The piece afterword in the anthology allegedly is literally "drugs bad".

It's 薬、ダメ、絶対！

which is just "Drugs. No. Absolutely not!" and is a reference to Japan's anti-drug slogan ダメ。ゼッタイ。

https://www.keio.ac.jp/files/6da6f5230fe139fca4a668f94cede88805ddd330c4a17e01ebbaff901f935698

https://dapc.or.jp/torikumi/01_spreading.html

last edited at Jul 7, 2026 12:30PM

Damn, this is really dark, abrupt and yet well-written lesbian/yuri manga. This would be a fantastic Drug PSA! :D

The piece afterword in the anthology allegedly is literally "drugs bad".

Again, people are trying to make this one shot that is as deep as a puddle into something it isn't.
The author didn't think about any of that and just wanted to make an anti-drug PSA.

pinky and pepper forever type oneshot lol

Well idk about anyone else but what I got from this one-shot is that drug yuri sex is awesome

appstore posted:

Well idk about anyone else but what I got from this one-shot is that drug yuri sex is awesome

It's to die for even.

The piece afterword in the anthology allegedly is literally "drugs bad".

It's 薬、ダメ、絶対！

which is just "Drugs. No. Absolutely not!" and is a reference to Japan's anti-drug slogan ダメ。ゼッタイ。

https://www.keio.ac.jp/files/6da6f5230fe139fca4a668f94cede88805ddd330c4a17e01ebbaff901f935698

https://dapc.or.jp/torikumi/01_spreading.html

If this was an american comic and had a "Kids, this is your brain on drugs!!" message near the end, you'd be able to clock it for the joke that it is, but instead y'all choose to interpret it as some anti-drug war message.

Please get offline lol

(Seriously, why are people so offended by this? I read it and thought it was nice, in that it had a really clean artstyle and lots of sex. You have to be REALLY on the defensive to find this portrayal of a person who clearly is mentally unwell as an attack on your personal life... )

This was really damn good, coincidentially my playlist started reproduce "No Surprises" which complemented my read thx you

Hate when I do Drug and accidentally kill my partner through erotic asphyxiation

Also I'm confused why this has the suicide tag? Did she kill herself by eating the cherry blossom petals?

Heavily implied, yup...

I still think that she's crying into her hands... while making a parallel between poisonous sakura petals and her (Sakura).

The piece afterword in the anthology allegedly is literally "drugs bad".

It's 薬、ダメ、絶対！

which is just "Drugs. No. Absolutely not!" and is a reference to Japan's anti-drug slogan ダメ。ゼッタイ。

https://www.keio.ac.jp/files/6da6f5230fe139fca4a668f94cede88805ddd330c4a17e01ebbaff901f935698

https://dapc.or.jp/torikumi/01_spreading.html

If this was an american comic and had a "Kids, this is your brain on drugs!!" message near the end, you'd be able to clock it for the joke that it is, but instead y'all choose to interpret it as some anti-drug war message.

So it’s Thing - Japan Thing the other way around

Yelp...If the accidental death by MC own hands (Her partner that she kind of lead to this part by mentally and peering MC is joining her on the whole taking drugs) didn't kill her at that time...Then this girl would have probably died another different method from various ways (Either by picking the game over button or getting into a accident while intoxicated from the drug or alcohol ) in a few months or a few years later if she didn't get the help she desperately needed [The one where MC was trying to get her to take but she was being too emotional and hysterical]. You can see the cut marks on her wrist and arm...Not to mention the negative bad environment she was in (Mother making her send money= money and stability stress) + Bad manager/boss stress and other stress factors. Reasons why she even started in the first place.

This whole thing went on for at least 1.5 to 2+ whole months (1 month from start to MC finally taking drug. Then afterward living out casually taking drugs sometimes every few days to have SEGGS/ S*X till MC got scared and paranoid about possibly getting arrested if they got caught so trying to convinced her waifu/girlfriend to stop [In a forceful and direct way instead of the more careful subtle way which was a bad idea but MC was scared and panicking]= MC's waifu giving out her usual emotional and hysterical fit and almost overdosing on pills [Only got 2-3 into her mouth]...Which MC actually kind of did instead of her ironically enough to try to keep her safe...Once again...Ironic).

DRUG (Definition- Everyone already know but just in case so we all on the same track):
-A drug is any chemical substance that alters the physical or mental function of a living organism.
Medicines/Pharmaceuticals
Stimulants
Depressants
Hallucinogens
Opioids/Narcotics

It also depends on what type of drug (low level one Versus dangerous toxic one that can fked up both your body and your brain. For example Weed is hard to die from compared to drinking Alcohol [Fun fan, Alcohol used to be banned before for a brief time...Yes Alcohol cause lot of innocent deaths, family issue and etc. But eh people don't like being told what to do and restricted XD....Now if it was the very 'high level' drugs that can ruin your life with a 90% success rate...Then yes...Those drug are very very bad and should be destroyed, the creators and dealer heavy punished]).

I don't think author was trying to do an annoying PSA (Public Service Announcement) about drugs...Well actually we don't really know that unless she/he has a tw*tter and actually announced that???? Could be a subtle or blatant attempt but eh to me...Does anyone have any source or knowledge of the original material about this manga about this author's work for an after page??? Could be helpful perhaps?
Though the only 'MAIN' reason MC's partner died was due to MC taking the whole fking pile of drugs/pills in one whole gulp/swallow...One pill was already enough to affect their brain/emotions...All those pills at the same time= GAME OVER.

MC's body seems to be fine enough to tolerant drugs (Quick high and just a small slight depression when it over) but we all know logically...Your not supposed to swallow that many pills at once[The whole false and fake memories issue when MC thought her waifu was still alive after the few days that passed after getting too kinky during SEGGS...Yeah MC wasn't in the right state of mind to process or knew what was happening, body on autopilot when going home. MC's body might have higher tolerant...But there was no way she was going to be fine taking all those pills at once...

Drug use also depends mostly on the person in question, some can deal with drugs easily and casually due to their body being able to handle it due to genes, age and natural tolerant while other people get their lives easily ruined and addicted sadly...Kind of like Alcohol sadly enough (Ironic considering Alcohol kills more people either directly or indirectly due to car accidents)...For me personally...Too much fking money for drugs lol...

Hmmm...Honestly...I hate sad and depressing ending but eh...I guess it is everyone freedom to feel offended and annoyed by their manga (As long as they do not mock or send death threats to the author) but honestly I am just disappointed at the outcome at most instead of offended or annoyed. Could be better but could be worse ending and story written.

The piece afterword in the anthology allegedly is literally "drugs bad".

It's 薬、ダメ、絶対！

which is just "Drugs. No. Absolutely not!" and is a reference to Japan's anti-drug slogan ダメ。ゼッタイ。

https://www.keio.ac.jp/files/6da6f5230fe139fca4a668f94cede88805ddd330c4a17e01ebbaff901f935698

https://dapc.or.jp/torikumi/01_spreading.html

If this was an american comic and had a "Kids, this is your brain on drugs!!" message near the end, you'd be able to clock it for the joke that it is, but instead y'all choose to interpret it as some anti-drug war message.

Please get offline lol

(Seriously, why are people so offended by this? I read it and thought it was nice, in that it had a really clean artstyle and lots of sex. You have to be REALLY on the defensive to find this portrayal of a person who clearly is mentally unwell as an attack on your personal life... )

When did I ever say I was offended?
I think this one-shot is bad and people are trying to pretend it's deeper than it is and you're out here making me into some crusader for drug rights.

That said Japan does in fact view drugs like this and that part isn't a joke.

I think that she is saying is that even if Japan has it views on drugs people are being especially sensitive just because it’s japan, no one says Game of Thrones it’s promoting incest and child marriages even if the US has a problem with the later or that Euphoria is drug apologia, this one-shot shouldn’t treated different that those series. That is what I think she means, I could be wrong

last edited at Jul 7, 2026 7:43PM

Aside from the anti-drug message, which . . . I mean, I don't care that much, but it does seem pretty stupidly done, but anyway, aside from that . . . I didn't like it much as a story. Not into leads manslaughtering each other, that's pointless and depressing.

Lily is sure drugs will be very glad you all defended her good name when she reads these comments, instead of focusing on things like themes or the relationship between the leads~

Genuinely don't understand how that became the point of the discussion. It's pretty clear that both of the characters were dealing with things other than the drugs too and drugs weren't the reason they wanted to die.

The piece afterword in the anthology allegedly is literally "drugs bad".

Again, people are trying to make this one shot that is as deep as a puddle into something it isn't.
The author didn't think about any of that and just wanted to make an anti-drug PSA.

tbh i'd disagree that it's meant to be an anti-drug psa. people are treating a plot device as if it's the actual plot.

seems pretty obvious the problem in-text wasn't the drugs; Sakura even mentions specifically how nothingburger it was. The problem was the shame enforced by society, Tsukushi having BPD, and Salura not being willing to confront the difficult problems in this sense. Yuri mangaka and indeed doujinka in general tend to be more on the socially liberal/progressive side, even if that's hard to believe lol. The breakdown of their relationship was the threat of legal repercussions for drugs, which Sakura reacted extremely poorly to, and foisted the pressure of onto her gf. Ironically she ended up having an episode coupled with an OD that gave her far worse legal repercussions than she would have.

If anything, this is drug-neutral and decriminalization-positive.

Furthermore, like, the BPD and codependency are insanely obvious and front and center? I know people hate naming things for what they are for fear of medicalizing fiction or some shit but grounding a portrayal in real life behavior is, like, a thing. The drugs were incidental. Honestly this oneshot was about what I expected from "Crime Yuri Anthology" lol

last edited at Jul 7, 2026 11:28PM

One hella of a plot.

I mean, would she have killed her gf without drugs? And she wasn't the one with probably BPD.

The drug didn't make them go crazy, it's that she clearly had severe mental health problems that she was self medicating for. But thats obviously a dead end because instead of getting psychiatric help, you build tolerances and one day the drugs aren't enough to make you not want to kill yourself. Everyone's in such a tizzy that this is war on drugs propaganda that you're not even trying to analyze the story.

Mdma can be fun, but do you know what happens when an untreated person with severe BPD pops them like they're candy?

This. Their relationship would've had this same dynamic with or without the drugs because the drugs are not what made Tsukushi like this. They just accelerated the decline.

I get that the end makes it look like "drugs turned Sakura into a murderer" but I think the actual implication is that the built up resentment from sacrificing herself to try and keep Tsukushi happy (which is how a lot of BPD relationships end up) is what made her go harder than normal. The drug just removed that inhibition she would have otherwise had.

Wow, this was trash. It's not just that the drug is some unnamed made-up drug that mostly makes you horny like in some NTR doujin, or that it leads to the death of a character, or the somewhat moralizing tone. The real sin here is the contrived, melodramatic ending. It's clearly meant to take the reader on an emotional rollercoaster, like "Thank god, they're going to quit! But oh no, she took so many drug! Oh, she's safe after all! But she killed her girlfriend because she took too much drug!!! NOOOO!!!!!" My eyes rolled so fast I got motion sickness. It's the kind of ending that some churchgoing teenager would write while thinking they're a genius. Gonna watch the new Ghost in the Shell to hopefully get the taste of shit out of my mouth.

NTR always catching strays…

Either way I agree with the criticism about the edgy ending, I thought when her GF swallowed that big amount of drugs she was going to make her vomit, so when that didn’t happen I thought she was going to wake up with her gf dead besides her for overdose, if the author went with that and later the MC went to prison for assisted suicide or something it wouldn’t feel that over the top

I don't think her killing her GF was all that much of a stretch given the rest of the manga. They were both very much in an incredibly unhealthy place and coping in very unhealthy ways. It's a common trope in fiction for situations like these, regardless of if the folks involved are getting high or not, to wind up with one or more of the people dead(Though the cause of death can vary a lot).

The real big issue is just the manga doesn't really build up much. It starts at 60 MPH and ends there. The situation is already so bad at the beginning that anything could possibly happen after that. Part of why I was complaining about the page count in my last post.

last edited at Jul 8, 2026 2:20AM

I don't think her killing her GF was all that much of a stretch given the rest of the manga.

It’s not the killing per se, but how abrupt the killing felt when they immediately jump to the prison scene. Seeing her panicking over her dead girlfriend would have been awesome story wise.
Again my problem is not that the killing is over the top, it’s how the flow went.