One thing we need to remember is that "communication issues" have been a defining aspect of Mitsuki's character ever since the very beginning, and while she certainly has gotten better at expressing herself to others since the time when a crisis in communication meant she put a bag over her head:

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_guy_she_was_interested_in_wasnt_a_guy_at_all_ch27#3

Just being in a loving relationship doesn't mean that her personality is totally transformed--communication is something she and her loved ones are going to need to work on all her life. Mitsuki still best expresses herself via unintentional rizz and her music, and in fact the current crisis consists of anxiety about her music.

I know it's a relief to readers when characters finally "just talk to each other," but in real life "communication issues" are consistently the number one problem that therapists and family counselors see for very good reasons.

Honestly I think my issue is less with the poor communication between the characters and more that the series feels like it's poorly communicating with the audience. With time passage feeling disjointed, and character motivations and emotions feeling condensed and vaguely defined. It feels like more is happening off screen than it is on screen with most recent events, and we the audience aren't invited. That's just how I feel anyhow, and I've noticed other people feel differently which is equally valid.

I absolutely agree with you here, the time jumps between chapters is a bit hard to process, especially seeing where the manga was years before with a lot more direction and linear focus. I appreciate the glimpses of the characters' new lives as adults - it's fun! - but it's not the pacing many (myself included) expected from the manga. The introduction of Shu-chan felt super rushed, whatever tension was attempting to be made with their character got lost fast, only to jump into Mistuki's troubles with artistic integrity. I just wish it kept a more focused structure, but hey, who knows what's planned and what's in store?

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THIS IS THE BESTEST BEST MANGA EVERRRERRRRRR

I thought the secret was a quickie

One thing we need to remember is that "communication issues" have been a defining aspect of Mitsuki's character ever since the very beginning, and while she certainly has gotten better at expressing herself to others since the time when a crisis in communication meant she put a bag over her head:

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_guy_she_was_interested_in_wasnt_a_guy_at_all_ch27#3

Just being in a loving relationship doesn't mean that her personality is totally transformed--communication is something she and her loved ones are going to need to work on all her life. Mitsuki still best expresses herself via unintentional rizz and her music, and in fact the current crisis consists of anxiety about her music.

I know it's a relief to readers when characters finally "just talk to each other," but in real life "communication issues" are consistently the number one problem that therapists and family counselors see for very good reasons.

Honestly I think my issue is less with the poor communication between the characters and more that the series feels like it's poorly communicating with the audience. With time passage feeling disjointed, and character motivations and emotions feeling condensed and vaguely defined. It feels like more is happening off screen than it is on screen with most recent events, and we the audience aren't invited. That's just how I feel anyhow, and I've noticed other people feel differently which is equally valid.

I absolutely agree with you here, the time jumps between chapters is a bit hard to process, especially seeing where the manga was years before with a lot more direction and linear focus. I appreciate the glimpses of the characters' new lives as adults - it's fun! - but it's not the pacing many (myself included) expected from the manga. The introduction of Shu-chan felt super rushed, whatever tension was attempting to be made with their character got lost fast, only to jump into Mistuki's troubles with artistic integrity. I just wish it kept a more focused structure, but hey, who knows what's planned and what's in store?

The problem was evident in the number of superfluous subplots that were beginning to pile up in the University Arc. Too many of these required extensive narrative to flesh out, and it threatened to destroy the tight focus it previously relied upon. The last chapter before the hiatus pretty much summed up the Mangaka's frustration, where Mitsuki's focus upon other people's musical preferences was a metaphorical expression for the author's artistic dispersion into superficial side stories without satisfying execution. This manga has always focused upon the relationship between Mitsuki and Aya, and a reboot was necessary to eliminate these competing subplots to refocus on that core story. This newer arc should focus upon Mitsuki rekindling her passion for music within the emotional focus of the two main characters.

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i mean i usually like communication problem plots but everything is so rushed to me its hard to take anythign seriously

finally the seggs??

One thing we need to remember is that "communication issues" have been a defining aspect of Mitsuki's character ever since the very beginning, and while she certainly has gotten better at expressing herself to others since the time when a crisis in communication meant she put a bag over her head:

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_guy_she_was_interested_in_wasnt_a_guy_at_all_ch27#3

Just being in a loving relationship doesn't mean that her personality is totally transformed--communication is something she and her loved ones are going to need to work on all her life. Mitsuki still best expresses herself via unintentional rizz and her music, and in fact the current crisis consists of anxiety about her music.

I know it's a relief to readers when characters finally "just talk to each other," but in real life "communication issues" are consistently the number one problem that therapists and family counselors see for very good reasons.

Honestly I think my issue is less with the poor communication between the characters and more that the series feels like it's poorly communicating with the audience. With time passage feeling disjointed, and character motivations and emotions feeling condensed and vaguely defined. It feels like more is happening off screen than it is on screen with most recent events, and we the audience aren't invited. That's just how I feel anyhow, and I've noticed other people feel differently which is equally valid.

I absolutely agree with you here, the time jumps between chapters is a bit hard to process, especially seeing where the manga was years before with a lot more direction and linear focus. I appreciate the glimpses of the characters' new lives as adults - it's fun! - but it's not the pacing many (myself included) expected from the manga. The introduction of Shu-chan felt super rushed, whatever tension was attempting to be made with their character got lost fast, only to jump into Mistuki's troubles with artistic integrity. I just wish it kept a more focused structure, but hey, who knows what's planned and what's in store?

It certainly feels like the story has no idea what it wants to do in the adult arc. But that's not even my main issue. There actually was one major story going somewhere: Mitsuki's band career. Then we get to a major moment and it gets cut from the audience to happen off screen.

This happened before, when Mitsuki decided to reveal herself to Aya with a song on stage. We were going to finally have them confront each other and talk about whatever mess had been going on between them. But it got cut. We saw no diaogue, no scene, no resolution. We skipped back to school where we now had no idea wtf their relationship even was.
I want to highlight this part because people are trying to excuse this recent skip of a major moment with Mitsuki's "avoidance issues". Back then that wasn't avoidance. She made the serious choice to confront Aya and we still didn't see it.
This artist just doesn't seem to know how to resolve drama so they cut it.

It also has nothing to do with the 4 page format. It's not about getting 4 or 20 or 100 or 1000 pages. It's what you do with the pages. Nothing about having 4 pages/week forces the story to hide the most important moments.

One thing we need to remember is that "communication issues" have been a defining aspect of Mitsuki's character ever since the very beginning, and while she certainly has gotten better at expressing herself to others since the time when a crisis in communication meant she put a bag over her head:

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_guy_she_was_interested_in_wasnt_a_guy_at_all_ch27#3

Just being in a loving relationship doesn't mean that her personality is totally transformed--communication is something she and her loved ones are going to need to work on all her life. Mitsuki still best expresses herself via unintentional rizz and her music, and in fact the current crisis consists of anxiety about her music.

I know it's a relief to readers when characters finally "just talk to each other," but in real life "communication issues" are consistently the number one problem that therapists and family counselors see for very good reasons.

Honestly I think my issue is less with the poor communication between the characters and more that the series feels like it's poorly communicating with the audience. With time passage feeling disjointed, and character motivations and emotions feeling condensed and vaguely defined. It feels like more is happening off screen than it is on screen with most recent events, and we the audience aren't invited. That's just how I feel anyhow, and I've noticed other people feel differently which is equally valid.

I absolutely agree with you here, the time jumps between chapters is a bit hard to process, especially seeing where the manga was years before with a lot more direction and linear focus. I appreciate the glimpses of the characters' new lives as adults - it's fun! - but it's not the pacing many (myself included) expected from the manga. The introduction of Shu-chan felt super rushed, whatever tension was attempting to be made with their character got lost fast, only to jump into Mistuki's troubles with artistic integrity. I just wish it kept a more focused structure, but hey, who knows what's planned and what's in store?

It certainly feels like the story has no idea what it wants to do in the adult arc. But that's not even my main issue. There actually was one major story going somewhere: Mitsuki's band career. Then we get to a major moment and it gets cut from the audience to happen off screen.

This happened before, when Mitsuki decided to reveal herself to Aya with a song on stage. We were going to finally have them confront each other and talk about whatever mess had been going on between them. But it got cut. We saw no diaogue, no scene, no resolution. We skipped back to school where we now had no idea wtf their relationship even was.
I want to highlight this part because people are trying to excuse this recent skip of a major moment with Mitsuki's "avoidance issues". Back then that wasn't avoidance. She made the serious choice to confront Aya and we still didn't see it.
This artist just doesn't seem to know how to resolve drama so they cut it.

It also has nothing to do with the 4 page format. It's not about getting 4 or 20 or 100 or 1000 pages. It's what you do with the pages. Nothing about having 4 pages/week forces the story to hide the most important moments.

What is the bolded part in reference to?

And there has been no major moment we didn't see. They didn't talk after.

Ah, so lovely. ^_^

This happened before, when Mitsuki decided to reveal herself to Aya with a song on stage. We were going to finally have them confront each other and talk about whatever mess had been going on between them. But it got cut. We saw no diaogue, no scene, no resolution. We skipped back to school where we now had no idea wtf their relationship even was.
I want to highlight this part because people are trying to excuse this recent skip of a major moment with Mitsuki's "avoidance issues".

If you're talking about what I said about Mitsuki's communication issues, my post had absolutely nothing to do with where people then took the conversation about pacing, etc.

I was talking to the people saying, "They just need to talk." The MCs "needing to talk" and not being able to, not at first and not directly, is what this series has been about from the beginning.

As to the idea that the writing is flawed because readers are being deprived of scenes they have a right to see, or whatever it is, I have no contribution to make.

I do think that the pacing and development has changed somewhat from the start of the series, and I still enjoy the way the author is telling their story very much.

last edited at Mar 10, 2026 5:49PM

Wow, super cute.

Aww, sweet dreams

you know, despite the many arguments we see here being discussed, we're still living like the good ol' days from the beginning to the near end. being so invested on this green yuri that slow burned into our minds and hearts, arguing and debating what's going to happen, loving and hating the pacing of the chapters, and all the dramas that came along with it.

yep, this green manga was definitely yuri.

Are we sure this manga is yuri? I may need to see more chapters like 154, just to be sure. SEVERAL more chapters...

This happened before, when Mitsuki decided to reveal herself to Aya with a song on stage. We were going to finally have them confront each other and talk about whatever mess had been going on between them. But it got cut. We saw no diaogue, no scene, no resolution. We skipped back to school where we now had no idea wtf their relationship even was.
I want to highlight this part because people are trying to excuse this recent skip of a major moment with Mitsuki's "avoidance issues".

If you're talking about what I said about Mitsuki's communication issues, my post had absolutely nothing to do with where people then took the conversation about pacing, etc.

I was talking to the people saying, "They just need to talk." The MCs "needing to talk" and not being able to, not at first and not directly, is what this series has been about from the beginning.

I wouldn't class "resolving major drama off screen or skipping it outright" as a pacing issue. But no, I wasn't talking about you specifically.

if your analysis of Mitsuki's character is accurate, then whatever she did to "avoid" after quitting on stage would be shown and we'd see the specifics needed to understand what happened. Mitsuki may have shut down, but what about Aya? Did she not ask questions? Did she accept? What did she do in that moment? What specifically did Mitsuki do? Did she run off stage? Did she talk to her bandmates in any way? What were their reactions and how did they affect Mitsuki and/or Aya?
We can speculate about what their states of mind actually are right now to the moon and back but we can't actually know because the major event that caused whatever their state is at the moment is unknown to us. I didn't read them getting intimate as an avoidance because I have nothing to read from. That's the problem.

Again, not accusing you. Just using your interpretation to make a point.

Are we sure this manga is yuri? I may need to see more chapters like 154, just to be sure. SEVERAL more chapters...

You'll get the occasional handholding and you'll like it.

This happened before, when Mitsuki decided to reveal herself to Aya with a song on stage. We were going to finally have them confront each other and talk about whatever mess had been going on between them. But it got cut. We saw no diaogue, no scene, no resolution. We skipped back to school where we now had no idea wtf their relationship even was.
I want to highlight this part because people are trying to excuse this recent skip of a major moment with Mitsuki's "avoidance issues".

If you're talking about what I said about Mitsuki's communication issues, my post had absolutely nothing to do with where people then took the conversation about pacing, etc.

I was talking to the people saying, "They just need to talk." The MCs "needing to talk" and not being able to, not at first and not directly, is what this series has been about from the beginning.

I wouldn't class "resolving major drama off screen or skipping it outright" as a pacing issue. But no, I wasn't talking about you specifically.

if your analysis of Mitsuki's character is accurate, then whatever she did to "avoid" after quitting on stage would be shown and we'd see the specifics needed to understand what happened. Mitsuki may have shut down, but what about Aya? Did she not ask questions? Did she accept? What did she do in that moment? What specifically did Mitsuki do? Did she run off stage? Did she talk to her bandmates in any way? What were their reactions and how did they affect Mitsuki and/or Aya?
We can speculate about what their states of mind actually are right now to the moon and back but we can't actually know because the major event that caused whatever their state is at the moment is unknown to us. I didn't read them getting intimate as an avoidance because I have nothing to read from. That's the problem.

Again, not accusing you. Just using your interpretation to make a point.

What we're getting in 153 and 154 is Aya's perspective, and she mentioned in both chapters that Mitsuki didn't talk about it, and so far Aya hasn't pushed her to talk about it. She did talk to her bandmates, Aya says as much in 153, but Aya wasn't privy to that conversation so she doesn't know what they talked about. It's very rare in storytelling that you'll get everyone's perspective all the time, so this asymmetry of information is neither unusual nor do I think it makes anything that follows confusing. Mitsuki is not talking about why she's in a bad place and at least one time when Aya wants to address something they use sex as a way of delaying that conversation. It may have happened more than once, that we don't know.

This happened before, when Mitsuki decided to reveal herself to Aya with a song on stage. We were going to finally have them confront each other and talk about whatever mess had been going on between them. But it got cut. We saw no diaogue, no scene, no resolution. We skipped back to school where we now had no idea wtf their relationship even was.
I want to highlight this part because people are trying to excuse this recent skip of a major moment with Mitsuki's "avoidance issues".

If you're talking about what I said about Mitsuki's communication issues, my post had absolutely nothing to do with where people then took the conversation about pacing, etc.

I was talking to the people saying, "They just need to talk." The MCs "needing to talk" and not being able to, not at first and not directly, is what this series has been about from the beginning.

I wouldn't class "resolving major drama off screen or skipping it outright" as a pacing issue. But no, I wasn't talking about you specifically.

if your analysis of Mitsuki's character is accurate, then whatever she did to "avoid" after quitting on stage would be shown and we'd see the specifics needed to understand what happened. Mitsuki may have shut down, but what about Aya? Did she not ask questions? Did she accept? What did she do in that moment? What specifically did Mitsuki do? Did she run off stage? Did she talk to her bandmates in any way? What were their reactions and how did they affect Mitsuki and/or Aya?
We can speculate about what their states of mind actually are right now to the moon and back but we can't actually know because the major event that caused whatever their state is at the moment is unknown to us. I didn't read them getting intimate as an avoidance because I have nothing to read from. That's the problem.

Again, not accusing you. Just using your interpretation to make a point.

What we're getting in 153 and 154 is Aya's perspective, and she mentioned in both chapters that Mitsuki didn't talk about it, and so far Aya hasn't pushed her to talk about it. She did talk to her bandmates, Aya says as much in 153, but Aya wasn't privy to that conversation so she doesn't know what they talked about. It's very rare in storytelling that you'll get everyone's perspective all the time, so this asymmetry of information is neither unusual nor do I think it makes anything that follows confusing. Mitsuki is not talking about why she's in a bad place and at least one time when Aya wants to address something they use sex as a way of delaying that conversation. It may have happened more than once, that we don't know.

Personally I still feel these latest developments are a sandwich with nothing but the bread and we're left to imagine everything between the pieces of bread on our own. I see various people are very full and satisfied, which is fair and I respect that. I'm simply not feeling that way myself however.

This happened before, when Mitsuki decided to reveal herself to Aya with a song on stage. We were going to finally have them confront each other and talk about whatever mess had been going on between them. But it got cut. We saw no diaogue, no scene, no resolution. We skipped back to school where we now had no idea wtf their relationship even was.
I want to highlight this part because people are trying to excuse this recent skip of a major moment with Mitsuki's "avoidance issues".

If you're talking about what I said about Mitsuki's communication issues, my post had absolutely nothing to do with where people then took the conversation about pacing, etc.

I was talking to the people saying, "They just need to talk." The MCs "needing to talk" and not being able to, not at first and not directly, is what this series has been about from the beginning.

I wouldn't class "resolving major drama off screen or skipping it outright" as a pacing issue. But no, I wasn't talking about you specifically.

if your analysis of Mitsuki's character is accurate, then whatever she did to "avoid" after quitting on stage would be shown and we'd see the specifics needed to understand what happened. Mitsuki may have shut down, but what about Aya? Did she not ask questions? Did she accept? What did she do in that moment? What specifically did Mitsuki do? Did she run off stage? Did she talk to her bandmates in any way? What were their reactions and how did they affect Mitsuki and/or Aya?
We can speculate about what their states of mind actually are right now to the moon and back but we can't actually know because the major event that caused whatever their state is at the moment is unknown to us. I didn't read them getting intimate as an avoidance because I have nothing to read from. That's the problem.

Again, not accusing you. Just using your interpretation to make a point.

What we're getting in 153 and 154 is Aya's perspective, and she mentioned in both chapters that Mitsuki didn't talk about it, and so far Aya hasn't pushed her to talk about it. She did talk to her bandmates, Aya says as much in 153, but Aya wasn't privy to that conversation so she doesn't know what they talked about. It's very rare in storytelling that you'll get everyone's perspective all the time, so this asymmetry of information is neither unusual nor do I think it makes anything that follows confusing. Mitsuki is not talking about why she's in a bad place and at least one time when Aya wants to address something they use sex as a way of delaying that conversation. It may have happened more than once, that we don't know.

Personally I still feel these latest developments are a sandwich with nothing but the bread and we're left to imagine everything between the pieces of bread on our own. I see various people are very full and satisfied, which is fair and I respect that. I'm simply not feeling that way myself however.

If you're using food metaphors, then the band moment is the beginning of dinner and right now we're on the appetizers and the full meal is yet to come.

I can't speak for everyone, but for me I read a story like this as in flow, and does the flow feel connected or is it interrupted? Does the flow follow reasonable curves, or is it unusually and even unnaturally jagged? And other such questions. When I look at this story right now, I think all of it fits, I don't think we've reached any satisfying conclusions in the college arc because we haven't reached any conclusion points.

But the basics seem pretty well established:
1) Aya and Mitsuki are together, but not open about their dating with most of their classmates.
2) They are both charming enough that there are clearly other people interested in them on some level though not necessarily pursuing them.
3) Mitsuki has been struggling to find a band she fits into, and this latest one seemed better than the rest.
4) Mitsuki is still popular for her playing even within this band, but the band is social media focused more so than art focused which is not inspiring for Mitsuki.
5) Mitsuki didn't want to be seen comprising her art and herself in front of Aya
6) Aya saw.

There are a number of obvious conflict points with these established, and probably a lot of non obvious conflict points, and right now we're picking at the latest developments but we may pick on ones from earlier later on too. Or we may not, whatever Sumiko-sensei is interested in. Either way, none of these have blown out completely yet in terms of confrontations or conversations between Aya and Mitsuki, they're still just possible points of conflict. Hence, appetizers.

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Personally I still feel these latest developments are a sandwich with nothing but the bread and we're left to imagine everything between the pieces of bread on our own. I see various people are very full and satisfied, which is fair and I respect that. I'm simply not feeling that way myself however.

To add on to Flowsthead (who I agree with): it’s not that I’m satisfied with what we have, it’s that I understand this is still in process and know there is promise of more to come and lots of potential there. The narrative has been building up and we will eventually become privy to what happened to Mistuki as the story continues. Some of the comments seem to frame these events as though this is the end of the story.

So the sandwich analogy is more like: we’ve been given two pieces of bread with the promise of ham and mayo; some choose to wait for the meat and others put the bread together and bite. Of course, we’ll all feel differently but that’s my perspective. I feel like much of the recent conversation around this series could be characterized by that analogy. Stories generally build on themselves chapter to chapter, yet recently it's as if each chapter has to be more or less self contained.

But the basics seem pretty well established:
1) Aya and Mitsuki are together, but not open about their dating with most of their classmates.
2) They are both charming enough that there are clearly other people interested in them on some level though not necessarily pursuing them.
3) Mitsuki has been struggling to find a band she fits into, and this latest one seemed better than the rest.
4) Mitsuki is still popular for her playing even within this band, but the band is social media focused more so than art focused which is not inspiring for Mitsuki.
5) Mitsuki didn't want to be seen comprising her art and herself in front of Aya
6) Aya saw.

I’m interested in the new friend still. Really want to understand what role she’ll play, especially with this new, building tension.

last edited at Mar 12, 2026 5:20PM

Personally I generally want to see more of a situation fleshed out in the moment, and I'm not thrilled by the promise of "maybe we'll see more later". If that's enough to make others happy that's cool, and if we do get more later I'll probably enjoy it. I'm however not happy with what we got in the moment for now, but I'm open to enjoying the future chapters and the possible development that comes with them.

The toranoana extra is really lovely.

The extras have been fun, lipstick testing is always cute.