Safe to assume the symbolism is very on point, in that she fixates on flowers cause she herself was "deflowered" by a wretch.

I also find the idea that the yuri genre as a whole is overindulgent in things like physical lesbian intimacy, unequal power dynamics... Not very consistent with my observations.

Yuri is already a small niche compared to BL, positively tiny compared to straight romance, so I think it's unfair to scold the yuri genre for indulging its audience's thirst as much as its competitors do theirs (though in my observation yuri is actually less indulgent). But relationships characterized by a rigid hierarchy are not even close to the norm in yuri. (My bias is that I do like problematic relationships and power dynamics in lesbian fiction, but these are also not the norm.)

Himejoshis when they don't know literal rape dressed up as romance is a regular thing in BL (and het romances.) There's a reason fujos often accuse yuri of being "boring." Your observations line up with mine as well. If we're talking rigid hierarchies, people ought to remember that omegaverse was born in BL and observe how it is the least prevalent in GL. This is just speaking from my perspective as an ex-fujo but that indulgence is exactly why I fell out of love with BL. GL takes top-bottom dynamics far less seriously as something to be strictly adhered to than BL. I'd go on about the inherent misogyny in the way those dynamics are portrayed in BL but that's well out of the scope of this discussion.

As for the chapter, I really want the best for Aoyama. My heart sank the more and more she realized she was just being used for sex and discarded. This is the bad kind of toxic. Mizuki and Sayori had it right. People should cut each other up and then make out, not make out and then cut each other off.

Great chapter. This really is one of the best ongoing series right now.

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The thematic usage of lillies and how it’s conveyed through the art and the words of the character is actual masterful, I’m actually blown away by how beautiful and actually HAUNTING it is with how they’re used alongside the character’s own realization of sexual abuse/rape underneath all the honeyed words and fake affection, just wow

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Did not expect such introspection from her, but it will be interesting to see where this goes and it should be good for her in any case.

im not interested in learning about the history anymore..
i shred a tear, had to go to give the raws a like, is this manga gonna include all types of fxf interactions?

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Again I still hate Ao for what she did to precious Kasumi but I do feel bad for she's finally realizing she was basically groomed into sleeping with a fucking pedo. I honestly hope she makes Yurika's life a living hell at school until she leaves or gets fired. It's 100% what I would do. She's finally realizing she got played for a fool just because she was a middle schooler poor girl. Part of me kinda wants to give her a hug.

Thanks for the translate and upload as always.

I sympathize with what Aoyama has gone through, but I still won't forgive her until she apologized or showed remorse for what she has done to Kasumi. She's a victim of grooming but Yurika didn't order/manipulate her to be mean to Class S kouhais (for doing things not sexual enough). I hope Aoyama finds closure, and then apologize to Kasumi properly for what she has done.

The idea of "she's manipulated so it's not her fault for doing anything terrible" sucks. Aoyama has agency and treated Kasumi horribly by her own will, thus she's supposed to take responsibility for that.

That and not letting the role of victim overshadows her, realizing "I'm not only a victim of grooming. I won't blame everything on the grooming and keep being pathetic. I still have agency and I can take responsibility for what I have done" is just as important as realizing "she's victimized in her relationship with Yurika" in her progress of healing.

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I’m not going to be able to read shoujo for a while, any time flowers bloom in the panels it’s going to remind me of this.

Who knew lilies could be worse than box cutters?