Queen never cry

:)

Glad to see this uploaded here.

Queen never cry

:)

I guess I'm not the queen then :')

Dat last page - half-tempted to make a "Gothic era" joke for any historians out there, but I guess only two persons here would enjoy it. Oh, well, too late, With regards to Leonor.

Historians will say they ware a good friends

Historians will say they ware a good friends

I know this was meant as a joke so I do apologize for actually taking it more literally applied to the story, but I felt it was important to push back against this sentiment. I realize this joke functions as like a in-joke (honestly this joke helped recontextualize my feelings about history and this manga anthology, so in that way I appreciate your comment). I also figure this joke functions partly as criticism of historian institutions and institutions of power who often ignore that queer folk existed in the past. But for an anthology rooted in showing how sapphics have existed in all eras, and how that history lives on, to me the joke just seems a bit dismissive of those points.

The presumably historical newspaper Miku reads from does say "lover's suicide" which shows how people of the past did know about queer folk.
(Excerpt from the Wikipedia page about Class S culture.)

Although double suicides between women had been reported in newspapers since the late 19th century, a high-profile double suicide of two girls' school graduates in Niigata in July 1911 served as a major catalyst for public anxiety, bringing female "same-sex love" (dōseiai (同性愛)) into the spotlight of mainstream print media, such as the weekly newspaper Fujojo Shinbun [ja] (婦女新聞).[5] Educators and media commentators began actively pathologizing these relationships, introducing Western sexological frameworks to police female sexuality.[5]

The other point is that like, sure, historians exist as an institution, but it's not as if we work to preserve history. Instead of putting all the responsibility and power to those historical institutions, we can work towards perserving our presence in the world. Queer folk are our own historians, just like these two girls, Miku & Ayase, who in some way worked to preserve Kiyoku's & Ryoko's history.

Sorry again for writing so many words about a silly joke, but I do really like history and queer history so I have a fond spot for the folks I consider historians that are trying highlight queer history (shout out to the YouTuber J. Draper who has a lovely playlist about various pieces of queer history in the UK).

I really cherish this anthology inside my heart, so thank you for the translation.

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A hopeful conclusion to this anthology. May we live in better eras.

...ಥ⁠_⁠ಥ

Really came for the throat with that ending didn't you :((((( fuck that's really really good

I value my mental health so I'm not reading this

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This was a good one. The young couple entering the dim archive of dark passions and retreating into a fleetingly bright ennui. How it feels to return home to my beautiful girlfriend reading the news after seeing my mother

...ಥ⁠_⁠ಥ

L...lit T___T

I look at the author and know i'm in for a deep one

（；´д｀）ゞ

That ending... so sad :c making me tear up!

this is why pride is so important until now
FUCK THIS IS SO GOOD

enjoyers of this oneshot must read the ends of a dream by sudou yumi

I get the idea and I think the one-shot is beautiful. But the grandma story takes more part of the one-shot, and the point is to see Heisei era. Even if the idea of Heisei era girls looking at the past is a good final for the anthology. I would have preferred if they actually showed modern oppression instead of past one to say the present is better.

The tags scared me, but what an unbelievably beautiful story

Losing My Religion plays.

Even with the past tragedy, a beautiful chapter showing hope for the future. ^_^,

I get the idea and I think the one-shot is beautiful. But the grandma story takes more part of the one-shot, and the point is to see Heisei era. Even if the idea of Heisei era girls looking at the past is a good final for the anthology. I would have preferred if they actually showed modern oppression instead of past one to say the present is better.

i felt like the modern couple's dynamic was a little weak tbh, and if they had more going on it would've sold it better. as-is it feels like their relationship is just all off screen

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Oh wow the final entry in the anthology just kicked it out of the park, huh? Taking what was probably the most difficult era and turning into a poignant reflection on the entire anthology's theme, neatly tying everything together with one bittersweet bow.

I…I don't know what to say if was beautifly ssad.

skelly85 posted:

Historians will say they ware a good friends

I know this was meant as a joke so I do apologize for actually taking it more literally applied to the story, but I felt it was important to push back against this sentiment. I realize this joke functions as like a in-joke (honestly this joke helped recontextualize my feelings about history and this manga anthology, so in that way I appreciate your comment). I also figure this joke functions partly as criticism of historian institutions and institutions of power who often ignore that queer folk existed in the past. But for an anthology rooted in showing how sapphics have existed in all eras, and how that history lives on, to me the joke just seems a bit dismissive of those points.

The presumably historical newspaper Miku reads from does say "lover's suicide" which shows how people of the past did know about queer folk.
(Excerpt from the Wikipedia page about Class S culture.)

Although double suicides between women had been reported in newspapers since the late 19th century, a high-profile double suicide of two girls' school graduates in Niigata in July 1911 served as a major catalyst for public anxiety, bringing female "same-sex love" (dōseiai (同性愛)) into the spotlight of mainstream print media, such as the weekly newspaper Fujojo Shinbun [ja] (婦女新聞).[5] Educators and media commentators began actively pathologizing these relationships, introducing Western sexological frameworks to police female sexuality.[5]

The other point is that like, sure, historians exist as an institution, but it's not as if we work to preserve history. Instead of putting all the responsibility and power to those historical institutions, we can work towards perserving our presence in the world. Queer folk are our own historians, just like these two girls, Miku & Ayase, who in some way worked to preserve Kiyoku's & Ryoko's history.

Sorry again for writing so many words about a silly joke, but I do really like history and queer history so I have a fond spot for the folks I consider historians that are trying highlight queer history (shout out to the YouTuber J. Draper who has a lovely playlist about various pieces of queer history in the UK).

I really cherish this anthology inside my heart, so thank you for the translation.

Thanks for writing this!

Absolutely beautiful <3