This is a bit depressing

The implication seems to be that she married her teacher, on top of that. It's nice that her feelings persisted her entire life, but...

well...........this is dumb.

last edited at May 26, 2014 8:18AM

I wouldn't say Tiger Lily is dumb, since it's a part of life. We only live for a few decades. Loves and longings that we didn't follow up on during those years may nevertheless be remembered for a lifetime. Then, when it's time to leave life, it will be as if they'd never been.
This is part of the human condition. That makes it a fit subject for manga, which really does seem to be able to handle any subject well.

I wouldn't say Tiger Lily is dumb, since it's a part of life.

marrying your crush crush is not dumb? part of life? then i demand secret affair between the two.
no idea how that happened. i'm just dumb i guess.

Oh I see, you and I are focusing on different parts of the story!

In the second half of the story it's 50 or 60 years from the events in the first half. The 2 old ladies in the second half of the story are drawn as if they are still young--there may be a note by the scanlator saying so in the manga.
Anyway, 50 or 60 years ago it would have been very hard for them to be together in any way, without getting into big trouble! To me, It's mainly a terribly sad story about a love that couldn't be because of the way society was when the two were young.

last edited at May 26, 2014 7:22PM

The stuff about who married the teacher and who loved him way back then--I can never get it straight.

The stuff about who married the teacher and who loved him way back then--I can never get it straight.

it's a love triangle Tora loved the teacher, Yuri loved Tora, but Yuri married the teacher (probably just revenged because she got rejected). Tora also liked Yuri too.... need love triangle tag...

Anyway, 50 or 60 years ago it would have been very hard for them to be together in any way, without getting into big trouble!

the story seems to indicated they lived close enough to each other they often hang out together.
why can't this just be yuri version of Brokeback Mountain!
it's a good depressing story.

last edited at Dec 10, 2014 10:30PM

This made me want to cry.