope invented by Usagi Drop. I'm loathe to give that any credit. Lol

Oh obviously, that’s not why it remind me of Usagi Drop. There are countless far more popular works than it with that trope. But the art style +simple backgrounds, soft colors+ a funeral and no one knowing the dead has a kid, it made me immediately think of UsaDrop

Oh, that wasn't what I meant by "I don't judge."

Oh you mean it in a playful way! It’s not a bad wording on your part, context in english it is difficult to grasp for me.

yeah I really like the comtemplative nature of this story, the musing Miwa does on what women are supposed to be and what a woman has to become if the only "real" path of daughter, wife, mother is just not possible.

Also really really like how Akane calms Miwa down by telling her that it wasn't Miwa's mistake to take An in, An chose to come here so if anyone was mistaken it would be An and Miwa has the responsibility to ensure that she wasn't.

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Oh, this chapter... my heart...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned it, isn't this 100% just Usagi Drop if our MC had a trans wife?

"Journal with Witch" is also similar

this is a way better comparsion than the hell usagi drop was

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this 2nd chapter was very well done, i love how introceptive it is and how 'normal' the trans woman is portrayed, low bar i know but hey we've seen a ton of shit before. anyways this chapter didn't give yuri vibes but i trust bookwalker's tags for a while

I FUCKING LOVE FOUND FAMILY STORIES!!! I WANT TO FUCKING SEE MORE CHARACTERS OVERCOME HARDSHIPS AND BUILD LIFELONG RELATIONSHIPS!!!

yeah I really like the comtemplative nature of this story, the musing Miwa does on what women are supposed to be and what a woman has to become if the only "real" path of daughter, wife, mother is just not possible.

Also really really like how Akane calms Miwa down by telling her that it wasn't Miwa's mistake to take An in, An chose to come here so if anyone was mistaken it would be An and Miwa has the responsibility to ensure that she wasn't.

An infertile woman, a trans woman, and a girl without (biological) parents. This trio really feels like a deliberate attempt to grapple with womanhood and childhood outside of the confines of social norms and expectations. I agree, the overarching mood has been really strong so far

;-; beautiful

These first two chapters are really good. It handles difficult topics in a very real way, where it's tough but there's room to breath, which makes it very readable and accessable to me. I'm really looking forward to seeing where this is going, and I hope the author gets enough support to continue the story.

I found it very interesting when Akane smacked Miwa...

Hear me out.

It's very rare in Japanese media - anime and manga - for a male to strike a female. Culturally, females are treated as physically weaker than males, so that sort of physical contact has major narrative significance. Consider most shonen anime and try to pick out how often a female protagonist had a physical brawl with a male antagonist. And while, in this specific instance, it was played for comedy - a sort of "nandeyanen" karate chop - that's still not something you typically see.

As trope-laden as this medium is... the fact that this happened laid it out with no uncertainty that this story is treating Akane as a woman. They aren't just saying that she is; they are showing it, all the way down to the level of the tropes that are used to characterize her.

I dunno... I guess that just struck me as nice to see, like... the fact that that trope was used somehow normalized the character beyond the construction of the narrative.

I hope I'm making sense...

Also, I really loved this chapter, and I'm so eager for the rest.

ik the trope in context is not an actual display of violence but i do still find it worrisome in bisual depiction. that said it is much stronger intention in the text to have miwas worries grounded by, "I found a woman like myself, she has shown me what womanhood can be and now I am not as troubled with my path."

I have only known An for two chapters, but I would kill to protect her. Poor depressed child, good thing she has a loving family to care for her.

Miwa and Akane may not be a couple, but they're working hard to be the best family. I love the dynamic of Akane being a grounding factor for Miwa's anxiety. And Miwa may jump into things without fully thinking them through, but good comes out of her willingness to act. Like how Akane clearly adores An as much as Miwa, even if she doesn't show it in the same way.(And how Miwa gave that much needed callout to her family's callous behavior in chapter 1.)

They're not the societal ideal of a perfect family, but they're perfect for each other. And that's a story that needs to be told.

Already made me tear up a bit, Chapter 2 is very sweet, love that it ended on An finally being hungry... Aw ;v;