Wow finally an accurate depiction of what it feels like to date a same-sex couple in japan? Impressive

I love Ooshima’s original work, this one was a bit odd though, ngl.

last edited at Jul 4, 2020 7:37PM

Ooshima Tomo's works are a blessing. Really liked this one!

I don't fully understand Rina "protecting" Mayu when the other members of the club accept her and seem to be under the assumption Mayu is the same and aren't causing her any problems as a result. Unless Rina herself has doubts about Mayu's feelings, but that seems odd considering Mayu wanted to date her openly. This one kinda feels like Rina is overly cautious or making up a problem as an excuse. The art and translation are great though, as usual, but I just wasn't feeling this one.

There is something called life beyond the school gates. And that my friend is a lot, LOT harsher.

last edited at Jul 4, 2020 9:49PM

Rina: "My friends can't know I'm dating a girl!"
Friend: "How's the gay stuff going, you homosexual lesbian? Did some queer stuff lately? Maybe some sapphism?"

I spilled my drink lmao

Lol not only that she wouldn’t be open about with her, but she thought really that gurl would be to scared to come out when she really wanted to? Like bruh.. she was straight but she went and made her soft spaghetti~ xD no turning back now

Very cute :))

cute but felt like it went nowhere in circles.

I get the life outside school gates exist, I get the not openly doing PDA but I don't get the part where Rina just straight up keeps on denying being in a relationship with Mayu to her friends who are cool with it and know that Rina likes girls, which Rina admits kinda openly, that too infront of her gf when her gf is fine with being open about their relationship

P.S. They could just say 'yes we are dating' to the cool friends who already are aware of their relationship instead of making it public

Edit: maybe the story just reflects that inhibitions doubts cause because the society is really unpredictably scary
I don't know how to really put it into words, but I can understand what being unsure feels like

last edited at Jul 5, 2020 4:52AM

and here I am ,, still waiting for the 10th chapter of After School,,, been 3 months now,,, still waiting

For those people who didn't "get" why Rina had to protect Mayu and why she chose not to "come out" to her friends about their relationship, the answer is simple.
This manga is flawed, the story is not perfect and the mangaka can't be both a good story-teller and a good artist.
Don't over-analyse a manga that is only meant for quick enjoyment and eye-candy. Guys, you have high school or university textbooks to analyse, spend more time on those.

and here I am ,, still waiting for the 10th chapter of After School,,, been 3 months now,,, still waiting

Same

For those people who didn't "get" why Rina had to protect Mayu and why she chose not to "come out" to her friends about their relationship, the answer is simple.
This manga is flawed

Yeah buddy, way to go by missing the entire point of what it was trying to say. I fucking dare you to come out to your school group that you're gay and have a relationship in such a conservative space as japan, you wouldn't last a day

For those people who didn't "get" why Rina had to protect Mayu and why she chose not to "come out" to her friends about their relationship, the answer is simple.
This manga is flawed

Yeah buddy, way to go by missing the entire point of what it was trying to say. I fucking dare you to come out to your school group that you're gay and have a relationship in such a conservative space as japan, you wouldn't last a day

This is exactly the kind of response I would expect from someone who keeps insisting there is something wrong with their eyes when in fact their spectacles are just dirty.
This story has a point, a rather weak point, but a point nonetheless, which the majority of us like and enjoy. There are these few individuals who just like to micro-analyse every little shit like their life depends on it. Like chill man, there are more productive and less stressful things you can do than mull over something that the mangaka probably did very little research on. Probably the mangaka only likes drawing cute girls loving each other because it's more pure and innocent in her eyes. Maybe LGBT issues, discrimination and an unequal society is the furthest from her mind because she only wants to focus on two girls in a sexual relationship at school? The possibilities are endless, so chill and move on.

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Yeah buddy, way to go by missing the entire point of what it was trying to say. I fucking dare you to come out to your school group that you're gay and have a relationship in such a conservative space as japan, you wouldn't last a day.

I wouldn't last a day as "anything" in conservative "any country". And quite frankly neither can you.

Wow finally an accurate depiction of what it feels like to date a same-sex couple in japan? Impressive

Impressive? Heh, I'll call it progressive at best.

For those people who didn't "get" why Rina had to protect Mayu and why she chose not to "come out" to her friends about their relationship, the answer is simple.
This manga is flawed

Yeah buddy, way to go by missing the entire point of what it was trying to say. I fucking dare you to come out to your school group that you're gay and have a relationship in such a conservative space as japan, you wouldn't last a day

Ya’ll realize there are out people in japan right? They may have a rough time of it but no society is a monolith

This notion that Japan is killing gays in the streets or something is as weird and orientalist as “japan is the paradise from my manga”

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Like chill man, there are more productive and less stressful things you can do than mull over something that the mangaka probably did very little research on.

Like chill, man. There are better things for you to do than to try to police manga discussion forums for what you consider to be an appropriate level of analysis.

Things you’re probably better suited for. Almost certainly, in fact.

Like chill, man. There are better things for you to do than to try to police manga discussion forums for what you consider to be an appropriate level of analysis.

Things you’re probably better suited for. Almost certainly, in fact.

Haha. I am not "trying" to do anything in the likes of "policing" manga discussions. You think too highly of me.
I am merely giving friendly advice, you can either take it or leave it. There really is no hidden agenda. Hard to believe, but some people are just nice.

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You think too highly of me.

Impossible.

You think too highly of me.

Impossible.

Heh, you should open up your narrow mind and enjoy the endless possibilities in life. If you did, you would know it was sarcasm...

You think too highly of me.

Impossible.

Heh, you should open up your narrow mind and enjoy the endless possibilities in life. If you did, you would know it was sarcasm...

If you were as smart as you think you are, you would have known that that what you thought was “sarcasm” was actually just a straight line.

last edited at Jul 6, 2020 11:36PM

If you were as smart as you think you are, you would have known that that what you thought was “sarcasm” was actually just a straight line.

"Straight line", yep, pretty much your mind's trajectory...

last edited at Jul 6, 2020 11:50PM

Meh

^
I am kinda weirded out. i thought it was clear that rina's making it look like she is one-sidedly chasing mayu

Shit, this is me in highschool. Dating girl behind close door, treating them like shit by hiding away. Feeling tremendously guilty and ashamed because I am the one who "seduce" them to the "wrong" path. Always feel like I robbed them a chance of having a "normal" life. Trying to protect exes by claiming that you pursue them first, they did not thing wrong, I was the one made them behave that way. If you start question why the premise of this story is dumb, then I'm glad you haven't been experienced what I have gone through. Also this is not unique to Japan, some of y'all from other countries that considered homosexuality as deviant feel the same pain too.

last edited at Jul 7, 2020 11:30PM