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Marion Diabolito
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as for the whole extortion thing....fujiwara broke a vase, asked miu to keep it a secret, who clearly says in thought she wouldn't tell anyways, then states "i'll do anything!" so when miu asks her to go out with her, she agrees. She's the one who said she'd do anything, without a threat being placed on her for it. then later after the whole karaoke thing, clearly states the convenience for her to finally have it publicly out that they were "dating." yes, she didn't know miu wouldn't tell, and yes, japanese people are very subservient and have a difficult time saying no, but i can hardly look at the whole thing as "extortion." it would be if miu blatantly says, pretend to go out with me or i'll tell, without the offer to do anything she is asked to do already out there on the table. if anything, it's actually the other way around. i mean, miu is using fujiwara to see what it's like to date someone, which naturally will grow, however platonic, feelings towards each other.

Miu said "just kidding, I don't mean it, sorry, you don't have to!" and almost fell over out of embarrassment.

And Fujiwara said okay, let's do it! anyway. I think that's the end of the extortion concern.

Marion Diabolito
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I joined dynasty reader just to say this is one of my favorite series ever. I think it's brilliant and shares a lot with Watamote and NHK ni Youkoso that people aren't getting when first reading it.

Marion Diabolito
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The Secret Recipe is one of my favorite manga comics ever, and I particularly like the way Wakatsuki developed. It is one of the few I bothered to translate for myself ahead of time. I still enjoyed the much better scanlations I found here. The skillful way Morinaga Milk took her from a popular girl who had boys wrapped around her finger to a depressed hikkikomori who washed her hair with floor detergent in the janitor's closet was both touching and humorous. This is not a bad doujin, but it doesn't improve on it.