hmmm, so romance probably wouldnt be fitting for this one. it seems more like a budding friendship between two (one's slightly bashful, the other's entirely stoic) teenage girls. even going by the undertones (best friends also talk daily and seek each other out in a crowd of people), it doesnt seem like this will develop into some sort romance, sadly.

great way to end the volume, im definitely interested in buying the next one and continuing to support the author.

I'm thinking the love hasn't bloomed yet, but we'll see.

An awful lot of blushing just for “budding friendship,” I’d say.

Sakura blushes quite a bit, even when she's conversing with people she's hardly familiar with, like Hinata, for instance. and i feel Takamine blushes when she gets embarrassed, which happens quite often as her relationship with Sakura has revealed, even to herself, that she's inexperienced with many social cues and interactions, which isn't hard to believe coming from teenagers, because again, they're teenagers.

if it weren't for the one-shot (where Takamine lit up like a christmas tree), id write this off as another 'best friend' manga. im currently 60 chapters in into another manwha that has pretty much same vibes as this but there is no indication of romance, just an insane amount of closeness and lots of blushing. if you're curious what manwha im referring to, it's Her Mountain, Her Ocean.

I am happy to report that the manhwa you're reading gets a stamp of approval from the Yuri gods. As someone who's read the novel, albeit through an unreliable probably MTL translation, the ending is definitely romantic and super sweet! Warning, don't read the last like 3 extras tho.

That manhwa looks interesting. I’ll likely start reading it, but I’m curious about the last 3 extras. What’s wrong with them? I’m okay with being spoiled in this one specific case. Thanks!

Went back reread the extras I was talking about, they were a lot better than I remembered, Basically it just randomly places the mcs in a death game post apocalypse world where they have to survive. Super random but it still has a sweet ending I must've gotten it mixed up with another story's extras. Apologies for the mix up!

tfw you don't really get what your gf is talking about, you're just glad to listen to her voice.

Fucking cute & precious

i think i could say this every time I read something translated by knight heron, but, wow, I love their translation notes so damn much

The callback to Sakura's little daydream in one of the earlier chapters! I adore that! Staying at home to read this means I'll be late for work but this is 200% worth it, genuinely the best way to start the day.

hmmm, so romance probably wouldnt be fitting for this one. it seems more like a budding friendship between two (one's slightly bashful, the other's entirely stoic) teenage girls. even going by the undertones (best friends also talk daily and seek each other out in a crowd of people), it doesnt seem like this will develop into some sort romance, sadly.

great way to end the volume, im definitely interested in buying the next one and continuing to support the author.

I'm thinking the love hasn't bloomed yet, but we'll see.

An awful lot of blushing just for “budding friendship,” I’d say.

Sakura blushes quite a bit, even when she's conversing with people she's hardly familiar with, like Hinata, for instance. and i feel Takamine blushes when she gets embarrassed, which happens quite often as her relationship with Sakura has revealed, even to herself, that she's inexperienced with many social cues and interactions, which isn't hard to believe coming from teenagers, because again, they're teenagers.

if it weren't for the one-shot (where Takamine lit up like a christmas tree), id write this off as another 'best friend' manga. im currently 60 chapters in into another manwha that has pretty much same vibes as this but there is no indication of romance, just an insane amount of closeness and lots of blushing. if you're curious what manwha im referring to, it's Her Mountain, Her Ocean.

I am happy to report that the manhwa you're reading gets a stamp of approval from the Yuri gods. As someone who's read the novel, albeit through an unreliable probably MTL translation, the ending is definitely romantic and super sweet! Warning, don't read the last like 3 extras tho.

That manhwa looks interesting. I’ll likely start reading it, but I’m curious about the last 3 extras. What’s wrong with them? I’m okay with being spoiled in this one specific case. Thanks!

Went back reread the extras I was talking about, they were a lot better than I remembered, Basically it just randomly places the mcs in a death game post apocalypse world where they have to survive. Super random but it still has a sweet ending I must've gotten it mixed up with another story's extras. Apologies for the mix up!

WELP!!! i though the one shot was really cute in the way the relationship could actually bloom in a slow like honey way…..now I’m just gonna do what i did up until now, WAIT for the story to finish and read about the ending

I’m just super tired about stories were the Yuri tag is just friendship, beating a dead horse about how this never happens in Yaoi, Shoujo, and Shounen.

I love the club member's freckles!

Takamine’s going to write about this cute Sakura she met.

Takamine’s going to write about this cute Sakura she met.

Her ending up writing something a bit racy and with very obvious sapphic undertones would be pretty funny, just seeing the reactions she'd get would be hilarious IMO XD It's probably going to be about Sakura but in a more evocative and metaphorical style, though.

Aaawwww they're both gonna write about their wives.

they're so cute I giggle like a teenage girl whenever they appear and unintentionally flirt with each other T.T

Takamine’s going to write about this cute Sakura she met.

I was thinking a poem about the beauty of Sakura blossoms.

The entire sequence at the start was very amusing. Like, pretty certain they could've roped Takamine into assassinating the prime minister with the vibe they had. She's also part of the club in all but name, really, and her quiet resignation to the fact is very amusing as well.

So, you know when something is so goddamn cute and precious that you turn into Smeagol? Page 15 gave me that shit, so I lingered on it, giggling like a madman meets teenage girl (madteenagegirl?) for a good few minutes — did you see how adorable Sakura was? — before moving on, and when I was hit with the parallel/reversal on page 21 I'm full hog Smeagol right now. But also I absolutely adore that from a writing perspective. But also this is so fucking cute, dude. Man, this shit feels good; needed it, too, had a bummer of a day.

Takamine’s going to write about this cute Sakura she met.

I was thinking to myself that she was this close to figuring it out if only she substituted the word cat with a crasser colloquial synonym. More seriously, I do unironically believe she'll write about her recent experiences and inspirations and Sakura's role in all that, at least that's what I hope.

Man, this shit feels good; needed it, too, had a bummer of a day.

Whatever has you down today, I hope tomorrow is better for you!

IDK, this series just makes me want to spread the positive energy around

Yeah, showing what you're writing, especially the early drafts, can be very embarrassing... And in their case, doubly so, if they're writing about each other! Very cute!
I wonder if this is what will take them from a subtext-y "very good friends" kind of relationship to something more... But I'm not sure of how explicit the author wants to make the series... It still gives subtext vibes to me, honestly.

Oh this is gonna turn out so good takamine I know what you are

I kind of didn't expect to shift this so quickly from theatre to writing, but I'm not complaining... and I guess it was kinda foreshadowed when Takamine was talking to Mikemori about how writing is cool and stuff.

Also did I forget someone or that person on the cover of this chapter is completely new? Or just a one-off hybrid of Sakura and Takamine? :P

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I kind of didn't expect to shift this so quickly from theatre to writing, but I'm not complaining... and I guess it was kinda foreshadowed when Takamine was talking to Mikemori about how writing is cool and stuff.

Also did I forget someone or that person on the cover of this chapter is completely new? Or just a one-off hybrid of Sakura and Takamine? :P

A glasses wearing, lefthanded version of Takamine from the mirror universe :P

Also did I forget someone or that person on the cover of this chapter is completely new? Or just a one-off hybrid of Sakura and Takamine? :P

Isn't it just Takamine with glasses? They probably just wanted to give her a typical "studious" look.

Now that I think about it it's very obvious, it's their daughter

The definition for Tanka poems in the credits page was written as a Tanka, A+ translators

Cute...

Really cute chapter, I love how she's begun to enjoy more things as of late.

This is going way back, but I saw comments that Hirose was relieved Takamine left volleyball because she didn't have to deal with her feelings of jealousy (which she had gone through in the past). But I think she was partly relieved - and partly disappointed - on behalf of the girl, who wasn't Hirose, the president, who was crushed at losing her position. Both Hirose and Takamine overheard her complaining to her friend about it. Hirose was relieved that that girl got her position back. As was Takamine.

Slooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow burn.