ASSUME CRASH POSITIONS EVERYONE, BRACE FOR MISUNDERSTANDING!!!

AAAGGHHHH WE MADE IT WE MADE IT HAAAHAHAHAAAA OUUUUGGHJHH HHAWAAAAA

The best thing about this manga is that they’re teenagers who feel like such inscrutable outcasts because they like the most middling mainstream rock music imaginable. which is pretty real but they’re also Japanese teenagers and I’m hungover stupid so I don’t know maybe they are actually on the cutting edge. surely it takes balls to sing a song in another language at karaoke. But it’d still be funny if they got found listening to I don’t know fucking clocks or something and everybody in the class was like “sweet. Love Coldplay”

It must be love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmezIIrFQmY

I LOVE ROCK N ROLL
https://youtu.be/wMsazR6Tnf8?si=6uZR1z_4nVsFoT0J

I'm expecting great things from the next chapter.

And great things were delivered.

Excellent choice of a song as well.

ASSUME CRASH POSITIONS EVERYONE, BRACE FOR MISUNDERSTANDING!!!

This is about music, not Aya. 100%

If this ends up being about Aya, throw me to the moon. I'll be smiling... stunned, but smiling.

PLEASE BE ABOUT AYA I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I feel like this is 100% going to be “she really loves music” but I wanna live in the delusion that we’re finally entering the “Aya Rizzes Mitsuki” era

oh no she's gay /deadpan, sarcasm
whatever will we doooo /deadpan, sarcasm

inb4 she moves to America because Aya singing made her realize she truly loves music

Ah, a classic, from MY youth. That's telling y'all how old I am.

Yeah. I remember that song from high school, hell the whole album was pretty good the way I remember it. When I was the chapter name my mind went to Van Halen (or Van Haggar as they used to say) 'Çan't This Be Love'. But this works too.

OMG OMG OMG YEEEEESSSSSSS

Aya's face is so cute (✿ ♥‿♥)

ASSUME CRASH POSITIONS EVERYONE, BRACE FOR MISUNDERSTANDING!!!

This is about music, not Aya. 100%

If this ends up being about Aya, throw me to the moon. I'll be smiling... stunned, but smiling.

Yeah I'd be genuinely shocked if the "punchline" isn't that she loves music lmao

"i knew it, this is love...! aya really loves music!" betting my whole yuri career on this one

"i knew it, this is love...! aya really loves music!" betting my whole yuri career on this one

Leeeegit. Like nah this manga ain't foolin' me... so what if my heart skipped a beat before I went back and reread it. I'M NOT FEELING HOPEFUL AT ALL </3 (unless...?)

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"i knew it, this is love...! aya really loves music!" betting my whole yuri career on this one

Honestly, that would be kinda... I mean, she already know Aya loves music, why would she realize that just now ?

"i knew it, this is love...! aya really loves music!"

"She's just like me! We'll be the bestest of friends forever!"

HELL YEAH

I definitely love the song choice. Absolutely perfect for this.

Imagine if Aya just managed to get herself a bad bitch by yelling in broken English in front of the whole class.

Okay. Okay. Look. I've been fine with the subtle, low key subtext approach this series has been taking. If they never took things in an explicitly romantic direction, I would've been disappointed, but I'm used to those kinds of stories and it's pretty obvious that you can read between the lines and see the nature of it. I've been reading ambiguously gay fiction for decades, I'm used to that.

But this better not be a fakeout, or I'm gonna be so mad.

It's so weird, I can handle a series that never runs for the finish line, but I can't stand narrative edging. If the future strips continue with this, great, if they pivot to "I love her as a fan! She's my Oshi!" or "Man, she loves Rock & Roll so much!" I'm gonna riot.

last edited at Sep 24, 2023 4:11PM

Okay. Okay. Look. I've been fine with the subtle, low key subtext approach this series has been taking. If they never took things in an explicitly romantic direction, I would've been disappointed, but I'm used to those kinds of stories and it's pretty obvious that you can read between the lines and see the nature of it. I've been reading ambiguously gay fiction for decades, I'm used to that.

But this better not be a fakeout, or I'm gonna be so mad.

It's so weird, I can handle a series that never runs for the finish line, but I can't stand narrative edging. If the future strips continue with this, great, if they pivot to "I love her as a fan! She's my Oshi!" or "Man, she loves Rock & Roll so much!" I'm gonna riot.

It would definitely start to feel a bit suspect but I wouldn't be too mad about it yet. The thought has crossed my mind though, especially after this chapter. This instance could be a fake out but if they eventually make their romantic feelings clear than it's a non issue. But it would be weird to do all this teasing and then end it with them as just "straight" friends. Does the series specifically market itself as Yuri? I haven't ever checked actually.

last edited at Sep 24, 2023 4:24PM

Okay. Okay. Look. I've been fine with the subtle, low key subtext approach this series has been taking. If they never took things in an explicitly romantic direction, I would've been disappointed, but I'm used to those kinds of stories and it's pretty obvious that you can read between the lines and see the nature of it. I've been reading ambiguously gay fiction for decades, I'm used to that.

But this better not be a fakeout, or I'm gonna be so mad.

It's so weird, I can handle a series that never runs for the finish line, but I can't stand narrative edging. If the future strips continue with this, great, if they pivot to "I love her as a fan! She's my Oshi!" or "Man, she loves Rock & Roll so much!" I'm gonna riot.

It would definitely start to feel a bit suspect but I wouldn't be too mad about it yet. The thought has crossed my mind though, especially after this chapter. This instance could be a fake out but if they eventually make their romantic feelings clear than it's a non issue. But it would be weird to do all this teasing and then end it with them as just "straight" friends. Does the series specifically market itself as Yuri? I haven't ever checked actually.

Ah, the good ol' Higashiyama Shou's Stretch route huh?
Surely they wouldn't....right?....right?!