I keep think mei is a robot
How can this girl be so emotionless????

What I want to know is how the MCs seem to have lost about 5 years of maturity from the opening chapters of the original series until now.

Their first emotional breakthrough with each other was about communicating their feelings; now they sit across the room from each other, tongue-tied and blushing like 6th graders.

im just waiting for matsuri x harumin to be cannon tbh

im just waiting for matsuri x harumin to be cannon tbh

I believe that nearly everyone is too.

Are we suppose to know why Yuzu got weird when Mei asked to postpone her birthday party? With short chapters, and long gaps in between It's hard to keep track, and I don't have the ambition to go back and reread every time a new chapter comes out.

I keep think mei is a robot
How can this girl be so emotionless????

What I want to know is how the MCs seem to have lost about 5 years of maturity from the opening chapters of the original series until now.

Their first emotional breakthrough with each other was about communicating their feelings; now they sit across the room from each other, tongue-tied and blushing like 6th graders.

Im my opinion characters in manga do that alot. My theory is that their ability to communicate, is based mainly on how long the author wants to stretch a story arc out. Think about it how many simple misunderstandings become major rifts between characters, that take several chapters to resolve, because one character inexplicablely refuses to speak their mind.

Are we suppose to know why Yuzu got weird when Mei asked to postpone her birthday party? With short chapters, and long gaps in between It's hard to keep track, and I don't have the ambition to go back and reread every time a new chapter comes out.

I think it’s the obvious—Yuzu had great expectations (of some kind) about her birthday party, but god fucking forbid she should actually express her disappointment to the person who she’s supposedly closest to in the world, and for Mei to explain why the party needs to be postponed and to express some understanding of how Yuzu must feel would be to violate the fundamental laws of the space-time continuum.

Are we suppose to know why Yuzu got weird when Mei asked to postpone her birthday party? With short chapters, and long gaps in between It's hard to keep track, and I don't have the ambition to go back and reread every time a new chapter comes out.

I think it’s the obvious—Yuzu had great expectations (of some kind) about her birthday party, but god fucking forbid she should actually express her disappointment to the person who she’s supposedly closest to in the world, and for Mei to explain why the party needs to be postponed and to express some understanding of how Yuzu must feel would be to violate the fundamental laws of the space-time continuum.

You're probably right. It just we always just celebrate family birthdays on a convenient weekend around the day, so the thought didn't occur to me.

How does Mei not have a cellphone she's 15? older? in modern Japan.

How does Mei not have a cellphone she's 15? older? in modern Japan.

One assumes the Meibot was fitted with wireless transmitters during construction making an external device superfluous.

By this point I'm convinced that Meibot is as much of a meme as the MeiYuzu never gonna get laid thing. Even if I only use the latter

By this point I'm convinced that Meibot is as much of a meme as the MeiYuzu never gonna get laid thing. Even if I only use the latter

Where the two meet. (•̀.̫ •́✧)

Mei always spoils the mood for me. I'd rather read a friendship story between the rest of the characters without any romance. It'd be nice to read about Yuzu and Harumin doing stupid gyaru stuff like wearing their bikinis while studying, without Mei the Dementor around.

Mei always spoils the mood for me. I'd rather read a friendship story between the rest of the characters without any romance. It'd be nice to read about Yuzu and Harumin doing stupid gyaru stuff like wearing their bikinis while studying, without Mei the Dementor around.

It pains me to agree, because as I’ve said several times here, Mei’s character was initially the most interesting to me because of her volatility (and her sexiness).

Now she’s only slightly more lively than her teddy bear.

Mei always spoils the mood for me. I'd rather read a friendship story between the rest of the characters without any romance. It'd be nice to read about Yuzu and Harumin doing stupid gyaru stuff like wearing their bikinis while studying, without Mei the Dementor around.

It pains me to agree, because as I’ve said several times here, Mei’s character was initially the most interesting to me because of her volatility (and her sexiness).

Now she’s only slightly more lively than her teddy bear.

Very interesting. For me Mei is the highlight of the series. She feels much more human than the other characters

Very interesting. For me Mei is the highlight of the series. She feels much more human than the other characters

Literally how though? I'm genuinely puzzled.
I could see how the author tries to make her seem hurt and having a difficulty expressing her true feelings (which some people might find cute) but she executes it very poorly. She should have made Mei show emotions from time to time, in subtle ways. (I know there have been some instances, but even these barely had any true passion/emotion)
She is a literal robot in this chapter. Yuzu has her b-day, and Mei's face is drawn in the same static expression all throughout the panels. It really feels like she doesn't gaf and always talks about work, while others constantly praise her for being so responsible (a level of which only a robot could reach tbh). Saburuta could even draw a little blush on her when she wasn't facing Yuzu in this chapter, to show her supposed hidden emotions but she didn't.

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Very interesting. For me Mei is the highlight of the series. She feels much more human than the other characters

Literally how though? I'm genuinely puzzled.
I could see how the author tries to make her seem hurt and having a difficulty expressing her true feelings (which some people might find cute) but she executes it very poorly. She should have made Mei show emotions from time to time, in subtle ways. (I know there have been some instances, but even these barely had any true passion/emotion)
She is a literal robot in this chapter. Yuzu has her b-day, and Mei's face is drawn in the same static expression all throughout the panels. It really feels like she doesn't gaf and always talks about work, while others constantly praise her for being so responsible (a level of which only a robot could reach tbh). Saburuta could even draw a little blush on her when she wasn't facing Yuzu in this chapter, to show her supposed hidden emotions but she didn't.

Mei acts exactly as I do irl. That's how. Like I literally don't know how to emote despite being full of emotions

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Very interesting. For me Mei is the highlight of the series. She feels much more human than the other characters

Literally how though? I'm genuinely puzzled.
I could see how the author tries to make her seem hurt and having a difficulty expressing her true feelings (which some people might find cute) but she executes it very poorly. She should have made Mei show emotions from time to time, in subtle ways. (I know there have been some instances, but even these barely had any true passion/emotion)
She is a literal robot in this chapter. Yuzu has her b-day, and Mei's face is drawn in the same static expression all throughout the panels. It really feels like she doesn't gaf and always talks about work, while others constantly praise her for being so responsible (a level of which only a robot could reach tbh). Saburuta could even draw a little blush on her when she wasn't facing Yuzu in this chapter, to show her supposed hidden emotions but she didn't.

Mei acts exactly as I do irl. That's how. Like I literally don't know how to emote despite being full of emotions

We're speaking at cross purposes, then--you're discussing how you personally relate to the way the character acts, while I'm talking about how a professional author creates and maintains a coherent, consistent, and believable fictional character.

The Mei who whacked Yuzu in the butt with her umbrella prior to their Student Council election showdown in the main series is not at all the same character who is now quivering while clutching her teddy bear.

Very interesting. For me Mei is the highlight of the series. She feels much more human than the other characters

Literally how though? I'm genuinely puzzled.
I could see how the author tries to make her seem hurt and having a difficulty expressing her true feelings (which some people might find cute) but she executes it very poorly. She should have made Mei show emotions from time to time, in subtle ways. (I know there have been some instances, but even these barely had any true passion/emotion)
She is a literal robot in this chapter. Yuzu has her b-day, and Mei's face is drawn in the same static expression all throughout the panels. It really feels like she doesn't gaf and always talks about work, while others constantly praise her for being so responsible (a level of which only a robot could reach tbh). Saburuta could even draw a little blush on her when she wasn't facing Yuzu in this chapter, to show her supposed hidden emotions but she didn't.

Mei acts exactly as I do irl. That's how. Like I literally don't know how to emote despite being full of emotions

We're speaking at cross purposes, then--you're discussing how you personally relate to the way the character acts, while I'm talking about how a professional author creates and maintains a coherent, consistent, and believable fictional character.

The Mei who whacked Yuzu in the butt with her umbrella prior to their Student Council election showdown in the main series is not at all the same character who is now quivering while clutching her teddy bear.

But this does feels like consistent characterisation for Mei, at least it does to me. And the reason it does is because I know that people can act like that irl and that makes it easy to see it in fiction instead of her seeming ooc.

She was always very timid and uncertain about her own feelings, but when it came to accomplishing a goal it doesn't really matter. She finds it easy to go on "autopilot" which makes her act differently than how she would if she relied on her own emotions instead. etc

At least that's how I see her. But I don't blame you for not seeing it my way. As far as I'm concerned we're both right and I don't have any energy to try to argue about it

Very interesting. For me Mei is the highlight of the series. She feels much more human than the other characters

Literally how though? I'm genuinely puzzled.
I could see how the author tries to make her seem hurt and having a difficulty expressing her true feelings (which some people might find cute) but she executes it very poorly. She should have made Mei show emotions from time to time, in subtle ways. (I know there have been some instances, but even these barely had any true passion/emotion)
She is a literal robot in this chapter. Yuzu has her b-day, and Mei's face is drawn in the same static expression all throughout the panels. It really feels like she doesn't gaf and always talks about work, while others constantly praise her for being so responsible (a level of which only a robot could reach tbh). Saburuta could even draw a little blush on her when she wasn't facing Yuzu in this chapter, to show her supposed hidden emotions but she didn't.

Mei acts exactly as I do irl. That's how. Like I literally don't know how to emote despite being full of emotions

We're speaking at cross purposes, then--you're discussing how you personally relate to the way the character acts, while I'm talking about how a professional author creates and maintains a coherent, consistent, and believable fictional character.

The Mei who whacked Yuzu in the butt with her umbrella prior to their Student Council election showdown in the main series is not at all the same character who is now quivering while clutching her teddy bear.

But this does feels like consistent characterisation for Mei, at least it does to me. And the reason it does is because I know that people can act like that irl and that makes it easy to see it in fiction instead of her seeming ooc.

She was always very timid and uncertain about her own feelings, but when it came to accomplishing a goal it doesn't really matter. She finds it easy to go on "autopilot" which makes her act differently than how she would if she relied on her own emotions instead. etc

At least that's how I see her. But I don't blame you for not seeing it my way. As far as I'm concerned we're both right and I don't have any energy to try to argue about it

I agree, I really don’t think she acts that way because she’s cold-hearted or anything.....well maybe at the beginning of the series. But as time has gone by, she’s started to rely on her emotions a little more, and has begun to show a more vulnerable side to herself that’s not just towards Yuzu, I like that, it honestly feels like genuine development to me.

Yes, she still has a reeeeally long way to go, but it’s nice seeing her atleast try and put in the effort to communicate and make Yuzu happy, I can’t imagine it being simple considering the kinda life she’s lived.

Well either way, I honestly still would have preferred a chapter about Harumin and Yuzu’s friendship than what we got this month.

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YuzuMin! YuzuMin!

I'm at a point where I come to check the forum monthly to see if the current chapter is about Matsuri and Harumin. And if not, I skip it.

That was a cute & serious discussion, I'm loving Mei's development she's come so far she has open up quite a bit.
It's great to see that Himeko giving Mei some helpful advice again, she along with Harumi a great best friend's to have Yuzu & Mei are so lucky to have them

Lovely chapter and yeah, is pretty nice to see Mei actually struggling to deal with her emotions for the first time.

It's always nice when Himeko actually does suport yuzu and meis relationship.
It's also always nice when Mei wants to do something for yuzu~

the whole fandom believes in you mei