who's Yori?

I chuckled.

Momo with all due respect it's time to move the fuck on. I get it it's hard but it's been many years at this point the chick was even going to break up with you. Again I get it it's hard to move on from your past especially when you lose a loved one, however living in the past and never moving on is going to slowly eat away at your mind and you're just gonna stay miserable the rest of your life.

I agree. I wonder how long Momoka will keep on avoiding the topic of moving forward in life without Kyou. Now I'm not so sure if she's willing to open up to Himari. If she won't open to Himari, then who will she ever open up to?

I'm looking forward to the hot springs chapter.

Also Haji did nothing wrong. Momo with all due respect it's time to move the fuck on. I get it it's hard but it's been many years at this point the chick was even going to break up with you. Again I get it it's hard to move on from your past especially when you lose a loved one, however living in the past and never moving on is going to slowly eat away at your mind and you're just gonna stay miserable the rest of your life.

Remember, she hasn't been told about the break-up letter yet

Also Haji did nothing wrong. Momo with all due respect it's time to move the fuck on. I get it it's hard but it's been many years at this point the chick was even going to break up with you. Again I get it it's hard to move on from your past especially when you lose a loved one, however living in the past and never moving on is going to slowly eat away at your mind and you're just gonna stay miserable the rest of your life.

Remember, she hasn't been told about the break-up letter yet

Exactly. If Hajime showed Momoka the letter, then at best, she'd have to admit to reading her sister's mail, and at worst, Momoka would suspect Hajime forged the letter somehow given that Hajime has a motive for wanting to give up on Momoka. Hajime wasn't wrong to say what she did, but she chose the worst possible time to confess her feelings for Momoka, and her confession will make getting through to Momoka more difficult, at least in the short term.

It's definitely a weird position to be in for Hajime. The thing is, she won't be able to keep it to herself forever and the more time it takes to come clean, the worst it's going to be for Momoka (^^)

As expected, this is now affecting the band. I'm sure they'll get through this, but of course no one quite realizes yet how bad things are for Momo.

[...] at worst, Momoka would suspect Hajime forged the letter somehow given that Hajime has a motive for wanting to give up on Momoka. [...]

I would assume since Momoka used to date Kyou that they probably did exchange some letters and that, regardless if they did or not, she'd be able to recognize her dead gf's handwriting and be able to discern if it's real or a forgery by Hajime (which, we know it's not, but like, since we're talking about this hypothetical about how Momoka would react upon being given this letter). But maybe that's just me being hopeful.

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Im lost at this point, where was the last time the "main couple" showed up? Himari and Yori?

Im lost at this point, where was the last time the "main couple" showed up? Himari and Yori?

I'm not sure if your question is sarcastic given the quotation marks but isn't Aki and Shiho are the real main couple?

The premise of the current arc is to think really good on your future. SSGIRLS is set to go for college and Yori seems to feel like going to college as well than going pro for now. Meanwhile, Shiho is dead set on going pro with Laureley, which seals the deal with the band going viral, scouted by Queen Records, and got offered to perform in Zepp.

One thing is clear that Momoka only want to go pro because it's Kyou's dream and she can't think of anything for herself. It may take a while before we finally get Momoka's POV because we're about to get more of Hajime.

This may or may not be a hot take but I don't think Yori can do of help at the current arc. Maybe if she'll be able to recall what Momoka said earlier during AyaMiki's arc, which will be quoted below, then it may be a tiny bit of help but it's better than nothing.

On her yearning for Kyou, probably

It's okay to hold onto these feelings even if they're not rewarded. What's so wrong about that?
People are free to keep feeling the way they do, aren't they? I don't think I've ever though about giving up on my feelings.

On Hajime

I think she's just being considerate of me. She's probably just making sure I'm not lonely...

Im lost at this point, where was the last time the "main couple" showed up? Himari and Yori?

I've said it before but I don't think she knows what to do with Yori most of the time (or isn't as interested in her unless she's connected to Himari). As for Himari though, she has always been a major part of every arc and has her character developed well while working with Shiho. She's there now as well. It's only Yori who hasn't had a major presence for the vast majority of the manga, unless it's part of Himari's world.

I think that's been far more the norm than anything else for a long long time now, if not always. She's mostly Himari's love interest. I don't know if she's had an arc to herself the way Himari and others have had. I'm not even sure of who her friends are outside of Himari's orbit. I'm not bothered by this because I don't think her stuff was ever that interesting and don't think every character has to be a major focus but it's not really new to me at least.

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God

I'm sorry, Aki, but your GF distracted me this entire chapter with her great big bazongas.

I still can't believe how big of a Shiho hater I was through like 60% hell even maybe 80% of this entire manga. I could not stand her until finally after that both bands squash their beef the change to Shiho is all thanks to Himari being meddlesome. I know this whole conversation is hard to talk about even with these two but they should rope her into this because Momo is also very close to Himari and I think she could play a great mediator as we've already seen her do once before.

I also say I love the dynamic between Haji and Shiho it's the most down to earth that we've seen Shiho and this is the most I think we've seen in the entire series of Haji speaking at all like I think before this she might have said maybe 10 words in the entire manga.

I do hope everything works out but there's no way it's going to lead to a relationship right away Momo has been hung up on her sister for years at this point this is a very long road ahead I feel awful for Momo however she needs to get that letter and she needs to try to move on she really is stuck in the past and that's never a good thing

Really love this chapter until that last little bit with poor little Momo

Also both of them were incredibly gorgeous this chapter damn.

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I like the attitude of don't worry about the band breaking up, go have a real honest talk with the girl you're in love with.

I'm sorry, Aki, but your GF distracted me this entire chapter with her great big bazongas.

I'll admit I was distracted too.

But at the same time I still almost think the fanservice was too soft for the ecchi tag.

I'm sorry, Aki, but your GF distracted me this entire chapter with her great big bazongas.

I'll admit I was distracted too.

But at the same time I still almost think the fanservice was too soft for the ecchi tag.

I... don't think I was even distracted. The characters look great, but they always do in this manga, so.

It's refreshing to have a bath chapter that focuses on the dialogue and the characters expressions, not their bodies !

I really hate the letter plot device. It feels like a cheap way to "clear the way" for Haji and Momo to get together. I hope they don't get together, Haji will always feel like a replacement for Kyou, datting ur dead girlfriends sibling is never a good idea.

uh oh

welcome to day 50 of things that will never happen to u...

Who is this emotionally intellegent lady and what did she do with my Shiho????

Less comedically, she's matured a lot dealing with her own nonsense, it's cool to see her able to help others now.

Who is this emotionally intellegent lady and what did she do with my Shiho????

Less comedically, she's matured a lot dealing with her own nonsense, it's cool to see her able to help others now.

I agree. A part of me had hoped that Himari would be the one who'd talk to Hajime, since the two hadn't interacted much until now, but Shiho's a good choice, since it's a chance for Shiho to share her own feelings on Kyou and show how much she's changed since the early story.

Shiho solving problems for once, and doing it in style. ^_^

At least until she herself is asked questions about her own progress... :D

this is random, but since importing (years) and starting to try and get the volumes with the special booklet included (started a vol 9?), with vol 13 coming out this month, is there a chance any group will trans/scan these in the future? really want to know but refuse to open them from packaging as a long suffering yuri fan with few (oh! you got that! nice..yuri manga/items in general)(pissed i missed out on yurihime 20th anni goods to preorder, really wanted the tsurezure biyori goods since is havent ever seen any before)...crys...

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I'll probably be pointed with knives for saying this but I lost the plot since the festival. Could barely keep up with the 2nd couple. This is not what I signed up for and the story has become too convoluted and tried to be more deep than it has to. Also I don't like when everyone in the story is gay, it's not realistic(not that it has to be but I enjoyed HDWR more bc of it). Like I came for himari and yori and Yori barely shows up, they didn't touch on the intimacy thing. And instead we got some lindof obssesive incestish plot idk man wtf

I'll probably be pointed with knives for saying this but I lost the plot since the festival. Could barely keep up with the 2nd couple. This is not what I signed up for and the story has become too convoluted and tried to be more deep than it has to. Also I don't like when everyone in the story is gay, it's not realistic(not that it has to be but I enjoyed HDWR more bc of it). Like I came for himari and yori and Yori barely shows up, they didn't touch on the intimacy thing. And instead we got some lindof obssesive incestish plot idk man wtf

The series isn't convoluted in my opinion, it's a story about two bands and their relationships. I also don't think it's being "too deep", this chapter is about two young women exploring their grief around someone they lost...that happens in life.

As someone that loves HDWR this series isn't HDWR and it isn't trying to be, and not every story has to be "realistic". Plus "realistic" and the definitions of what counts depends person to person. This is a fictional comic story about two lesbian bands, that's really not enough to break my suspension of disbelief.

Also we had a character that had to sort out how she felt about her sister and move past that. Which in my opinion really is not a big deal and yet people keep acting like this series went full incest porn lol

I'll probably be pointed with knives for saying this but I lost the plot since the festival. Could barely keep up with the 2nd couple. This is not what I signed up for and the story has become too convoluted and tried to be more deep than it has to. Also I don't like when everyone in the story is gay, it's not realistic(not that it has to be but I enjoyed HDWR more bc of it). Like I came for himari and yori and Yori barely shows up, they didn't touch on the intimacy thing. And instead we got some lindof obssesive incestish plot idk man wtf

The series isn't convoluted in my opinion, it's a story about two bands and their relationships. I also don't think it's being "too deep", this chapter is about two young women exploring their grief around someone they lost...that happens in life.

As someone that loves HDWR this series isn't HDWR and it isn't trying to be, and not every story has to be "realistic". Plus "realistic" and the definitions of what counts depends person to person. This is a fictional comic story about two lesbian bands, that's really not enough to break my suspension of disbelief.

Also we had a character that had to sort out how she felt about her sister and move past that. Which in my opinion really is not a big deal and yet people keep acting like this series went full incest porn lol

Yes, plus the series moved beyond being about just Yori and Himari (if it ever was just about them) years ago. It's long been an ensemble story since about 2020. At this point it's not on the author anymore; they've just got to stop reading. Otherwise it's been going strong the whole run through. I'm also unsure what's convoluted about this story. It's not doing anything complicated, just very character focused.

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