Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting on "oh, it's disjointed", "oh, it's not that good anymore",

Some people suddenly got disinterested once the main couple got together and they sure are vocal about it.

I'd rather that than the "Mitsuki stubbed her toe. They're not perfect, which means their relationship is unhealthy. They're breaking up!" I'm really glad the series has chosen to explore internal relationship dynamics rather than relying on the usual external conflicts. That choice naturally invites some of the comments we've seen, but I appreciate that the author is highlighting the ordinary friction that comes with most relationships, while also making clear that those struggles exist alongside genuine love and a fundamentally healthy bond.

As for this chapter, I wonder if she's going to a rock concert like she tried showing to her new club mate a few chapters ago? That would be neat. Loved the energy this chapter. Next one lands on the same date of the concert ticket so that's really cool.

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we needed something to replace "is it yuri?"

Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting on "oh, it's disjointed", "oh, it's not that good anymore",

Some people suddenly got disinterested once the main couple got together and they sure are vocal about it.

Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting "it's not hard to follow" and "it's actually perfect, 10/10 no notes"

Some people suddenly don't like how other people are voicing that they're having trouble following the story and they sure are vocal about it.

i mean, the writing is pretty weak but the art is amazing, so that keeps people coming back for more, but then i think creates this tension with expectations vs reality (like this chapter! lol)

Why is Mitsuki upset that Aya's going to a concert? Is it cuz Mitsuki quit music and it hurts or smthn or just upset that she didn't tell her cuz the whole "you thought you knew everything about them" line?

Some people suddenly got disinterested once the main couple got together and they sure are vocal about it.

Disinterest is not showing up at all anymore. The problem to me seems like people are tired of the drama and conflict and expected/wanted more fluff between the girls.

Complaints about the series being disjointed only/usually come up when the drama starts/tensions rise (and like in this case, it goes from a sweet moment in prev chapter where mitsuki is thinking her body got a cold so Aya can spoil her, then small timeskip into this chapter, mitsuki is better and finds out about smthn that makes her question how much she really knows about Aya

Personally, I'm bummed out cuz all of the conflict can be resolved/be less serious if they just communicate.

If they were able to talk here none of this would've happened.

And I personally get so frustrated when conflicts happen because one party isn't willing to be honest and keeps their feelings to themselves. I just can't relate to not wanting to talk bout something and then getting upset about not hearing about smthn that's semi related to the thing I don't want to talk about, and from its framing it seems like Mitsuki might take it hard

(Also I don't it when the other party is about to ask what's going and then gets interrupted, but I'm more willing to let that slide cuz it's easier to not/forget to talk about something, esp when the other person isn't willing to open up first. I'm guilty of pushing stuff off too)

I'm too invested in the relationship between the two that whenever conflict happens/starts in just like "ughhh here we go" I don't WANT to see them break up but my gut is telling me that at some point they will (I'm having this feeling of dread rn) so every time smthn like this happens I'm just worried

Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting on "oh, it's disjointed", "oh, it's not that good anymore",

Some people suddenly got disinterested once the main couple got together and they sure are vocal about it.

Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting "it's not hard to follow" and "it's actually perfect, 10/10 no notes"

Some people suddenly don't like how other people are voicing that they're having trouble following the story and they sure are vocal about it.

I think the issue is the series go from having arcs(?) like, ch 151-154 happen one after the other, its very clearly building off of each other then ch 155-156 is a diff character's perspective and a break from Aya and Mitsuki, which we return to at 157 but a diff character's perspective so we don't see their internal thoughts about the conflict from ch 153 Silence, 158 is a reminder that the conflict is still happening, ch 159-160 is another perspective shift that focus on a diff character then 161 goes back to Aya and Mitsuki and continues from where 160 left off, an 162 starts some time after that

I'm really bad at explaining but it's like... every chapter time passes; whenever we shift perspectives, we don't go back in time to focus more on what happened between Aya and Mitsuki. And some chapters take place after a mini timeskip so ppl may be lost from that too? Usually when conflict starts in a story, every chapter after the start is working to resolve that conflict, but in this story, the conflict goes into the background and life goes on without the conflict being resolved, and every so often we get reminders of the conflict, so that might also be why ppl are complaining too?

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Well, something is starting to stir again.

^ Mitsuki is upset about the ticket because music is their “thing,” so she doesn’t understand why Aya wouldn’t mention to her that she was going to a concert, even if it is with her club/without her.

I think the downers are reading too much into the various “conflicts” here, though. They’re bringing their baggage from other series that use these beats in a much more melodramatic way. Yes, the mangaka ends some installments on a moment of tension, but this series is usually refreshingly direct in resolving conflicts. I don’t get the feeling at all that any of this is building to a big blowup. This all feels to me like normal navigation of the process of learning to live with someone else and the time of a relationship where there is still discovery and its associated uncertainty. If anything this series underplays the day-to-day conflicts and little jealousies of taking a relationship from dating to “building a life together”

There’s a lot more “why the FUCK did you load the dishwasher THAT way?!” than “I wub you soooo much let’s eat some cake and make out” in real life. :D

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^ Mitsuki is upset about the ticket because music is their “thing,” so she doesn’t understand why Aya wouldn’t mention to her that she was going to a concert, even if it is with her club/without her.

I think the downers are reading too much into the various “conflicts” here, though. They’re bringing their baggage from other series that use these beats in a much more melodramatic way. Yes, the mangaka ends some installments on a moment of tension, but this series is usually refreshingly direct in resolving conflicts. I don’t get the feeling at all that any of this is building to a big blowup. This all feels to me like normal navigation of the process of learning to live with someone else and the time of a relationship where there is still discovery and its associated uncertainty. If anything this series underplays the day-to-day conflicts and little jealousies of taking a relationship from dating to “building a life together”

There’s a lot more “why the FUCK did you load the dishwasher THAT way?!” than “I wub you soooo much let’s eat some cake and make out” in real life. :D

Agreed but I would add that Mitsuki is not shown to be angry here. We don't get much of what her reaction is yet. We only know that she noticed something unexpected. It's all building though. I wonder if this will be what indirectly leads into Mitsuki and Aya's discussion of Mitsuki's current avoidance of music. I'm assuming Aya didn't say anything about the concert because of the sensitivity around the issue. Guess we'll see.

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For me the pervasive problem that the characters face is Mitsuki’s relationship with music. So this seems to be a hopeful development, since it forces Mitsuki to realise she has a stake in it, and that it is hurting her most cherished relationship. She could of course interpret Aya’s concealment of the concert date through the green (haha) spectacles of jealousy, but even if this is her first thought, surely her second thought would have to be one of sorrow, that Aya is walking on eggshells on the topic of music . . . ? That would certainly be a motivation for her to once more confront music, which is, after all, what initially brought the couple together, and what repaired their first substantial conflict. But I’m biased because music (of a very different sort) is vitally important to me.

Anybody know what's going on the anime adaptation of this?

Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting on "oh, it's disjointed", "oh, it's not that good anymore",

Some people suddenly got disinterested once the main couple got together and they sure are vocal about it.

Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting "it's not hard to follow" and "it's actually perfect, 10/10 no notes"

Some people suddenly don't like how other people are voicing that they're having trouble following the story and they sure are vocal about it.

I mean, it's a forum, we're all allowed to disagree with each other. Speaking from the perspective of a "it's not hard to follow" person, I don't think this manga is a 10/10, I just don't have a problem with what's going on now.

Why is Mitsuki upset that Aya's going to a concert? Is it cuz Mitsuki quit music and it hurts or smthn or just upset that she didn't tell her cuz the whole "you thought you knew everything about them" line?

Well as has been pointed out we don't know how Mitsuki is feeling yet, but assuming she will be upset, part of it will surely be the lie. Aya lied that she has a club event and is instead going to a concert. What partner wouldn't be upset about a lie?

Some people suddenly got disinterested once the main couple got together and they sure are vocal about it.

Disinterest is not showing up at all anymore. The problem to me seems like people are tired of the drama and conflict and expected/wanted more fluff between the girls.

Except they've always had drama and conflict. First was the conflict over pretending to be a boy. Second was the drama with Aya's friends. Then there was Aya's fear that Kanna was going take Mitsuki away to America, which lasted for a while and wasn't resolved immediately. We had a bit of mini drama with Mitsuki feeling jealous of "Onii-san". We had all the drama at school with Mitsuki's music, which then turned into Aya's jealousy, and all of that wasn't resolved until they finally got together. Then we had Aya's drama with feelings of insecurity that led to her essentially self-harming, which was also kind of the end of the fear of Kanna taking Mitsuki away.

Some of that was resolved quickly, and some of that really wasn't. I have no problem with people saying that they don't like the current drama and preferred the previous drama, but the idea that this was a fluff manga is just not accurate. There have always been really cute fluff chapters, but there have also always been drama arcs, from the very beginning.

Complaints about the series being disjointed only/usually come up when the drama starts/tensions rise (and like in this case, it goes from a sweet moment in prev chapter where mitsuki is thinking her body got a cold so Aya can spoil her, then small timeskip into this chapter, mitsuki is better and finds out about smthn that makes her question how much she really knows about Aya

Personally, I'm bummed out cuz all of the conflict can be resolved/be less serious if they just communicate.

If they were able to talk here none of this would've happened.

And I personally get so frustrated when conflicts happen because one party isn't willing to be honest and keeps their feelings to themselves. I just can't relate to not wanting to talk bout something and then getting upset about not hearing about smthn that's semi related to the thing I don't want to talk about, and from its framing it seems like Mitsuki might take it hard

I too often get frustrated when it feels like a really simple thing to talk about. Here, it feels very in character. Mitsuki has always been the type that struggles to talk about her feelings and problems. That's really never changed. I wish she made more growth about it, but it's not out of character and so it doesn't bother me as much. Aya, too, doesn't necessarily struggle to talk about her feelings in the same way, but is conflict avoidant most of the time. And like others have pointed out there are still aspects of their relationship that work really well, so it's not like they're on the outs and super depressed and about to break up. They just have problems communicating, which they've always had.

(Also I don't it when the other party is about to ask what's going and then gets interrupted, but I'm more willing to let that slide cuz it's easier to not/forget to talk about something, esp when the other person isn't willing to open up first. I'm guilty of pushing stuff off too)

I'm too invested in the relationship between the two that whenever conflict happens/starts in just like "ughhh here we go" I don't WANT to see them break up but my gut is telling me that at some point they will (I'm having this feeling of dread rn) so every time smthn like this happens I'm just worried

Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting on "oh, it's disjointed", "oh, it's not that good anymore",

Some people suddenly got disinterested once the main couple got together and they sure are vocal about it.

Every week, it's an endless stream of people commenting "it's not hard to follow" and "it's actually perfect, 10/10 no notes"

Some people suddenly don't like how other people are voicing that they're having trouble following the story and they sure are vocal about it.

I think the issue is the series go from having arcs(?) like, ch 151-154 happen one after the other, its very clearly building off of each other then ch 155-156 is a diff character's perspective and a break from Aya and Mitsuki, which we return to at 157 but a diff character's perspective so we don't see their internal thoughts about the conflict from ch 153 Silence, 158 is a reminder that the conflict is still happening, ch 159-160 is another perspective shift that focus on a diff character then 161 goes back to Aya and Mitsuki and continues from where 160 left off, an 162 starts some time after that

I'm really bad at explaining but it's like... every chapter time passes; whenever we shift perspectives, we don't go back in time to focus more on what happened between Aya and Mitsuki. And some chapters take place after a mini timeskip so ppl may be lost from that too? Usually when conflict starts in a story, every chapter after the start is working to resolve that conflict, but in this story, the conflict goes into the background and life goes on without the conflict being resolved, and every so often we get reminders of the conflict, so that might also be why ppl are complaining too?

Again, I understand the perspective, but it's not different from how it was before. This is really my main issue with people complaining is that the manga hasn't changed. It's reader's expectations that have changed. Which, that's fine! If people were ok with this kind of writing style before they were together, and less ok with it after, that's a totally valid take. But a lot of the complaints are acting like the style changed in college, and it really hasn't. The manga has always been this way. Things don't always get resolved immediately, there are fluff or unrelated chapters in between the drama arcs, and it takes a while for these things to resolve or they get complications down the line.

And to be absolutely clear, if someone doesn't like the manga in college, I would certainly never argue that they're wrong. That's a totally valid take. It's when people say, "I don't like the college arc because there's too much drama, no fluff, and nothing gets resolved now" where I feel like they should reread the manga from the beginning to see that well it was always like this.

Except they've always had drama and conflict. First was the conflict over pretending to be a boy. Second was the drama with Aya's friends. Then there was Aya's fear that Kanna was going take Mitsuki away to America, which lasted for a while and wasn't resolved immediately. We had a bit of mini drama with Mitsuki feeling jealous of "Onii-san". We had all the drama at school with Mitsuki's music, which then turned into Aya's jealousy, and all of that wasn't resolved until they finally got together. Then we had Aya's drama with feelings of insecurity that led to her essentially self-harming, which was also kind of the end of the fear of Kanna taking Mitsuki away.

...I understand the perspective, but it's not different from how it was before. This is really my main issue with people complaining is that the manga hasn't changed. It's reader's expectations that have changed. Which, that's fine! If people were ok with this kind of writing style before they were together, and less ok with it after, that's a totally valid take. But a lot of the complaints are acting like the style changed in college, and it really hasn't. The manga has always been this way. Things don't always get resolved immediately, there are fluff or unrelated chapters in between the drama arcs, and it takes a while for these things to resolve or they get complications down the line.

And to be absolutely clear, if someone doesn't like the manga in college, I would certainly never argue that they're wrong. That's a totally valid take. It's when people say, "I don't like the college arc because there's too much drama, no fluff, and nothing gets resolved now" where I feel like they should reread the manga from the beginning to see that well it was always like this.

This has been my feeling as well and this feeling has been the context behind most of my comments. Haven't decided to write it out, so appreciate your putting it clearly like this. I'll just steal this.

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Personally I still think this 2nd arc is way less cohesive than the 1st arc, which yes the 1st arc had pacing and cohesion issues, but this 2nd arc to me feels like everything I had issues with in the previous arc dialed up a few more levels. If people disagree with me here that's fine, but I don't think I'm crazy for thinking arc 1 was easier to follow.

Personally I still think this 2nd arc is way less cohesive than the 1st arc, which yes the 1st arc had pacing and cohesion issues, but this 2nd arc to me feels like everything I had issues with in the previous arc dialed up a few more levels. If people disagree with me here that's fine, but I don't think I'm crazy for thinking arc 1 was easier to follow.

It is. The first arc had a clear thread. First it was about the misunderstanding about Mitsuki's gender. Then it was about how Aya and Mitsuki would get together (both were part of the same main thread which was their relationship). There were a lot of deviation from this, with stuff about secondary characters, like about Joe and Kanna, Aya and her relationship with her friends for example, but overall, the story was following one main path, and was coming back to it as soon as it deviated from it. On top of that, all those sub threads were generally contributing to the main one in one way or another, helping Mitsuki and Aya to reflect on their own relationship.

Since we started the university arc, we don't really know where the story is going. Sure, there are some themes, like Mitsuki and her music, the couple's dynamic or Aya and her club, but as each theme is given a few chapters before switching, it doesn't feel like we are following a main thread. All of those threads have yet to come together in a coherent way. And the weird thing is that we use to have way more characters, and subplots, now the vast majority of chapters are centered around Mitsuki, Aya or both but there are no main thread it doesn't feel cohesive. As a reader it is uncomfortable not having a clear direction, especially for an established manga.

On top of that, at least for me, I'm not super interested on the music aspect, so it doesn't really help. But I'm probably not the only one that was there only for the yuri aspect.

And to had to the fire, I'm also a bit frustrating that except for Narita, all other characters from the first arc are gone. Sure, people have mentioned that this happens in real life, but well, it's not real life. And from a narrative perspective, it's not good. It's one thing to show characters estranged each other slowly, it's another one to have a time skip and never mentioning previous characters, as if they never existed.

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I feel that if people read this manga with the same mentality that they read a comic strip in a newspaper, a lot of the conflict in comments would be avoided

I feel that if people read this manga with the same mentality that they read a comic strip in a newspaper, a lot of the conflict in comments would be avoided

But it's not. This is getting release in a manga form as well, and a comic strip doesn't have a continuing story. It was the case at first, when it was just something the author did on the sideas a funny project, but since then, it grew up to be something else but it hasn't really adapt to it. People's expectations have changed.

Also, most comic strip are comedy, like it was at first. Now the comedic aspect rarely shows up. You can't really each chapter as their own individual unit anymore.

I feel that if people read this manga with the same mentality that they read a comic strip in a newspaper, a lot of the conflict in comments would be avoided

But it's not. This is getting release in a manga form as well, and a comic strip doesn't have a continuing story. It was the case at first, when it was just something the author did on the sideas a funny project, but since then, it grew up to be something else but it hasn't really adapt to it. People's expectations have changed.

Also, most comic strip are comedy, like it was at first. Now the comedic aspect rarely shows up. You can't really each chapter as their own individual unit anymore.

I do not mean a 1:1, I mean that this is a story that gets 4 page per week, the story is not even linear (I haven’t read multiple chapters and still get everything right), last chapter was about a girl with a crush on Mitsuki and now we are back to couple life, that’s what I mean, it’s very light hearted story with no effort in development and much more effort in showing a problem and then resolution mixed with daily life. My comparision is that, is better to read this with a “Omg, what is going to happen/show me next week?” mentality than expecting a full fledged development of any conflict.
Even if it’s being comercially publised, is still a twitter doujinshi.

Personally I still think this 2nd arc is way less cohesive than the 1st arc, which yes the 1st arc had pacing and cohesion issues, but this 2nd arc to me feels like everything I had issues with in the previous arc dialed up a few more levels. If people disagree with me here that's fine, but I don't think I'm crazy for thinking arc 1 was easier to follow.

It is. The first arc had a clear thread. First it was about the misunderstanding about Mitsuki's gender. Then it was about how Aya and Mitsuki would get together (both were part of the same main thread which was their relationship). There were a lot of deviation from this, with stuff about secondary characters, like about Joe and Kanna, Aya and her relationship with her friends for example, but overall, the story was following one main path, and was coming back to it as soon as it deviated from it. On top of that, all those sub threads were generally contributing to the main one in one way or another, helping Mitsuki and Aya to reflect on their own relationship.

Since we started the university arc, we don't really know where the story is going. Sure, there are some themes, like Mitsuki and her music, the couple's dynamic or Aya and her club, but as each theme is given a few chapters before switching, it doesn't feel like we are following a main thread. All of those threads have yet to come together in a coherent way. And the weird thing is that we use to have way more characters, and subplots, now the vast majority of chapters are centered around Mitsuki, Aya or both but there are no main thread it doesn't feel cohesive. As a reader it is uncomfortable not having a clear direction, especially for an established manga.

On top of that, at least for me, I'm not super interested on the music aspect, so it doesn't really help. But I'm probably not the only one that was there only for the yuri aspect.

And to had to the fire, I'm also a bit frustrating that except for Narita, all other characters from the first arc are gone. Sure, people have mentioned that this happens in real life, but well, it's not real life. And from a narrative perspective, it's not good. It's one thing to show characters estranged each other slowly, it's another one to have a time skip and never mentioning previous characters, as if they never existed.

Yeah I feel like this series wants us to care about the characters, the music angle, the varied characters, but there currently isn't enough really invest those of us that have issues with the current direction.

This is getting release in a manga form as well

Also this as well, it's getting released in volumes like a manga and I think a lot of people understandably expect a series with a cohesive and progressing story. Same with the upcoming anime adaption.

I do think the fact that people expect certain things from a yuri story probably makes expectations for a story like this difficult. I would describe this as more of a slice of life type story, in which case the central relationship is Aya and Mitsuki and it's always been that way and will continue to be that way but the story per chapter isn't always about them, if that makes sense. It's just things that happen in their lives, that's the throughline both before college and in the present college arc.

Many comic strips do have continuing story, and/or aren't comedic.

I do think the fact that people expect certain things from a yuri story probably makes expectations for a story like this difficult. I would describe this as more of a slice of life type story, in which case the central relationship is Aya and Mitsuki and it's always been that way and will continue to be that way but the story per chapter isn't always about them, if that makes sense. It's just things that happen in their lives, that's the throughline both before college and in the present college arc.

I at least don't have expectations in that regard, in terms of Yuri, Slice of Life, or other. I simply want the story to have a more cohesive fleshed out structure, at least to the extent of the 1st arc, which in my opinion wasn't nearly as fragmented.

Many comic strips do have continuing story, and/or aren't comedic.

Yep. A lot were political, mentioned past events of previous strips, etc.

I do think the fact that people expect certain things from a yuri story probably makes expectations for a story like this difficult. I would describe this as more of a slice of life type story, in which case the central relationship is Aya and Mitsuki and it's always been that way and will continue to be that way but the story per chapter isn't always about them, if that makes sense. It's just things that happen in their lives, that's the throughline both before college and in the present college arc.

I at least don't have expectations in that regard, in terms of Yuri, Slice of Life, or other. I simply want the story to have a more cohesive fleshed out structure, at least to the extent of the 1st arc, which in my opinion wasn't nearly as fragmented.

That's fine, it just feels like we're having this conversation every week.

I do think the fact that people expect certain things from a yuri story probably makes expectations for a story like this difficult. I would describe this as more of a slice of life type story, in which case the central relationship is Aya and Mitsuki and it's always been that way and will continue to be that way but the story per chapter isn't always about them, if that makes sense. It's just things that happen in their lives, that's the throughline both before college and in the present college arc.

I at least don't have expectations in that regard, in terms of Yuri, Slice of Life, or other. I simply want the story to have a more cohesive fleshed out structure, at least to the extent of the 1st arc, which in my opinion wasn't nearly as fragmented.

I'm still genuinely confused about what hasn't been cohesive in this arc but this seems like an "agree to disagree" anyway. When someone says they've become disoriented (as a comment did), I'm just very unsure how that could be. I really don't feel like this series is doing anything complex here or that dynamic with it's chapters. It's moving in a straight line time wise but with tiny jumps to important moments and each chapter is related to something that came before it. There is the sense we're building to their issues around music the entire time, meeting related characters and setting up future events (the concert, music at the shop, etc.). As we go, we interweave some slice of life, which even those tell us about where they're at mentally. This chapter is another example of that. Where is the structure missing there? What is disorienting? These are genuine questions.

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That's fine, it just feels like we're having this conversation every week.

Well I didn't start with that this week, I simply made a joke parodying the title. Then I joined in with the rest of the conversation later, and yes it has been a lot of the same back and forth for some weeks now.

I do think the fact that people expect certain things from a yuri story probably makes expectations for a story like this difficult. I would describe this as more of a slice of life type story, in which case the central relationship is Aya and Mitsuki and it's always been that way and will continue to be that way but the story per chapter isn't always about them, if that makes sense. It's just things that happen in their lives, that's the throughline both before college and in the present college arc.

I at least don't have expectations in that regard, in terms of Yuri, Slice of Life, or other. I simply want the story to have a more cohesive fleshed out structure, at least to the extent of the 1st arc, which in my opinion wasn't nearly as fragmented.

I'm still genuinely confused about what hasn't been cohesive in this arc but this seems like an "agree to disagree" anyway. When someone says they've become disoriented (as a comment did), I'm just very unsure how that could be. I really don't feel like this series is doing anything complex here or that dynamic with it's chapters. It's moving in a straight line time wise but with tiny jumps to important moments and each chapter is related to something that came before it. There is the sense we're building to their issues around music the entire time, meeting related characters and setting up future events (the concert, music at the shop, etc.). As we go, we interweave some slice of life, which even those tell us about where they're at mentally. This chapter is another example of that. Where is the structure missing there? What is disorienting? These are genuine questions.

It doesn't feel like it has has consistent connective narrative tissue that's needed to make everything flow well, and it makes it difficult to feel fully invested in everything going. I'm not getting the same experience as you are, and it feels like you and people that share your view have read 50 pages elsewhere that those of us that share my perspective haven't read. I enjoyed the 1st arc and I want to see if the 2nd arc finds the footing that I'm looking for, so I'm still following the series and doing what I can to support it as well. It's not like I hate the series or anything, and I rather agree to disagree at this point as you mentioned. There's a dividing mix of views on the series, and there will likely continue to be so for some time I feel.

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