I can't tell how long this manga is supposed to be. I enjoy the writing so far, and that their drama didnt get dragged out. But it also feels like it could just end at any moment or be setting up another volume

It's done. This was the final chapter.

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I can't tell how long this manga is supposed to be. I enjoy the writing so far, and that their drama didnt get dragged out. But it also feels like it could just end at any moment or be setting up another volume

It's done. This was the final chapter.

Really?! I didnt see a "the end" or "final" or "thank you for reading" or anything so I assumed there was at least one more chapter. I guess the "Ongoing" will need to be updated to "Complete" then?

I can't tell how long this manga is supposed to be. I enjoy the writing so far, and that their drama didnt get dragged out. But it also feels like it could just end at any moment or be setting up another volume

It's done. This was the final chapter.

Really?! I didnt see a "the end" or "final" or "thank you for reading" or anything so I assumed there was at least one more chapter. I guess the "Ongoing" will need to be updated to "Complete" then?

There's an extra volume chapter. I'm assuming they're waiting to release that first.

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Bit of a nothing burger really

YAY for communication! I can't believe this is it. Surely there's an epilogue, right?? Right???

I liked the ending. Whatever their relationship was (between the guy and Mao) it doesn't matter so I don't mind not getting a direct answer

Also, this is prolly a hot take, but unless there's more and it's obvious they're dating, then Yuri doesn't fit this, it's more along the Subtext line.

Aside from Mao being straight, it seems like Nina doesn't fully know of what she feels for Mao is romantic in nature, but she knows those feelings are strong, so I fr do think Subtext fits best, if not Yuri crush.

But I'll wait until the status changes from "on going" to "completed" maybe I'll be wrong and the Yuri tag does fit

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Everyone was doomposting so hard at the end of the last chapter I really wasn't expecting a happy ending lmao. Happy to get one!! I'm glad they got to talk about their insecurities for real, and that be the main focus of the ending. I'm not sure if they'll have a romantic relationship in the end, but to me that's a fine ending, because no matter what, I'm happy they're close again; they really seem to be better with each other in their lives. I would love this to get a follow-up volume of these two a figuring out who and what they are.

Also, after the full read, I really do see the title from Mao's perspective instead. Wishing that her envy had just been love and admiration for Nina (whether romantic or platonic). Now at the end, though she might still have those harsher feelings lingering, the love she has can be at the forefront even just a little more.

Great art- I love Mao's design sm and the artist's expression work is godly. if there's extra chapters like people say I hope to see them! Thank you so much for the translation!!

OMG I'm so happy they're talking it through :)

YAY for communication! I can't believe this is it. Surely there's an epilogue, right?? Right???

I liked the ending. Whatever their relationship was (between the guy and Mao) it doesn't matter so I don't mind not getting a direct answer

Also, this is prolly a hot take, but unless there's more and it's obvious they're dating, then Yuri doesn't fit this, it's more along the Subtext line.

Aside from Mao being straight, it seems like Nina doesn't fully know of what she feels for Mao is romantic in nature, but she knows those feelings are strong, so I fr do think Subtext fits best, if not Yuri crush.

But I'll wait until the status changes from "on going" to "completed" maybe I'll be wrong and the Yuri tag does fit

Rather than the Subtext tag, I’d say the Shoujo Ai tag suits it better, which is often used on yuri series that have lighter romance, or lighter elements of skinship and are more slow-burn-ish. So I wouldn’t say subtext really fits this well, because to me this chapter just seems like the development of their relationship. But I don’t think this website has a Shoujo Ai tag, so I guess the Yuri tag it is. :)

What is it, 2006? There is no such thing as "shoujo ai", it's something Western otaku made up. Yuri is just yuri.

Was this the last chapter? Please tell me there's more

Shoujo Ai is a thing that was made up by puritanical westerns obsessed with 'purity'. This term needs to fucking die already.

As unsatisfying as that ending was… that was one of the most perfect and poignant endings I’ve seen in a while.

wow idk what to make of that ending, feels like a whiplash level sudden 180. gotta think about it for a few hours

Was this the last chapter? Please tell me there's more

Shoujo Ai is a thing that was made up by puritanical westerns obsessed with 'purity'. This term needs to fucking die already.

Oh shit really? Damn, I didn’t know that. Well, thank you for pointing that out! :)

I wish Nina had been a little more forceful in her confession. I feel like if she hadn't backed off at the last moment, it would have given her space to put down that torch she's been carrying. Without that, she got to swoop in and save the girl, but doesn't get much in the way of character growth. Mao has the stronger arc here.

Still, they cleared the air between them, and at least Mao got to ditch her much shittier crush. Yeah, that counts as a good ending.

YAY for communication! I can't believe this is it. Surely there's an epilogue, right?? Right???

I liked the ending. Whatever their relationship was (between the guy and Mao) it doesn't matter so I don't mind not getting a direct answer

Also, this is prolly a hot take, but unless there's more and it's obvious they're dating, then Yuri doesn't fit this, it's more along the Subtext line.

Aside from Mao being straight, it seems like Nina doesn't fully know of what she feels for Mao is romantic in nature, but she knows those feelings are strong, so I fr do think Subtext fits best, if not Yuri crush.

But I'll wait until the status changes from "on going" to "completed" maybe I'll be wrong and the Yuri tag does fit

This is how I felt, but it's definitely yuri in the original Japanese meaning of the word which is relationships between girls. The whole manga is about the relationship between Mao and Nina, so it doesn't have to be gay to be yuri.

YAY for communication! I can't believe this is it. Surely there's an epilogue, right?? Right???

I liked the ending. Whatever their relationship was (between the guy and Mao) it doesn't matter so I don't mind not getting a direct answer

Also, this is prolly a hot take, but unless there's more and it's obvious they're dating, then Yuri doesn't fit this, it's more along the Subtext line.

Aside from Mao being straight, it seems like Nina doesn't fully know of what she feels for Mao is romantic in nature, but she knows those feelings are strong, so I fr do think Subtext fits best, if not Yuri crush.

But I'll wait until the status changes from "on going" to "completed" maybe I'll be wrong and the Yuri tag does fit

This is how I felt, but it's definitely yuri in the original Japanese meaning of the word which is relationships between girls. The whole manga is about the relationship between Mao and Nina, so it doesn't have to be gay to be yuri.

Yeah, but I think for our purposes we'd normally call it subtext here, or the yuri tag would be a little too broad. This series is also tagged romance, so someone might get the wrong assumption going in. We don't have a yuri friendship tag, I don't think. That's me, though.

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Honestly, I think I'm disappointed. It's weird to say because if Nina had just been straight up gay and in love with Mao then I think there is a stronger contrast of feelings between Mao's insecurity and Nina's fear and vulnerability. But if it's just both of them being insecure about different things, I don't think the manga does a good job exploring that in 7 chapters. Insecurity can lead to a very deep well of plot and character interactions, and this felt a little too simple to me, but with the potential for something more.

YAY for communication! I can't believe this is it. Surely there's an epilogue, right?? Right???

I liked the ending. Whatever their relationship was (between the guy and Mao) it doesn't matter so I don't mind not getting a direct answer

Also, this is prolly a hot take, but unless there's more and it's obvious they're dating, then Yuri doesn't fit this, it's more along the Subtext line.

Aside from Mao being straight, it seems like Nina doesn't fully know of what she feels for Mao is romantic in nature, but she knows those feelings are strong, so I fr do think Subtext fits best, if not Yuri crush.

But I'll wait until the status changes from "on going" to "completed" maybe I'll be wrong and the Yuri tag does fit

This is how I felt, but it's definitely yuri in the original Japanese meaning of the word which is relationships between girls. The whole manga is about the relationship between Mao and Nina, so it doesn't have to be gay to be yuri.

Yeah, but I think for our purposes we'd normally call it subtext here, or the yuri tag would be a little too broad. This series is also tagged romance, so someone might get the wrong assumption going in. We don't have a yuri friendship tag, I don't think. That's me, though.

Of course, you're totally right about our expectations, I would usually assume that if a work is tagged yuri early on here that it was tagged that way when it was originally published, which doesn't necessarily translate to sapphic.

I guess I get where the subtext discussion is coming from (particularly the title), but I have real trouble reading Nina's behavior as anything other than intentional romantic interest. She's instantly on edge when Mao shows up with a guy, gets flustered when touched, asks her out on a date, even offers sex. She backs off with an explicit comparison to the guys who hit on her, and they are definitely not subtext.

Mao finally breaks down because she's forcing Nina into a confession, and she know Nina doesn't want to do that. So why doesn't Nina want to? I would have thought it's because she knows it's doomed and think it's inconsiderate to put Mao through the emotional labor, but I can see how you could reach the conclusion that it's because she doesn't actually have romantic feelings to begin with and is offering up herself strictly as a way to save her senpai.

I guess I get where the subtext discussion is coming from (particularly the title), but I have real trouble reading Nina's behavior as anything other than intentional romantic interest. She's instantly on edge when Mao shows up with a guy, gets flustered when touched, asks her out on a date, even offers sex. She backs off with an explicit comparison to the guys who hit on her, and they are definitely not subtext.

Mao finally breaks down because she's forcing Nina into a confession, and she know Nina doesn't want to do that. So why doesn't Nina want to? I would have thought it's because she knows it's doomed and think it's inconsiderate to put Mao through the emotional labor, but I can see how you could reach the conclusion that it's because she doesn't actually have romantic feelings to begin with and is offering up herself strictly as a way to save her senpai.

I agree Nina's feelings are hard to read as anything but gay. But I also agree that "yuri crush" is the better tag for setting expectations

I guess I get where the subtext discussion is coming from (particularly the title), but I have real trouble reading Nina's behavior as anything other than intentional romantic interest. She's instantly on edge when Mao shows up with a guy, gets flustered when touched, asks her out on a date, even offers sex. She backs off with an explicit comparison to the guys who hit on her, and they are definitely not subtext.

Mao finally breaks down because she's forcing Nina into a confession, and she know Nina doesn't want to do that. So why doesn't Nina want to? I would have thought it's because she knows it's doomed and think it's inconsiderate to put Mao through the emotional labor, but I can see how you could reach the conclusion that it's because she doesn't actually have romantic feelings to begin with and is offering up herself strictly as a way to save her senpai.

Subtext is for ambiguous relationships, it does not refer to whether the feelings are open to interpretation.

“ A genre tag for when the relationship(s) in question are an underlying part of the story that are implied and must be deduced by the reader.

Often used when there is no clear confirmation of a relationship in a story where the relationship itself is prominent rather than underlying. ”

If we go by the forum’s tagging system (not the japanese use of yuri) subtext and yuri crush are ok. But there's still one extra left, so it's still early

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I guess I get where the subtext discussion is coming from (particularly the title), but I have real trouble reading Nina's behavior as anything other than intentional romantic interest. She's instantly on edge when Mao shows up with a guy, gets flustered when touched, asks her out on a date, even offers sex. She backs off with an explicit comparison to the guys who hit on her, and they are definitely not subtext.

Mao finally breaks down because she's forcing Nina into a confession, and she know Nina doesn't want to do that. So why doesn't Nina want to? I would have thought it's because she knows it's doomed and think it's inconsiderate to put Mao through the emotional labor, but I can see how you could reach the conclusion that it's because she doesn't actually have romantic feelings to begin with and is offering up herself strictly as a way to save her senpai.

I agree Nina's feelings are hard to read as anything but gay. But I also agree that "yuri crush" is the better tag for setting expectations

That was the tag I meant for as well. She's definitely romantically interested but there's not really anything from her friend. So "subtext" and "yuri crush" felt more appropriate for setting expectations, which is how I view tags' purpose.

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yuri tag but no romance tag I think.

Exploring further than this would be difficult for the vast majority of authors, so this is fine. Certainly feels like a oneshot tho

What is it, 2006? There is no such thing as "shoujo ai", it's something Western otaku made up. Yuri is just yuri.

Was this the last chapter? Please tell me there's more

Shoujo Ai is a thing that was made up by puritanical westerns obsessed with 'purity'. This term needs to fucking die already.

Eh? It might not be a term in Japan, but this isn't a site that caters to a Japanese audience and we're communicating in English, so I don't think that really matters very much. The better question is if the term conveys useful information to western readers and in that regard it's a mixed bag. On the one hand, having a term that encapsulates "cute girls being close to each other, but not romantically involved, with a strong focus on their relationship" could be useful. At the same time, we seem to have moved away from hard genres and more towards multiple tags for how we classify stories and in that context there might be a combination of tags that does a better job describing things than a fairly vague and overarching term like shoujo ai.

The English fandom has largely been moving away from "shoujo ai", I think, since insofar as it is a term in Japan it means "pedophile", a lover of very young girls.

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