Lovely and heatfelt as always. Thank you for the TL.

Lovely pfp. Very good taste. ;)

Is "zine" becoming more and more commonplace? I feel like I've been seeing it everywhere now after seeing it for the first time a few chapters ago in this manga.

i wonder, is this a thing for non-translated manga centered around pairs of teenaged female friends? where the relationship between the two is clearly ambiguous but the author is happily stringing their readers along, never wanting to fully commit to what the core audience is hoping for?

i wonder, is this a thing for non-translated manga centered around pairs of teenaged female friends? where the relationship between the two is clearly ambiguous but the author is happily stringing their readers along, never wanting to fully commit to what the core audience is hoping for?

"Never"? Do you know something we don't? Should I stop hoping for more and just accept that this "love yet to bloom" will not be blooming in this story?

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this chapter essentially injected 500mg of pure, unfiltered yuri-caine straight into my blood vessels. i physically felt it rush through my body. usually this would be a tad too slow for slowburn when it comes to my taste but its definitely chapters like this that reel me back in. so very excited for that first kiss on the cheek

i wonder, is this a thing for non-translated manga centered around pairs of teenaged female friends? where the relationship between the two is clearly ambiguous but the author is happily stringing their readers along, never wanting to fully commit to what the core audience is hoping for?

What do you mean by non-translated? It's translated, we've been reading the translation.

Some series never get out of subtext. Some series are slow burn into full yuri.

Is "zine" becoming more and more commonplace? I feel like I've been seeing it everywhere now after seeing it for the first time a few chapters ago in this manga.

It used to be quite common in fandoms and subcultures. I think the word is making a bit of a resurgence these days as small groups of people push back against commercialisation of hobbies and pursue more authentic voices.

Is "zine" becoming more and more commonplace? I feel like I've been seeing it everywhere now after seeing it for the first time a few chapters ago in this manga.

I dunno. 'Zine' started in 1940 but I would expect the Internet to have made them a lot less common. OTOH there's this and maybe Japan's doujin culture means there's still more paper zine production.

Or maybe just frequency illusion "a cognitive bias in which a person notices a specific concept, word, or product more frequently after recently becoming aware of it."

I'm guessing that their potential customers held back because they see the lily-flavored haze hanging over that booth, and didn't want to interrupt.

i wonder, is this a thing for non-translated manga centered around pairs of teenaged female friends? where the relationship between the two is clearly ambiguous but the author is happily stringing their readers along, never wanting to fully commit to what the core audience is hoping for?

I wonder if it's your thing to just bitch about this manga, clearly you don't care for it so why don't you just go run along and read something else?

Is "zine" becoming more and more commonplace? I feel like I've been seeing it everywhere now after seeing it for the first time a few chapters ago in this manga.

It used to be quite common in fandoms and subcultures. I think the word is making a bit of a resurgence these days as small groups of people push back against commercialisation of hobbies and pursue more authentic voices.

It still is pretty common in fandoms imo
Lots of zines being made still I love it

Another ambiguous chapter between best friends. No romance to be seen. /s

It looks like we might be restarting the engines of our second potential couple too. The parents of the group.

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It's been a hot minute since Hirose's feelings towards Takamine were brought up, hasn't it?

I guess they all ''ship it'' in their own way, although it's still a bit painful for some . Thjey're being so darn mature about it, though, at that age I wouldn't have been nearly that introspective and rational about it (^^)

This is probably not intended to be, but I'm choosing for a bit to believe the chapter is a meta comment by the author that exclaims in no uncertain terms, "This is a slow burn, motherfuckers!" and the thought amuses me very much.

More seriously, I appreciate the burning curiosity and genuine care the relationship between the two evokes in their surroundings. I've been in Hirose's shoes plenty of times, particularly regarding the idea that sometimes, when something still lingers in your head, it's tough to let it go. I've been burned by that, whew, a hell of a lot, so I like that she's got somewhere more, for lack of a better term, productive to vent towards. Speaking of a slow burn, Hatori's shell, I feel, is cracking as well, slowly, but almost definitely. It'll be interesting to see how her dynamic with her surroundings, with Hirose in particular, develops going forward. Lastly, I'd like to comment that this chapter was just really interesting to read. It gave a lot of breathing room to the supporting cast while also helping to breathe into the main draw of the series, which I find pretty impressive as well. Big fan overall.

Hirose looking at Hatori's "pretty hands" again

Hatori's insight on Takamine is really poetic.

I like the poetic feeling of the newest chapter!

Lovely and heatfelt as always. Thank you for the TL.

Lovely pfp. Very good taste. ;)

Ahaha, a kindred spirit I see. Right back at you, fellow Devil enjoyer.