um. that's cute

I just finished reading this story and found it a refreshing change of pace from the average Yuri story. I just loved how the author slowly brought Yuki and Azuma together building up their relationship bit by bit, thus making it stronger. And Yuki is finally able to stand up to her father in the end. As far as her father reading one of Azuma's novels and suddenly changing his tune on things, that probably is a bit of a stretch, but minor I think to the overall story. I have no problem with the age gap as Japan and very likely Japan of this Era allow girls to marry young and you only see them kiss at the very end. The Author could easily be in her mid twenties or a little younger for that matter. I just find this story heartwarming and I couldn't help but cheerlead for these two young women. A story and setting unlike most Yuri stories that I recommend to everyone.

This was beautiful and wonderful. I really quite loved it. I would have preferred confirmation of what Yuki's state was at the end - was she just living with Azuma, practically married? Does her father accept that? Is she officially working as her maid or something? Idk, I would have liked a little more clarity. I do love it though. Also I didn't read the age gap as that large, I assumed Azuma was in her young twenties, yes, she's written many many stories clearly, but she says that one of her stories comes out each month so it's hardly like she couldn't do that in a short time - let's say she's 22, and started writing at age 16, that's 72 books in that time (which is absurd obviously but even at 1/3 of that rate she'd still have written 24 books without being all that old). Though also I initially thought Yuki was older, so it's somewhat sad that she isn't, I do like yuri with adult age gaps a lot more.

I love this so much. It makes me feel something so nostalgic yet so fresh..
It felt a tiny lil bit rushed in the end, but just a little thinking was enough to put what was missing in it's place, so no big deals.
I'm really slow so it took a minute after reading the chapter to notice that , after leaving, her dad was the one to call Beniko.
Hearing about the girls in love who commited suicide was what placed the last pieces of the puzzle for him.The confirmation of what he already knew.
Now certain that his daughter was in love with Beniko, he preferred "losing" his daughter by her "running away" with the woman instead of the other option. In the end he realised he loved his daughter enough to go against himself... kinda like how Yuki was ready to confront her father about her "forbidden love".
I may be wrong with many things, but I really like to think this way ...

I love this so much. It makes me feel something so nostalgic yet so fresh..
It felt a tiny lil bit rushed in the end, but just a little thinking was enough to put what was missing in it's place, so no big deals.

Yes, the father's resistance was built up as being so forceful that it seemed like he caved rather easily in comparison (although of course we're all glad he did). But completely charming nonetheless.

damn i love this author

I just re-read this one, and, as everyone, including the credits, has said, the story could have used a couple more chapters to get us from the intransigent abusive dad to the happy ending.

But, damn, is this incredibly adorable. And the most fully developed of the Nagori Yu story template:

• Age gap
• An imposing older woman who is super (and often literally supernatural) confident to the point of smugness, who possesses a world-class line of flirtation, who is smitten by:
• A pretty, naive, unconfident younger girl who is in a subordinate position of some kind and who blushes at the drop of a hat

Along with Nagori-sensei's art style, this formula can probably only stay interesting for about, let's say, . . . infinity?

Yeah, infinity works for me.

I just found this now, and this is a beautiful and fun read. As for the father, I don't see how it's unrealistic that he can choose his daughter's happiness over his own. But I also doubt that he accepted all of her at that moment (which isn't necessary in making that decision) since it's condensed in only one chapter. Anyway, in chapter 14 page 4, there's emphasis of him walking and stopping at the end panels. This can be seen as him starting to grasp her daughter's situation. By page 7 in the last panels, he is made to realize by his daughter that what he felt for her was only worry to which he agrees. By page 9, he took the step to actually try to understand her by reading the books; and has since taken actions inline with his realization. This is basic for everyone when it comes to trying to understand family, friends, or loved ones, albeit it's not always that fast. Having said that, I would have preferred a couple more just to stretch further the chapter and see if the father would be more accepting; and what Beniko wrote about Yuki in the ending.

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This is definitely one of my favorites!

I am absolutely in love with Nagori Yu's works, her art and her stories. I had put off reading her manga for a very long time because I wasn't sure I would enjoy this art. How mistaken I was! It's totally my type of story and art, even though I prefer the main characters confident and a bit older.

It's just a testament to her stories, even I fell completely for them! Thank you scanlators, and thank you sensei!

The amount of time I keep on re-reading this is unbelievable, it's absolutely wonderful

Whistles

When Beniko said "awful person", I wanted to know the reasons she said so. So even if she's an awful person, she shall not be getting a happy ending? How awful she is that she doesn't deserve happy ending?
And how time flies... I remembered how I was asked about the same question on "why is the same sex couple always end up getting a tragedy ending" in which I answered "make more happy ending for them then. "
I guess I'm Yuki on the inside. I wanted them to have a happy ending, even if it means it's unrealistic to the reality.
But no.. right? We create the path for our reality,so maybe we could create more happy endings for them so that people can be more optimistic about this world?
It's not their fault that they fall for each other.. right?

Speaking of tragedy, I'm referring to the Eastern media (Japan as the exception because yuri is one of the genres that's been improving and has provided happy endings to wlw couple.. and generally they have been paving the happy ending path since new emerging yuri mangakas (my era would be Morinaga Milk sensei then we got Morishima Akiko,Nishi UKO.. then a few more great yuri mangakas heading towards the direction). Then other yuri mangakas go for the drama direction (Takemiya Jin for example).
We've got a variety of yuri contents since then, not just stopping from school girls, but also to adult yuri life and later supernatural etc.
It's been such a blessing to have lived an era where we could freely express love through artistic ways, in this case yuri manga.
Thank you for bringing us beautiful stories about wlw. I'll never forget how you've all healed me throughout the years I've gone through my depression bows

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When Beniko said "awful person", I wanted to know the reasons she said so.

Whenever I'm reading romance manga, I always need to keep reminding myself that the whole "going against societal and familial expectations to pursue your own desires" thing reads much differently and much more powerfully in Japanese culture than in the US (and elsewhere). Of course, that's always been a common theme of romance stories worldwide, but the whole "individual vs. society" issue was especially relevant in Taisho-era Japan.

In this case, Beniko already starts out feeling guilty and responsible for the two girls who committed suicide, and she thinks of herself as an "awful person" because of her desire to (from society's point of view) completely ruin the life prospects of this innocent girl and cut her off from her remaining family.

All that being said, your post motivated me to re-read this whole series and reminded me that it may be my top "inject this stuff directly into my veins" yuri series of all time. I could watch these two flirt and cuddle forever.

I miss Nagori Yu. One-shots, fragments of series, whatever--I'd take it.

When Beniko said "awful person", I wanted to know the reasons she said so.

Whenever I'm reading romance manga, I always need to keep reminding myself that the whole "going against societal and familial expectations to pursue your own desires" thing reads much differently and much more powerfully in Japanese culture than in the US (and elsewhere). Of course, that's always been a common theme of romance stories worldwide, but the whole "individual vs. society" issue was especially relevant in Taisho-era Japan.

In this case, Beniko already starts out feeling guilty and responsible for the two girls who committed suicide, and she thinks of herself as an "awful person" because of her desire to (from society's point of view) completely ruin the life prospects of this innocent girl and cut her off from her remaining family.

All that being said, your post motivated me to re-read this whole series and reminded me that it may be my top "inject this stuff directly into my veins" yuri series of all time. I could watch these two flirt and cuddle forever.

I miss Nagori Yu. One-shots, fragments of series, whatever--I'd take it.

She's still got ongoing work, just not translated it seems.

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