Living the dream.

justforthis posted:

Lol, the "yaoi crush" tag is such a cope-out. People desperately wanting Satsuki to be woke.

Satsuki is in love with what he can't help but see as a girl. And that's what is gnawing at him. "Yaoi crush" isn't where he's at I think.

my dude got a crush on a dude, friend. don't overthink it

I'm not overthinking it: he said it himself in the previous chapter. He sees Rika as a girl and has a crush on "her". Period.

Nothing yaoi here.

The translator made Satsuki refer to Rika as "he/him" (which is how Rika identifies and it's fine in itself), but Satsuki in the story doesn't actually readily identifies Rika as "he/him" and that's the crux of the drama. And that drama is muddled by the translation.

Lol, the "yaoi crush" tag is such a cope-out. People desperately wanting Satsuki to be woke.

Satsuki is in love with what he can't help but see as a girl. And that's what is gnawing at him. "Yaoi crush" isn't where he's at I think.

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I think the door is vibrating.

luinthoron posted:

...wait, how did I manage to miss chapter 4?

Wait, what was that about the moon? ^_^

Tsukiko means "moon child" ^_^

Well, as we see in Ch2, she het-slept her way up before meeting the Villainess.

At least we now know that Aya didn't concert-cheat on Mitsuki with Chizuru.

No NTR concert.

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Meh.

6 months or more of miscommunication, because "suki" is an ambiguous declaration.

And the older woman was just an ass.

I'm with other people in thinking that it wasn't actually cheating, but a difference of expectations and a lack of communication on Mao's part.

Just because Mao loves other women doesn't mean she didn't genuinely love Hikaru. Some people do be like that. Their feelings are not necessarily shallow, but they have a lot to share and don't feel like limiting themselves to a single person.

Saying "I love you" doesn't mean "I love you exclusively" in my book.

It reminds me of Tsuzuki in Brides of Iberis, who was in an open relationship with two men, and would have had no problem adding a woman. But Kashiwai was more of a monogamous person, so they broke things amicably in the end.

The only thing we can reproach to Mao here is that she didn't make things clear from the start.

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One of the characters is basically a guy.

awsomepega posted:

is this manga translate dropping? i saw the raw chapter is on 166 already

It's licensed in English.

Giftnova posted:

Page 5 - who's Miyako?

Server girls brother

Tbf, his name (都) can be read several different ways in Japanese. And there's no furigana reading affixed to it.

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Lilliwyt posted:

Might put that Bisexual tag before we get complaints

It's not because she's dating a guy that she's bisexual.

I have a hunch that she choose him because he's the bro of her love interest and she wants to stay close to her one way or another (and of course, doesn't imagine that she also may be a lesbian)

I also have a hunch that the wedding at the beginning isn't necessarily a het one. You can have a ceremony without registering an official marriage, so maybe it's just bait and the bro is only a "best guy" there.

So, yeah, too early to say "Bisexual".

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Guess this'll need the het tag.

Yeah. They disbanded about a year ago.

Their stuff was in part taken over by The Vary Epik Group or smth.

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And now, a rival who has zero chance, but will upset the MC.

They're adorable.

Good on you Hajime, go live your best life!

Manga transwomen are always beautiful. No adam apple, no large shoulders or hands, no square jaw. Always pass flawlessly.

IRL many transwomen are beautiful. And some might not be. What's your point?

Just that. Manga almost always presents idealized transwomen and in this way minimizes the hardships they may endure because their body and appearance doesn't match their inner femininity. It makes it look like "passing" is just that easy.

It's always good to have representation and while, as you said, many transwomen are beautiful, for most of them I think it takes a lot of effort and frustration. The image of what's a "beautiful woman" in our societies has reached such impossible standards that even cis women struggle and get complexes because of them, so I can only imagine what a transwoman has to go through to be accepted and even accept herself.

Manga gloss over that part, because Japanese standard readership isn't interested in that. If someone is supposed to be a woman internally, they want her to look like a woman. Or then, they see them as "okamas", which are considered funny and ridiculous, not real "women" and the author can't make their point.

rainbow8 posted:

Firstly, I acknowledge and even appreciate the misdirection in the first couple of pages, but also you do not fucking do this to a person.

??? What misdirection?

Misdirection: an ex texting Asako instead of her sister in law.

Manga transwomen are always beautiful. No adam apple, no large shoulders or hands, no square jaw. Always pass flawlessly.

AngelsDoNotCry posted:

Personally don't really understand the need for the "cancer plot point" but hoping she beats it and get to live out her life.

Also, obligatory Fuck Cancer.

The "cancer plot point" is to give her an impetus and the motivation to go for broke.

"If I don't do it now, I may never be able to".

That was something alright.

It went from 0 to 100 real fast.

FiddlePop posted:

Is it just me or Miss Landlord looks super talk in this chapter?

If you mean "tall", always has been.

Toxic husband was toxic.

I guess the 404 Men Not Found can be removed now.