KOGA MITSUKI, YOU HOUND! You can't just unleash your rizz into the public like that, you'll cause casualties!

Walls shattered, rizz level: 1 million.

Mitsuki is definitely super cool in this chapter and I'm glad she is able to show her real self in public, but I'm a bit upset as well that she doesn't let Aya knows that she's fine. Aya have probably been worried sick, to the point were she wonder if she did well getting angry and yet she is being completely let down by Mitsuki.

It's been like that for quite some time already. Aya seems more like a supporting character rather that being part of the main cast and the last panel makes me think she feels that way...

[Prepares trenchant analysis of new chapter]:

Kyaa! So cool!

[Crap—I made a weird sound.]

Title: "show them what you got".

My head:

Some of the boys in class will start questioning themselves ...

A catalyst indeed ! Koga shows a much more confident face now (because Aya's feelings finally reached her ? =3)
I guess Aya is going to have to suffer through a few more people realising how cool Koga is and crushing on her XD
Hopefully, now that Koga is being more true to herself and more confident, she can confess to Aya~

Mitsuki is definitely super cool in this chapter and I'm glad she is able to show her real self in public, but I'm a bit upset as well that she doesn't let Aya knows that she's fine. Aya have probably been worried sick, to the point were she wonder if she did well getting angry and yet she is being completely let down by Mitsuki.

It's been like that for quite some time already. Aya seems more like a supporting character rather that being part of the main cast and the last panel makes me think she feels that way...

I get what you mean, though I also get what the author is going for with this whole arc. You know the saying that before you start dating someone, you should accept and love yourself and be happy with yourself as you are ? Because otherwise, the relationship cannot be built on steady ground and if you're not happy with yourself, then the burden of making you happy falls on your partner, meaning that you become dependant on them, which isn't healthy.
As I see it, until now, Aya has been much further along on this path of self-acceptance than Mitsuki. She knows who she is and, thanks to Mitsuki, the only part of herself that she didn't feel confident about showing in public (her love for rock music) has become something that Aya feels more comfortable about, including in sharing it with her other friends. Mitsuki, on the other hand, while she had become a bit more confident in herself and open to others thanks to Aya, was still doubting and hiding herself quite a lot, as she wasn't fully comfortable in owning up to who she is in public. This whole arc about Mitsuki making music for Aya, letting her listen to it and even playing in public was supposed to make her grow into the person she needs to be to be happy with herself and able to be in a healthy relationship with Aya, where they wouldn't depend on each other to be confident and happy and the happiness they bring each other is a very special bonus, but not the only happiness they can have.
I'm not sure if that makes much sense, I'm typing this quickly, but basically I think Mitsuki had a lot of growing to do before she could become a person who could actually stand by Aya's side as her lover and not second-guess herself every two seconds, and she had to work for that growth on her own (though Aya's support is part of what made it possible). I'm sure she had a lot of thinking to do in the week between the two eps and she knew she had to do it alone (because I think that, if she talked to Aya, Aya would have told her that she was fine just the way she was and she shouldn't push herself too hard, so Mitsuki's growth might have been halted by this).

I smiled SO HARD

yeah Koga needs to first get comfy with herself before her and Aya could start doing stuff like that

This is her finally embracing. I imagine next week we get Koga's POV where uncle gives her a pep talk

yeah Koga needs to first get comfy with herself before her and Aya could start doing stuff like that

This is her finally embracing. I imagine next week we get Koga's POV where uncle gives her a pep talk

That’s what I was thinking—it’s not like this author to have a major character transformation/epiphany take place entirely off-panel.

... I dunno, this just kinda reinforces to me that I don't like this author's writing- it was more confusing to see than anything that she's now suddenly fine and her closest friend didn't know shit about it.

Daymmmm gurl about to step up her game on a new freaking level starting at school.

My interpretation is that the change happened because Aya defended her publicly. If you compare it to Rhythm B, her friend then defended her at first but ultimately couldn't take the pressure and abandoned Mitsuki. Aya, on the other hand, not only was defending Mitsuki, but also understood immediately what was fucked up about it, and was ready to throw hands for her. For Mitsuki this has been building the entire time she's known Aya. Aya has been constantly confirming how much she likes Mitsuki as she is and wants her in her life. Chapter 74 was big for her when she really felt publicly not alone anymore, but there wasn't a conflict like the previous chapter. Seeing Aya defend her when she is in conflict with others is monumental for Mitsuki.

She not only comes in wearing what she wants, black nail polish like she wants, but she also mentions her uncle's store, her safe place, to the class. She's opening up in a way she never has before because Aya has made her feel safe.

Mitsuki just opened up a whole new world of possibilities for like half the freaking school in one bold moment :O

Mitsuki, what are you thinking just casually dropping nuclear weapon levels of rizz in class like that??

Nice to see she's gained the confidence to pull off something as cool as this. That was so great to see. :D

Mitsuki's just straight up wearing the boy's uniform for their school now, huh.

... I dunno, this just kinda reinforces to me that I don't like this author's writing- it was more confusing to see than anything that she's now suddenly fine and her closest friend didn't know shit about it.

Personally I can't see this as her being fine. The way she reacted during the incident, in combination with the week long gap feels less like her being fine and more like she found a way to apply a new mask to deal with the resurfaced trauma. It's not normal.

Not enough caffeine, so sorry if my wording's a little weird.

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That’s what I was thinking—it’s not like this author to have a major character transformation/epiphany take place entirely off-panel.

Well, some of the early development certainly was done more vignette style than a connected narrative, so it wouldn't entirely be unexpected either to just keep moving forward. And let's also not forget that we JUST had her and her uncle play hooky to watch a movie, would be kinda odd doing something similar right away again.

She'll probably explain herself if Mitsuki gets jealous or feels unneeded now or something though. ^^#

I think it’s pretty useless to try do a psychological/relationship reading of this chapter’s underlying significance without actually knowing what went on with Mitsuki while she was gone, which I assume we will see in the next chapter or two.

What we actually do know is that she’s shown herself at school in a way that she has never done before.

Holy shit, I didn't expect the "face" reveal. That's pretty rock.

I think it’s pretty useless to try do a psychological/relationship reading of this chapter’s underlying significance without actually knowing what went on with Mitsuki while she was gone, which I assume we will see in the next chapter or two.

I would assume she was busy recording her song.

She spent that week cranking the swag dial all the way up to max.

the public embutchening begins.