Ahhh this lovey-dovey secondary couple is such a treat. My heart and gut feel fluffy.

I'm gonna count this as progress. Not quite the type or to the extent I expected, but still.

Thank you scanlators for waiting to release both chapters at once

All is quiet on the eastern front.

I fear those friends will have their patience sorely tested by the end of this.

I am betting big bucks that they had a misunderstanding in the end, I'm calling it!

Thank you scanlators for waiting to release both chapters at once

Agreed. Whatever the reason it happened, it was incredibly reader-friendly.

And we need a Neutron-Star Useless Lesbian tag.

Can't help feeling bad for Hinoka again :( Oh well, at least Tsukushi has finaly made it to a point where she calls it love. That's progress !

Can't help feeling bad for Hinoka again :( Oh well, at least Tsukushi has finaly made it to a point where she calls it love. That's progress !

She said that at chapter 7.

There is no progress.

"You hit 5 metres tall yet"
"Probs"
Bro I'm howling

Can't help feeling bad for Hinoka again :( Oh well, at least Tsukushi has finaly made it to a point where she calls it love. That's progress !

She said that at chapter 7.

There is no progress.

It felt more like a ''spur of the moment'' thing back in chapter 7 IMO, now she's a lot more actually aware of what she's feeling.

I actually think that Tsukushi asking Hinoka to wait is quite a bit of progress.

It implies there's something to be said and Hinoka's expression shows that she understands what Tsukushi is building towards. It's kinda nice that she's thinking about it seriously but also being vocal about a waiting period.

Sure, Tsukushi probably didn't think too far ahead and she's still misunderstanding some things but Hinoka seems to grasp that Tsukushi is working through some insecurities. And I think it's more important for a relationship when parties are able to set expectations rather than rush into confessions.

Bitches in GL are always like “lets mutually refuse to acknowledge what we both know is there”

Poor Tsukushi is more wound up than a toy clock, it's miracle she got even this much out and didn't just spend all of chapter 13 whistling like a boiling teakettle.

Can’t wait for the amount of blushing we’re gonna get when they finally get together for real. I love idiot couples at all stages of their relationships, but the best is an idiot couple that continues to get super embarrassed over tiny things. I wanna see them holding hands and freaking out about it even though they’re officially dating.

And I realllllllllllly wanna see that double date!

"Wait a minute... did we... accidentally outed ourselves? I mean... I outed us by jumping the gun?"

Its always cute to see this mix between cowardice and braveness to admit that

Spoiler alert for next chapter

She's just runnin' to the toilet

"Wait a minute... did we... accidentally outed ourselves? I mean... I outed us by jumping the gun?"

I'm not sure Tsukushi really caught that :D

I think that there really is an interestingly sensitive situation here. On the surface, the girl's having a bad trip following a bad dream, which sounds rather ridiculous, but honestly, I personally know that dreams can be really fucking powerful, and that dream followed by realizing she's in love with her best friend with whom she has been close for practically forever was entirely world-shaking for her. Any sense of stability that was lingering prior is now hanging by a thread both from a fear of change and from a currently somewhat repressed desire to change. If anything leaks or slips from her, any deviation from the status quo, in her mind, thanks to that dream, she's bound to get rejected, which means losing both her crush and her best friend - pretty much the most important person in the world to her.

It's surprisingly understandable, at least by this line of thinking, how much of a mess Tsukushi actually is, and even though both in-universe and from a meta-perspective it's absolutely crystal clear that Hinoka loves her as well, Tsukushi can't even imagine it, completely blinded and paralyzed by fear, and yet she still managed to squeak out something, which is mighty impressive to me. I don't think Hinoka is totally aware just yet, but she does realize something is amiss, and her being this understanding makes her a champ in my book.

I don't think it's necessarily 100% by design or intentional, but I feel that rather than just stretching out a plot or preserving a status quo through contrivances, Hijiki has actually constructed something that is sincerely interesting without losing much or really any of the fluff or flavor the series has had before. I'm looking forward to seeing where things go from here. I'm also a huge fan of the wingman side couple. That the two start as already being together is incredibly rare and fresh, and I can't exactly explain that, but I consider them a superpower couple - I still can't get over the top-tier smug from a few chapters ago.

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coward ass little bitch. It’s hella selfish and fucked up to tell someone who is obviously romantically interested in you “just wait.” nah bitch, grow some ovaries and tell her your feelings

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yuri n wine posted:

coward ass little bitch. It’s hella selfish and fucked up to tell someone who is obviously romantically interested in you “just wait.” nah bitch, grow some ovaries and tell her your feelings

Obviously to the readers only

LMFAOOOOO

I wonder if someday will ever come for me? Sure fucking hope so.

OK, so the thing is, I can sort of see the girl wimping out and saying "Please just keep waiting" . . . but what I don't get is our usual viewpoint girl just saying OK and leaving it. I mean, how bloody obvious is it what she's asking her to wait for? Why doesn't she say "I know what you want to say and I want to say it too"?

Takes two to be neutron-star useless.