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joined Sep 27, 2017

Kudos to Wakaba for keeping her verbal reactions to the minimum.

Poor Matsuri, though. Not sure if ai was used or not, but if so...... oh, doomed yuri.

It makes me feel better to imagine Matsuri is representing the bane of yuri readers: the old "just gals being pals and super affectionate". Think of her as Reina or Kumiko or someone like that.

With how warped feelings and words are in this series, I'm expecting something more twisted. I could be wrong, but I'm definitely curious to see where the author intends to go with all of the characters

I just hope it doesn't get really depressing or dark heh

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joined Oct 25, 2023

Maybe my mind is too Shuukura saturated but I don't think the story will stray far from the 2 lead characters. I suspect she'll just be used as a way to advance their relationship similar to how she was this chapter.

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Maybe my mind is too Shuukura saturated but I don't think the story will stray far from the 2 lead characters. I suspect she'll just be used as a way to advance their relationship similar to how she was this chapter.

I think it's kind of a coin flip for me right now, you could definitely be right, but I think the other side is the possibility of that warped Hate & Love sandwich with various reflective parallels.

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joined Sep 16, 2019

Kudos to Wakaba for keeping her verbal reactions to the minimum.

Poor Matsuri, though. Not sure if ai was used or not, but if so...... oh, doomed yuri.

Something I've been wondering, if the "I hate you" with the main couple means I love you, does Matsuri's "I love you" mean I hate you?

Ooh, I hadn’t thought of that, but that’s actually a really cool idea. Making Matsuri a toxic, two-faced types who mask their hatred with false affection would be such a twist, especially with how highly Wakaba seems to think of her. I’m not actually sure that’s the direction the story’s going to go in, but it’d be so good if they did.

Nq9nh0qj
joined Oct 25, 2023

Y'all have some good ideas for Matsuri. Still don't think we're going anywhere with her but I'm all for it if the story goes that way.

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joined Sep 27, 2017

Kudos to Wakaba for keeping her verbal reactions to the minimum.

Poor Matsuri, though. Not sure if ai was used or not, but if so...... oh, doomed yuri.

Something I've been wondering, if the "I hate you" with the main couple means I love you, does Matsuri's "I love you" mean I hate you?

Ooh, I hadn’t thought of that, but that’s actually a really cool idea. Making Matsuri a toxic, two-faced types who mask their hatred with false affection would be such a twist, especially with how highly Wakaba seems to think of her. I’m not actually sure that’s the direction the story’s going to go in, but it’d be so good if they did.

Yee exactly, I'm glad you get where I'm coming from. It would add some interesting spice, and yet another layer to these complicated feelings where lies blanket their true emotions. I do worry about it being painful and uncomfortable, but it would be an interesting direction for the narrative themes.

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joined Dec 13, 2013

i love how they're both stupid its entertaining

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joined Mar 13, 2018

it's like they're scaling her down a tiny bit in every panel and waiting for someone to notice

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joined Apr 19, 2018

I also hate kiss my homies

The rain is a really strange plot device
Can't wait to see them start betting on natural disasters, and the world destroying everything in order for Umezono to win

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Yuibless
joined Jan 30, 2017

i love how they're both stupid its entertaining

Sometimes you don't need elaborate plots. A dumpster fire is good enough.

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joined Jun 6, 2014

Somehow at the end of this I bet Matsuri is gonna be the most endearing character lmao

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joined Aug 29, 2019

i love how they're both stupid its entertaining

Sometimes you don't elaborate plots. A dumpster fire is good enough.

Yep, this is one of those titles that's both "all the right kinds of wrong" and "dumb, but in a very entertaining way".
I love it.

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I would enjoy it way more if one of the MC wasn't looking like an 8 year old kid... I understand that some people look way younger that their real age, but I can't help but feel sickened when it is that extreme.Too bad, the story is entertaining, but I guess I'll start reading the novel instead.

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joined Oct 25, 2023

Wakaba continues to grow more agreeable to the kissing. Thinking "times like this aren't so bad".

This chapter is pretty sweet in a vacuum. One girl teasing another while she puts up a tsundere-like resistance. Then the aggressive girl gets vulnerable and the tsundere comforts her.

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joined Jun 25, 2019

Wakaba continues to grow more agreeable to the kissing. Thinking "times like this aren't so bad".

This chapter is pretty sweet in a vacuum. One girl teasing another while she puts up a tsundere-like resistance. Then the aggressive girl gets vulnerable and the tsundere comforts her.

If you go over the sexual assault that is.

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joined Jun 6, 2020

If you go over the sexual assault that is.

it's toxic yuri. duh. sadistic is in the title

joined Jan 14, 2020

Not so much assault as Komaki keeps making demands while Wakaba keeps going along with them with token protest

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joined Oct 25, 2023

Yeah there's argument to be made about consent in earlier chapters but in this one Wakaba's clearly into it and just pushing back a little for appearance's sake. She literally thinks to herself "times like these aren't so bad".

Particularly with how she's so quick to cuddle and comfort Komaki when she gets scared. Clearly Wakaba's not actually put off by the kissing if she's so quick to comfort her.

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joined Sep 10, 2022

More goodness.

Yeah there's argument to be made about consent in earlier chapters but in this one Wakaba's clearly into it and just pushing back a little for appearance's sake. She literally thinks to herself "times like these aren't so bad".

Particularly with how she's so quick to cuddle and comfort Komaki when she gets scared. Clearly Wakaba's not actually put off by the kissing if she's so quick to comfort her.

As is the case with this and it's sister series, the MC is always clearly into it from pretty much the start and there's always a clear out they don't take because they don't actually want to. But agreed, this chapter was definitely the most straightforward about it.

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joined Aug 19, 2022

what is the sister series?

joined Jan 14, 2020

What's the sister series and why?

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joined Sep 27, 2017

Just confess and marry already

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joined Oct 17, 2016

This series is such a treat

A CONFESSION FROM UMEZONO LESGO RAHHHHHH

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joined Sep 10, 2022

what is the sister series?

"A Yuri Story in Which a Girl Who Says That Girls Being Together is Unbelievable Will Completely Fall Within 100 Days"

Similar type of story, similar agreement/game between MCs, MC who is similarly shown to be into things near immediately. They're both part of the same romance genre in a way (one that's been popular for a long time even outside of Japan). If you like this one, you might like that one too. I forgot the shorter nickname for that series...

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joined Sep 27, 2017

what is the sister series?

"A Yuri Story in Which a Girl Who Says That Girls Being Together is Unbelievable Will Completely Fall Within 100 Days"

Similar type of story, similar agreement/game between MCs, MC who is similarly shown to be into things near immediately. They're both part of the same romance genre in a way (one that's been popular for a long time even outside of Japan). If you like this one, you might like that one too. I forgot the shorter nickname for that series...that's a mouthful.

For me this series is messy but feels more mutual in it's complicated relationship. I can't stomach 100 days for a variety of reasons, mainly due to the rape factor. So I'm hoping this doesn't cross the line that 100 days did.

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