anyone who has read 99 and SS, are both of these side stories/future stories compared to the main LN? Last I read was volume 11 and want to know if adashima 99 comes right after it or just a collection of short stories in the universe.

99 is the collection of DVD short stories but with 2 new additional stories. SS is a collection of short stories as well. All in universe, for both.

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Iruma-sensei's new novel got licensed

https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/1761096129075101886

^ I'm getting strong Citrus vibes from this premise, I really wonder where Iruma-sensei will take it. I'll be sure to give it a read when I have some time !

Quite a few interesting moments in the last chapter of SS with the two moms, that was a very enjoyable read. I got a bit emotional at the end, not gonna lie (^^)

I surely enjoyed reading Shimamura spend an entire chapter talking about how beautiful and perfect Adachi is. That said, Adachi's quite amazing in how she's still able to rationalize her thoughts despite being incredibly flustered. Not your usual "gay panic", I guess.

is this what the anime was based on? I liked the general idea of it, but the romance felt too one-sided in it for me.. let's see how this version compares

For those who might still need some motivation to read the recent stuff, we finally get the complete first kiss story, which might be the most Adachi-esque Adachi moment ever ;⁠-⁠)

Is that in volume 11 or the side story volume 99.9 ?

Wow it's been a long tome and still no volume 12 hu? Does anyone know if it's been announced ? Also will the series not end at volume 12 like it was planned ?

Wow it's been a long tome and still no volume 12 hu? Does anyone know if it's been announced ? Also will the series not end at volume 12 like it was planned ?

First chapter of volume 12 has been up on sneikkimies' site for a few days now, thanks for reminding me to make a note here as well.

To those who have been keeping up with this.

I've been wondering if I should get back to it or not. I enjoyed this series a lot up until volume 8-9, but then I started to lose interest with each chapter and I don't think I ever got around to reading volume 11 at all. To clarify: the reason I dropped it was because we were getting more and more AU/side stories with each volume and I just wasn't very interested in all that. There's only so many "what if" irrelevant scenarios I can handle. I remember feeling that things I expected to see —e.g. first kiss or a conclusion to the Tarumi situation— never happened and instead I was reading it about the 100th parallel universe where they meet. Which I suppose is okay, just not my cup of tea.

So my question is, are there any chapters from the new volumes that would be worthwhile for me to read? And by that I mean chapters that continue the story of the protagonists that we know instead of alternate versions of them in parallel universes. Time skips and glimpses to the future are okay (I actually really enjoyed that one chapter where Shimamura talks with her mother a few years later), just no more parallel universes please

Is Volume 12 the last volume of the LN, or is there more coming after. The wiki says that the LN is completed.

Is Volume 12 the last volume of the LN, or is there more coming after. The wiki says that the LN is completed.

Based on raemz's pixiv, there should also be a volume SS2.

Before I forget to mention it again, sneikkimies has added two more chapters of volume 12 to his site.

So close to the end of volume 12 and the ending of this series hu ... it's been such a ride really this series has kne of my favorite romances cuz the author really does a great job showing us two very weird people coming together in very great detail, they complement each other extremely well and well the author went overboard showing us all those IF stories but yeah they're always meant to be together haha.

Welp another side story bolume maybe then ? Most of the volumes are already mostly side stories though ... I wished author would just have at least made the last volume a real one ....

Has anyone read his new novel ? "My first loves kiss" is it ? Is it any good ?

Another novel this author has written that I really really wanna read is "Hitozuma Kyoushi ga Oshiego no Joshikousei ni Dohamari suru Hanashi" o really hope this gets translated soon haha.

I keep forgetting to mention it, but volume 12 is now finished on sneikkimies' site.

edit: And I only noticed that there have also been two new shorts added to the site, What If They Had Children? and Shortly After.

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sneikkimies now also has the first two chapters of volume SS2 up.

I’ve finished reading SS2…

Remember that colored illustration of Adachi as a cat?

I thought it’d just be cute and funny, like most animal transformation stories. But nope, I was completely wrong. I wasn’t expecting Shimamura to get sentimental over cat Adachi possibly having a shorter lifespan than hers… and she even cried. Still a great chapter.

Shortly After.

This one is an epilogue to LN12CH1, so make sure to read that before this.

sneikkimies now also has the first two chapters of volume SS2 up.

It has a ton of fun lovey-dovey and domestic moments. I absolutely love it when Iruma-sensei writes them like that, just happy to be together and cherishing all the small things.

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I just finished reading Volume 12. I heard that the series is ending with this volume, but couldn't find any confirmation in the volume, since there's no author's note at the end. Do you know if this is really the last volume(and if so, if there's a source), or whether it will keep on going?

I just finished reading Volume 12. I heard that the series is ending with this volume, but couldn't find any confirmation in the volume, since there's no author's note at the end. Do you know if this is really the last volume(and if so, if there's a source), or whether it will keep on going?

The author confirmed separately that Volume 12 is not the end, though he previously had planned it to be. Volume 13 is coming out at the end of this month in Japan I believe, and the author stated he's planning to likely cover up until their high school graduation, or possibly just turn the series into a lifelong work.

So in short, it's definitely not ending lol

I keep forgetting to mention it, but volume SS2 is now marked as finished on sneikkimies' site.

I just finished reading Volume 12. I heard that the series is ending with this volume, but couldn't find any confirmation in the volume, since there's no author's note at the end. Do you know if this is really the last volume(and if so, if there's a source), or whether it will keep on going?

The author confirmed separately that Volume 12 is not the end, though he previously had planned it to be. Volume 13 is coming out at the end of this month in Japan I believe, and the author stated he's planning to likely cover up until their high school graduation, or possibly just turn the series into a lifelong work.

So in short, it's definitely not ending lol

Thanks for answering my question. Personally, I feel as though the series is meandering a bit, and while not everyone likes series that end just after the main couple gets together, it can sometimes be good to end it after the characters achieve their goal rather than just letting it drag on without a purpose..

Thanks for answering my question. Personally, I feel as though the series is meandering a bit, and while not everyone likes series that end just after the main couple gets together, it can sometimes be good to end it after the characters achieve their goal rather than just letting it drag on without a purpose..

I get wanting a clear plot, but… was there ever really much of one in Adachi and Shimamura to begin with? The story’s "plot" is right there in the title, it’s about Adachi and Shimamura, plain and simple. The dramatic moments, the mundane, all of it. Their relationship is the plot.

I just finished reading Volume 12. I heard that the series is ending with this volume, but couldn't find any confirmation in the volume, since there's no author's note at the end. Do you know if this is really the last volume(and if so, if there's a source), or whether it will keep on going?

The author confirmed separately that Volume 12 is not the end, though he previously had planned it to be. Volume 13 is coming out at the end of this month in Japan I believe, and the author stated he's planning to likely cover up until their high school graduation, or possibly just turn the series into a lifelong work.

So in short, it's definitely not ending lol

Thanks for answering my question. Personally, I feel as though the series is meandering a bit, and while not everyone likes series that end just after the main couple gets together, it can sometimes be good to end it after the characters achieve their goal rather than just letting it drag on without a purpose..

It's all optional. The author has explained the new entries so if you're not interested, don't read them. The main story ended earlier and now he's filling in events, writing what interests him about the series and their time together. Plenty of people want to read these new chapters and he seems to love writing them.

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General Overview of Volume 13(not much spoilers but I'll tag it anyway):

Unlike the previous volumes, this one actually has a coherent plot, and the story moves in a straight, linear way.

It’s basically a coming ofage story for Shimamura.

There are no chapters from Adachi’s POV this time.

I wonder if we'll eventually read about them in college soon.

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