Please. I hope your mother didn't come precisely to tell you how you should live YOUR life.

Feels sad about Akane not going as herself but understandable reasoning... still, DAMN YOU SOCIETY

Expecting the ex but then mom jumpscare! I do like her design and yeah we need more like her... preferably not with the horrible attitude.

It's so good to see An-chan with light in her eyes... I know there's still a long road ahead of her, but the fact that this family got to this point is just ... it tells you how much a child needs love. Genuine love. Not "love from a mommy and daddy" specifically; An-chan only had her mother before, and now she has two mothers... none of this is "typical" and yet... she is a healthy girl who is moving through a horrible trauma in a healthy way, and all of that is because she has been loved.

... I mean, and also that those wonderful women are busting their asses for her. Massive shout out to parents who put in the time. It's a tough gig.

Also, I wonder if An-chan's proclivity toward puzzles and getting distracted is a hint at possible neurodivergence. As someone on the spectrum I would appreciate the representation, but this narrative already has a lot of heavy stuff going on so I wouldn't be surprised if that's not the case.

Ugh, the logic of Akane having to dress up to make sure An isn't bullied is unfortunately very accurate.

Akane still having to "boy mode" in public sucks so much, but it's not a coincidence that the only time trans women ever show up in manga they end up working in specific trans bars. The levels of discrimination in mainstream society are just so pervasive.

ho boy, the fact that Miwa's mom is here while akane was boymoding... Akane is ready to sacrifice herself in this moment and pretend pretend pretend but Miwa is already shown to dissatisfied with letting that happen so I'm willing to bet some amount of hell is about to break loose.

oh dang this is getting complicated, seeing akane boymoding was a jumpscare, poor lady i get her reasoning but it really suckss, also dang mom did u have to show up rn??? i really dont want miwa to get back together with her ex, hope it doesn't go that route

Oohh I hate that poor Akane has to boymode to handle stuff she should be able to do as herself. Raaaaaaaaa.
I hate even more that I fucking get why she's doing it but I still think it fucking SUCKS

An-chan is super duper cute

An-chan's smile is precious and must be protected.

And poor Akane... She's putting herself through so much misery for An's sake. T-T

akane having to dress as a man is really sad

as a trans woman who is planning on becoming a mother in the next year or so, this chapter hit me directly in the fuckin soul. this is a fear i genuinely have

i really fuckin love this manga thus far. i don't even care if it turns out to be yuri or not, the relationship between the three characters is profound to me. anyone can be a family if they just truly care about each orther

right thats me tearing up at work, fuck lmao