I'm actually getting kinda confused about this. Is this supposed to be a comedy of errors where Yamada never understands how smitten Kase is despite how obvious it gets, or are we supposed to take Yamada's insecurities seriously, here?

She's finally here.

Coconut gun

I know the words, can i join in too?

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I'm actually getting kinda confused about this. Is this supposed to be a comedy of errors where Yamada never understands how smitten Kase is despite how obvious it gets, or are we supposed to take Yamada's insecurities seriously, here?

Both?

The longer version of Chapter 9 is better than the magazine version. The way they talk about their bodies, their differences, Kase's assumptions, Yamada's expectations and other blah that are often overlooked at yuri romances and somehow discussed here or rather showed here. Kase-san is my favorite Japanese yuri manga because it shows more of the development between the two not only emotionally but also their psychological assessment about each other including their differences in detail which makes this more realistic than the others other than this being pure well, Yamada is still for now but this progress is nice. Drama and angst and dark pasts are always normal in a relationship. But that's just my personal opinion and taste. Trollolol.

Wish their relationship progressed, its basically been slogging about or even stuck in a cycle I might say, even when they get errr... physical or an interaction that might show something more... it kinda ends up not actually doing much in the relationship itself.

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yuuuuup

Wish their relationship progressed, its basically been slogging about or even stuck in a cycle I might say, even when they get errr... physical or an interaction that might show something more... it kinda ends up not actually doing much in the relationship itself.

I wouldn't say it hasn't progressed. Kase has gone from 'go out with me' to asking stuff like "let's live together in the future" and of course making the subtle "let's do it" drop a few times. And while Yamada's still being held back by her paranoia, she has made a pretty big decision about her further education because of Kase.

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Wow, the senpai's getting drawn prettier and prettier, and more mature-looking too.
She actually has decent bangs now

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I guess that senpai isn't Kase's ex-girlfriend. I mean Kase have never told Yamada that she is her ex-girlfriend ( from her habit, I think she is the type that told everything obviously) and we have never heard that from other people except Migawachi. I guess Migawachi misunderstood something.
Anyway I can't wait to see Yamada reaction in next chapter.

I smell trouble..

I can't wait for the next chapter!

"Throws shoe" "BONK!"
Don't break my heart please.

loud gasping noises

Why is Chapter 18 under the Previous Versions header?

Also, a pot calling the kettle black...

Wish their relationship progressed, its basically been slogging about or even stuck in a cycle I might say, even when they get errr... physical or an interaction that might show something more... it kinda ends up not actually doing much in the relationship itself.

I wouldn't say it hasn't progressed. Kase has gone from 'go out with me' to asking stuff like "let's live together in the future" and of course making the subtle "let's do it" drop a few times. And while Yamada's still being held back by her paranoia, she has made a pretty big decision about her further education because of Kase.

Relationships are about 2 people. One of them thinks they are moving ahead. while the other is still waaaaay behind. Yamada almost never TALKS about anything having to do with their relationship. It's not progressing much, if at all.

So . . . anybody up for "Naked Apron and Kase-san"?

I guess that senpai isn't Kase's ex-girlfriend. I mean Kase have never told Yamada that she is her ex-girlfriend ( from her habit, I think she is the type that told everything obviously) and we have never heard that from other people except Migawachi. I guess Migawachi misunderstood something.
Anyway I can't wait to see Yamada reaction in next chapter.

That's what I was thinking, Migawachi isn't exactly a reliable narrator, since she let on that Kase-san dated half the team early on. I think she's the type who buys into rumours easily, and Kase-san is the type to attract rumours even if she herself doesn't notice them. Plus there's the whole thing of Kase-san noticing Yamada a year prior to them getting together and stalking her since, that's not the actions of a girl currently in a relationship.

This manga is cute but Kase feels too much like 'atheltic boy with boobs'--or that might just be my cynicism of generic hetero romance in manga.

Dynasty Reader: Where tomboys just can't catch a break.

So true. I <3 reading stories with tomboys (yes, I do use the tags). Tomboys aren't boys with boobs, they're girls who reject gender stereotypes in favor of being awesome (at sports, etc).

I hate those terms, they perpetuate the need for themselves. Shed the stereotypes and we don't need the labels.

i hope the senpai isn't kase's ex, but i'm not sure if i'm comfortable with how much kase's prioritizing her even if their relationship is totally platonic . . . or maybe i'm just projecting too much onto yamada, lol

Agreed. But if it went into a magazine the artist probably had to crunch it, and change dialogue to fit the shrunken chapter for the audience flipping through the pages. The magazine version is 40 pages long versus the original 58 page version.

It's the other way around - magazine chapters come first and are a usually a first draft and often have tighter deadlines. The tanks come later, have more lenient deadlines and allow the author to make changes to make the art more consistent, and occasionally add some more pages to make additions if they deem it necessary.

This manga is cute but Kase feels too much like 'atheltic boy with boobs'--or that might just be my cynicism of generic hetero romance in manga.

Dynasty Reader: Where tomboys just can't catch a break.

So true. I <3 reading stories with tomboys (yes, I do use the tags). Tomboys aren't boys with boobs, they're girls who reject gender stereotypes in favor of being awesome (at sports, etc).

I hate those terms, they perpetuate the need for themselves. Shed the stereotypes and we don't need the labels.

Iirc, some ppl find comfort in identifying with labels. It's fine if you don't wanna label yourself, but I'm just saying that others might like labels for themselves

I can see why she's jealous; the senpai is drawn very nicely. :p

I'm actually getting kinda confused about this. Is this supposed to be a comedy of errors where Yamada never understands how smitten Kase is despite how obvious it gets, or are we supposed to take Yamada's insecurities seriously, here?

Both?

I'll definitely keep giving it a chance, but if we're supposed to be taking it seriously, Yamada has something seriously wrong with her. Comically naive is one thing, but the chick acts like she doesn't know what boobs are.

Honestly at this point the best things of the series for me and Yamada's reactions, the hilariously cute reaction faces and Kase's hornyness. :p

Girl is thirsty as hell.

Hope we don't have to deal with anymore insecurity/jealousy after the next chapter lol. You would think with all that's happened she wouldn't dwell on PAST relationships even IF Kase went out with Inoue. Plus, we already dealt with something this from the time they went on a field trip to Kyoto(?). sigh After 18 chapters and the only character progression from Yamada is her change of school and not the one glaring flaw of how insecure she is even after all that's happened. Like, are you really that blind as to how devoted she is to you? She even wants to live with you and you're insecure about what happened in the past. The cute and bubbly art masks the angst and it's annoying. Also, I really enjoyed the beginning so I don't actually hate this manga. Just get annoyed when unnecessary angst is introduced that past events should have allowed the character to grow and get past said angst easily, but doesn't.

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Ooh damn Inoue-senpai is one damn fine senpai