Also, I don't think the people in college told her they were co-dependent. Akane just expanded her horizons and could compare how her relationship was going with how other people's relationships were and she realized (she says so herself) that her ow relationship was twisted and based on co-dependency. It just means she took a step back with some points of reference. Honest reflection on your relationship is something healthy to do.

And considering how Ai is being treated by Kaede right now and how dependently Ai behaves, I also wouldn't be so quick to say that girl was wrong. I think this chapter was showing how unhealthy Kaede's views are for her and her "partners." Her past girlfriend recognizes this and bails, something we should want Ai to repeat.

As you said, it wasn't just because people said something. It was that she saw more of the world and could finally compare her very isolated relationship with Kaede to others. Once she does this she begins to realize how abnormal their relationship structure is.

Isn't that exactly what's happening to Ai? Would we consider what we know of Ai and Kaede's relationship healthy? Or Kaede and her husband? Now we even know how self-focused Kaede's thoughts have been.

Ai's and that girl's story are actually the same: Ai also has met someone new who tells her things are unhealthy and she's also expanded her horizons. She's learning about other forms of relationships outside of her relationship with Kaede. Now, hopefully she also recognizes how unhealthy her past relationship with Kaede has been along with this absurdly selfish game of hide and go seek. She should make the same decision as that girl, but the narrative parallel makes me a bit nervous.

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ts so dramatic bruh.

I feel like this is going to have a bad ending where Ai chooses to die with Kaede anyway and Kon is just left devastated.

An emotional leech is an interesting character type. She's empty and devoid of purpose so she latches on to other people and feeds on their emotions. This story may end pretty badly.

And Kaede wasn't even sad. Just disappointed to have lost the vessel of her "life".

We dont get a ton of detail in this chapter but when you put it that way I'm not surprised Kanade concluded it was something codependent-ish

We dont get a ton of detail in this chapter but when you put it that way I'm not surprised Kanade concluded it was something codependent-ish

The thing is, the little bit we see of Akane's side of the relationship all seems fine. Yeah there isn't much to go on, but saying your partner is your other half and you don't know how to live without them isn't weird at all.

Maybe she was comparing her relationship to normal college relationships which aren't that serious and misunderstood, thinking somehow that's the only right way to be in a relationship at her age. But yeah unless she had some reason to think it was wrong of her to be in such a serious relationship with her high school girlfriend or after they had only been together a couple years, I don't really see the issue from her pov. Now if she somehow figured out what Kaede was going through and how she was dependent on Akane to feel anything, okay then it makes more sense all of a sudden.

I feel like this is going to have a bad ending where Ai chooses to die with Kaede anyway and Kon is just left devastated.

That's a really good way to put it, I hadn't considered that. I just thought she is very hollow and emotionally detached.

The last page, when Kaede san said the hope to have Ai san to find her soon, it's like saying,

"I'm hoping Ai san (as the person) to find her soon" or that

"I hope my love finds me soon"

The last page, when Kaede san said the hope to have Ai san to find her soon, it's like saying,

"I'm hoping Ai san (as the person) to find her soon" or that

"I hope my love finds me soon"

Except "Ai" in this instance, isn't written with the kanji for love, but for indigo: 藍

So the clever wordplay you imagined falls a bit flat.

I still dig this author's brand of angst. Octave was one of my first yuri loves, & it's so wonderful to be able to read new work from her.

The last page, when Kaede san said the hope to have Ai san to find her soon, it's like saying,

"I'm hoping Ai san (as the person) to find her soon" or that

"I hope my love finds me soon"

Except "Ai" in this instance, isn't written with the kanji for love, but for indigo: 藍

So the clever wordplay you imagined falls a bit flat.

Oh please,let me! ಥ⁠‿⁠ಥ..
But okay, thank you for shattering my little wordplay and stated the obvious and facts.

My favorite parts of a new month is my blue garnet updates .

it's the Akiyama Haru special... even if a couple is end-game they're not necessarily just getting and staying together for an easy ride.

Kon , your too cinnamon roll for the people in your life

I feel like normally Kon's demand would be a bit of a red flag, but in the context here I kind of get it. She knows Ai isn't over Kaede, even if Ai is denying it to herself. Nothing says "I'm over you!" like hallucinating your ex.

Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

Her idea of normal here is not hanging on and potentially texting your ex, who you're not over with, while in a new relationship. I like that kind of normal, too.

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Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

I agree. She is not asking that for AI's sake, but for her own insecurities, which is wrong. I wouldn't mind if she was asking that because she thought it would be better for AI's mental state, but that's not how I read the situation.

Ai is struggling, but she is really trying.

Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

I agree. She is not asking that for AI's sake, but for her own insecurities, which is wrong. I wouldn't mind if she was asking that because she thought it would be better for AI's mental state, but that's not how I read the situation.

Ai is struggling, but she is really trying.

Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

I agree. She is not asking that for AI's sake, but for her own insecurities, which is wrong. I wouldn't mind if she was asking that because she thought it would be better for AI's mental state, but that's not how I read the situation.

Ai is struggling, but she is really trying.

I don't think it's wrong pre se, it's a boundary for Kon that makes her uncomfortable and it's not a totally unreasonable thing to ask for.
What I would disagree with is the framing she uses for it, the "it's just normal, what you "ought" to do" part. That's just unhelpful.

Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

I agree. She is not asking that for AI's sake, but for her own insecurities, which is wrong. I wouldn't mind if she was asking that because she thought it would be better for AI's mental state, but that's not how I read the situation.

Ai is struggling, but she is really trying.

I don't think it's wrong pre se, it's a boundary for Kon that makes her uncomfortable and it's not a totally unreasonable thing to ask for.
What I would disagree with is the framing she uses for it, the "it's just normal, what you "ought" to do" part. That's just unhelpful.

I don't think it is unreasonable as well, but I don't like the fact that she hides her insecurities behind "normality ". I don't think she is aware of it, though. But I'm afraid her insecurities will push back Ai at a time when she needs the most support.

last edited at Sep 13, 2025 9:35PM

Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

I agree. She is not asking that for AI's sake, but for her own insecurities, which is wrong. I wouldn't mind if she was asking that because she thought it would be better for AI's mental state, but that's not how I read the situation.

Ai is struggling, but she is really trying.

I don't think it's wrong pre se, it's a boundary for Kon that makes her uncomfortable and it's not a totally unreasonable thing to ask for.
What I would disagree with is the framing she uses for it, the "it's just normal, what you "ought" to do" part. That's just unhelpful.

I don't think it is unreasonable as well, but I don't like the fact that she hides her insecurities behind "normality ". I don't think she is aware of it, though. But I'm afraid her insecurities will push back Ai at a time when she needs the most support.

I mean Kon has been mistreated throughout the series. I don't think she's responsible for being Ai's therapist and she is not in a fair situation either. Asking her GF to cut off contact with her ex, who she is still longing for seems appropriate. She has good reason to feel insecure here. We even know that she should feel insecure because we know what's in Ai's head and how manipulative Ai's ex has been in the past. If anything Kon should just bail. To me, her real flaw is sticking to this messy situation because of her own self worth issues.

last edited at Sep 13, 2025 9:51PM

Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

I agree. She is not asking that for AI's sake, but for her own insecurities, which is wrong. I wouldn't mind if she was asking that because she thought it would be better for AI's mental state, but that's not how I read the situation.

Ai is struggling, but she is really trying.

I don't think it's wrong pre se, it's a boundary for Kon that makes her uncomfortable and it's not a totally unreasonable thing to ask for.
What I would disagree with is the framing she uses for it, the "it's just normal, what you "ought" to do" part. That's just unhelpful.

I don't think it is unreasonable as well, but I don't like the fact that she hides her insecurities behind "normality ". I don't think she is aware of it, though. But I'm afraid her insecurities will push back Ai at a time when she needs the most support.

Even knowing she has a complex about being normal, I think this is less her hiding behind normality and more the fact that most people wouldn't have this much trouble deleting an ex's phone number especially if said ex had caused them as much grief as Kaede had. If someone would normally delete that ex's number, I think it's fair to wonder why they would deviate from that behavior.

as someone who rarely dabbles in the "troubled-and-messy-queers-with-past-relationship-trauma" types of stories, this is insane and so sick and twisted. i sat in the same position for at least 2 hours to read through all 11 chapters screaming, crying, pissing, shitting, throwing up, flipping tables, unflipping said tables, then apologizing for flipping the tables. "is this the toxic yuri everyone is talking about?" i begin to question all my life choices up until now, slowly analyzing every page. there's spit coming off of my lips from my incoherent shouting because everything is going wrong, then everything seems to get right and suddenly all wrong again in one scene.

now, i am patiently waiting for the next chapter.

Looks like Kon never let go of her obsession about being "normal".

She chose the wrong partner for that.

I agree. She is not asking that for AI's sake, but for her own insecurities, which is wrong. I wouldn't mind if she was asking that because she thought it would be better for AI's mental state, but that's not how I read the situation.

Ai is struggling, but she is really trying.

I don't think it's wrong pre se, it's a boundary for Kon that makes her uncomfortable and it's not a totally unreasonable thing to ask for.
What I would disagree with is the framing she uses for it, the "it's just normal, what you "ought" to do" part. That's just unhelpful.

I don't think it is unreasonable as well, but I don't like the fact that she hides her insecurities behind "normality ". I don't think she is aware of it, though. But I'm afraid her insecurities will push back Ai at a time when she needs the most support.

Even knowing she has a complex about being normal, I think this is less her hiding behind normality and more the fact that most people wouldn't have this much trouble deleting an ex's phone number especially if said ex had caused them as much grief as Kaede had. If someone would normally delete that ex's number, I think it's fair to wonder why they would deviate from that behavior.

Ai's response is reasonable, though. She gives a proper explanation, gives reassurance regarding their relationship but Kon's response to that is all about normality. Something doesn't sit right with me, especially when she talk about how her ex is a stranger now. It's almost like she wants Ai to completely forget about her.

I know that Ai is a trouble person, but my feeling with this chapter is that Kon is going into jealous/toxic territory a bit. I might be going to far, but again, their conversation doesn't sit right with me.