Aocchi, you sure you don't want any?

...ouch. This chapter is some quality Nene content.
(Also Naru's Dad confirmed ninja.)

I haven't seen anyone else even noticing that line, and I think it's one of the most clever ones in the whole series.

New Game more like New Butts amirite

Is it a good thing, or a bad thing that they're not staying at the Kagaya Inn?

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Is it a good thing, or a bad thing that they're not staying at the Kagaya Inn?

I say it's a good thing, I don't want mah gurls picking up weird fetishes!!!

Evil Aoba touching boobs hmmmm~
Yes I want Momo to confess her true feelings to Naru <3

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Rin is still adorable <3 It hurt knowing she doesn't have her Yagami close to her...

Nene is still best girl.

That is a good chapter cover art, I like it.

Bullying Hifumi, MonkaS

I miss Yagami :(

Nene is still best girl for Aoba.

There fixed that for you :P

Nene is still best girl for Aoba.

There fixed that for you :P

Aoba is a weird way to spell Umiko

This is a serious strip. it's not cute girls doing cute things. it's SERIOUSLY cute girls doing SERIOUSLY cute things!

There are obvious pairs that cause the least hurt feelings, IMO.

e.g., Rin/Kou, Aoba/Hifumi, Nene/Umiko, Momo/Naru

and of the spares, you can pair Yun and Hajime.

I would say pair Christine and Shizuka, but that would be 100% for the latter woman's benefit. Not sure how the thing with their classmate and Momo will play out though.

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I miss Yagami

Me too. I like the character herself quite well, but it’s her role as the quirky sun around which the cute little planets orbit that I really want to see again.

I miss Yagami x Rin moments.

I miss Yagami :(

Biggest mistake I think the author has made. It's just not the same without her around.

I'm sure we'll be seeing more of Kou, considering we went through the trouble of seeing her first days in France. She and Rin have to visit eachother sooner or later, at the very least.

After this trip they absolutely going to do a new project. But what could it be. Fairy Story 4? (Shouldn’t be because Yagami absent) Continuation of PECO (which is possible) or a complete new project from scratch. What do you guys think?

Obviously the next project is a fully realized version of Nene Quest.

Obviously the next project is a fully realized version of Nene Quest.

God willing

I miss Yagami :(

Biggest mistake I think the author has made. It's just not the same without her around.

It was for story reasons, though, and I much prefer the author feel they have the freedom to evolve the story instead of falling into the ever-so-common manga trap of not wanting to change anything about the formula for fear of losing popularity, leading to things starting to stagnate.

Cute little chapter. But that fanservice of Momo and Aoba was really nice.

It was for story reasons, though, and I much prefer the author feel they have the freedom to evolve the story instead of falling into the ever-so-common manga trap of not wanting to change anything about the formula for fear of losing popularity, leading to things starting to stagnate.

Personally it just feels like a subtraction than an evolution. I just feel like they could have had Kou go to a different developer in Japan so that the other characters can change as the work environment shifts but Kou could still show up and hang out from time to time. Would have liked to see her interact more with Momo and Naru before her derpature. And of course it cut the potential yuri content in half.

It's still been barely any time since she left, so it's tough to say what the author has in store. Maybe her being constantly present would have somehow impeded what he wanted to focus on next. Maybe her still being casually around would have subverted what he wanted to tell with her leaving.

People leave companies and never come back all the time, after all, and maybe he wanted to show the experience of the ones left behind, and how they deal with losing a close colleague, a role model, an instructor. There's already been a bit of that with Momiji seeking out Hotaru; that's something she wouldn't have been likely to do if Yagami was still around for her to learn from.

So I wouldn't be so quick to label it entirely subtractive. It would only be subtractive if the characters are static and unchanging, which has never been the case in New Game.

I have never been a fan of the idea that just because a classmate graduates, moves away or a colleague gets a different job that they all of the sudden cut ties with the characters left behind. It's a trope I personally am not fond of and is probably why I'm just not enjoying it happening to Kou despite it having an actual realistic reason, moving to a different continent.

Until I see where the author is going I can't help but feel it being a subtraction, especially on the yuri front, and when we do finally see the story unfold it's going to be hard not to think of what if Kou had been present the whole time.