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Lizbo
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joined Nov 21, 2020

I posted some information about various artists in their discussion threads, but it looks like it went under the radar, so here's a summary.

Ohagi-san
Fuminonagi
Tatsubon

Lizbo
Tatsubon discussion 18 Jan 11:52
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I can't find any official confirmation that Tatsubon and Bonnari are the same person, but after comparing the artwork I'm 100% convinced that they are.

Bonnari links:
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/5008006
https://twitter.com/akumenari
"Akumenari" is the circle name, btw.

Lizbo
Misaki discussion 18 Jan 10:11
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you'd think these lesbians would have learned to look at both sides before crossing the road by now

For any given lesbian, the chances of being able to apply that lesson, having once learned it, are slim. Though presumably this one may be less likely to repeat that particular class.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

(Ch. 51) the author's note is so funny. also, call me a degenerate, but I am absolutely hype as fuck for a manga named, "Sandwiched between sweet and spicy step-sisters."

That sounds like it should be a doujin of what I'm currently reading. No bread? No ham? No problem! We'll make a human sandwich!

(From your fellow degenerate.)

Lizbo
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I hope this gets another update before Fuuka hits 40.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

Damn it, Throbelisk, I'm trying to reduce the size of my "To Read" list, not expand it.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

I think "Doraiya" should be "Drya", since she's a tree spirit.
Forgot to mention that last time, sorry.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

About this ch, I learned a new thing, interesting, so they're basically half blind (just like my horrible myopic vision).

Another fun fact about hamsters is that they're coprophages, which I mention here in case Neji neglects to touch on it.

Lizbo
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Strongly suspect this one's a bot, but I honestly have no idea what they're planning to link to in a thread titled "Lion and Moose." Canadian safaris, maybe?

Confidence level now 99.99% based on their second post. It might seem superficially more relevant, but that's only because it's quoting an existing post in the same thread. Which was already targeted at least once.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

I'm kind of worried about anyone who thinks squirrels and hamsters look alike.

Well, the taste is what's really important.

This is just as disturbing as your profile picture. Bravo.

You call that disturbing? Imagine how I felt when I saw this.

Lizbo
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I just realised something. The sign at Kisaragi Station is perfectly legible, which means... what? If it looks like Japanese to us, is it really something... else?

last edited at Jan 13, 2021 4:55PM

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joined Nov 21, 2020

Really not even a spoiler: Actually, Lizbo's estimate is remarkably accurate for as far as I've read. However, there are other things contained within the Scriptures.

And here I was thinking the author simply messed up through ignorance of the Bible. Well, maybe they did a little, but if there's more in there, it's not so bad.

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It's going to get confusing when Takuya is also a Nakashima.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

Nobody here but us chikans?

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joined Nov 21, 2020

Who doesn't drink wine at their computer?

I'm more of a beer drinker myself.

Lizbo
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Strongly suspect this one's a bot, but I honestly have no idea what they're planning to link to in a thread titled "Lion and Moose." Canadian safaris, maybe?

Lizbo
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Started reading because the title reminded me of Roadside Picnic and... this is just an awkward knock-off.

There are certainly some fairly obvious similarities to Roadside Picnic (which I recommend reading, by the way) - and one story point (the bolt tossing) that's lifted so directly I'm going to assume it's a deliberate homage - but overall I think this manga is going in quite a different direction, given all the emphasis on Japanese ghost stories and urban myths, and the questions about the protagonists' differing perceptions of reality.

On which topic, here's an interesting tidbit: When our heroines are in between worlds, the writing on the signs goes all weird. That may look like Japanese to the uninitiated, but in fact all of those characters are just... wrong. A translation note to that effect wouldn't go amiss, actually.

Or maybe something like this:

Though that's not an exact equivalent, just a quick-n-dirty attempt at creating a similar effect (for English speakers) by mixing a bunch of pre-existing symbols from various alphabets. Doing it properly would be quite a task. And now that I think about it, you'd have to change all the real Japanese signs into English too, for consistency. Oh, well, it seemed like a good idea when I stayed up late last night to make it...

Lizbo
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^ It's either this and you're misremembering it, or the roles were reversed in another chapter and I'm the one who doesn't remember, or I'm completely wrong and it was something else entirely.

last edited at Jan 12, 2021 11:30AM

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joined Nov 21, 2020

I don't see any Violence in this story, unless puting salt in the tea counts as the psychological variety.

Violence refers to any physical action that harms another entity, be it living or otherwise. The fact that there's imagery of a half-dismantled humanoid robot with "blood" on her is enough for this story to get that tag.

Well, I'll defer to whatever the standard definition is here (if there is one), but I'm just pointing out that we don't actually see that harm being inflicted. A half-dismantled robot, or even a half-dismantled human, isn't something violent in itself.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

I can't help wondering how many chapters there are supposed to be in those "Scriptures". We have three references so far, quoting chapters 1, 3 and 10. Treating this as an instance of the German tank problem, this yields an estimate of about 13-14 chapters in total (if we use the Bayesian median). However, the Scriptures look like quite a hefty tome, about the size of a typical Bible, and that contains 1189 chapters (in the King James version). There seems to be something of a mismatch.

And yes, this is a trivial point and I've obviously put far too much thought into it.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

When your chuunibyou syndrome extends past college years.

You never know, nasal gayness receptors might actually be a thing in Tadokoro's universe.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

I'm kind of worried about anyone who thinks squirrels and hamsters look alike.

Well, the taste is what's really important.


Edit: My avatar at the time of posting, so no one thinks I'm a babbling idiot:

Diana from V

Though if you still think I'm a babbling idiot despite that, that's fine.

last edited at Feb 7, 2021 2:01PM

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I don't see any Violence in this story, unless puting salt in the tea counts as the psychological variety.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

Anyone know the artist's name of the cover? It actually looks really good

Sousuke Miyashiro.

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joined Nov 21, 2020

Obviously the manager is a rabbit wearing a woman suit.