How I wish I could say this heartache will be worth it in the end. I just don't really get how Mei could leave Yuzu like that after everything Yuzu did for her. well, I guess Mei is no different from her father and grandfather. they don't give zero f*ck for the people who has been there for them all these time as long as they could pursue their dreams and aspiration in life. man, Yuzu is too good for Mei. I can't believe that Matsuri developed into a more better character than Mei at this point in the manga, even after every sh*t she tried to pull because of how immature she was back then.

I just want them to end up together, WITHOUT this marriage bullshit, is that too much to ask?

Yes, it IS too much to ask. Why did it happened, you ask? Because it happened.

...

Roll the bones

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YoE1SrWWyNA

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XD Hahahaha!! This is why I left and returned only when the shitty drama was somewhat "resolved". XD I haven't read it since the aquarium date thing with the twin x Mei. And came back maybe three chapters ago lol Sucks to be anyone else who read it from beginning to shit end.

this manga turned into a more one-side or unrequited love. it's too unfair that Yuzu is the one who needs to suffer the most and also the one who will probably resolve this. I've never seen Mei actually do something for Yuzu other than probably hurt her a billion times before she could even say I love you to her. "love letter"? more like a reason for Yuzu to commit suicide or be miserable for years.

sh*t I shouldn't have read the latest chapter before watching episode 7.

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this manga turned into a more one-side or unrequited love. it's too unfair that Yuzu is the one who needs to suffer the most and also the one who will probably resolve this. I've never seen Mei actually do something for Yuzu other than probably hurt her a billion times before she could even say I love you to her. "love letter"? more like a reason for Yuzu to commit suicide or be miserable for years.

sh*t I shouldn't have read the latest chapter before watching episode 7.

Honestly, Mei’s confusion over her own feelings is very relatable. I over analyze my feelings into black and White standards. Anything I don’t understand I throw in a pile to give up or to become overwhelmed or to keep obsessing with it until I finally understand it. That’s what I do with math. I myself am finally opening up my own emotions too, instead of letting my analytic thought and self resolve of obligation run me dry first. The lack of communication is due to a Mei not being able to ever properly communicate her feelings, even her dad for all these years. No support. Mei did not just simply give up or bail on her love. You can reread that letter and see for yourself that she knows if she sees Yuzu again, that her resolve to stay away will crumble.
I’ve had this feeling before. Loving someone so much that you claim you can walk away out of their life, perhaps even being aware that you could possibly hurt them in the future. Just as long as they’re happy, doesn’t matter if it still because of you or someone else. You just want the best, making the decision that you’re a bother or a hinder or a bad thing to the other person and to remove yourself. But you can’t know it’s for the best for the other person. Some decisions can’t be made on your own. Sometimes it might’ve even been the perfect time to stay as a test. It was bad on Mei’s part to make this decion by herself, as she’s closed off again.

Yuzu always has thought of Mei first and she’s knows it too. Doing things without thinking first.... I guess Mei was trying to be like Yuzu but didn’t do it right haha. I really hope to god it’s not Yuzu that has to chase Mei again. I want to see Mei be a dynamic character. I have high hopes.

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Hmm the more I see the anime the more I know there has to be a happy ending, why? Well,if NTR had one Citrus SURELY has to and who knows? Maybe Mei will realize things and make people feel she does value Yuzu.
Even if the author is straight and married, if she happens to give this a bad ending I am pretty sure that people would stop investing in the show $$$ and the anime producers wouldn't like that.

Lol followed this for 5 years. Getting on board the Harumin and Yuzu ship.

@BlueStallion44

nah' Mei is just being a selfish bish just like her father. I know that if Mei see Yuzu again, she will probably decide to back out from the arrange marriage but because she badly wanted it to happen. she decided to cut Yuzu away from her life. that's how f*cking determined she is to pursue her "dream".

I just watched episode 7 and no matter how much Mei shows more emotion here than on the manga. I can't still forgive her for leaving Yuzu.

I think the basis of hate Mei has been receiving is based on perspective, really.

I've adored Yuzu since the first ever chapter and I grown to love her even more now, with Mei though, there's something that never clicked with me and her. Maybe because I think she's an individual who refuses to love and be loved

Flip it around and you notice that Mei is misunderstood, she loves Yuzu, you cannot deny that she does, even says it in the letter in a subtle way. She was just being selfish all these volumes because she yearns for Yuzu's love but could never truly accept it and be with her because of her "dreams"(I call it an arranged obligation)

I do think Mei made a rational choice with the letter and then secretly leaving but I'm worried for Yuzu. First she's incredibly sensitive and probably had to deal with suicidal tendencies and depression when she recieved the letter and she'll find someway to interfere with Mei's "dream" again.

Flip it around and you notice that Mei is misunderstood, she loves Yuzu, you cannot deny that she does

Yes, you can. Shou left the school and his family to live the life that he wanted. Mei can't even leave the shitty school to be with the girl she loves, only explanation is that she never actually loved her in the first place.

I don't know how people affirm Saburouta is married with children. There isn't any proof and info. It doesn't matter though but no, no info. The person who stated to have discovered she was married probably mistakes with Merryhachi. some reader made a confusion above in the thread with her and Saburouta, and people bought it and the misinformation expanded itself.

Merryhachi writes lewd Yuri but yeah, there was a little fit of anger in fans in Japan when they learned she was happily married, because very unusual to expose this information for a yuri author. Concerning Saburouta, she never ever gives personal info except in an interview on her old school crush who was a girl. She doesn't even post anything personal related contrary to Kodama and other Yuri Hime mangakas. So if people could stop posting misinformed info without any sources, that would be better for this thread.

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That is it? What a fucking mess I followed this Manga 4 Years only to have this cruel ending? I cant put my Anger into words Im fucking shocked I thought Mei would be Standing on her own feets and follow her heart but she did not I thought Yuzu Cracked Meis shill but she did not Nah Im not going to read anything of this Artist anytime soon Im even going to FUCKING Burn the Volumes I have at home

That is it? What a fucking mess I followed this Manga 4 Years only to have this cruel ending? I cant put my Anger into words Im fucking shocked I thought Mei would be Standing on her own feets and follow her heart but she did not I thought Yuzu Cracked Meis shill but she did not Nah Im not going to read anything of this Artist anytime soon Im even going to FUCKING Burn the Volumes I have at home

It is not ending. A chapter has been announced in Yuri Hime preview initially in March, but with the volume 9 being released, it has been postponed in April.
Kodama announced the last chapter when she promoted it (final chapter), Yuri Hime always announces last chapter one volume before. Saburouta only announced it as the chapter 36.
So no, the chapter 36 is not the last, people should read the thread a little and stop over reacting.

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I'm actually not sure why people are assuming that this is the last chapter.

And read it now. Yep, it hurts, but I really can not say I am surprised. This is very Mei-like. I also do not think this is bad writing, since it has pretty clear internal consistency.

Fipse
"Inheriting the academy became something I wanted to do of my own will." That being said, as Klice stated, we already discussed at length what Mei's social position entails, but of all that we covered I would want to bring one possible explanation as to why the marriage.
Female heiresses inheriting the business in lack of male heirs is nothing unheard of in Japan, however, Mei is not just a woman, she is also very young. How many CEOs do you know who are just fresh out of high school? Her fiance is older, from a prestigious family himself, a second son (so he will not be bogged down by running that business), and has management experience. The grandfather specifically selected him because he has an unimposing, gentle character, and he would serve as practical help for Mei, while the union alone would put business partners, boards and parents of students at ease, since they would know a high schooler is not running the academy unchecked.

I know I might sound boring bringing this up again, but you really can not have a lesbian who is dating her step-sister openly as the charwoman of a prestigious girls' academy. For one, gay and Japan. Two, step-sibling relationships are viewed as actual incest by many people, and are generally not socially acceptable (even outside Japan, even if heterosexual). I mean, name me one prestigious school anywhere in the world, east or west, that is run by an openly gay person. Let alone a gay person who is in a relationship with their own same-sex step-sibling. It is stupid, and it is not something I am fond of, but such is the world at present.

Mei basically has three choices, choose family and duty over Yuzu (as she seemingly did here), choose Yuzu openly (in which case her dream of running the academy is finished), or try to compromise (somehow convince the boards, any potential investors, and the parents of students that someone as young as her is up to the task, break off the engagement and come clean to grandfather she does not wish to marry; then she would be able to be with Yuzu, provided they keep the relationship a secret from the general public).

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I really liked this chapter. It finally allow us to understand Mei's actions.

Some reaction and analysis here make plenty of sense honestly. Enough for me to try reconsidering my opinion about the writing of the story and characters. It didn't change though, because:

• this letter only allows us to really understand Mei's latest action, doesn't explain her earlier actions properly,
• the whole heiress vs step-incestuous lesbian relationship has been the elephant in the room for 36 chapters.

It states that Mei's only purpose in life bad been to inherit the academy, before that become her real wish. She doesn't mention why she started messing with Yuzu the way she did. It didn't fit the role she tried to fulfill and if that's how she confronts someone she doesn't get along with, it's seriously messed up.

"...I even ended up kissing you."

It was already stated many times that Mei is in fact a(nother) victim of the genre. That's fine, my point is just that this letter doesn't bring her any closer to being a person with integrity. It's supposed to be a matter of telling or showing but Citrus just doesn't do either. Maybe this chapter is an attempt to make a turn, to reveal growth or a well-hidden puzzle of emotional and rational thoughts, fitting together behind everything that happened. I'll be impressed if something like that gets revealed, but this is still very far from that and after all these chapters I don't have faith left in that it could happen.

I tried to read previous comments about the last chapter to see other people's reaction, but I only saw people screaming at each other. That's weird.

Anyway, I hope that isn't the end coz it feels like there should be more right? I mean, I don't mind happy endings, what bothers me is incomplete endings or forced endings like this one if it is the last. All I wish is that the author finishes it with giving readers a satisfactory ending. Whether it be a good or bad end, as long as it is an end. I guess what I'm saying is please don't let this end like Banana no Nana. The time skip is already here, pleeeeaaaassseee please don't end it in such an obviously forced way.

So I'm jumping to the Harumin x Yuzu ship. This ship will be our salvation.

So... what am I suppose to do with all of the feels these last two chapters have instilled in me? I honestly feel like crying.

...What do?!

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Kinda regret buying 5 volumes of this now. GODDAMNIT MEI

Seira posted:

I'm actually not sure why people are assuming that this is the last chapter.

This.

Oh my achy breaky heart T____T

Some ppl take things too seriously, it's ridiculous lol

Watch the next chapter be a time skip. Yuzu one shotting a Pacifista.

I'll be officially done with this series.

Flip it around and you notice that Mei is misunderstood, she loves Yuzu, you cannot deny that she does

Yes, you can. Shou left the school and his family to live the life that he wanted. Mei can't even leave the shitty school to be with the girl she loves, only explanation is that she never actually loved her in the first place.

Yes, because humans never have conflicting feelings and motivations. Humans never want multiple, different things that are sometimes diagonally opposed to each other. Humans are simple, uncomplicated creatures that only ever operate with one single motivation in mind. And obviously, love is the most important motivation of all. Therefore, if you are not prepared to drop your own family (whom you love) and all other dreams you might have (like running the academy) like hot potatoes the moment love enters the picture, then the only possible explanation is that it was not love in the first place. You nailed it. As usual.

I cannot fathom two things: one, why are some people convinced that this is the last chapter? It is not. It's the last chapter of volume 9 (which will also have bonus stories, by the way, and most likely an afterword), yes, but there is a volume 10. So at the very least, Citrus is getting 4 more chapters. I personally think it'll be 12 volumes, though.

And two, the baseless rumor that Saburouta is a straight, married woman to somehow discredit her (?). Nevermind that most yuri authors are straight, married women, that was Merryhachi, by the way. This reminded me of when some tried to pass off a random Japanese woman's picture as Saburouta herself as an "haha, she's ugly! X author is so better looking!".

Weird shit.

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Maybe it'll drop the melodrama, fast forward to when they're both adults and Yuzu becomes a teacher at Mei's school. Yuzu is adored by all though she tends to bend the rules. Mei isn't sure why she's there, but won't deny her the job since she's technically qualified and it would raise questions.

They haven't really seen talked to each other except in passing for years. This Yuzu is different, but still the same in the lot of ways that matter. Yuzu got over her years ago, easier than Mei thought she would. That had hurt then but she understood she had no right to say anything. Her life is bland, boring, and predictable.

Or, it was, before Yuzu came back.

sigh I mean, it would be nice. I haven't really been keeping up since the manga went all over the place, but I skim through to confirm it's still not the kind of thing I'd fully enjoy. A shame, since I really liked the art in the beginning. I'm still hoping for some kind of hail mary for this to become something I could really enjoy again.