Erika the biggest natural flirt ever. You can’t just tease a girl who is having sad puppy eyes by saying “We can’t” half the sentence like that T.T

I've felt 100% confident this was intentionally textually intended as gay since all the way back in chapter 43, from four years ago. Since then we've had explicit confirmations of gay relationships, gay kisses, every other character shipping Komichi and Erika, and Komichi explicitly saying that her feelings of love for Erika expressed in the video they made are real, not acting. Anyone still afraid they're getting baited is way too paranoid, we're long past the point of no return to denialability lol.

don't claim victory before the match's over fella

that is like ignoring context to pretend you were right or something, we have many mangas were we were 100% they were gonna end up together only to be a wet fart of an ending, like please spare me the idea that 40 chapters was enough of an indication were i got stories that you couldn’t say they were NOT IN LOVE with one another only for the author to pull the we are best fewnds, so yeah thank got we got 80 chapters to reach this conclusion, should i thank the gay gods it paid off instead of going 130 without anything changing? YAP I’m gonna make an offering to the Yuri Goddess and thank her :3

YOU might have many manga that you thought they were gonna end up together and were wrong, but not me. Maybe I just know how to read better or something lol? To date my one and only failed prediction of canon gay is Lycoris Recoil, and I'm pretty sure that's only because the show got censored (and the light novel follow-ups written by the same author corrected that and made them textually gay).

don't claim victory before the match's over fella

Lol nobody's ever called me a "fella" before. The gender being wrong is an obvious problem but also like who talks to this in the modern day. Who goes around calling people "fella". I don't think I've ever heard anyone else called "fella" either.
But also this "match" IS over. Akebi's Sailor Uniform is gay. The gay Sailor Uniform ship has sailed. I did predict it four years ago before it happened but it's already happened by now, Komichi explicitly said she is in love with Erika. That's why the "subtext" tag on this manga got replaced with a "yuri" tag!

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that is like ignoring context to pretend you were right or something, we have many mangas were we were 100% they were gonna end up together only to be a wet fart of an ending, like please spare me the idea that 40 chapters was enough of an indication were i got stories that you couldn’t say they were NOT IN LOVE with one another only for the author to pull the we are best fewnds, so yeah thank got we got 80 chapters to reach this conclusion, should i thank the gay gods it paid off instead of going 130 without anything changing? YAP I’m gonna make an offering to the Yuri Goddess and thank her :3

YOU might have many manga that you thought they were gonna end up together and were wrong, but not me. Maybe I just know how to read better or something lol? To date my one and only failed prediction of canon gay is Lycoris Recoil, and I'm pretty sure that's only because the show got censored (and the light novel follow-ups written by the same author corrected that and made them textually gay).

don't claim victory before the match's over fella.

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But also this "match" IS over. Akebi's Sailor Uniform is gay. The gay Sailor Uniform ship has sailed. I did predict it four years ago before it happened but it's already happened by now, Komichi explicitly said she is in love with Erika. That's why the "subtext" tag on this manga got replaced with a "yuri" tag!

We probably need to cut the “yuri skeptic/pessimist” community a bit of a break—they clearly still suffer from a lot of past trauma (although I’m not sure we can say the same of the “yuri tag police” aka the “on-panel fisting or it’s just subtext” crowd).

My own personal counter-example was Nettaigyo, which had to work far harder to NOT end up as explicit yuri than it would have done to just go with its own well-established flow—when you have to back off from an “isn’t the moon beautiful?” scene, you’re doing Olympic-level back-pedaling.

I totally agree on this one, though—the mutual blush-sex scenes alone approach NSFW levels.

And then they fucked.jpg

We probably need to cut the “yuri skeptic/pessimist” community a bit of a break—they clearly still suffer from a lot of past trauma (although I’m not sure we can say the same of the “yuri tag police” aka the “on-panel fisting or it’s just subtext” crowd).

My own personal counter-example was Nettaigyo, which had to work far harder to NOT end up as explicit yuri than it would have done to just go with its own well-established flow—when you have to back off from an “isn’t the moon beautiful?” scene, you’re doing Olympic-level back-pedaling.

I totally agree on this one, though—the mutual blush-sex scenes alone approach NSFW levels.

My willingness to cut them a break stops when they get aggressive about anyone (like me) not being pessimistic. My gaydar is a well built, finely tuned, and lovingly maintained instrument lol. I took multiple college classes that contributed nothing to my major like classes on queer film theory and literary analysis, just for the sake of getting real good at picking up the signs.
(Not that any of that was necessary for a case as obvious as this one, that stuff is mostly useful for picking up subtext in cases where the author is trying to work around explicit censorship like gay novelists from the 1800s)

We probably need to cut the “yuri skeptic/pessimist” community a bit of a break—they clearly still suffer from a lot of past trauma (although I’m not sure we can say the same of the “yuri tag police” aka the “on-panel fisting or it’s just subtext” crowd).

My own personal counter-example was Nettaigyo, which had to work far harder to NOT end up as explicit yuri than it would have done to just go with its own well-established flow—when you have to back off from an “isn’t the moon beautiful?” scene, you’re doing Olympic-level back-pedaling.

I totally agree on this one, though—the mutual blush-sex scenes alone approach NSFW levels.

My willingness to cut them a break stops when they get aggressive about anyone (like me) not being pessimistic. My gaydar is a well built, finely tuned, and lovingly maintained instrument lol. I took multiple college classes that contributed nothing to my major like classes on queer film theory and literary analysis, just for the sake of getting real good at picking up the signs.
(Not that any of that was necessary for a case as obvious as this one, that stuff is mostly useful for picking up subtext in cases where the author is trying to work around explicit censorship like gay novelists from the 1800s)

Give it some more work and you have a pretty neat and gay copypasta.

My willingness to cut them a break stops when they get aggressive about anyone (like me) not being pessimistic. My gaydar is a well built, finely tuned, and lovingly maintained instrument lol. I took multiple college classes that contributed nothing to my major like classes on queer film theory and literary analysis, just for the sake of getting real good at picking up the signs.
(Not that any of that was necessary for a case as obvious as this one, that stuff is mostly useful for picking up subtext in cases where the author is trying to work around explicit censorship like gay novelists from the 1800s)

Give it some more work and you have a pretty neat and gay copypasta.

PLEASE IT WOULD BE SUCH A FIRE COPYPASTA LMFAOO

don't claim victory before the match's over fella

who talks to this in the modern day. Who goes around calling people "fella". I don't think I've ever heard anyone else called "fella" either.

I don't know what any of that means but I'm glad y'all are having fun.

i'm with the non-fella here. pessimits are acting like some sort of old, conservative relative that wants to get gay married and can't because of society, except the people surrounding them are so supportive every family gathering looks like a pride parade

why are we even being pessimistic about the gay ending where there's already been gay girls here. what's our end goal. is this what being a himejin taught you?!

I don't know what any of that means but I'm glad y'all are having fun.

Queen shit

Oh, to be young and new to love again. There's a purity to it that's never quite the same.

These two gon' kiss. And if they don't I'll be what we in the business call "real fuckin' surprised."

I could read all the drama but who has the time right?

So I'm just going to ask before diving into this? Do we have a kiss? Are they into each other from the point that even the nettaigyo author would have to pull up an "it was all a dream" to backtrack it?
I just ask this because who has the time nowadays right? And if I'm diving into 80 chapters I'd like to know in advance I already made that mistake with that one manga with the widower and the sister of the dead guy.

I could read all the drama but who has the time right?

So I'm just going to ask before diving into this? Do we have a kiss? Are they into each other from the point that even the nettaigyo author would have to pull up an "it was all a dream" to backtrack it?
I just ask this because who has the time nowadays right? And if I'm diving into 80 chapters I'd like to know in advance I already made that mistake with that one manga with the widower and the sister of the dead guy.

Question 1: yes, although not between the main couple yet.
Question 2: yes. There's a reason this manga swapped out the subtext tag for a yuri tag recently.

I could read all the drama but who has the time right?

So I'm just going to ask before diving into this? Do we have a kiss? Are they into each other from the point that even the nettaigyo author would have to pull up an "it was all a dream" to backtrack it?
I just ask this because who has the time nowadays right? And if I'm diving into 80 chapters I'd like to know in advance I already made that mistake with that one manga with the widower and the sister of the dead guy.

Oh, trust me. This is Yuri 100%. Next chapter is going to be decisive between Erika and Komichi.

By the way: This waiting is agonizing. When is the next chapter comming?

I could read all the drama but who has the time right?

So I'm just going to ask before diving into this? Do we have a kiss? Are they into each other from the point that even the nettaigyo author would have to pull up an "it was all a dream" to backtrack it?
I just ask this because who has the time nowadays right? And if I'm diving into 80 chapters I'd like to know in advance I already made that mistake with that one manga with the widower and the sister of the dead guy.

Oh, trust me. This is Yuri 100%. Next chapter is going to be decisive between Erika and Komichi.

By the way: This waiting is agonizing. When is the next chapter comming?

Word has it that Hiro is on break until next year. A short-novel-like story about Minoru did come out recently, but that's about it.

Hopefully we get to see Komichi and Erika's date next chapter though. It's about time for it.

I could read all the drama but who has the time right?

So I'm just going to ask before diving into this? Do we have a kiss? Are they into each other from the point that even the nettaigyo author would have to pull up an "it was all a dream" to backtrack it?
I just ask this because who has the time nowadays right? And if I'm diving into 80 chapters I'd like to know in advance I already made that mistake with that one manga with the widower and the sister of the dead guy.

Oh, trust me. This is Yuri 100%. Next chapter is going to be decisive between Erika and Komichi.

By the way: This waiting is agonizing. When is the next chapter comming?

Word has it that Hiro is on break until next year. A short-novel-like story about Minoru did come out recently, but that's about it.

Hopefully we get to see Komichi and Erika's date next chapter though. It's about time for it.

Ah, man. This is the MEANIEST moment for him to take a break. But he also needs to rest and be with his family on the Holydays, so I understand. But to wait until next year will be pure torture...

I could read all the drama but who has the time right?

So I'm just going to ask before diving into this? Do we have a kiss? Are they into each other from the point that even the nettaigyo author would have to pull up an "it was all a dream" to backtrack it?
I just ask this because who has the time nowadays right? And if I'm diving into 80 chapters I'd like to know in advance I already made that mistake with that one manga with the widower and the sister of the dead guy.

Oh, trust me. This is Yuri 100%. Next chapter is going to be decisive between Erika and Komichi.

By the way: This waiting is agonizing. When is the next chapter comming?

Word has it that Hiro is on break until next year. A short-novel-like story about Minoru did come out recently, but that's about it.

Hopefully we get to see Komichi and Erika's date next chapter though. It's about time for it.

Aaaaaaand I spoke too soon. A new chapter just went live tonight in Japan.
https://tonarinoyj.jp/episode/2550912964971198676

Aaaaaaand I spoke too soon. A new chapter just went live tonight in Japan.
https://tonarinoyj.jp/episode/2550912964971198676

YEEESSSSSSSS PLEASE GOD SEND US A TRANSLATION SOON I NEED THIS DATE INJECTED INTO MY BLOODSTREAM DIRECTLY

Aaaaaaand I spoke too soon. A new chapter just went live tonight in Japan.
https://tonarinoyj.jp/episode/2550912964971198676

YEEESSSSSSSS PLEASE GOD SEND US A TRANSLATION SOON I NEED THIS DATE INJECTED INTO MY BLOODSTREAM DIRECTLY

Oh, Thanks God! Hiro is our Hero! I need to know what happens next! How long hás It been since I felt this impatient for an update... This series is special.

Hire decided to give us more okuma, washio and nawashiro content before the date... sly very sly but also a nice read. Calm before the storm and all that

*She wasn't good at talking to more than one person at a time" Minoru autistic icon ToT nice text chapter, picturing the characters in my head is really nice, gives them a lot more depth too

Nice. ^_^