Afaik, we need a female->male pegging story and we're square on the weird sex/story scale no? Just to cover all the bases.

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OriginalGengar, 12xCollege Student is still hella creepy if you ask me. O_o.. But, I may check out those episodes, thanks!

As for Natume's Book of Friends, I've never gotten any gay subtext between the two main male characters. Nadda. Just figured they're close friends. (I've done the same with female characters too.... well... before I discovered Dynasty anyways. CURE YOU YURI GOGGLES!!!)

Nezchan

As long as we're talking about friendship, can I just say how much I love that both guys' friendship with the female character without a trace of romance intruding? It's so refreshing to see neither of them getting forced into a relationship with her just because she's nearby.

YES!!! I totally agree!! I think it's great that for once, a female and male character are shown to just be friends instead of potential romantic interests. This is the same thing I said about the Avengers movies where Hawkeye and Black Widow are shown as basically siblings. It's nice to see that from time-to-time and not something akin to Mass Effect's horny universe X-D

I'm in agreement with Yuri Girl and OrangePekoe. What Ai said there was about the only logical thing I've read in that entire last chapter.

Personally, I think Amano said, "aw fuckit! Let's put in some pimping, a once off kiss, depression, suicide, one sided love, and a total look-alike little twin/not-so-twin sister that shows up at the end because, why the hell not!"

Live action..... errr.... Lemme see what I can pull outta my memory:

X-Files comes to mind.

Star Gate SG-1 - Not exactly a female protagonist but she does kick butt!

Babylon 5 - Some good female characters in there with an apparent lesbian romance that had to fly low under the radar, ala. Legends of Korra, but lower.

Xena - Just because C=-P

Never watched it but, The Sarah Con(n)or Chronicles might be a good show...

And that's all I've got.

OH YEAH!!! Law & Order - Seriously.

Jaismot

"...hard for me."

This piece effing rules!! Automatically saved!!

Hope you will enjoy it, >.>

Totally did! ;)

(Sorry for my terrible english OTL)

Terribly fine English if you ask me. No need to apologize. Hell, it's a lot better than some "native" speakers that I've come across so no worries there ;)

Satsuki
Which animes haven't you seen on my list? (Just curious.)

OriginalGengar

I dropped Fairy Tail when I gave up on any hope of Lucy ever becoming useful. And it always kinda felt like a weaker version of One Piece to me.

Pretty big One Piece fan here (just getting that outta the way in case bias shows up).

I tried to follow Fairy Tail, I really did but... after a while it felt really REALLY repetitive. Baddies come along. Fanservice, useless comedy, fanservice, some fighting, fanservice, useless characters get separated and meet an enemy, fanservice, enemies defeated, fanservice, friendship powers beats big baddie, fanservice, intermission, repeat. Always came across to me this way and I dropped it after errr... the time skip/stadium dragon battle. LAME!!!

I also haven't seen Rave Master myself but I've heard amazing things about it and intend to watch it. (Or is it better to read?)

Alice Cheshire

So is this becoming dynasty scans versions of naruto? with people reading out of habit and some still insisting "no wait its totally good guys" even when its very clear its going on a filler ride to nowheresville with every chapter?

I don't really think this is a filler issue. It's more that where the story is going isn't where the readers want it to go. (Or it's just taking longer to get there at least.)

Minus the DBZ level shenanigans and twisty asspulls at the end yes??

Serenata

Okay Samurai Champloo and Heroic age, first one is adult comedy with dark scenes.... last one is futuristic with mechas, but WOW the details, the plot and how is told is awesome... Even though is sci fi they somehow make it sound real and (this is just me thinking) it has some references from a true religion, one that made some sense for me not too long ago ( I wont say the name to keep the thread safe).

That's all from me... UNLESS YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED DARKER THAN BLACK!!!

Samurai Champloo is also heavily tied to the hip-hop scene which gives the show its charm.

x2 about Darker Than Black. Totally kickass.

I also back the recommendations for Mushishi. It's a slow paced show and you'll need some patience to watch it if you got bored with the first episode. You really need to check it out, it's one of those shows that is a must watch right up there with Cowboy Bebop when it comes to recommendations. (I use Cowboy Bebop and Mushishi when recommending anime to newbies.)

I'd also throw in:
Emma: A Victorian Romance
Natume's Book of Friends
Trigun
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Spice and Wolf
Mononoke - Anime show

** Nya-chan**

Philisophia is a doujin. So, there's no editor to whip the author into a mainstream ending I guess... :P

Thought it started as one and then got upgraded.

As far as I know it was picked up for publication after it was finished. Not 100% sure on that though.

Correct. But as that is the case, you still skip the need for an editor to smooth things out for serialization, and as Amano said, very little was changed from the original to the official.

AH, thanks for the clarification.

I think that the sister can use a good headbutt. "I decided to interfere." Cracks knuckles, interfere this! BONK ...

Honestly, I don't think Sara can offer anything to Mei other than infatuation. That's. About. It. She obviously knows next to nothing about Mei and when faced with her personality, past, and all that mumbo jumbo, what she offer her? It was preetty clear that Sara no good with Mei asking if she is needed, not the other way around. To top it off, the sister clearly missed the mark when she overheard Yuzu and Mei's conversation in the litter park area but not understanding the undertones that there is a pretty clear history between the two. In the end, she just set up her sister to be used and possibly heartbroken.

** Nya-chan**

Philisophia is a doujin. So, there's no editor to whip the author into a mainstream ending I guess... :P

Thought it started as one and then got upgraded.

Exactly. Sounds like it has something to do with her past since she said something about them being transparent. Like, flaunting their relationship in her face. Maybe an old crush and a rival and some shenanigans happened and now they are showing off to her. Best guess from what we/I know about her troubled history with people.

Yea, or maybe some girl approached her pretending to be her friend, actually to get to her boyfriend at the time. And they cheated behind her back. But now they're being "transparent" shamelessly inviting her to the wedding.
Just a guess :)

Far more plausible.

Seol-a haven't heard anything from his brother for years?!! Maybe they had a huge fight or sumthin'..

Thanx for the translation Halmoni~

I dont think its her brother. The mom wouldnt have given the card to her casually like that. It should have been the topic of all family's conversations if its the eldest son's wedding.

Exactly. Sounds like it has something to do with her past since she said something about them being transparent. Like, flaunting their relationship in her face. Maybe an old crush and a rival and some shenanigans happened and now they are showing off to her. Best guess from what we/I know about her troubled history with people.

What a load of shit.

But then again it's not surprising, the author is known for being overall shit and pretentious.

The ending was kinda bad, but calling Amamo Shuninta shit is going too far.

That I agree with,yes this story was not really good,but come on,she is still amazing..I'm sure she had a good reason or no time left or she wanted to troll us all

Agreed. She's given us some great stuff over the years but she is not overall shit and pretentious.

Nezchan:

anonymous, you are legit the best.

Personally, I'm one of those people who prefers to wait for the full finished quality product. I understand the urge to keep absolutely up to date on a story your caught up in, though.

Lol, not really "the best", since for FF, I don't wait at all for the finished product; I pretty much give in to "the urge to keep absolutely up to date" and read roughs or even text translations as soon as they come out. But I do also read them again when the final releases come out.

As an aside, it's a bit strange to be posting directly in the images thread since it's just a "pseudo-thread" that all posts for images go to. It's like you're in limbo or something.

I did too concerning FF lol. It happens Anon. But I agree with Nez about that post. Freakin nailed it and that question has been popping up with increasing regularity lately (mostly in relation to Citrus and FF lol). But I'm like you, I read the quick Halmoni translation, then the finalized version here later on. I personally, look forward to the day I can read FF on Dynasty all the way through.

So much for " we are still friends" thing....now that no-rae understand her feelings, every touch...every air flow from Seol-A is just too much on her heart to bear it.

No-rae was never misunderstanding her feelings for Seol-a. When the feeling hit her, she immediately recognized and knew what it was. She just tried running away from it because she didn't want to go through the previous heartbreak. She thinks she can just be friends with Seol-a but we all know that's just prolonging the inevitable ;)

The question mark in seol-a following no-rae withdrawing her hand just tell us for real that this girl really is clue less about the depth of her feelings toward no-rae.

Bit of an understatement I think but right now she is blissfully unaware so it'll be fun watching her swoon and flirt with No-rae without realizing it and meanwhile... driving No-rae nuts! XD

This chapter looks like it's gonna be great! XD

Amano Shuninta-sensei...I love,love,love her work...I was looking forward reading this title as well...and ..this is..well..so what? what is that sister who looks exactly like Tomo having to do with the whole thing? "Yo, I'll replace my sis who you've been clinging to for freaking 20 years"... aha..and she was a pimp,that's "ok" I guess..but..what?

-so confused about how to feel-

Why? Why did you do this T_T ???

Lol basically this... I have no way to express how this entire story felt... from beginning to end.

anonymous

But it doesn't change the fact that she and all the others were in fact using Seol-a, which was no misunderstanding. Also, it is possible Seol-a might especially remember her among them all because although many were doing it, those hurtful words revealing her intentions came from Yu-ji's mouth.

Good catch, this hadn't crossed my mind before. I had originally assumed Yu-ji was one of Seol-a's closer friends. This seems like a much better possibility now that you mention it. Either way, it clearly affected Seol-a for pretty much her entire life up to meeting and being with No-rae.

palakangorange

gugu09:

Hey, does anyone feel suspicious about the guy who invited soela thru a message to a meal back at chap 20?...

hey, you know I've mentioned him before here

Remember that guy Seol-a "ditched"/ rejected / ignored (maybe, in a way) in order to spend her Sunday with No-rae at Hee-jin's exhibition job thingy? What if that guy turns out to be the bastard who broke No-rae's heart? (I'm afraid there was never enough closure for that nameless guy, or maybe he's just the poor extra character, haha. Nevermind, let's hope the bastard will get a good beating from Seol-a)

Let's just hope we get an intermission of more Sol-rae skin-ship first. Maybe some more jealousy from Seol-a as No-rae and Ji-whan meet again. Haha
Another arc to tackle could be Jang Yu-ji, Seol-as high school "friend" as everyone's been discussing above.

ieeheh

@gugu09

I wouldnt say so. I think the reason Samba drew him in great details were to show that he was a highly attractive man. And the usual Seola would have gone out with him already (since she never chased away anyone decent). But when Norae came along, Seola just never saw any reason to go out with them at the cost of her chance to hang out with Norae. And we could see she put a lot of efforts to look pretty on that Sunday she went to the exhibition with Norae. She could have gone out with that attractive guy the same Sunday who would say she's the most beautiful woman he's seen. But instead she got jealous at Norae's compliments on other girls' beauty. Poor our earnest Seola.

Some people are just reading way too much into things. These two summarize my thoughts on the throwaway guy (I.e. used to show a change in Soel-a's actions regarding No-rae). I also believe that the military guy might be someone else No-rae knows and not the ex or, No-rae's friend wouldn't have brought him up the way she did considering she knows No-rae is still somewhat affected by the whole thing.

kith

@ gugu09

I highly that dude is No-rae's ex. Hee-Jin mentioned that he's still in the military. And from what I know of Korean military, they still have to wear their uniform even during time-off. (Halmoni can clarify this further if I've gotten it wrong).

He's going to be discharged so he won't need to wear his uniform.

...There was a part 3 to this, right?

Yes.

Really??!

kyra

now that i've read it again, i'm surprisingly ok with this ending. yes, it was disappointing that we got a bunch of chapters about mayu and mika only for them to not end up together but looking back it might've been out of character for mika to fall for mayu when she insisted that she's not into younger girls. besides, it doesn't seem as though mayu or saki is unhappy with how things are so it's a good end, not the ending i would've liked, but a good end nonetheless.

This is what I've been saying the whole time. The ending was not that bad but most were gnashing their teeth. Glad to see I'm not the only one that likes the ending as it is.

Wait did Mika end up with the girl in the beginning or is it a new girl?

Clearly a new girl. And I see no love triangles in the current timeline.

please update citrus... love you guys

Hush my sweet... we wish for an end... not an endless infinite looping continuation.

Is it me or when these two have a sex scene... it's like their passion is flowing off the page?? Or am I just losin it? (Or possibly incredibly biased??)

The Nez

The very idea of Collectors science babies is about the most wonderful thing I've heard of in ages.

Should tag it in the chapter just because. I also that was quite awesome!

"They had lots of sex after this." - Seriously, cannot wait for the continuation comics.