^You and I have different understandings of the phrase "going down on", but I still get what you mean ;)

Oof my heart. Why ya gotta keep twisting the blade by giving Dianna hope, author? Just put me out of my misery already.

Yay! Part 82 83: https://amawashigroup.wordpress.com/2024/09/30/part-83-sendai-san-is-selfish-iii :D

Super cute part. It's parts like this that make me wish Miyagi wouldn't always act so cold towards Sendai. But we know one of the reasons Miyagi acts that way is she thinks if she gives Sendai an inch, she'll try to take a mile:
"If I treated her more kindly, things like this would probably happen all the time."

I forgot Sendai said she wanted Miyagi to get sick so she could take care of her. Another crazy Sendai thought that, when Miyagi eventually gets sick, leads to an even crazier thought along the lines of "I wish Miyagi was always sick so I could always take care of her".
That's if I'm remembering that correctly...sometimes I mix up what happens in the story with what happens in my daydreams.

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Lil Gui with another big brained moved.

We're now up to 3 fanart for Shuukura on Dynasty: https://dynasty-scans.com/doujins/a_story_about_buying_a_classmate_once_a_week_5000_yen_for_an_excuse_to_spend_time_together/images

If you find any nice fanart of the girls, submit an upload request. Or post it in this thread and I'll submit the request.

More fanart is another way to spread the good word about Shuukura!

If Megumi thinks it's absurd that she's falling J, imagine how she'd feel finding out she was actually falling for a 3rd grader controlling his body. Girl would probably have an aneurysm.

"How can you not like such a devastatingly handsome guy?"

Boy did she sit at the wrong table.

She obviously doesn't realize this is a yuri manhua.

^Kwonnie are you talking about when Ruan Mei says something along the lines of Herta being objectively beautiful? She said it as a statement of fact, not as an admission she's attracted to her, but I can still see how that'd be good shipping fuel.

^undeadclown Oh yes I am so ready for 5* Emanator of Erudition Herta

^Ever had a knot in your back? It hurts when it's massaged out but still feels good.
Stelle's going through similar with the tension in her hands. They're stiff and cramping from too much Galactic Baseballing...and rummaging through trashcans.

^Drama? What drama? I thought we were just playing around!
There's only love coming from my end

try to avoid taking actions the other will dislike

Like I just said, there is at least one instance where Miyagi specifically tried to do something that Sendai wouldn't like. But damn if it didn't make for a really cute point in the story. I think it was the first time Sendai actually went out of her way to try and continue their relationship. Showing that, by that point in the story, she was already really reliant on Miyagi.

Yeah that was the one time I was actually pretty mad at Miyagi. Reasons behind it aside, that was basically bullying and was super mean. I wish Miyagi had sincerely apologized for that but now it's water under the bridge.

I'm glad that they usually try to avoid doing things the other would dislike, because it'd be hard to read this story if stuff like that soda incident was the norm instead of an exception.

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Yay! Amawashi Part 82 https://amawashigroup.wordpress.com/2024/09/27/part-82-sendai-san-is-selfish-ii

I'm surprised this line actually made me snort a little: "Besides, I was a human with a heart, too—caring about someone wasn’t anything unusual."
Part of me wants to say "do you really Miyagi? Because it seems you try really hard to avoid showing it."
But the other part knows her abandonment issues makes her terrified of showing affection for fear of Sendai either rejecting her or growing bored of her and leaving. It's a good thing that she found Sendai, who's patient as they slowly work through these issues and grow closer.

I found where Miyagi decided to run away to be interesting because it's the opposite of what I'd do.
Miyagi felt a bit of hesitation about having to deal with Sendai's mom likely answering the door but powered through it. That'd be by far the hardest part of this visit for me and where I might give up.

But then after clearing that hurdle, Miyagi psyches herself out that Sendai might be upset about her visit and tries to leave the bag on the door and run away. Because Sendai rejecting her is by far Miyagi's biggest fear.

But of course, Sendai is super happy that Miyagi's showing she cares about her enough to come check in on her when she's sick. Wouldn't be surprised if that big gay brain of Sendai's had been having fever dreams about Miyagi.

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^Idk what you're talking about. The image comments are always full of agreement and perfectly harmonious. :P

I'm really glad this exists.

Yeah? Well...I'm really glad you exist!

Gottem or something idk

Well this is quite the interesting ship that I never considered. Mostly because they're both so utterly research obsessed to the point of romance never crossing their minds.
But throw in some chemical fumes that enhance the mood and Ruan Mei might see Herta as an opportunity to Propagate

^LMAO but Bocchi has already mastered that technique!

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^Is the artist's other works untranslated or just not posted to dynasty?

^Naw if you approached her from the front you wouldn't catch her at all...because she'd run away! :P

I found Shuukura fascinating because of its unique and disturbing concept, where a character buys his classmate every week. This raises profound questions about the nature of human relationships and about power dynamics. The mixture between the absurd and the real creates a disturbing atmosphere that captivates, even if some aspects of the story are morally difficult to digest. I would like to know what others think about the way these themes are approached.

Your use of "disturbing atmosphere" and "morally difficult to digest" doesn't at all fit the way I see Shuukura.

Just like Angela AKA Sierra, I don't see the 5000 yen as anything other than an excuse for them to spend time together. It doesn't create any actual power dynamics because of both the rules they establish and because all of Miyagi's orders are created with the consideration that Sendai can leave if she doesn't want to follow an order.
That's why Miyagi often issues such innocuous orders...because she really just wants to spend time together and is afraid of going too far and ruining that.

Being able to get both their POVs shows us they constantly think about what the other is thinking and try to avoid taking actions the other will dislike. This makes the atmosphere far from "disturbing" and actually closer to "cute"...in a way. They want to get closer to each other but go about it so cautiously (and clumsily) because they don't want to displease the other or do something that will change their relationship too much (because the unknown is scary).
There's this erratic method of slowly progressing their relationship as they navigate around potential pitfalls (both real and imaginary) that makes this work so compelling to me. It often turns what might otherwise be a mundane interaction into something that feels meaningful. And the author does a masterful job of consistently stringing us along with these types of interactions.

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Why's Kita giving a peace sign before the flash like she's streaming or something? Is this a meme that I haven't seen?

This happened in Hawaii around the time of the last episode of the anime. Can't convince me otherwise.

Kita caught her Bocchi by surprise.

Madoka got into her mom's whiskey and last night got a bit out of hand.

Calm down Firefly. Good thing Stelle's keeping her gloves on to keep this from getting too lewd.

Third one is clearly not Homu. No way she'd ever have eyes for anyone other than Madoka.