star ocean 2 mention

also the blushing in this was really powerful. the love put into the hair, you could really feel it. it felt physical. I want to touch it.

god what a chapter. empty eyes are so sexy... like is she haunted by intensity beyond reason, or is nobody home... either way it makes everything better. the queen of spices.

itsuki kuro is def the best to ever do it this series is so good

maid yuri nen battle

ahhhh, i always come back to this one. It's that one panel of mash, I think. the concept of the shy wallflower best friend--at this point Mash might even qualify for childhood friend status, if we're thinking artistically--suddenly having unbearably intense feelings she has to suppress to not break Ritsuka's trust... there's something really compelling about that, don't you think?

the very affection that compels her to respect Ritsuka and keep her hands off her is the same feeling that makes her a danger to her own Master... isn't that just the best?

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Oh shit i never realized this was also the author of the green manga! I guess the butchfemme vibes in that were not an accident, huh.

also i fucking love the TN page lol

wait that's so cute?? I didn't know that about her. I love all her win quotes in the fighting game, she's got a really great combo of love and wisdom. It's really cool.

Yesss more food from the number 1 mata hari stan

From back in 2019, huh… there’s a certain vibe to doujins from several years ago, especially when they get translated later. It makes you think, “this person is talking in the afterword about their thoughts and feelings and plans and how they feel about the original media at the time, but that was years ago. I wonder where they are now?”

There’s something so personal about the afterword of a doujin, it makes you feel like you got the smallest glimpse into this person and who they are, how they do logistics to plan for releases. And the only snapshots you’ll get of the life of the person that produces things you enjoy is through more afterwords, if any of there other works get translated. It’s such a tenuous connection, left totally to chance and obscured from you. Maybe this is the last you’ll hear from them: maybe not. And especially when it’s an older work, it’s like, to me this was written in the present. But to them, it’s years ago. I wonder if they still love the characters they wrote about so earnestly?

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holy shit it's the Kokonoe Kazura artist!

what a fucking talent. You're killing it with these.

MY GIRLSSSS!! Randa's design is so peak.

holy shit!

EDELETH! EDELETH! EDELETH! EDELETH!

manifesting gay narita (praying hands emoji)

also I know the exact vibe the manga is communicating, of the campsight at night with people you really love to hang out with and it does it so perfectly, the convos about Real Shit (even if it's silly) while u brush your teeth by flash light in a campsite bathroom... i think that's where the human spirit is meant to live.

This is so so so good, delicious yuri pastry, im totally addicted. You can never tell what's going to happen next, and the energy keeps changing and keeping you off balance. the bocchi-esque anxiety setup is really fun, but I love how they make it serious sometimes when you least expect it, and it hits really hard. it's deeply deeply erotic without anything really sexual going on, and I think that's incredibly impressive.

The dynamic between the two girls is pure kino, the premise of the teasing, experienced, older girl who's maybe a little bit mean and doesn't quite have her partner's best interests in mind constantly getting flanked and knocked off her feet and wrapped around her little finger is incredible, and those Moments that suuna has and the mysterious erotic energy shifting about underneath the surface really sell that kind of thing so well.

There's an ineffable Something going on in this manga, something in the hot blushes and the damp, hushed mouths and the gorgeous faces and generous bodies and those moments where Suuna crosses some kind of edge between them; in the way Suuna doesn't notice as she sinks into it while it leaves Ruka breathless and flushed and disoriented... this crackling, flickering background energy of pure erotic potential that can reemerge out of nowhere and shift the genre and tone into something breathless and slow and rich like dark chocolate, before fading back into a comedy about this oblivious anxious girl and people who might be her friends. But you always know it's there in the background. All you can do is anticipate it coming back again, in the middle of a joke or a touching character moment, whenever you least expect it. Because anything could happen. Anything.

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maybe it's a headcanon? It kind of makes sense for her, I think. That would be cute.

Ohhhohoho, it’s gotten so chewy, everybody’s collapsing together and conflicting in the most interesting ways. God, this is so satisfying. I need to go back and study and contrast the tearful outburst panels between Lapis and Diana, there’s so much there!!!

I can’t believe it’s still getting better, and the pacing is so tight! Nothing overstays its welcome!

God this manga is good.

Hell yeah, now this is what I'm looking for. Delicious.

love the chemistry and the allure and thoughts on what makes someone irresistible. This looks like it could be really interesting. It's really hard to put your finger on this the way the atmosphere keeps shifting. As it should around a mysterious and mercurial semi-stranger.

Lord Kitaku, i have come to offer my allegiances.

AND WE'RE BACK! holy shit that arc dragged on but I really feel like it payed off. the girls are back in town.

MY GIRLS!!! MY BABIES!!!!

LETS GO, GAY CAKE SEQUEL

tale as old as time... gyaru and the prez

HUMANITY RESTORED

Wait manaria friends is a gbf thing???

Soooo is this dropped? What's the story here?