As someone wrote elsewhere, Chitose called Ren by her name in chapter 3.

Here!

Subtle hint, that Ren didn't notice at the time (and neither did I!)

I double checked my own translation, and yes, there was even emphasis on it.

Ren obviously still hasn't really moved on from Sui-chan and she sees Mizuki as a temporary fun relationship. She likes her, but doesn't love her. In her mind, she isn't cheating, because when going out with Chitose, she sees it as work (but maybe she's fooling herself). But I doubt Mizuki will see it that way.

My guess for the next chapter is that she'll present Chitose as work.

How it pans out after that is unpredictable, which is why this series is so good.

last edited at Nov 5, 2026 4:24AM

Is that really Mizuki? Could it be someone else? Ren's sister or something.

To think that we all missed Kurata calling Ren by her actual name. What a treat! I love how Kurata's identity was foreshadowed through the hidden shrine in Shinjuku. Both the character and the setting are gems, hidden in plain sight.

I like how this manga explores what love means: both the love that others can offer Ren and the love that Ren can learn to give herself. She has always been guarded. Despite being introspective about her feelings and thoughts, she rarely ever voices them. Now, she finds herself confronted with several questions: Who is the "Ren" that these people are attracted to? What could love look like? And, lastly, THE trainwreck.

I suppose exploring what love means inevitably involves hurting people you care about along the way. That's how you learn what not to do.

Regarding Mizuki, I think this shows that even when two people are genuinely trying their best, things don't always work out. Perhaps it's Ren's own difficulty expressing who she really is. Perhaps it's Mizuki's clinginess and her tendency to equate that with what it means to love someone. Either way, good intentions don't necessarily translate into a relationship that works.

Regarding Mizuki, I think this shows that even when two people are genuinely trying their best, things don't always work out. Perhaps it's Ren's own difficulty expressing who she really is. Perhaps it's Mizuki's clinginess and her tendency to equate that with what it means to love someone. Either way, good intentions don't necessarily translate into a relationship that works.

Not telling your girlfriend of only one month, that you are doing compensated dated is comprehensible and forgivable imo. She doesn't have sex with her date and is only doing it for the money. And the same goes for "keeping options open". Which she is doing, unconsciously I think. Let's be honest, while I don't approve of that, this is fairly common nowadays in early relationships.

But going through your girlfriend's phone, then stalking her instead of confronting her beforehand, is not forgivable. Mizuki already had some borderline behavior beforehand, but now, she is going too far.

I'm not trying to say that Ren's behavior is good, but I'd be able to forgive a girlfriend of one month doing that to me, if she was coming clean. But what Mizuki is doing? Instant breakup.

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This is going to get ugly!

Regarding Mizuki, I think this shows that even when two people are genuinely trying their best, things don't always work out. Perhaps it's Ren's own difficulty expressing who she really is. Perhaps it's Mizuki's clinginess and her tendency to equate that with what it means to love someone. Either way, good intentions don't necessarily translate into a relationship that works.

Not telling your girlfriend of only one month, that you are doing compensated dated is comprehensible and forgivable imo. She doesn't have sex with her date and is only doing it for the money. And the same goes for "keeping options open". Which she is doing, unconsciously I think. Let's be honest, while I don't approve of that, this is fairly common nowadays in early relationships.

But going through your girlfriend's phone, then stalking her instead of confronting her beforehand, is not forgivable. Mizuki already had some borderline behavior beforehand, but now, she is going to far.

I'm not trying to say that Ren's behavior is good, but I'd be able to forgive a girlfriend of one month doing that to me, if she was coming clean. But what Mizuki is doing? Instant breakup.

Yeah I agree, it's kinda sad. There is no faster way for her to tank her relationship with Ren than this. She could have confronted her at home or over text and it might have been able to work out after a fight. This escalation though besides the fact that's scary, it's probably the quickest way to make a guarded woman like Ren hate you.

As someone wrote elsewhere, Chitose called Ren by her name in chapter 3.

Here!

Subtle hint, that Ren didn't notice at the time (and neither did I!)

I double checked my own translation, and yes, there was even emphasis on it.

The first time I read this, I simply assumed that Ren had mentioned her name off-screen—perhaps during the transition as they moved from the bar to the hotel. But, in truth, it wouldn’t make sense for her to have used her real name with a woman she had no intention of ever seeing again...
But Chitose really deserves more...
And more screen time—I want to see that expression from chapter 01 again, when she says she’s going to teach Ren a lot of things...

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ngl, I like Kurata

I think it's interesting that when Ren's considering both of the girls that are into her, it's specifically the fact that they're into "Ren" and not "Reina" that gets her attention. Everything else seems to be "whatever" to her. I don't know if this is a symptom of her feeling unloved as a child, or if it's primarily a reaction to the way Sui used her, but I think it's telling that she's willing to overlook so much red flag behavior just because.

Also, while I'd love to be wrong about her (Chitose does give me hints of end-game with her speech about "wanting to be her" that mirror Ren's feelings about herself), chasing down someone who has already thoroughly rejected you and cornering them at their job where they're forced to spend time with you is still pretty creepy. I wouldn't totally write her off as a non-threatening socially awkward sweetheart just because she had a cute reason for stalking Ren. Although, it's funny Ren was so wary of Chitose when she doesn't know she's already dating someone much worse.

Regardless, girl's about to find out why you shouldn't half-ass your relationships and lead people on.

To think that we all missed Kurata calling Ren by her actual name.

I know it's been almost a year, but if you go back through the thread you can see people calling this out when the chapter dropped.

Chitose definitely strikes me as pretty creepy lol. Like OK I get that "you randomly hooked up with your high school crush and ended up being her first time with a woman" is a pretty wild scenario you'd want to follow up on but the insistent attempts to wheedle her way into Ren's life despite being rejected are sketchy as hell. At least Mizuki is actually dating Ren and was right about her girlfriend hiding things from her, even if she's not going about it in a great way.

I knew that Mitsuki was gonna go yandere at some point.
Is Ren a magnet for suspicious people lmao I kinda do like Kurata tho I hope she is not an actual stalker.

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Holy shit I missed this type of writing and drama. When was the last time a yuri like this came out? Every chapter was very intriguing.

Oh you’re cooked ren

Ren really is a shitty person. Like she's leading Chitose on she says "Oh well I turned down her confession" yet on this date she didn't reiterate that and then even told her she could rent her again.

And then she has Mizuki who she can't stand but also enjoys being around how she can feel both at the same time is beyond me tbh. And now she shows up while you're on a rental date with the exact same girl she should have turned down in the first place.

Ren is a garbage human being.

Ren does shitty things. Being is doing. She doesn't have the essence of a shitty person because there is no such essence.

Many people make all sorts of these atrocious relationship moves. I know I'm among them. You learn, hopefully do your best to do right by the people you've hurt, and move on a changed person.

On enjoying but not standing someone, I think in this instance it's heavily tied to her suppression of expressing what she doesn't like. It's normal to be annoyed at a friend or a partner about something they did or are doing. When you repeatedly fail to honestly share (or introspect) how you feel and why, it can fester and break things apart. If I didn't tell my roommate to chill out and watch how she talks to me when we cook together, she'd really stress me out and make me overwhelmed. I'd actively dread cooking with her. Since I told her that and she can accommodate it, cooking with her is often a highlight of my day. She's fun.

The otherside of communicating is acting on things communicated to you ofc, that's what completes the loop.

At this point I'm all-in for the Ren x Kurata train. Mizuki is so annoying, and if it's confirmed that she is Sui-chan's crush, then let them be together, lol. Kurata is the only one that seemed to make Ren genuinely laugh and have fun during a date!

But going by how these things typically goes, Ren x Sui-chan is probably the endgame... I would love to see an upset for that though, and have Kurata end up with Ren.

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Ready to roll out the yandere, violence and Curses! Who could have predicted this unexpected course of events? tags next chapter, folks?

And so, Reina learned the danger was at home

Chitose is almost certainly gonna win ren over by the end, the focus on ren feeling like chitose is seeing her as a person + chitose saying she wanted to be seen by ren with no baggage just as herself, makes that pretty clear. But i have no respect for her type, stalking your high school crush you found randomly (who does not even remember you) despite clear rejection is not moe, doing so through means of compensated dating is extremely not moe, deserves no treats, behaivor not to be rewarded. I wonder if there will be any reflection on that as the two get closer or if chitose will be mostly squeaky clean b/c it's just so romantic.

Love ren as a lead though. Her perspective as an emotionally disaffected woman suddenly figuring out she's a lesbian is really compelling. She's navigating romance where she has actual attachments involved for the first time, with years of experience in relationships without attachments leading her judgement astray. Shines with Mizuki the most; she finds Mizuki's beautiful princess clingy possessiveness annoying & exhausting immediately, but chooses to just ignore even thinking about it because the guaranteed escalation that'd result from commenting on it is too bothersome. But she doesn't follow through on exiting the relationship easily to avoid the bothersome conflict, she sticks around and indulges Mizuki's behaivor and it's still annoying but she stops being bothered by it as much because she kinda likes Mizuki, she finds her really charming and cute. But Ren is not thinking beyond the present, she lacks real conception of emotionally managing a long term relationship, so the issues that Ren was ignoring have grown more malignant right as she starts to feel more accepting of Mizuki in totality. Babygirl's upset now and the crashout is gonna be a lot worse than if Ren had simply broken up with her or said "hey you gotta chill on the whole demanding ownership of me bit baby". Ren knew she could get upset but got comfortable and forgot that this tension never went away. It's fun stuff yknow.

As someone wrote elsewhere, Chitose called Ren by her name in chapter 3.

Here!

Subtle hint, that Ren didn't notice at the time (and neither did I!)

I double checked my own translation, and yes, there was even emphasis on it.

At first I wasn’t sure I believed the ”we were classmates, but you probably don’t remember me” line, but going over their previous interactions, it would explain why she suddenly seemed so surprised when she first spoke to Ren back in chapter 1

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/you_started_this_so_you_better_finish_it_ch01#34

This is so good! Ren is so compelling with her maxed out charisma stat and sudden strong interest in women. She is all gas no brakes.

Ough I love this manga so much!
Ren's introspective thoughts are so interesting in contrast with pretty wild high risk maneuvers she's pulling
I cant wait to see how she deals with this situation with mizuki
Also kurata finding out ren already has a partner is gonna be interesting
Ah I love this drama the author is spinning!

Ren setting off the landmine is gonna be awesome to watch, but at the same time, I do feel bad for Mizuki. Whatever reason she has for being a clingy privacy-invading stalker has only been reinforced by having her serious romance end in a betrayal of her trust.