I'm canadian so this ''having to pay for your stay in hospital'' thing is always kinda weird for me, not gonna lie (^^) Also, girl, she talking about buying freaking home appliances with you, put a ring on it ASAP ( well she technically already did but you get what I mean :P ) .

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Nothing says "I love you" like buying a washer-dryer-combo together

I'm canadian so this ''having to pay for your stay in hospital'' thing is always kinda weird for me, not gonna lie (^^) Also, girl, she talking about buying freaking home appliances with you, put a ring on it ASAP ( well she technically already did but you get what I mean :P ) .

i didn't know that in other countries you had to pay for go to the hospital
capitalism as it best

I'm canadian so this ''having to pay for your stay in hospital'' thing is always kinda weird for me, not gonna lie (^^) Also, girl, she talking about buying freaking home appliances with you, put a ring on it ASAP ( well she technically already did but you get what I mean :P ) .

i didn't know that in other countries you had to pay for go to the hospital
capitalism as it best

In Germany there's a co-pay thing for your health insurance, the height of which depends on your yearly income. A hospital stay clocks in at 10 bucks a day, to a maximum of 28 days. So at most you'll pay 280€ for a hospital stay that long and if you go over your yearly co-pay then you don't have to pay anything at all~

(and that's just "being hospitalized", aka the room and board p much. You don't have to pay anything for any kind of necessary tests or treatment)

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I don't exactly want to see drama but at the same time this does force them to confront their "relationship" and maybe adress how they really feel.

Damn you hate to see it, but it was only a matter of time.

The drama is brewing.

So about $1k to sit in a bed for a day, maybe had a scan, and get a few pills? Great value lol.

You don't even want to know what that would net out if you were to receive the same treatment in the US, especially if you're uninsured. The bed for the night alone might cost $3k.

Not sure why Kurumi is getting upset about the fact that Ruriko is questioning her level of commitment. She has treated this relationship as nothing more than a relationship of convenience so far. She comes and goes as she pleases, does whatever she wants, whenever she wants to, and is basically emotionally uninvested.

As far as relationships go, this one hasn't been healthy since they got married, and IRL, I doubt they'd still be together.

Ohh poo. Things just got realer. Oh well might as well pop the can of worms now. Those have a really short shelf-life.

NO.

YOU TWO SOLVE THIS RIGHT NOW SO YOU CAN KEEP BEING CUTE AND CLEARLY IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER.

I love how they are now both dreading this rule. Hopefully they will work this out within one chapter though, the only good thing about drama is when it is resolved.

I'm canadian so this ''having to pay for your stay in hospital'' thing is always kinda weird for me, not gonna lie (^^) Also, girl, she talking about buying freaking home appliances with you, put a ring on it ASAP ( well she technically already did but you get what I mean :P ) .

i didn't know that in other countries you had to pay for go to the hospital
capitalism as it best

Yah, Australian here. Gosh, giving healthcare to anyone, whether they can afford it or not, and not eat all their savings/go into debt is one of the best things about living here.
We may not give our Aussie "fair go" to the poor in all aspects of life, but at least they get to keep their health.

ohhhh I smell drama and progress, I love it!!!

To be fair, I kinda get where Ruriko is coming from. If this wasn’t a yuri manga I would probably highly doubt they’d stay together, and especially since (up till this chapter) Ruriko hasn’t voiced her feelings for Kurumi at all.

Yeah, one has romantic feelings while the other thinks and says they're just good friends. At this point, it makes sense that Ruriko still feels insecure about their future, especially when they have a rule where they split if one falls in love with someone else, which in Ruriko's head just translates to when Kurumi finds someone she can consider as more than just a friend.

times like these I wish Dynasty Scans has some sort of upvote button, 'cause I agree with you two whole-heartedly!

Not sure why Kurumi is getting upset about the fact that Ruriko is questioning her level of commitment. She has treated this relationship as nothing more than a relationship of convenience so far. She comes and goes as she pleases, does whatever she wants, whenever she wants to, and is basically emotionally uninvested.

This whole chapter revolves around Kurumi thinking about buying an expensive appliance pretty much exclusively because it would make Ruriko's life easier. A few chapters ago she dropped everything as soon as she found out that Ruriko was hospitalized, and was clearly distressed because her wife had not seen fit to let her know she was in serious pain and was going to the hospital. Before that, she spent most of a trip to another city thinking about what her bff / wife might find amusing or interesting about the things she was doing and seeing.

She might not be taking the marriage as seriously as she could or should, but she is definitely emotionally invested. In fact, it's often Ruriko who goes out of her way to not get in Kurumi's way. My interpretation of Kurumi's surprise at Ruriko's question is that she has steadily been treating whatever they've got going on as more and more a real, "normal" marriage (why would she care about it ending otherwise? If she was just doing what she wanted, when she wanted, why would she so obviously feel a twinge when the issue of inequitable distribution of household labor was listed as a primary cause of breakups?) and has been losing sight of the fact that it more or less started as a lark (or that that's how Ruriko framed it to her – a thing that could be ended without any hard feelings at any time).

If this story is about anything, it is about Ruriko and Kurumi figuring out together that the fifth rule was a mistake and that their marriage done for lols and subject material for a column is actually real. It seems likely to me that the story will resolve by Kurumi realizing that "somebody else" isn't going to come along because Ruriko is what she needed all along, and Ruriko is going to realize that she needs to come clean about what she's really wanted from Kurumi (real commitment / a real relationship / hot makeouts) this whole time.

I also don't think their relationship is that unhealthy or would have come unstuck in real life. I have seen roommates put each other through some real circumstances, and this is pretty tame, as these things go.

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Idiots! lovely lovable idiots.

Certainly an unexpected trigger for this conversation, but it's probably time they had it. Properly talking things through and making sure they both know they love each other and want to stay together should make this marriage what it always should have been.

Oh no, who will get the custody of the dishwasher if they separated?
Anyway, it will be resolve if they see she like her and end

So about $1k to sit in a bed for a day, maybe had a scan, and get a few pills? Great value lol.

You don't even want to know what that would net out if you were to receive the same treatment in the US, especially if you're uninsured. The bed for the night alone might cost $3k.

Its actually the same number 108k. Too bad about the exchange rate though

This is the rare "good drama". It's the "this really needed to happen at some point and I'm glad it's happening sooner rather than later" kind.

Also, if I had a decent space to hang clothes up to dry I'd do it instead of using the dryer. Idk why, but I like the idea of it. But a dishwasher is a must, can't live without it.

I came for the fluff, not for getting hurt :(

Wasn't Kurumi the one who suggest that rule #5. So I think it's normal for Ruriko saying that what she did said. And I wonder if Kurumi just for once have thought what if Ruriko find someone she fell in love( I know that she loves Kurumi), but to me it seems like Kurumi is still standing in that friendzone, and now she getting mad or what. If she don't want to leave then for what is that rule even

Yeah i dont get why blondies Devotion is being questioned, she hasnt been acting out of line nor has she been particular negligent

Yeah i dont get why blondies Devotion is being questioned, she hasnt been acting out of line nor has she been particular negligent

Let me remind you that they married as friends, Kurumi (the "blonde" one) up until now has never thought of Ruriko as anything more than friends. Also Kurumi was the person who made up the 5th rule (if one of them fall in love with sb else they will go back to being friends).

It isn't that she hasn't done anything to be questioned, but that Kurumi hasn't done anything to prove that she wants to stay in this marriage. Sure, we as the readers know her thoughts and know what she wants, but Ruriko doesn't. From Ruriko's point of view, they're staying in a marriage of convenient without love and Kurumi is always just one step away from walking away from it, it's right for her to be scared.

Countries have different ways of handling universal health care. Some make sure that almost everything's paid for by socialized medicine (UK NHS) or socialized insurance (Canadian or Australian Medicare). But many (France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, etc.) have something like Obamacare in structure, mandatory regulated subsidized 'private' insurance, where you'll probably pay something in co-payments or co-insurance. If you're really poor there'll be something to catch you, but otherwise, getting sick does cost you something. Just won't bankrupt you (at least from bills. From losing your income if you can't work is another story.)