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Licentious Lantern
Lantern%202
joined Sep 17, 2021

Is there such a thing as being Stockholm'd into becoming wingwomen? I believe Hiyama's sidekicks would fit that description. Mizushima-kun has awakened to voyeurism completely now (also if you think something someone says is lewd then your mind is in the gutter too).

Kimura's Shoujo protagonist sensibilities lead her to have a different understanding of what expressing affection scales as. In Shoujo manga a cheek kiss is often merely a gesture of thanks or friendly affection that the male love interests don't read too much into as they are also thick as bricks. Hiyama on the other hand is an affection starved lone wolf who has not had much contact with people in her life before high school. And their constant cat and mouse game (of which half was in her own mental fabrication) has made her unable to process reciprocation.

My favorite part of this chapter may well be Hiyama defaulting to her usual standoffish facade when she told Kimura to treat her nicely from now on, as if that was a high demand she believes Kimura would not follow up on. It shows how surface all her posturing has always been, although I think by now Kimura already knows that plenty.

last edited at May 10, 2023 2:25AM

Surprise(2)
joined Jun 17, 2021

Can't handle a confession, can't handle a cheek kiss.
Girl, what did you want Kimura to do?

Sena
joined Jun 27, 2017

When you're chasing a tiger without thinking what you'll do once you actually catch it ...

Or something.

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joined Feb 5, 2020

She'd have an aneurysm if she ever googles what happens after kissing

chaosOrchestrator
joined Jul 10, 2015

ah, how the turns have tabled.

Win%202
joined Nov 12, 2020

The turns have tabled,and now the heart attacks shall commence!

That or she straight up drops dead repeatedly.

Ss%20(2022-10-15%20at%2007.19.30)
joined Aug 19, 2021

She's so dumb i love her

Ykn1
joined Dec 20, 2018

Just look at those tables turn... :D

Yuibless
joined Jan 30, 2017

She'd have an aneurysm if she ever googles what happens after kissing

Moving in together?

D5aad09a-7f7c-4c16-aad1-2b0b94587149
joined Nov 13, 2022

She'd have an aneurysm if she ever googles what happens after kissing

Moving in together?

H*lding h*nds???

Cs4_cover
joined Jul 13, 2015

This need reversal tag

Img_0215
joined Jul 29, 2017

Mega-Reversal

Untitled
joined Dec 16, 2014

The friends are a real ones

joined Jul 29, 2022

She will be dead log when the times comes to bedtime with her girlfriend
Just thinking how one will to everything and another just lie and go with flow

20221231_135046
joined Dec 1, 2022

She'd have an aneurysm if she ever googles what happens after kissing

Moving in together?

H*lding h*nds???

blush H-how lewd!

Yuri Yuriyuri
Miowink
joined Aug 21, 2020

You did it Kimura, you really are a heroine.

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joined Sep 10, 2022

Awesome! Wonder what the last 2 will be like then?

Akko%20x%20mari%2007
joined Mar 20, 2016

I'll admit, I didn't see that reaction from Hiyama coming. That was friggin' hilarious.

Unnamed
joined Jul 23, 2017

He is just like me fr fr

She'd have an aneurysm if she ever googles what happens after kissing

Moving in together?

OMG they were roommates...

last edited at May 10, 2023 12:14PM

Mitsuki_25_1_40
joined May 7, 2022

Top!Kimura canon

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joined Jan 18, 2016

mizushima is so real for that one, one of us!!
also fucking finally

Alo
joined Jan 4, 2023

YES, FINALLY!! They're so dumb I love them x'D

I
joined Mar 3, 2022

Is it just me or are the pages out of order?

4
joined Nov 21, 2018

Yeah, it seems there's some pages repeated at the start of the chapter.

I'm glad we're gonna get a few chapters of them as a couple before it ends.

Profile
joined Jan 11, 2014

She'd have an aneurysm if she ever googles what happens after kissing

Moving in together?

H*lding h*nds???

H****** H***?!?!

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