it so rare of me to be siding with the het couple, kill that woman, wth is she on

Plese start already the cheating arc

Gradually slipping from the "I hope they make it work" to the "she doesn't deserve him" camp. We'll see what next chapter brings

im scared of her…. leave em alone and why is the mc so pathetic is it some unresolved romantic feelings

Put a bunch of different names of cities in a hat and everyone pick one out and move there. None of these characters should ever speak to each other ever again.

This woman is bad news. I love her!

"She's the worst person I've ever met. I wanna travel the world with her"

Seriously, what an interesting character, I am SAT for this one. Give them years of therapy worth of issues!!!

But anyway, people, why would you apply your actual moral code to a story? You need to meet the story where it is! The best way to enjoy it, is to see it from outside your own lens.

last edited at Feb 6, 2026 10:35PM

Wait, our girl is 28 and hurataka is 40???? Eughhh

bibi_s posted:

This woman is bad news. I love her!

"She's the worst person I've ever met. I wanna travel the world with her"

Seriously, what an interesting character, I am SAT for this one. Give them years of therapy worth of issues!!!

But anyway, people, why would you apply your actual moral code to a story? You need to meet the story where it is! The best way to enjoy it, is to see it from outside your own lens.

Why wouldn't your moral code color how you read a story? I can't think of any case where that makes sense.

bibi_s posted:

This woman is bad news. I love her!

"She's the worst person I've ever met. I wanna travel the world with her"

Seriously, what an interesting character, I am SAT for this one. Give them years of therapy worth of issues!!!

But anyway, people, why would you apply your actual moral code to a story? You need to meet the story where it is! The best way to enjoy it, is to see it from outside your own lens.

Why wouldn't your moral code color how you read a story? I can't think of any case where that makes sense.

i think they mean you need to let the narrative speak for itself before you make any judgments. let it take you where it wants to take you, and only after that can you judge it fairly. and if that's not something you can do, maybe the work just isn't for you.

but also i agree that what's interesting within fiction and what's healthy or not irl are two separate things. a character can be morally reprehensible but also really interesting and fun to read/watch. fiction isn't the real world, but it is a mirror, so you can explore situations and dynamics (that would be terrible otherwise) to your heart's content.

back on topic, i will admit harutaka being 40 made me go "oh god" (i'm absolutely applying a double standard here though because if he were a woman id be cheering lmao). so far he's a decent guy objectively, but something feels off to me. like a weird power dynamic or possessiveness or...? i think miss homewrecker over here is going to expose all the flaws and cracks in their relationship, and if that's the case, i kind of hope they divorce lmao

12 years gap...?

I hadn't realised Harutaka was 40, my guess was closer to 35. That explains why he looks older, which some people complained about before.

The doggo extra was cute.

There's an eleven year gap between me and my wife, so I probably shouldn't speculate too much on that for fear of telling on myself.

But now I do wonder how old Ao is. He reads really young, and I wonder how he ended up in Harutaka's social orbit.

last edited at Feb 11, 2026 1:49AM

Wait, our girl is 28 and hurataka is 40???? Eughhh

Whatever. My wife is 15 years older, 30th anniversary in a month, very happy indeed thanks. I have never regretted seducing that woman.

I still dont know if its yuri

Oh, dude's 40? No way is he endgame LOL

edit: the age gap is significant because they met when Hikaru was in college. Like... no. Maybe from a less grounded author.

last edited at Feb 10, 2026 6:01PM

12 years gap between Harutaka and Hikaru??? That's crazy

Cute big doggy!

bibi_s posted:

This woman is bad news. I love her!

"She's the worst person I've ever met. I wanna travel the world with her"

Seriously, what an interesting character, I am SAT for this one. Give them years of therapy worth of issues!!!

But anyway, people, why would you apply your actual moral code to a story? You need to meet the story where it is! The best way to enjoy it, is to see it from outside your own lens.

Why wouldn't your moral code color how you read a story? I can't think of any case where that makes sense.

i think they mean you need to let the narrative speak for itself before you make any judgments. let it take you where it wants to take you, and only after that can you judge it fairly. and if that's not something you can do, maybe the work just isn't for you.

but also i agree that what's interesting within fiction and what's healthy or not irl are two separate things. a character can be morally reprehensible but also really interesting and fun to read/watch. fiction isn't the real world, but it is a mirror, so you can explore situations and dynamics (that would be terrible otherwise) to your heart's content.

back on topic, i will admit harutaka being 40 made me go "oh god" (i'm absolutely applying a double standard here though because if he were a woman id be cheering lmao). so far he's a decent guy objectively, but something feels off to me. like a weird power dynamic or possessiveness or...? i think miss homewrecker over here is going to expose all the flaws and cracks in their relationship, and if that's the case, i kind of hope they divorce lmao

coolsnail got it. it's not supposed to make sense in that way. it's art. it's communication. and you need to listen with an open mind in order to understand it.

that's what's enjoyable about art, isn't it? getting out of your own head, seeing from someone else's perspective. sure, there's the comforting kind, that's meant to be relatable, to make you feel less alone. i don't think this is what this author is interested in with this story. so the only way to enjoy it, it's in its own terms.

I hadn't realised Harutaka was 40, my guess was closer to 35. That explains why he looks older, which some people complained about before.

The doggo extra was cute.

Me but I didn’t complain, I said I wish “older” woman (I now know that Hana and Husband are not the same age) would also be allowed to have facial lines and stuff

I still dont know if its yuri

read the reviews for volume two on Amazon jp to know!

I still dont know if its yuri

read the reviews for volume two on Amazon jp to know!

So, I used Google Translate so I don’t know if it’s accurate at all and I also don’t even know if I’m interpreting it correctly, but itseems like she does end up divorcing and goes with her in the end? Is that accurate? I don’t know if I read that right.

last edited at Feb 13, 2026 1:51AM

Never thought I'd say this but... Can this be not yuri?
I'd fucking eat this kind of chapter once a month or even once a week with no issue!
Also that spoiler above scares me.

last edited at Feb 17, 2026 9:05PM

Harutaka ily I wish only good things for you

Hikaru there is no need to be ashamed that you started your cultivation journey in the dao of face slapping

lowkey a cute het couple but the obvious yuri train thats about to blow through them is quickly approaching i can tell...

(also not lookin at that spoiler above even though my dark mode extension bypasses it >_<)