That is one classy keyboard Sakuma has

Happy Hacking Keyboards are great! I love mine to death.

That is one classy keyboard Sakuma has

Happy Hacking Keyboards are great! I love mine to death.

Where's a good place to get one? I have a 60% keyboard that's pretty similar, but these seem cool. Also pretty cool that it's the brand Sakuma is using (that and the MacBook Air get pretty close to product placement tag territory)

I absolutely adore the way Ikeda-sensei writes this series. Some weeks we have high energy comedy, others we have angst and bittersweet romance, and some weeks we have chapters like this. Not much happened, but the little daily snapshots of life feel just as meaningful as everything else. Sometimes there isn’t much happening, and that’s okay.

nice and peaceful, absolutely wonderful

nice and peaceful, absolutely wonderful

Yeah, idle and cozy, I love it!

ikeda is a woman right?

That is one classy keyboard Sakuma has

Happy Hacking Keyboards are great! I love mine to death.

I have a Sades V2020 Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad. It’s great.

nice and peaceful, absolutely wonderful

Yeah, idle and cozy, I love it!

This is the sort of healing manga I live for.

I admire Sakuma’s work ethic, but I don’t know how she can concentrate knowing her super cute girlfriend is lying right behind her with nothing to do.

Shouldn't the doll-like German loli who just wanted to do karate from one of the author's previous series have tipped you off?

Good lord. This whole time I had never made the connection with Sasameki Koto, despite having been amazingly fond of it back in the day. Realizing it's that mangaka feels weird.
I must say, rather clever of Ikeda Takashi to write something that neatly sidesteps her main weakness as a writer. That is, Sasameki Koto was fundamentally a manga with standard romance plot arcs, except she tended to kind of lose control and have them meander off into nothing much going on while people got impatient waiting for her to pick up the threads again. With "The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This" she has a total slice-of-life where the main pair are already an established couple with no major conflicts, so she doesn't have to try to maintain control of any plot arcs--there aren't any. She can concentrate on characters, art, and great little "bits".

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ikeda is a woman right?

Ikeda Takashi is a man (Takashi is generally a man's name, FWIW. It's easy to get confused because all of his most well-known series (Sasameki Koto, 34-sai Mushoku-san, this) feature female protagonists, even when the stories aren't yuri.

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Purple Library Guy posted:

Shouldn't the doll-like German loli who just wanted to do karate from one of the author's previous series have tipped you off?

Good lord. This whole time I had never made the connection with Sasameki Koto, despite having been amazingly fond of it back in the day. Realizing it's that mangaka feels weird.
I must say, rather clever of Ikeda Takashi to write something that neatly sidesteps her main weakness as a writer. That is, Sasameki Koto was fundamentally a manga with standard romance plot arcs, except she tended to kind of lose control and have them meander off into nothing much going on while people got impatient waiting for her to pick up the threads again. With "The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This" she has a total slice-of-life where the main pair are already an established couple with no major conflicts, so she doesn't have to try to maintain control of any plot arcs--there aren't any. She can concentrate on characters, art, and great little "bits".

Holy cow! PLG disappears for over two years then suddenly pops back in and starts posting again like nothings happened?? Missed you, man! Hope all is well. Welcome back!

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Purple Library Guy posted:

Shouldn't the doll-like German loli who just wanted to do karate from one of the author's previous series have tipped you off?

Good lord. This whole time I had never made the connection with Sasameki Koto, despite having been amazingly fond of it back in the day. Realizing it's that mangaka feels weird.
I must say, rather clever of Ikeda Takashi to write something that neatly sidesteps her main weakness as a writer. That is, Sasameki Koto was fundamentally a manga with standard romance plot arcs, except she tended to kind of lose control and have them meander off into nothing much going on while people got impatient waiting for her to pick up the threads again. With "The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This" she has a total slice-of-life where the main pair are already an established couple with no major conflicts, so she doesn't have to try to maintain control of any plot arcs--there aren't any. She can concentrate on characters, art, and great little "bits".

Holy cow! PLG disappears for over two years then suddenly pops back in and starts posting again like nothings happened?? Missed you, man! Hope all is well. Welcome back!

Well, thanks. Doing fine. Recently celebrated 25th marriage anniversary. Just got my vaccination.
To be perfectly honest, I was mostly hanging at Mangadex, but it's currently toast, so . . .

Now that's a way to motivate someone. ^_^

Shit, i may be wanko in regards of house care. "Eh, its my house, i'll do it later"

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Watch out World. A little lesbian gremlin is on the loose and she is in love.

Inb4 bad ending and the final panel is a completely different name in their house plate.

Ikeda Takashi is a man (Takashi is generally a man's name, FWIW. It's easy to get confused because all of his most well-known series (Sasameki Koto, 34-sai Mushoku-san, this) feature female protagonists, even when the stories aren't yuri.

I kinda felt like Ushio's big brother in Sasameki Koto was his self-insert, being a writer and her pillar of support.

So does Sakuma have to start calling her Wako now? Is Wanko a name dead to the world?

I love how it's all slice of life moments but also giving progress!

Purple Library Guy posted:

Shouldn't the doll-like German loli who just wanted to do karate from one of the author's previous series have tipped you off?

Good lord. This whole time I had never made the connection with Sasameki Koto, despite having been amazingly fond of it back in the day. Realizing it's that mangaka feels weird.
I must say, rather clever of Ikeda Takashi to write something that neatly sidesteps her main weakness as a writer. That is, Sasameki Koto was fundamentally a manga with standard romance plot arcs, except she tended to kind of lose control and have them meander off into nothing much going on while people got impatient waiting for her to pick up the threads again. With "The Two of Them Are Pretty Much Like This" she has a total slice-of-life where the main pair are already an established couple with no major conflicts, so she doesn't have to try to maintain control of any plot arcs--there aren't any. She can concentrate on characters, art, and great little "bits".

Holy cow! PLG disappears for over two years then suddenly pops back in and starts posting again like nothings happened?? Missed you, man! Hope all is well. Welcome back!

Well, thanks. Doing fine. Recently celebrated 25th marriage anniversary. Just got my vaccination.
To be perfectly honest, I was mostly hanging at Mangadex, but it's currently toast, so . . .

Oh yeah! I was also surprised to see you back on here, got used to just seeing you on dex.

With that, Inuzuka Wako will take better care of THEIR house, right? :)
Thanks 4 TL!

Awww, so cute

Both their names written on their wall is just sweet. Elly and Wanko are indeed in it for the long haul.

Urgh mah sole

Have a little faith in your girlfriend, Sakuma!

Apologies in advance if the next chapter turns out to be a play on the word 落 that doesn't translate well into English.