I kind of get but still dont understand why they break up, i mean, yeah having the same tastes can lead to some problems or make the relationship boring at some point but.... Yeah i still dont understand

I cried

I really enjoyed that

I kind of get but still dont understand why they break up, i mean, yeah having the same tastes can lead to some problems or make the relationship boring at some point but.... Yeah i still dont understand

I had the same question, but I think the easiest answer is that Rika had to move to a different town for work, and she couldn't handle the long distance relationship.

Clues:

When did you move back to town? / ...Six months ago.
[...]
I still have your last text from 2 years ago. "I can't handle this, let's stop seeing each other," you said.

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Dude, I love those "meaningful looks", like another comment perfectly describes, I can't get enough of them; always give me the butterflies. In Usui Shio's works, in particular, there's something about how they (she?) do those looks - a passion, a fire that sets me alight as well.

What's a black company though? Sounds scary.

Company treats the employees like shit. Overworking and verbal abuse. Refers to office work most of the time.

@uncertain A black company is one that opperates outside the labor laws. I mean im sure the authorities often know about them and overlook them- they probably use bribes for inspections etc or just have connections, or have a cover.
I also get the impression labor laws are pretty lax in their implementation in Japan anyways.

They have terrible work conditions like youd be fired if you dont work 100+ hr a week, not getting over time or holidays, ignore health n safety rules etc- all to be more profitable. But people will work for them if they desperate for a job.

They probably pop up and get shut down a lot. I dont know how common they are but I can say i've heard of them in multiple anime and manga so not too uncommon I guess?

Like ^SpencerSDH says it almost always seems to be office work- cram 200 people at desks working 15hr+ days- doing what Ms Kobayashi refered to as the 'death march'.

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That's sweet.

@uncertain A black company is one that opperates outside the labor laws. I mean im sure the authorities often know about them and overlook them- they probably use bribes for inspections etc or just have connections, or have a cover.
I also get the impression labor laws are pretty lax in their implementation in Japan anyways.

They have terrible work conditions like youd be fired if you dont work 100+ hr a week, not getting over time or holidays, ignore health n safety rules etc- all to be more profitable. But people will work for them if they desperate for a job.

They probably pop up and get shut down a lot. I dont know how common they are but I can say i've heard of them in multiple anime and manga so not too uncommon I guess?

Like ^SpencerSDH says it almost always seems to be office work- cram 200 people at desks working 15hr+ days- doing what Ms Kobayashi refered to as the 'death march'.

Uuhf I see... 100 hours means every day, 14 hrs a day! Hardly enough time to eat and sleep...

Is it time for an Ex-girlfriend tag?

let us see what happened next!

What did she remember at the end, tf

What did she remember at the end, tf

Rika's mangaka or circle name is kotetsu- Mai wondered why she chose such a wierd nickname earlier in the story.

Then near the end after Mai recalls all the happy past events with her gf- she is thinking rika doesn't remember them fondly like she does which is why she was gonna let her go right? But we saw in one of Mai's flashbacks Kotetsu was the name Rika gave the wierd guy she drew on the first omu rice she made Rika.

So Rika had picked a mangaka nickname for herself from a past shared memmory- which she obviously must have fondly remembered, and Mai suddenly recalled right at the end where the name Kotetsu came from- and that Mai DOES fondly remember their past.

that credits page is speaking facts tho

Is it time for an Ex-girlfriend tag?

I'd second that we need one right now for these sweet stories!

I feel u man

I haven't read much ex-girlfriends stories before but this makes me want to start. This story was super cute and lovely, I love Usui Shio's works!

I like the story but the fact that we don't know why they broke up keeps on nagging at me. 'What couldn't she handle' I wonder. There had to be a good enough reason for her to break up so suddenly over text. Maybe mental health issues? Or something worse? I guess I shouldn't put this much thought into it though.

Cornonthekopp posted:

The meaningful looks are one of the great things about yuri/lgbt media in general. I can’t get enough of ambiguous loaded staring, they always make my heart flutter

Absolutely, 1000%.

I think the MC is too high-maintenance, tbh.

Is it time for an Ex-girlfriend tag?

I'd second that we need one right now for these sweet stories!

Well, well, well......

I am still waiting for a sequel smh

I kind of get but still dont understand why they break up, i mean, yeah having the same tastes can lead to some problems or make the relationship boring at some point but.... Yeah i still dont understand

i think MC is an idiot. Ex-GF is sweet and good.

why do i just come across this every now and then, agonising over why this doesn't have any sequel...
arghhh mannn really hope they have a happy end

Honestly, I think Rika was probably suffering with the long distance relationship and the stress of working at a black company so she folded in her relationship

Completely my conjecture tbh.

Need them to rekindle over omurice asap