gyat damn i just came back what the fuck

https://medium.com/@peter91916/the-aesthetic-of-the-shadow-i-love-your-cruddy-explanation-3b9aabefbf99

Since no one ever give the series a serious praise, I am here to do so.

That was worth the mental breakdown. The ending was tragic af but at least it made me feel something

P/s: I hate that glasses bitxh with my whole hwart. Everybody got their own problems but she's just a bxhth

This is just so agreeable, me and my wife hated that ugly curtain looking girl with our whole hearts combined.

Damn... I just finished reading this. At first, I was like: "yeah, this is just a fetish manga", but then it got so much deeper and... Wow, tbh, I really really liked it. I ADORE wholesome cute lovey-dovey stuff, but I also adore this type of stuff, just in a different way. Fucked up characters are SO interesting. This end felt so fitting. Tbh, it reminded me a bit of Adabana, with the whole "death in a winter night" and the "dreaming of being happy together". This is much more fucked up tho, imo.
Also, I also hate the glasses bish, I wanted to see her Best friend find out about the fcked up things she did and be horrified by her
PS: in another universe, Ai and Hina would've made a cute couple. In a universe where they're not so mentally ill hahaha

this is some of the most vanilla shit I've ever read

hear me out, I know they did some weird things but the romantic ideals underpinning it are so fucking vanilla I can't even think of any other yuri manga on par with it off the top of my head. especially the murder-suicide. we're going back to ancient mythology with this one

I hate the ending, I feel so empty after reading it's just why it should be like that there's a lot of way to deal with that problems I HATE IT SO MUCH WHY THE ENDING IS LIKE THAT

Jesus fucking Christ.

finally finished and wow

In my mind: "As yuri grows in popularity and enters the mainstream, we'll enter a new Golden Age of GL! The expansion of the market will mean even more varied yuris can be written! More manga with adults, more imaginative fantasy universes, manga exploring the realities or homosexuality in Japan, manga with oft-unapproached themes like polyamory, and so much more! I can't wait for yuri to be a household genre!"

Reality: Girls puking

Hmm. Polyamorous fantasy puking GL where the girls must coax their many lovers into puking on slimes to level up.

This is the only story I've finished on this website, it was a rollercoaster, I salute you

The Vtuber Shirayuki Tomoe from Nijisanji recently interviewed Manio and she shared some "gems" about the series

Airi and Hina's perverted activities are a very mild, all-ages version of her own fantasies
Manio's kinks are NTR, partner swapping, blind fold or character with eyes hidden, hypnosis, corruption, ahegao
Manio says she'd draw Kitakawa as eroguro if she had more talent for that
Manio says she decided that both girls would die in the end before the serialization even started
During serialization Manio says she started wanting to let one of them survive and live in despair, and there was a conflict with the editor, but the editor insisted that the ending should be the way it was. Both Tomoe and Manio agree that the ending was happy compared to her idea

So what you're saying is, this could have been even more difficult to read in one sitting than it was when I did exactly that one night I had a self-loathing episode earlier this year.

how .. did it end up like this. this really left a bad taste in my mouth. and it wasn't necessary at all for it to end up like this. I also want to see the glasses girl die or something but she's alive and well too.

Glasses girl is royally fucked. She's about to taste something worse than simply death for a yandere, all for Ichika's entertainment. I'm quite sad I can't see the aftermath, though.

Lovely ending, really managed to bring closure to the two main characters. Feels a bit rushed and like it got axed but at the same time it feels like this was always going to be the ending so in that sense it's not really all that lacking. Fucking loved it to pieces

I think the ending is fitting, but I wish that there had been a few more chapters building up to the conclusion. I also really really want to know what happens afterwards too, maybe an extra (optional) volume detailing how they found the two girls, the rest of the cast's reactions, as well as Ichika's conclusion. (No, that one-shot spinoff doesn't count, it just shows the thoughts of a new girl which is nice, but I want to see the others)

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Ahhhhh, new stuff !! Yaaaaaas

Kitakawa I’ve missed you everyday……<3 (٭°̧̧̧ω°̧̧̧٭)

Damn that poor girl ended up getting traumatized in the end... Now she's gonna live with the burden of never talking to hina ｡⁠:ﾟ⁠(⁠;⁠´⁠∩⁠`⁠;⁠)ﾟ⁠:⁠｡

Of all the things to update, this was the last thing I was expecting.
Can’t say I don’t like it tho

That was bitter sweet…damn… all the mixed feelings I had are coming back

Ah... I forgot how much this made me feel... I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad to remember, but to feel is to be alive.

Thank you for the doujin, it makes the canon even more enjoyable.

Woah, an unexpected update. Ngl that first part almost made me forget how messed up their relationship was. Second part was definitely a "there's the two I know and love(?)" moment.

New stuff, heck yes!
Love the bittersweetness of the two extra, though I feel kinda bad for the former classmate.

The Vtuber Shirayuki Tomoe from Nijisanji recently interviewed Manio and she shared some "gems" about the series

Airi and Hina's perverted activities are a very mild, all-ages version of her own fantasies
Manio's kinks are NTR, partner swapping, blind fold or character with eyes hidden, hypnosis, corruption, ahegao
Manio says she'd draw Kitakawa as eroguro if she had more talent for that
Manio says she decided that both girls would die in the end before the serialization even started
During serialization Manio says she started wanting to let one of them survive and live in despair, and there was a conflict with the editor, but the editor insisted that the ending should be the way it was. Both Tomoe and Manio agree that the ending was happy compared to her idea

Thanks for the extra info!

So it's finally uploaded. It's been translated on Mangadex for many months, but I'm glad now everyone can read it here.

Imagine Hinako’s life if that former classmate was the one she became friends with and became attached to. She could’ve had a normal life and someone who loved her properly, the what ifs is the biggest tragedy of this story

She just needed to be a minute earlier :(

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I think the ending is fitting, but I wish that there had been a few more chapters building up to the conclusion. I also really really want to know what happens afterwards too, maybe an extra (optional) volume detailing how they found the two girls, the rest of the cast's reactions, as well as Ichika's conclusion. (No, that one-shot spinoff doesn't count, it just shows the thoughts of a new girl which is nice, but I want to see the others)

True. Also, when I see this extra, I hoped for Ichika/Yoshimi (glasses girl)/Yuko's part (Where Ichika was about to expose Yoshimi), too bad it didn't happen.

I think the ending is fitting, but I wish that there had been a few more chapters building up to the conclusion. I also really really want to know what happens afterwards too, maybe an extra (optional) volume detailing how they found the two girls, the rest of the cast's reactions, as well as Ichika's conclusion. (No, that one-shot spinoff doesn't count, it just shows the thoughts of a new girl which is nice, but I want to see the others)

True. Also, when I see this extra, I hoped for Ichika/Yoshimi (glasses girl)/Yuko's part (Where Ichika was about to expose Yoshimi), too bad it didn't happen.

I kinda like how sudden it is and how we don’t see the aftermath of how her classmates are affected.

Death is absolute. It happens suddenly, and when it’s over, it’s over, regardless of whether or not you have regrets or more you want to do.

It’s poetic, in a way…. I think

Damn, back from the dead hey...¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯