New chapter is out this month and it just came out today Happy Easter

Not gonna hold my breath. Not mentioned anywhere else on the net. Then again, who cares anymore?

Not gonna hold my breath. Not mentioned anywhere else on the net. Then again, who cares anymore?

The chapter already came out. It's definitely on the net. And lots of people do.

last edited at Apr 21, 2025 7:39PM

Not gonna hold my breath. Not mentioned anywhere else on the net. Then again, who cares anymore?

The chapter already came out. It's definitely on the net. And lots of people do.

That's right & also the chapter already been translated as of yesterday.

last edited at May 1, 2025 9:46AM

Lowkey I’m wondering why they haven’t posted it here yet it’s on fb but not here or mangadex

Yeah, is weird it hasn't been uploaded anywhere yet. I keep looking at my feed both here and mangadex to see when it will be up because I really want to see what people think of it.

Well, I went and read it on Facebook, and I think "meh". Didn't really care about anything that happened in the chapter.

Well, I went and read it on Facebook, and I think "meh". Didn't really care about anything that happened in the chapter.

I dunno— that one panel of Yuzu smiling at Mei, and Mei not slapping her or anything was kind of cute.

last edited at May 6, 2025 1:04AM

Well, I went and read it on Facebook, and I think "meh". Didn't really care about anything that happened in the chapter.

I dunno— that one panel of Yuzu smiling at Mei, and Mei not slapping her or anything was kind of cute.

Hahaha. After 7 volumes, we're settling for less, huh? That said, for me, the prettiest panel in this chapter was another one. If they ever upload it here, I'll comment.

Yeah, is weird it hasn't been uploaded anywhere yet. I keep looking at my feed both here and mangadex to see when it will be up because I really want to see what people think of it.

It's a cute chapter and has a good moment for Mei in it. I'm waiting also. Looking forward to where things are going even more now.

last edited at May 6, 2025 6:37AM

Half a year spent and no new chapter. :(
Coming back to check and hoping for finally an exciting one... I feel stupid.
The manga is not sour enough like a lemon, and not sweet enough like an orange... so what citrus is this?

There actually is a new chapter; I read it the other day on Chaosteam's Facebook page. I don't know why they haven't pushed it to Dynasty or Mdex.

Aaaand... nothing relavant happened. I don't know why Saburo Uta keeps getting so much focus on this Arata Guy, nobody cares about this character and his goal serves no purpose to the story (besides yet another misunderstanding between Yuzu and Mei who won't advance this relationship one bit)

Arata's goal in the story is to show the change Mei has gone through thanks to Yuzu and to cement her role as the new chairwoman of Aihara

Arata's goal in the story is to show the change Mei has gone through thanks to Yuzu and to cement her role as the new chairwoman of Aihara

And what you say is true, but what many readers (including me) want to see is not "the she president of the academy, what we want to see is Yuzu's girlfriend."

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Arata's goal in the story is to show the change Mei has gone through thanks to Yuzu and to cement her role as the new chairwoman of Aihara

What about Mei's administrative role at the Aihara school has needed to be "cemented"? How have the nuances of that role ever been a central issue in this story, except for Mei spending exponentially more time and energy on that job than on her relationship with Yuzu?

Arata's goal in the story is to show the change Mei has gone through thanks to Yuzu and to cement her role as the new chairwoman of Aihara

What about Mei's administrative role at the Aihara school has needed to be "cemented"? How have the nuances of that role ever been a central issue in this story, except for Mei spending exponentially more time and energy on that job than on her relationship with Yuzu?

maybe i'm wrong but i think they mean cement as in showing the actual, practical work she's doing rather than just "studying a lot and doing overtime at the student council".
Because aside from the romance itself, being the new chairwoman always was a central issue of the story since it's Mei's #1 driving force, informing nearly every decision she makes throughout the series.

So I think it makes sense Saburouta would want to expand on that aspect.

Arata's goal in the story is to show the change Mei has gone through thanks to Yuzu and to cement her role as the new chairwoman of Aihara

What about Mei's administrative role at the Aihara school has needed to be "cemented"? How have the nuances of that role ever been a central issue in this story, except for Mei spending exponentially more time and energy on that job than on her relationship with Yuzu?

maybe i'm wrong but i think they mean cement as in showing the actual, practical work she's doing rather than just "studying a lot and doing overtime at the student council".
Because aside from the romance itself, being the new chairwoman always was a central issue of the story since it's Mei's #1 driving force, informing nearly every decision she makes throughout the series.

So I think it makes sense Saburouta would want to expand on that aspect.

I've been enjoying the focus on her work life. Only issue has been the delays but I'm not fussed about an author taking their time, especially with all the burnout and when I'm reading it for free (also this is extra content with a determined conclusion).

I am under the impression we have another chapter next month? Did that come from somewhere or am I misremembering?

last edited at May 9, 2025 9:19AM

Arata's goal in the story is to show the change Mei has gone through thanks to Yuzu and to cement her role as the new chairwoman of Aihara

What about Mei's administrative role at the Aihara school has needed to be "cemented"? How have the nuances of that role ever been a central issue in this story, except for Mei spending exponentially more time and energy on that job than on her relationship with Yuzu?

maybe i'm wrong but i think they mean cement as in showing the actual, practical work she's doing rather than just "studying a lot and doing overtime at the student council".
Because aside from the romance itself, being the new chairwoman always was a central issue of the story since it's Mei's #1 driving force, informing nearly every decision she makes throughout the series.

So I think it makes sense Saburouta would want to expand on that aspect.

Well, in that sense, sure--in terms of how her character is presented, Mei's "business" (student council/chair of the school) has consistently taken precedence over attention to her relationship with Yuzu (as seen, for instance, in the Yuzu's-birthday fiasco). Now, for some reason, we're getting in-story narrative attention to that business.

So far Arata, with his extravagant admiration for Yuzu, seems to serve mostly to remind Mei how much Yuzu has been working to put herself in a position to help Mei achieve her goals. That just highlights the fact that Mei herself doesn't seem to have noticed that, or when she noticed, hasn't valued those efforts--in fact we've had several Mei-to-Yuzu "no need to worry about my business" scenes.

Not that any number of existing characters couldn't have played a similar role, but Saburouta seems to be committed to introducing new characters rather than servicing (in a narrative-development sense) familiar ones.

Only issue has been the delays but I'm not fussed about an author taking their time, especially with all the burnout

Which burnout would that be?

Only issue has been the delays but I'm not fussed about an author taking their time, especially with all the burnout

Which burnout would that be?

Mangaka in general. Health issues or related delays. Regardless of the reason, I don't begrudge authors who take their time considering the common working conditions and compensation. Plus, this is an extra series, so I imagine she's no longer in a rush. This is her time to relax if she can, and that's fine with me (and the publication seems to work normally with her).

I don't view this as a series that needs or intends regular updates. The main series is over. When a new chapter comes out, I enjoy it, then I go about things. Maybe I view things differently. I follow many independent comic artists who release things at a similar pace, and it doesn't bother me.

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Only issue has been the delays but I'm not fussed about an author taking their time, especially with all the burnout

Which burnout would that be?

Mangaka in general. Health issues or related delays. Regardless of the reason, I don't begrudge authors who take their time considering the common working conditions and compensation. Plus, this is really an extra series, so I imagine she's not in a rush, and that's fine to me (and the publication seems to work with her normally).

I don't view this as a series that needs or intends regular updates. The main series is over. When a new chapter comes out, I enjoy it, then I go about things. Maybe I view things differently. I follow many independent comic artists who release things at a similar pace, and being a writer myself, I get it.

But it is the case, is it not, that, despite the various speculations that have been put forth about the possibility of health problems or author burnout, etc., we actually have no definite evidence as to why this particular series, which once appeared at least fairly regularly, started having much longer gaps between chapters, including missing chapters that had been previously announced and sometimes involving partially toned chapters or chapters with egregious editing mistakes, correct?

You're certainly correct that this series doesn't "intend" regular updates, since it has not had regular updates for quite some time. I'm not sure exactly how one would support the premise that an ongoing series consisting of discernibly incomplete narrative arcs doesn't "need" updates.

last edited at May 9, 2025 10:27AM

Only issue has been the delays but I'm not fussed about an author taking their time, especially with all the burnout

Which burnout would that be?

Mangaka in general. Health issues or related delays. Regardless of the reason, I don't begrudge authors who take their time considering the common working conditions and compensation. Plus, this is really an extra series, so I imagine she's not in a rush, and that's fine to me (and the publication seems to work with her normally).

I don't view this as a series that needs or intends regular updates. The main series is over. When a new chapter comes out, I enjoy it, then I go about things. Maybe I view things differently. I follow many independent comic artists who release things at a similar pace, and being a writer myself, I get it.

But it is the case, is it not, that, despite the various speculations that have been put forth about the possibility of health problems or author burnout, etc., we actually have no definite evidence as to why this particular series, which once appeared at least fairly regularly, started having much longer gaps between chapters, including missing chapters that had been previously announced and sometimes involving partially toned chapters or chapters with egregious editing mistakes, correct?

You're certainly correct that this series doesn't "intend" regular updates, since it has not had regular updates for quite some time. I'm not sure exactly how one would support the premise that an ongoing series consisting of discernibly incomplete narrative arcs doesn't "need" updates.

I'll just repeat only the crux of what I said:

This is really an extra series, so I imagine she's not in a rush, and that's fine to me (and the publication seems to work with her normally). I don't view this as a series that needs or intends regular updates. The main series is over. When a new chapter comes out, I enjoy it, then I go about things.

I didn't say she's sick or that health is her reason. I said I don't care about the reason, even if it's all just her own free choice. I didn't say it doesn't need updates. I said it doesn't need weekly, monthly, "regular" updates. If she feels the need to release chapters when she has the time or passion for it, I have no issue. Eventually all the chapters will be out.

This is additional content to a very popular series. You can feel differently. That's fine. I am reading this for free. If she wants to have her irregular schedule, she can, and I see no problem with it. She's put in years of work already, and I don't know what is happening in her life. Its just not something I care about.

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I am reading this for free. If she wants to have her irregular schedule, she can, and I see no problem with it.

Obviously, Saburouta can have an irregular schedule, because she certainly does have an irregular schedule.

I was just trying to clarify that, despite a great deal of speculation and generalizations about the professional travails of being a mangaka, no one has presented any authoritative evidence whatsoever as to why this series has appeared in print the way it has.

last edited at May 9, 2025 11:58AM

I am reading this for free. If she wants to have her irregular schedule, she can, and I see no problem with it.

Obviously, Saburouta can have an irregular schedule, because she certainly does have an irregular schedule.

I was just trying to clarify that no one has presented any authoritative evidence whatsoever as to why this series has appeared in print the way it has.

Right, but I didn't say I had any evidence and didn't suggest health or anything was the reason. So I didn't understand the response. I don't care what the reason is, and honestly, I've barely thought to worry about that. She has some breaks. She seems healthy from her messages now and then. That's enough for me.

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