A really nice thing about this manga is how well it gets the teenage experience.

Like I kid you not, fear of being known as someone younger, fear of offending someone with something we wrote down, all the little things that we tend to get used as "more grown up" people (not mentioning how many conditions can make these real again). All of these are so good to read, the small fears and joy means everything to her, and we as readers can feel that. How the heck was this so well done in just 5 chapters.
Maybe I'm the only one who think this is like well done because it was literally me before??? Nah judging from other people I guess they also get it.

Anyhow, great manga even though I've only read 5 chapters. 10/10 hope this will turn into some classic yuri.

It's cool that, even having read an embarrassing amount of school girl yuri, I still sometimes encounter new series that can make me go "woah". This one comes with a remarkably cinematic presentation that despite the mundane nature of everything that happens, feels entirely appropriate. The plotting is perfect too; every chapter made me slightly reconsider what I thought I knew and what I should expect, and even though the twist feels predictable in hindsight, it kind of wiped the playing field clean and made the future feel unpredictable.

I'm really impressed because this series is working with building blocks that I wouldn't normally find interesting but the end result feels totally fresh and exciting.

Unfortunately this is where we're stuck with low-res webrips.
As you can now tell, page 17 is where this technically broke into 2 separate chapters. AriSaku updates in halves every 2 weeks and I'm still on the fence of whether I should follow that schedule or wait the month for each chapter to be complete before uploading. Mostly because some seem adamantly against half-chapter TLs.

I love how raw the lines in this manga are. "But you couldn't trust your little sister?" hits like a physical force. And there's a fun cut with "I'm actually Kasumi," a line fairly innocent on its own but a total rejection of the comfort of their RP Haruyo was starting to slide into.

If you were lamenting the loss of anonymous epistolary yuri, hopefully the flirtatiousness of that handholding + handwriting scene made up for it. Things start ramping up in a way that makes you wonder where Haruyo learned to do this stuff. Because god she's a dork in her natural state. If last chapter dismantled the "Onee-sama" fantasy, this one smashes it into pieces. Only to consciously rebuild it at the end. As others have noted, the contrast of Onee-sama (younger, naive, carefree, struggling to meet Kasumi's demands) x Little Sister (older, burdened by harsh experience and mental trauma, desperately retreating into a submissive persona) is the true essence of this manga. Now that we get into Haruyo's head we see just how 'in over it' she is. But she does have the natural gay instincts and honest stubbornness to close the distance.

And speaking of Haruyo's many faces, it's not easy putting a voice to each of them. Especially when there's some small bubbles to work with. So I cheated a little. In the raws, Kasumi is annoyed when Haruyo speaks politely to her. It actually happened on page 17 when she called her 'Senpai'. So when she's in Onee-sama mode, Haruyo actually speaks more casually. Since this can be hard to express in English with just a few words (while Japanese just has to drop the desu), I'm instead making Onee-sama slightly more formal, which means her 'kouhai' speech needs to be unrefined in juxtaposition. I think it captures the stark difference in a way that's more natural in English. I did find it a little easier with Kasumi, who (very minor spoiler) is going to make the opposite switch when speaking in little sister mode. This manga has so many subtle shifts in language I'd actually seen translators say they passed on picking it up for that very reason.

Anyway the rose. If it wasn't obvious, the rose (Haruyo is a rose remember?) isn't the real thing but Kasumi loves it anyway. Exquisite subtext.

This manga has so many subtle shifts in language I'd actually seen translators say they passed on picking it up for that very reason.

Thank you for the translation. It must be hard to capture the tone and language shift in this series.

Anyway the rose. If it wasn't obvious, the rose (Haruyo is a rose remember?) isn't the real thing but Kasumi loves it anyway. Exquisite subtext.

How come I didn't catch this? Superb use of symbolism again on the mangaka's part.

Loved the chapter and the translation notes. Very informative and good luck localizing all of it. It can't be easy.

Aaaa, they're super cute together!!! I also love how expressive and charming the art style is, all the different faces and expressions the characters do are great. All in all I love this manga

Grow that hair back out girl that was gorgeous

Also I totally felt Kasumi's "I want to be mad at you but I also want to close this episode as soon as possible so we can get back to being friends" feeling

The handholding definitely felt like a type of inadvertent crossing the line from just roleplay to real world. And then I'm curious if the last line about the "frying pan" is because she felt the big gay when Kasumi smiled that big.

The handholding definitely felt like a type of inadvertent crossing the line from just roleplay to real world. And then I'm curious if the last line about the "frying pan" is because she felt the big gay when Kasumi smiled that big.

Certainly seems like, from the framing of her looking at Kasumi, the old S roleplay isn't going to be enough for her anymore

This is so adorable! It's been a while since I liked a new series this much!

Soooo cute!!!!!!????

I love this chapter so much. So many great expressions from Haruyo, and so many good character moments from everyone.

I love this so much! It was very fun to read this chapter. I hope in the next one they go in a date.

This series just keeps getting better and better. The layers of onee-sama vs senpai kouhai basically start to delve into the core of japanese linguistic power dynamics and how those shape relationships between people

Absolute godly translation work. The level of insight from those extra pages are insane.

one wrong move and onee-sama gonna get uppercut

God I love this manga

i prefer long haired haruyo:<

This manga would give the "localisation is woke trash, literal translations only" group, an aneurism.

This manga would give the "localisation is woke trash, literal translations only" group, an aneurism.

Though to be fair so would every other manga if they knew anything about anything lmao.

The cute is off the charts here.

And hero TL work.

Thank you for the translation of what is becoming one of my favourites.

Haruyo is silly. And really not big-sister-like. Interesting to see where this goes~.
(And interesting extra pages. Makes me appreciate translation work more.)

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Oh my god these 2 are so fucking cute

Oh hell these two are way too cute. Their facial expressions are hilarious

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