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Kuroko-railgun
joined Jul 21, 2024

How is this gonna be subtext when the first page is literally her realizing her feelings? :P
Well nice to see more collage yuri!

Edit: I wrote that when the subtext tag was still there, glad to see it’s been changed to the yuri tag now! :3

last edited at Apr 10, 2026 2:54AM

Capture
joined Aug 12, 2021

How is this gonna be subtext when the first page is literally her realizing her feelings? :P
Well nice to see more collage yuri!

yeah wow, you're right especially with a story that is explicitly about getting the girl back from the (seemingly) horrifying claws of a mr nice guy

joined May 11, 2020

Hmm this kinda seems like a story of obsession and idolization, I don't think this will go well

Onee2
joined Apr 28, 2022

"...I hate dealing with people"

Girl we all do.

Also yeah don't see subtext girly been down bad since High School. This already feels like it's gonna be angsty.

Old_Man_Majes
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joined Oct 25, 2022

Oh nice, a new story from the same author as An OL at Her Limit and a College Girl! This one seems like it's going to be significantly angstier; I'm looking forward to more.

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joined May 23, 2024

Seems like mc is actually gonna be alil yandere and kinda lives in her own reality . Not 100 percent sure just from chapter one she'll be a reliable narrator.

last edited at Apr 9, 2026 4:17PM

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joined Oct 17, 2025

this might be something that hurts me. subscribed. sighs.

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joined Apr 4, 2022

Oh god a pure drama tag

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Avi
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joined Feb 8, 2024

Well this should go great

Img_5712
joined Jan 3, 2022

"I can excuse the makeup, the piercings, and smoking. Those are actually kinda hot."

LMAOO

Well, she definitely doesn't have her priorities straight, I think it's safe to say to say at least that much.

With how the guy looked when Nina asked and how senpai looked when she said this, to me, it REALLY feels like they're both exes and when they split senpai still had lingering feelings

Or they're FWB or in a situationship kinda deal

Anyways, just based on vibes... this one's gonna hurt. It also doesn't come off to me that Nina realizes the depth of her feelings.

She calls it admiration in her dialogue and she's like "I wub her" in a playful manner (that's how I read it) and I feel like "admired" and "loved" are very two different things, and if she was aware at this point her feelings were that of love, she'd have said so instead of saying "admired", no?

And with the first page + title, I wonder if it's hinting at the fact that Nina will eventually get obsessed with her senpai, hence wishing it was "just love" or she's wishing she could've just loved her and had her feelings end right there instead of feeling possessive, envious, heartbroken etc all the difficult feelings that come with being in love with someone?

I genuinely feel like it's safe to say this line at the bottom of the page is foreshadowing, right?? Maybe I'm waay off base here tho, idk

How is this gonna be subtext when the first page is literally her realizing her feelings? :P

The first page is a future perspective it seems? Like, it takes place after she realizes her feelings go beyond just love, cuz a few pages later the feelings go from "love" to "admired"

That being said, I feel like Yuri crush wouldve been more fitting buut at the same time, I'm fine with the subtext tag until we reach the chapter where Nina is like "oh wow, I think I'm in love with her"

last edited at Apr 9, 2026 5:32PM

youdontknowwho
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joined May 21, 2021

This is a short series with 7 chapters. Glad to see it translated.

TifalovesAerith
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joined May 7, 2017

She reeks of tobacco ... and drama. Yay (nay)!

Cornonthekopp
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joined Jul 6, 2020

This series is literally tagged as yuri on comic walker and on the author's own twitter, who is putting these subtext tags on every new series???

joined Aug 21, 2017

cute and wholesome or angst filled love triangle, call it

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joined Jul 30, 2015

This series is literally tagged as yuri on comic walker and on the author's own twitter, who is putting these subtext tags on every new series???

Someone who's been burned one too many times, maybe? I can kinda understand the sentiment of assuming subtext until something unambiguously yuri happens.

joined Mar 29, 2026

Comic walker is tagged as Yuri... but anyway the yuri's obvious

joined Feb 25, 2025

This is a short series with 7 chapters. Glad to see it translated.

Good! I prefer when these types of narratives don’t drag on and simply explode and then reach the conclusion, like After the Rain, the Sun, the Flower Shines.

Sandra2
joined Mar 22, 2013

On Baka Updates the Series title is translated as "If only it had been love" so not sure about the obsession thing. But I could see it go down the route where she believes it can't be love, because it's a girl. I really don't know what to expect of this series.

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joined May 28, 2015

Smoking, hot? Ewww

youdontknowwho
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joined May 21, 2021

Someone who's been burned one too many times, maybe? I can kinda understand the sentiment of assuming subtext until something unambiguously yuri happens.

This series is complete with only one volume. Whoever translating it should already know whether it's maintext yuri or not.

Chocolate Cake
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joined Jul 1, 2025

actually kinda hot

Good thing she came to her senses. For me, scorning a rock girl for looking like a rock girl would be a big strike against continuing this, even if it's short. But now let's see into what kind of mess this devolves.

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joined Apr 25, 2020

The realism in this actually hurts me

Ewe
joined Jan 22, 2017

So it looks like Senpai leaned into the rock girl lifestyle and got herself a sex friend with Mr. Nice Guy? They arrived together, leave their stuff in each other's places, sit close together...Doesn't feel like they are exes.

And I get the "bad girls are hot" angle, but smoking makes you and your clothes, even your walls smell like an old ashtray, turns your fingernails and teeth yellow...I can never see the appeal in that.

Kuroko-railgun
joined Jul 21, 2024

"I can excuse the makeup, the piercings, and smoking. Those are actually kinda hot."

LMAOO

Well, she definitely doesn't have her priorities straight, I think it's safe to say to say at least that much.

With how the guy looked when Nina asked and how senpai looked when she said this, to me, it REALLY feels like they're both exes and when they split senpai still had lingering feelings

Or they're FWB or in a situationship kinda deal

Anyways, just based on vibes... this one's gonna hurt. It also doesn't come off to me that Nina realizes the depth of her feelings.

She calls it admiration in her dialogue and she's like "I wub her" in a playful manner (that's how I read it) and I feel like "admired" and "loved" are very two different things, and if she was aware at this point her feelings were that of love, she'd have said so instead of saying "admired", no?

And with the first page + title, I wonder if it's hinting at the fact that Nina will eventually get obsessed with her senpai, hence wishing it was "just love" or she's wishing she could've just loved her and had her feelings end right there instead of feeling possessive, envious, heartbroken etc all the difficult feelings that come with being in love with someone?

I genuinely feel like it's safe to say this line at the bottom of the page is foreshadowing, right?? Maybe I'm waay off base here tho, idk

How is this gonna be subtext when the first page is literally her realizing her feelings? :P

The first page is a future perspective it seems? Like, it takes place after she realizes her feelings go beyond just love, cuz a few pages later the feelings go from "love" to "admired"

That being said, I feel like Yuri crush wouldve been more fitting buut at the same time, I'm fine with the subtext tag until we reach the chapter where Nina is like "oh wow, I think I'm in love with her"

Your “they might be exes” point makes sense, but from how I see it, your 'they might actually be FWB' point makes more sense to me. It seems like the senpai has feelings for the guy, but he doesn’t feel the same and might just be using her, benefiting from her feelings. For example, when he mentioned he forgot his cigarettes at her place and that they needed to go back to her place, it felt a bit convenient. Also, when he was asked whether they were dating, he was very quick to brush it off.

Thomasina Pontier
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joined Mar 18, 2023

Yeah, exes turn fwb

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