Estapleasefuckno

Despite all the death flags she had planted in the previous chapters, I don't want anything bad to happen to her. Because she's a good person, because she's the one Ari could open up to, I guess, and because so many other characters have been hinted to rely on her.

... At the same time, I know that unless something big happens to shake Sheena, this story can only end in tragedy for her and Mimi.

"Getting in the way of yuri is punishable by death" but taken completely literally.

Started this after seeing the update, it was very fun ! Thanks for bringing us another cute story to follow.

But there are a lot of cultural mores besides marriage where people feel like they don’t have any “choice” (if they want their family’s approval, if they want to fit in with their culture, etc.).

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. "It's a different culture" doesn't mean it's okay to force someone to marry some guy chosen for them or be ostracized by their family and the rest of the society they live in. You could also say that homophobia, institutionalized rape or inherent sexism are part of some cultures, and that's still not acceptable.

I don't see how any opinion that marriage shouldn't be free can be seen as acceptable. There are cultures where parents can act as matchmakers, which is completely okay, but the systematic pressure to accept such matchmaking "or else", like what Makino's parent are showing here, is not.

There’s also the big distinction between “forced” marriages (where the participants aren’t allowed to opt out) and “arranged” marriages, which people who react like the OP routinely ignore.

Clearly the parents aren't giving her a choice or asking for her opinion in this case, so it's perfectly fine to be mad with it.

Half of the "arranged" marriage are actually putting the girl under so much social and family pressure that it's a (recurring, thanks to the genre and authors not hating their characters) miracle for them to actually tell their parents to fuck off and walk away. In a more realistic setting, they'd have a choice between agreeing or ruining their life, so it's not like there's an actual choice, hence forced marriages that make people rightly mad.

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With all the sometimes infuriating scumbaggery of Makino, she always had that touch of goodness behind it. Like how she actually cared and was open to understand others and change, but just a little.

Those parents don't, though. Screw them.

At least the good thing in this chapter is that Rena told her parents to fuck off. Looking forward to Makino doing the same.

Aww, I'm kinda sad that their date seems to be over. Back to intrigue, I guess.

"I guess I'll just settle for the fridge you bought" That line killed me, in a good way.

I can already picture Benika congratulating herself for making great progress in her shipping, once she sees Hibai and Gina leaving together.

Happy ending doesn't change the super sour feeling left by the queen-focused chapter. Momo gets to be married happily, but the author still decided that another character was forced to break up with her girlfriend and marry some dude she didn't know.

But hey, it's okay because "look, she's happy now anyway". It's what's annoying me the most (and making me very uncomfortable), that it was shown very positively and the forced break-up didn't matter. I guess it was just a phase. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sucks to be a side character.

I actually like Jessica. She's not a good person, sure, but she's pretty fun. And while she has a high opinion of herself and a very utilitarian view of Ada, she seems to be very earnest and wants to help. Plus, she's very expressive. I guess seeing her die at the side of Ada in her flashforward also makes me sympathize with her a little. I think she'll be quite fun once Ada decides on a path to try and bring Kaye to her side.

Sister system doesn't make much sense and Emielle talking about getting a little sister lessened a lot of the impact of that kiss and oath, a bit of a shame. Other than that, except for how the side arcs didn't get any conclusion, it was pretty satisfying to read.

Rose might be able to fend off a dozen armed attackers, but no way she can resist an attack like this.

Readers : ship the two spies the moment the second one is introduced

Manga : comes up with them being girlfriends as a "cover" in the next chapter

It's all coming together.

Lilian looked like the innocent bystander wrapped up in politics previously, but this chapter suggests that she might have had a more active hand in the fiancée's action from the first chapter.

Some intense spy stuff going on... to investigate Rose and Benika's relationship.

By the way, the vice pres guy can go to hell as well. "Not the right way to talk to a superior" ? Your superior is a fucking molester, what place do you have to force someone to be physically close with them when they don't want to, cunt ?

I highly regret having had this on my follow list. This was plain disgusting and really uncomfortable, not to mention Yoh's actions are unbelievably stupid. And the way the story just rolls with it is just wrong.

It's been a while since I literally felt sick reading something...

Yuri goggles, on

Double bluff and not an agent, or she's just gonna start supporting them to push their relationship ? Could go either way.

OK, so I want to retract one of the first posts I made about this manga, where I was saying we were in a world of subtlety and avoiding detection rather than ultraviolence.

When ultraviolence is the last resort, that means it is also very much on the table.

Anyway, I guess this isn't how Shirafune expected his first meeting with his daughter's girlfriend to go.

I'm pretty sure it's got to do with their parents as well. Sena's angry comment strongly points in that direction, and the discussions between Reina and Makino (and the fact that Reina was letting herself get blackmailed over how she expects her parents to react to learning she's lesbian) are very strong support.

Just curious if it will end up in a "they should have been open to their parents earlier" way, or in a "parents get btfo because their daughters chose their girlfriends over them".

Horny side vs having a huge crush side.

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I wonder if what Mika said will come back later, e.g., in a way of saying that her "fiction yuri" was the idealized version, which Watanabe was actually looking for at first with her obsession, while "real yuri" can take many unexpected shapes, which may seem imperfect, like her relationship with Yoshioka.

But regardless, the way she put it sure hit Watanabe hard and badly. I'm glad the poor girl recovered. And in the end, she already knew the answer.

The moment when they all have to go back to base sure will be awkward.