This chapter makes me wonder if Iindou would be better off just quitting, since this isn't the first time she's had trouble with military discipline (complaining about Kagami in a letter comes to mind). She doesn't seem to be like the sort to follow orders without questioning them, and I can foresee her trouble with this part of military life only getting worse with time.

I find it a bit strange that Minami, who's insistent on being friends with Azusa, is calling her by her surname, while Azusa, who's a bit annoyed by her, is using Minami's first name. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

I just finished watching the anime.

Personally, while Adachi's insecurity about her relationship with Shimamura is understandable, deciding that you only need a bond with one person is a rather unhealthy mindset for even introverts to have. It reminds me a little of how, in Yuri is My Job, Kanoko becomes insistent on keeping her spot as Hime's only real friend. In that case, however, Sumika calls Kanoko out on how unhealthy her clinginess toward Hime is, and she and Kanoko eventually do become friends (a development Hime approves of).

Of course, Shimamura's also partly responsible for the somewhat dysfunctional state of their relationship. Her rather cynical attitude about "fake friendships," especially with the girls in her class whose names she doesn't bother to remember, is rather off-putting. It's fine to acknowledge that most people tend to drift apart sooner or later, but you should at least value those temporary connections while they last, and I say that as an introvert myself. With this attitude, it's no surprise that Adachi sometimes wonders whether Shimamura even cares about her.

Incidentally, going back to Yuri Is My Job, while Hime is rather cynical and considers most of her friends to be fakes who'd abandon her at the drop of a hat, she does actually value Mitsuki and Kanoko's friendships, considering them her two real friends.

Basically, Adachi and Shimamura seem fundamentally incompatible at this point- as an introvert who decides she only needs one special person and someone who doesn't place all that much value on most of her bonds, respectively. Perhaps I'm wrong about this, or perhaps they get better later, but this is how I feel about them at this point in the story.

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This manga is such trash.
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On serious note. I know it's such ancient reply but whatever.

Blastaar posted:

I don't mind reading stories for that too, but this specific premise I read so many times, I'm currently sick off it and prefer to look for different kinds of stories.

Wait, the "I can love you only because you can't love me" premise? Because that's the only thing that does seem unusual to me.

Or something else?

No, I meant the set up of "Character with tragic pasts gets healed with power of MC's love." I know it was mistranslation, but I honestly got really hyped up when at first they implied that Yuu is asexual and Nanami will be trying to make her fall in love with her. It felt like it had so much potential and possibilities. It just felt like very unique set up for slow burn romance. But then it turned out to be "I'm damaged so I'll love you, but you're not allowed to love me back." and Nanami had all this dark past that Yuu had to help her overcome. That's like romance stories 101. I read dozens of that. That's what I mean that the story was generic. And of course childhood friend that was initially introduced and seemed to be really just friends with Nanami, later turned out to be in love with her, but decided to keep it a secret. Gee, where did I see that one before??? Seriously I'd pay for story where childhood friend turns out to not have secret feelings for MC/Love Interest. So again, it is well written and all that and I agree that you can retold the same story many times and still make it feel fresh, but this specific set up "MC falls for someone with dark past that they need help overcoming before they can be together" is so incredibly common trope, I'm just sick of it.

OrangePekoe posted:

Hi Nevri!

Hi Peko!

I'll admit that the "love interest with a tragic past" trope is fairly common, but Touko's desire to become her sister, and how even her success worsens her own self-loathing was handled fairly well. The revelation that Mio might not have been a perfect honors student forces Touko to question herself, and effectively ties into the theme of how people are perceived versus how they really are. This is a bit of a basic description of Touko's issues, which have been discussed in more detail on this forum, but it goes to show that Touko's backsotry is deeper than you think.

I'm also not sure who this "childhood friend" you're talking about is.
*Sayaka is the only character besides Yuu who's in love with Touko, but she's not a childhood friend; she and Touko met at the start of high school.
*Ichigaya has known Touko since she was young, when he came over with Mio and the rest of the student council, but as far as he's concerned, she's just his late friend's younger sister, and their relationship more or less starts from a blank slate when he coaches her and the student council for the play.
*In Regarding Sayaka Saeki, Sayaka meets a former classmate of Touko's, who tells Sayaka about how Touko used to be much different than she is now- shy, a mediocre student and very unathletic. There's nothing that indicates that this nameless student spoke to Touko in high school, much less developed feelings for her.

The third volume of Regarding Sayaka Saeki just came out. It was a good read, but it's a bit sad to know that the story of Bloom Into You is finally over. I personally hope we get a second season of the anime to show the latter half of the manga, and possibly an OVA for Regarding Sayaka Saeki.

One thing I like more than the non-serialized version is that there's a more gradual buildup to Yukiko and Konomi's eventual relationship. Unlike the previous version, when they became friends almost immediately after learning that they were succubi, Yukiko's still somewhat distant and hostile to Konomi, to the point that she's still calling her "Nirasaka-san" a few chapters in. I also like how they make Yukiko's dislike of being a succubus more of a plot point, as well as part of her initial friction with Konomi.

You can't hack the game, but I haven't had much trouble defeating Rhea in two rounds, before Catherine gets in range of my units (Hard Classic), so she doesn't have to die, although she'll probably never forgive Shamir for siding with Edelgard.

First Page: An Unexpected Mother End For the Final Chapter!

Yeah, I don't think the author could've possibly been more obvious about the series being cancelled, short of actually drawing all the characters as axes. It always makes me feel weird to see authors with clearly-cancelled works writing optimistic messages and trying to sound upbeat in their final chapters. Like, I get that it'd be a massive contract violation to write rants about dumb consumers and unfair publishers, but it just feels odd to see someone striving to act all chill and calm when something they've poured so much effort into is just hacked short. That's the industry for you, I guess.

Is this a reference to some other series, or just a pun on how canceled series get "axed"?

@Ultraxion probably a fair few- at least if you include EX players too. I used to as well many years ago.

I'm also a former player, who quit a couple weeks into Uldir.

No one going to address how the girls FATHER trued to get her MOTHER to choose between the two. That is kinda a terrifying occurrence to me.

I agree that this is a rather manipulative tactic, but seeing how quickly he got shot down, it seems to mainly be proof that he overestimated his importance to the family. He's a selfish, lazy and immature, but he's so pathetic that I almost feel sorry for him.

KEEP AWAY

I'm just going to go ahead and guess you have no idea who Ultraxion is. Relax, it was a joke. I've been trying for years to get Experiment 12-B with no luck.

Wow, I didn't know there were any other WoW players on here.

Why the heck is my browser offering me a google translation from Welsh on chapter 10.15?

I've been asked the same thing, too, both here and on other series. I don't know why, since I don't see any Welsh text on the page.

I enjoyed Volume 8 too, which happened to come out on my birthday. I bought the Kindle version through Amazon.

One thing I found strange about the fan translation on this site was that Yuu doesn't call Touko "Nanami-senpai" during the scene in the cafe, but she does in the localization. As such, Touko's remark about Yuu calling her "senpai" again seemed a bit strange when I read it in the fan translation.

Fan Translation: "They were really excited to see you. Asking for your autograph and all."
Localization: "You were a big hit with them, Nanami-senpai. They even asked for autographs."

English Localization have honorifics ? Cause French Localization didn't, but at least use the name/first name distinction. The only time i see "Senpai" use was from Sayaka's first flashback when she called her Senpai of Middle school.

Yes, the English localization uses honorifics, partly because the senpai-kohai dynamic often comes up in this series. If there's a second season, I wonder how the dub will handle the scene in which Yuu calls Touko, "Touko-senpai," and Touko encourages her to drop the "senpai."

I enjoyed Volume 8 too, which happened to come out on my birthday. I bought the Kindle version through Amazon.

One thing I found strange about the fan translation on this site was that Yuu doesn't call Touko "Nanami-senpai" during the scene in the cafe, but she does in the localization. As such, Touko's remark about Yuu calling her "senpai" again seemed a bit strange when I read it in the fan translation.

Fan Translation: "They were really excited to see you. Asking for your autograph and all."
Localization: "You were a big hit with them, Nanami-senpai. They even asked for autographs."

Ummm what the hell is that with Kurokawa? Is she going to end up crazy like Izumi?
As for the guy, I wouldn't worry about him, he's probably going to be a plot device for Fujishiro to realize her feelings for Kurokawa or something.
I just don't want to see Kurokawa's character getting botched too

I'm personally reminded of Citrus, and how it continually introduced new characters to drive the plot forward (for example, Himeko provided exposition on Mei's past, Matsuri stirred up some drama, and the twins ended up getting Yuzu and Mei together). Unfortunately, this approach tends to result in a lot of characters not doing much or developing once their story arcs end, as well as a somewhat bloated cast.

This is a nice animated image, but I can't help but wish something would happen once Touko's battery fully charges.

Apart from the questionable English, I noticed a contradiction. In Panel 3 on the first page, Aoi says she doesn't have any friends, but then introduces Hinata as her childhood friend on Page 2.

Yuri Girl 1001 posted:

people at ch.1: "omg a mother-daughter yuri"

Taiyaki: "This ain't even my final form"

And then ch. 7 Taiyaki, maybe: "Wa ha ha! I still have one more form!"

I wonder if the great grandmother will show up?

The mother's twin

I also wonder if we'll see Sumika's mother at some point. Considering that both she and her daughter became mothers at a relatively young age, it's possible that Sumika's mother is still alive; if she had Sumika at 21 she's probably 78.

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Just pointing out that in the raw the grandmother asks Sayaka to call her okaa-*sama*

Interesting detail. Of course, "okaa-sama" is generally translated as "Mother," since it's more formal and respectful than average ("okaa-san" seems to be equivalent to "Mom").

Yep its a direct rip from the renta site. But wait until you see chapter 3.

Being yurika is suffering.

The summary from Renta for Chapter 3 says the following.

"Takase has come to realize her feelings toward Rinko; feelings she shouldn't have for another female... But it's already too late."

Looks like there won't be a happy ending for Takase.

One thing I like about how the story handled the rape/sexual harassment/whatever you want to call it was that it wasn't the direct cause for Takase leaving the company. Kazama got fired, which is the least he deserved, but the real thing that pushed Takase out was the rest of the office turning on her, especially Takase's so-called friend Aida.

I notice that the series doesn't seem to have honorifics for some reason, since Rinko calls Takase "Ms. Takase," as well as English sound effects, which makes it read a bit like an official localization.

Her first name is Parker. Like everyone else, the characters call her by her last name.

Doesn't Kou coming back to save the day like that cheapen Aoba's "arc" in the first half of the chapter (and those before)? She seemed to be stepping up to the task only to end up still being saved.

Perhaps, but one thing I'm interested to see is Kou getting a second chance to act as art director. She still regrets her failure in the past, but perhaps she can do a better job this time. Besides, Aoba's the character designer, so she has her chance, too.

Assuming a reader cares about stuff like that, it must have been heartbreaking.

You're right, I always make the same mistake assuming the possibility that weebs have any literary standards.

Ohh, let's see who can out-sarcasm the other!

I agree; that sarcasm and negativity is part of the reason why I mostly stopped checking this comments section.

As for why I'm back, Volume 9 was just released in English, and covers Chapter 91-102, so maybe we can create a division for Volume 9. Here's hoping Volume 10 will come out by the end of the year.

There's a mistake on Page 3 of Chapter 2; Koromo calls Touka "Ryuuka."

One thing I find interesting is that Yuu calls Haru "Haru-chan," but still calls Sayaka "Saeki-senpai." Are Yuu and Haru particularly close?