^ It's not your fault Shawn, it's entirely on thomasina.

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Yeah, I screwed up. I still do not know how to blacken the text, so thank you folks. I guess assuming everyone has already read it from chaosteam, does not mean there are no more reader still has yet to read it.
I did try to make more of a comment than a spoiler, or how I feel.

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Yeah, I screwed up. I still do not know how to blacken the text, so thank you folks. I guess assuming everyone has already read it from chaosteam, does not mean there are no more reader still has yet to read it.
I did try to make more of a comment than a spoiler, or how I feel.

Spoiler bars are made by putting two equals signs before and two after the spoiler material.

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If you hit “quote” for this post (or any post with spoilers) you’ll see how the marks work.

Thanks you save my day

"Well I am your older sister! Plus I'm your girlfriend, and right now, your newlywed bride!"

...r/brandnewsentence

Don't forget the "Bath, Dinner, and a-ta-shi." and Mei still does not get it.

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As usual, Harumin in casual clothes is an absolute dish :0

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This was nice. A little short and not much happened, but we tend to get these “in-between” chapters once and awhile. Plus, it is basically what C+ was originally marketed as: slice-of-life focusing on other characters.

Harumin’s looking like a whole snack as always, the Matsuri & Nene interactions were amusing as ever, and it was nice to see Yuzu finally state definitively what she wants to do for a career. I always assumed she’d go into fashion design or something along those lines, but I guess that would’ve been too obvious.

Looks like next time we’ll get a new Harumin arc. Or maybe she’s just gonna walk in on Mitsuko and Maruta doing the do xD

Nene confirmed to be completely insane... :D

I liked this chapter.
I've been wanting to see more of the other characters (yes, even Nene's idiotic rambling lol). Hopefully this means we'll get a Harumin chapter next, cause Harumin is the best <3
(I wonder if adding a heart is too much....)

Nene confirmed to be completely insane... :D

Nene is by far the most one-note character in this series, but I believe her real thematic purpose goes much deeper and is much more important than it might first appear--Nene is a stand-in, an allegorical figure as it were, for the Citrus audience as whole.

To feature Nene's delusional delirium in a chapter that, for example, could have included an actual scene of what purports to be the main protagonist making a crucial life decision is the author's way of demonstrating that fundamentally we're all just like Nene, because:

Saburouta is never, ever going to give her or us what we want.

We can wish for it, we can hope for it--we can even write fanfiction about it, just like Nene's Haruyuzu Observation File.

But we're never getting it.

I cant help but agree with @Thomasina
This chapter was cute and all, but sometimes I forget how slow paced Citrus really is.

Hope we can atleast see Harumin’s nee-chan next month.

Saburouta is never, ever going to give her or us what we want.

Oh I’m sure we will. Saburouta’s just going to wait until she’s on her death bed to finally give it to us.

It’ll be the equivalent of “The Castle of aaauuuggghh…” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail xD

Saburouta is never, ever going to give her or us what we want.

Oh I’m sure we will. Saburouta’s just going to wait until she’s on her death bed to finally give it to us.

It’ll be the equivalent of “The Castle of aaauuuggghh…” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail xD

Let us then continue to hope . . .

I assume Nene's there to make fun of HaruYuzu shippers in the audience.

I assume Nene's there to make fun of HaruYuzu shippers in the audience.

Ya think? Just because she’s an idiot who has done nothing but ship Harumin and Yuzu for dozens and dozens of chapters?

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Saburouta is never, ever going to give her or us what we want.

Oh I’m sure we will. Saburouta’s just going to wait until she’s on her death bed to finally give it to us.

It’ll be the equivalent of “The Castle of aaauuuggghh…” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail xD

Let us then continue to hope . . .

I’ve come too far in this series to lose hope now. Maybe, like all the best things in life, it’ll happen when we least expect it.

(All jokes aside, I may be a diehard advocate for this series and its many divisive plot points, but even I’m starting to feel enough waiting is enough. Especially after how the last arc ended)

Saburouta is never, ever going to give her or us what we want.

Oh I’m sure we will. Saburouta’s just going to wait until she’s on her death bed to finally give it to us.

It’ll be the equivalent of “The Castle of aaauuuggghh…” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail xD

Let us then continue to hope . . .

I’ve come too far in this series to lose hope now. Maybe, like all the best things in life, it’ll happen when we least expect it.

(All jokes aside, I may be a diehard advocate for this series and its many divisive plot points, but even I’m starting to feel enough waiting is enough. Especially after how the last arc ended)

Yuzu and Mei getting to a point where they act like a normal, functioning couple would be enough for me TBH. A few chapters of them being happy and in love is all I really ask for. Show me they can actually enjoy each other's company and I'll be a very happy girl.

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Yuzu and Mei getting to a point where they act like a normal, functioning couple would be enough for me TBH.

Thing is, we have gotten chapters of them like that, plenty in fact. It just seems we’ve gotten an equal amount of chapters of them… not like that. How comfortable they are around each other seems to change from chapter to chapter.

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Saburouta is never, ever going to give her or us what we want.

Oh I’m sure we will. Saburouta’s just going to wait until she’s on her death bed to finally give it to us.

It’ll be the equivalent of “The Castle of aaauuuggghh…” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail xD

Let us then continue to hope . . .

I’ve come too far in this series to lose hope now. Maybe, like all the best things in life, it’ll happen when we least expect it.

(All jokes aside, I may be a diehard advocate for this series and its many divisive plot points, but even I’m starting to feel enough waiting is enough. Especially after how the last arc ended)

At this point I’m really not so goal-oriented (the optimal moment for Mei-Yuzu intimacy is long past—now if it happens, it happens). It’s still frustrating that Saburouta is such a habitually slack storyteller, even for a manga in slice-of-life mode. There are almost always multiple panels or even pages where there’s just not very much going on.

I literally said years ago that this should have time-skipped ahead to become a wacky 4-koma with Mei as the strict academy headmistress and Yuzu as the fun-loving school nurse (or maybe dance teacher), with infirmary hijinx to ensue.

And sure, Nene is Saburouta making fun of one segment of the Citrus readership (Haruyuzu shippers), but I was only 3/4th joking that the character may be trolling most of the rest of us too.

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Good chapter even if it was a bit short.

I like the way Matsuri has mellowed out and is actually treating Nene as a close friend and not just someone she likes to mess up with. Yuzu's decision to become a teacher is pretty fitting to her character although is not really surprising but it does set some interesting possibilities for hypothetical future storylines. I'd love to see people reacting at Aihara Academy's chairman not only being married to a woman but her wife being a teacher in the academy.

Matsuri wants Harumin to address the kiss so bad, hopefully, this chapter's cliffhanger leads to the HaruMatsu situation progressing further.

(the optimal moment for Mei-Yuzu intimacy is long past—now if it happens, it happens)

What would’ve been said “optimal moment” in your opinion?

I literally said years ago that this should have time-skipped ahead to become a wacky 4-koma with Mei as the strict academy headmistress and Yuzu as the fun-loving school nurse (or maybe dance teacher), with infirmary hijinx to ensue.

Ngl I’d read that in a heartbeat xD, it’d be fun to see them butting heads on things in that setting, like how harshly a student should be disciplined for breaking the rules, or what they should do for the upcoming school festival.

(the optimal moment for Mei-Yuzu intimacy is long past—now if it happens, it happens)

What would’ve been said “optimal moment” in your opinion?

What I mean is that at this point Mei and Yuzu’s relationship seems to have regressed to a point where it’s very unclear what exactly would be a reasonable turning point that would move them toward a comfortable physical relationship.

We need to recall that in the original series at the point Mei broke things off with Yuzu in favor of the new arranged marriage, the two of them were pretty passionately physical with each other, with Mei fending off Yuzu primarily because of the general social stigma (lesbian stepsisters) as well as (we assume) her guilt about the supposedly inevitable het marriage. They were literally starting a much-anticipated make-out session when that arranged-marriage bombshell dropped.

But now their parents know, the school knows, and they’re literally engaged to be married. I can imagine a different Citrus + that began with Mei instituting a modified version of her present “start over again from scratch” protocol that involved, say, the two of them actually holding hands as they walked home that first day Mei rejoined the family, and then a series of chapters (interspersed with some focus on the other characters, to be sure) that depicted them coming to terms with what had happened and how they would be with each other going forward.

I certainly did not expect that almost two dozen chapters into the second series that they would still be communicating through Mr. Bearzy-Wearzy, and that the maturing of their relationship would be indicated by the fact that Yuzu could be very understanding when Mei basically ignored her on her birthday in order to do school paperwork.

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I can imagine a different Citrus + that began with Mei instituting a modified version of her present “start over again from scratch” protocol that involved, say, the two of them actually holding hands as they walked home that first day Mei rejoined the family, and then a series of chapters (interspersed with some focus on the other characters, to be sure) that depicted them coming to terms with what had happened and how they would be with each other going forward.

Aight, I like how the series is going now (in spite of its flaws), but I can’t deny that’s sounds a lot better. I think the closest we’ve gotten to that is Mei “losing” her ring and fearing Yuzu would be upset at her for it.

I certainly did not expect that almost two dozen chapters into the second series that they would still be communicating through Mr. Bearzy-Wearzy,

Say what you will but I still find myself doki-dokiing whenever Mei cuddles Kumagoro xD

and that the maturing of their relationship would be indicated by the fact that Yuzu could be very understanding when Mei basically ignored her on her birthday in order to do school paperwork.

Yeahhh… that’s where I have to agree. I was in denial for a week or so after that chapter came out because I didn’t want to admit that I was disappointed with it. Now, not even Housewife Yuzu can absolve that chapter of robbing us of a wholesome birthday celebration.

I certainly did not expect that almost two dozen chapters into the second series that they would still be communicating through Mr. Bearzy-Wearzy,

Say what you will but I still find myself doki-dokiing whenever Mei cuddles Kumagoro xD

Sure, the little guy has been part of the Mei-Yuzu journey almost from the beginning. But by this time he could be more like their mutual adopted mascot rather than still serving as Mei's emotional security blanket.

I mean, he's literally right in the way when Yuzu goes in for her birthday cuddle--hey furry dude, Yuzu wants a shot at that lap!

I certainly did not expect that almost two dozen chapters into the second series that they would still be communicating through Mr. Bearzy-Wearzy,

Say what you will but I still find myself doki-dokiing whenever Mei cuddles Kumagoro xD

Sure, the little guy has been part of the Mei-Yuzu journey almost from the beginning. But by this time he could be more like their mutual adopted mascot rather than still serving as Mei's emotional security blanket.

I mean, he's literally right in the way when Yuzu goes in for her birthday cuddle--hey furry dude, Yuzu wants a shot at that lap!

The Citrus fandom has developed a bit of a theory that Kumagoro is indeed sentient and Yuzu’s “final love rival” to Mei. Hence why he has been getting in Yuzu’s way of Mei cuddles.

The Citrus fandom has developed a bit of a theory that Kumagoro is indeed sentient and Yuzu’s “final love rival” to Mei. Hence why he has been getting in Yuzu’s way of Mei cuddles.

Ah, so perhaps he's been draining Mei's sexual life force to fuel his own base desires--that would explain a lot, actually.

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