Only Izumi is a yandere. Kurokawa no.

This manga mostly leaves me with anger, because it's dumb and totally unrealistic piece. Just please, Nanaki, don't make mistake and go for her. She's a way better catch than Kanade.

This manga mostly leaves me with anger, because it's dumb and totally unrealistic piece. Just please, Nanaki, don't make mistake and go for her. She's a way better catch than Kanade.

I was expecting you to make a comment, and, as expected, and just like with your previous posts on this forum, it annoyingly goes for the ship the story doesn't build up to. However, this time, it's much more tolerable, since we got Izumi's point of view.

Now I can only hope Nanaki rejects Izumi without having to use the "but we're both girls" card, as that would only result in Izumi further bottling her feelings up the next time she falls in love, and nobody wants that. Plus, Nanaki is in love with Kanade, so there's that, too.

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There's hints on Author's Twitter (Don't know If it's a woman or Man) of Izumi x Iroha shipping so....

Author's Twitter

Link?

this is one of those "weeeey noooooo :( " moments

Author's Twitter

Link?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-Ja68uU8AAcp7l?format=jpg&name=medium

Dang, Izumi just became a really relatable and sympathetic antagonist. I imagine her desperate confession here will help Nanaki realize her own feelings for Kanade, and I hope Izumi will be rejected in a way that allows her to now overcome her fears and pursue love in the future.

Ooo~ this is painful ಠωಠ

Author's Twitter

Link?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-Ja68uU8AAcp7l?format=jpg&name=medium

I asked for the author's twitter page, but thank you lots anyways! That was an amazing picture.

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wooooooow

This manga mostly leaves me with anger, because it's dumb and totally unrealistic piece. Just please, Nanaki, don't make mistake and go for her. She's a way better catch than Kanade.

I was expecting you to make a comment, and, as expected, and just like with your previous posts on this forum, it annoyingly goes for the ship the story doesn't build up to. However, this time, it's much more tolerable, since we got Izumi's point of view.

Now I can only hope Nanaki rejects Izumi without having to use the "but we're both girls" card, as that would only result in Izumi further bottling her feelings up the next time she falls in love, and nobody wants that. Plus, Nanaki is in love with Kanade, so there's that, too.

I think that's the first time i see you posting something serious AND related to the manga.

Dang, Izumi just became a really relatable and sympathetic antagonist. I imagine her desperate confession here will help Nanaki realize her own feelings for Kanade, and I hope Izumi will be rejected in a way that allows her to now overcome her fears and pursue love in the future.

That's exactly my thoughts.

This manga mostly leaves me with anger, because it's dumb and totally unrealistic piece. Just please, Nanaki, don't make mistake and go for her. She's a way better catch than Kanade.

I was expecting you to make a comment, and, as expected, and just like with your previous posts on this forum, it annoyingly goes for the ship the story doesn't build up to. However, this time, it's much more tolerable, since we got Izumi's point of view.

Now I can only hope Nanaki rejects Izumi without having to use the "but we're both girls" card, as that would only result in Izumi further bottling her feelings up the next time she falls in love, and nobody wants that. Plus, Nanaki is in love with Kanade, so there's that, too.

I think that's the first time i see you posting something serious AND related to the manga.

Well, apparently, you either weren't on the YagaKimi thread back when the anime was airing, or you didn't even have a Dynasty Reader account then, or you simply just forgot. I remember at least 3, almost certainly more posts from that time that were both serious AND on-topic.

EDIT:
I'm on mobile, so, until my bro leaves the computer, I won't be able to see the date when you joined, so that's why I put that as a possibility.

last edited at Jan 12, 2020 2:57PM

This manga mostly leaves me with anger, because it's dumb and totally unrealistic piece. Just please, Nanaki, don't make mistake and go for her. She's a way better catch than Kanade.

I was expecting you to make a comment, and, as expected, and just like with your previous posts on this forum, it annoyingly goes for the ship the story doesn't build up to. However, this time, it's much more tolerable, since we got Izumi's point of view.

Now I can only hope Nanaki rejects Izumi without having to use the "but we're both girls" card, as that would only result in Izumi further bottling her feelings up the next time she falls in love, and nobody wants that. Plus, Nanaki is in love with Kanade, so there's that, too.

I think that's the first time i see you posting something serious AND related to the manga.

Well, apparently, you either weren't on the YagaKimi thread back when the anime was airing, or you didn't even have a Dynasty Reader account then, or you simply just forgot. I remember at least 3, almost certainly more posts from that time that were both serious AND on-topic.

EDIT:
I'm on mobile, so, until my bro leaves the computer, I won't be able to see the date when you joined, so that's why I put that as a possibility.

I join in June of last year but was reading before. But at the time i wasn't really checking every message.

Nanaki as The Incredible Hulk of Cuteness

That's a title I never thought anyone would use for referring to someone cute but now I'm stuck with a Kawaii Hulk image in my head and I blame you for that

Kawaii Hulk: (gently hands you a spare taco)

Nanaki as The Incredible Hulk of Cuteness

That's a title I never thought anyone would use for referring to someone cute but now I'm stuck with a Kawaii Hulk image in my head and I blame you for that

Kawaii Hulk: (gently hands you a spare taco)

Me (a few days later): gives 6 bags of doritos to Kawaii Hulk

One thing that links into the poster issue is that both of the protagonists start the story dedicated to projecting what they think of being a “suitable” self—Nanaki as The Incredible Hulk of Cuteness, Kurokawa as the outsider otaku nobody.

One of the major themes of the story (in the beginning, anyway) is about personal style—including room decor—being about the way the girls want to be perceived rather than who they really are (the truth about which the rest of the story seems to be devoted to discovering).

(I must say that a problem I’ve personally had with the story all along is that I think the at-start Kurokawa and her style is completely adorable, and although her makeovers render her more conventionally “attractive,” the changes seem like a net cuteness loss to me. )

The other thing is that it's not unusual for LGBT people to gravitate towards queer romance in genenral. Yaoi has a lot of tropes and themes that might feel true to life for a young closeted lesbian or bisexual girl, and vice versa, and yaoi has an extra layer of plausible deniability that could help protect her, either from being outed or from realizing her own preferences. (She might know it "feels true", but not know exactly why)

Basically, a straight girl might be into yaoi because the boys are pretty and they empathize with the desires of the protagonists, a gay girl might be into yaoi because the story feels true to their lived experience and they empathise with the emotions of the protagonists.

Author's Twitter

Link?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-Ja68uU8AAcp7l?format=jpg&name=medium

So my japanese is still pretty basic, but it looks to me like this is a joke about an accidentally suggestive back cover image rather than an actual statement about the characters.

It IS however definitely about Iroha touching Izumi's ass, though, so make what you will of that.

Author's Twitter

Link?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-Ja68uU8AAcp7l?format=jpg&name=medium

So my japanese is still pretty basic, but it looks to me like this is a joke about an accidentally suggestive back cover image rather than an actual statement about the characters.

It IS however definitely about Iroha touching Izumi's ass, though, so make what you will of that.

Also the entirety of the chin grab kabedon scene, that's kind of indicative of something.

Just my thought but i end up comparing Izumi with Sayaka as the close friend in love with the MC who is in love with another girl. More so after this chapter with the infortunate backstory with a girl in middle school then the fall in love at first sight in highschool. Main difference will be that Sayaka was less evil as a character and know what Touko needed to change when Izumi want Fujishiro to stay the same. Also Sayaka wasn't as possesive as Izumi. That's just my point of view thought. Oh and Iroha remind me of Nene from Citrus with the obsession at shipping the MC with her friend.

It reminds me more of Between Philia and Eros, actually. The relationships feel pretty similar - not quite the same, but similar. The biggest difference obviously is the main couple not explicitly being into eachother (yet) in this one.

I actually kind of wish more stories would start off with characters having Izumi's set of circumstances. Having loved and lost(presumably in this case) and then we get to see them find someone else.
Ahem. Oh how I wish some stories would do that.
cough
https://www.amazon.com/Bloom-Into-You-Light-Novel-ebook/dp/B081J7WMVG/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1
but who would ever cover such a story? : O

It's also very possible that a lot of stories do what I suggest and I just haven't come across them or don't remember or they are tagged with things I won't touch.

Oh no NO NO
why are you making me feel for Izumi what the fuck?!

Sooo, am I the only one, that wants Izumi to win this love triangle?

It starts annoys me, when the author brings out a new love interest just to pad out the story: because we all know too well, that they have less chance, that a snowball's in hell. I wish the author would do something new, or interesting with it, like, if Izumi would win Nanaki with a gentle but agressive approach, that would be soo much more interesting than to obligatory half-assed rejection story arc.