I love Sun!! And i miss the story!!

I think the author and her agent didn't agree with publisher's suggestion that they should do the comic as normal online but leave out any PDA in the printed version - equivalent to tankobon. I thought that meant author would continue online with main story, but not allow print to go forward censored. I also don't know why online is okay but not print, given the recent rulings involve TV.

are those yeezys I see

Gotta love the Chinese government.. God.. Still loving even the extreme docile vanilla stuff though

It's... too... precious!

And then SJ says "I won't let this rain get you wet, that's my job"

I can very easily see Sun Jing saying that. I can also see Qiu Tong not taking it well. I just can't see her as the type who takes perverted puns in stride.

Need more! D:

I’m loving the fillers but I was hoping to see a chapter more geared towards the main plot. Super cute though so who cares.

Hats don't get dirty quickly and they can be blocked, they can be lint-cleaned, etc. https://www.hatsinthebelfry.com/hat-cleaning

Yeah, this is what I'm getting at. I have a hat that I wore for literal years, that thing became unwearable due to wear and tear before it was ever in a condition where I would need to -clean- it.

I just want to see how things went with Mo Xiaonan. Structurally, unless the author just felt like they needed to get fluffy for awhile for personal reasons, the only sound story reason I can think of to -not show us- the rejection is if Sun Jing is doing something really stupid and didn't immediately turn her down.

(Note, I seriously doubt that hypothesis, even though it's mine. I don't think it's Tan Jiu's style or consistent with the tone of the series to go there, I honestly just think the author needed to write fluffy things, or maybe folded to complaints about Mo's story, but that's also a frustrating excuse for abandoning a plotline, so I'm kind of casting about for anything I can get. <_< )

Sun Jin is so pretty in this one.

Nope, these are cute and all, but I have had enough. Because the story never before did this, built a storyline and then just dropped it halfway through. So now, every time I see a new update my main feeling is disappointment over it not being a continuation, and it prevents me from appreciating what would otherwise be very enjoyable little snippets. I said it on previous pages as well, but I really do not care what is happening in China, it will not make me think pacing here is any less atrocious. This series was never that big on following a single, coherent plotline, but it was also not "Magan&Danai" (not that I have anything against that series, in fact, I rather like it, but it is a different sort of work from this one), which is what it basically is now. So I am taking a break, and will wait for more chapters to pile up, then I will binge it. Hopefully, it will be more tolerable that way.

So now, every time I see a new update my main feeling is disappointment over it not being a continuation, and it prevents me from appreciating what would otherwise be very enjoyable little snippets.

Every time I see a new update, I still hope. But alas, my poor gay heart is crushed by fluff filler.

I love these candid strips, but... they do make me feel lonely.

Uhm how did that ice cream not fly off the cone while she was running?? I could be standing still and mine falls off but Sun Jing just turned into Usain Bolt in 0.2 seconds and you’re telling me it’s still perfect by the time she reached her destination??

Seriously, folks, would you rather not have these short ones?

Hypothetical: the series suddenly goes completely dark (like so many other series on this site) and we don’t know why nor do we know if will ever start up again.

Track A: the main story will never resume.

Option 1: the series is never updated again.

Option 2: we continue to get these short ones.

Track B: the main story will resume eventually.

Option 1: until it does we get nothing.

Option 2: until it does we continue to get these short ones.

Pick one from Track A and one from Track B.

Uhm how did that ice cream not fly off the cone while she was running?? I could be standing still and mine falls off but Sun Jing just turned into Usain Bolt in 0.2 seconds and you’re telling me it’s still perfect by the time she reached her destination??

Sun Jing has been taking online classes at the Kase-san Academy for Superhero Girlfriends.

I just can't get enough of Sun Jing's hair. It's so aesthetically pleasing!

Seriously, folks, would you rather not have these short ones?

Yeah, if the author is working on these shorts then she isn't working on the main story. She is only one person and can only do so much at once.

Seriously, folks, would you rather not have these short ones?

Yeah, if the author is working on these shorts then she isn't working on the main story. She is only one person and can only do so much at once.

Fact: the longer, more developed stories suddenly stopped, and the one-page humorous vignettes began.

Question 1: Why did the main story stop?

(Some people have speculated that issues with government censorship concerning the print version are to blame.)

Question 2: Will the main story ever resume again?

(No one seems to know anything certain about that.)

You may be correct that the main story stopped simply because the author wanted to draw these little stories instead. Do you have any evidence for that?

I would go with 2 under A, and 1 under B. However, it does not really hurt me if the author goes with 2 under B, since I can do what I am doing now, which is holding out on reading until more chapters are added, and hopefully we get back to the main story, though it does dampen both my enjoyment and my hype (A is pretty much hurting me no matter how you slice it). Personally, I think the author is probably drawing these snippets as a way to cope with the situation, she did say it took a toll on her. I also do not believe she gave up on the main story, because 1) she never before did something like this, start a plotline and then just abandon it halfway through; and 2) this is not just any plotline, the two of them getting into a full-fledged relationship is something we have eagerly waited for years, the kiss, the whole 'we are now girlfriends' thing. I just do not see her giving up on this, considering how much hatred the fangirl attracted for simply being, seemingly, in the way of this particular development, imagine how much hate a decision to never come back to said development at all would draw.

Personally, I think the author is probably drawing these snippets as a way to cope with the situation, she did say it took a toll on her.

That’s my take too (although admittedly on very slight evidence). And to me these are funny and enjoyable, and I’m grateful for them.

Also, remembering the hate against the fangirl and the hype about the kiss, I too have a question. Fact is, people do not seem to be too bothered with what is, from a pacing standpoint, a really poor choice from the author, something that quite frankly seems odd considering how involved everyone was at the time. So I am wondering, are people sympathising with real life happenings in the author's life, and are thus going easy on the whole issue? Because I somehow think there would be a lot more displeasure expressed if this was happening, but there was no censorship issue, and the story did this for seemingly no reason. I could be wrong, though, and people genuinely have nothing against the current unique pacing.

Edit: Went back and checked, yeah, many people are "this is cute, but what about the main story", or some variation thereof. So obviously, the audience here seems aware there is an issue with this, but hardly anyone looks actually displeased. Which is odd, considering how emotions ran high on the fangirl plot immediately preceding this.

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^As my posts have been suggesting, readers are used to many a worst-case “You know that series you’ve been enjoying?—No more ever!” outcome with translated manga, so while all or most readers almost certainly do want the main story to continue, at least the short pieces show that the creator is still active and still interested in the material, as a sudden and complete blackout would not.

It’s a very odd development, as if Citrus suddenly went plotless 4-koma starting next chapter with no explanation, but I’m glad that what we’re getting while we wait is generally amusing and often quite adorable.

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