The pain, the hope, the emotions... I really, really love this manga, it just has a really good pace and mature storytelling

Looks like we're now all aboard the train to Depression-Town

so since there is not yuri tag there's no yuri in this one right? still gonna read it any way, I have too much extra time right now

Raws are tagged Yuri, so there might still be something happening in the future. The stuff currently released is subtext at most though, even in Japanese

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Is this enough to qualify for an Aaaaaangst tag? I surely feel like it is

In defense of the manga, the only person claiming Momo is somehow to blame for this situation is literally the person who just blackmailed and raped Nanase, so her trying to come up with some kind of convoluted justification for her actions makes at least some amount of sense.

Still, I agree with FlufflyCow's comments above as well, this entire development is just really weird and uncomfortable. Also, from the current flow of the story it seems like we won't even get Nanase having any real remorse for her behaviour.
Maybe, instead of having Mary as this weird sexual predator interested in Nanase, making her a sort of "white knight" who cares for Momo and "defends" her against Nanase would have been cool. That way, both Nanase and Momo would have reasons to reflect on themselves and change for the better. But that is just fantasy at this point...

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Okay, so they totally adored each other in school and were sad that they didn't talk earlier. Then they randomly meet at the same company again, spend most of their working days together, decide to move in together, spend most of their free time together as well, and still adore each other all the same?
Yup, that looks very heterosexual, totally.

It's painful knowing this might never be continued

This story really is just all over the place.. Well, I agree that a more mature manga would not have "punished" Nanase this way, but accepting the porn-like premise as it is, maybe it will still be recovered somewhat decently by moderating Nanase's sexual harassment and enlightening Momo in regards to her feelings towards Nanase?

Cute! I see that Nika is still struggling to find the right balance between tsun and dere though

Can you feel the angst levels rising? After a brief break, we are apparently back to the dark undercurrents of the series

I can't say this enough, but the dynamic between the two characters here is really nice and wholesome. They always have ideas to do stuff but never take it too seriously and they always support each other.
While I would still love to see some Yuri happening, it is not actually necessary for this series to be good, which is quite an achievement in itself

i am genuinely scared of yanderes D:

Tbf, any sane person should be scared of yanderes

I was kinda scared the manga would just ridicule the burly girl for joke material, so it's really nice to see her actually being a positive character. Also agree with most people who say Ginno x Ren are best, while I still like the main couple (mostly because Momo is cute), their dynamic is not nearly as wholesome or mature as Ginno and Ren

I think the translation of the kouhai's internal monologue on page 57 might be inaccurate, from reading the raws, I think it shouldn't be "[...] but she's the type to be involved with girls", but "[...] he's the type to lay hands on girls", referring to the violent "boyfriend" and the small image of beat-up Minami. Kind of ambiguous passage, so I might be wrong, but from the context I think this makes more sense

Pretty cute ending. This is one of these stories that are way more fluffy and wholesome than their premise would have you believe

i mean you don't use the same tie everyday normally, isn't it okay if she has 2 of them? just give her the fucking gift

I suspect it's more a matter of timing. Giving her a hairband right after she just bought one, with another friends encouragement, feels less special then giving her one while she's hesitating over which one to get. She's also probably worried about looking like she just copied Hana.

Now, realistically, Hime probably wouldn't view it that way and would probably appreciate the gesture for what it is, but teenagers and unfounded insecurities might as well be synonyms.

We are also talking about teenage girls. Getting insecure or hurt over minor things is sadly almost unavoidable at that age

Sera says, "It still feels like we're just friends," in the same panels where Rurika is collapsing because that's exactly what's happening in the moment: Rurika is not treating Sera like a wife, she's treating her like any other friend.

Agreed. That's also why I see this as primarily a chance for Rurika to develop and be more honest about her feelings. If she wants to be a "real" couple with Sera than she should try and communicate that and I'm sure they'll find some way to handle things. Sera has already started doubting the "fall in love" rule, so while she took her time, she's certainly getting there.

Overall, I'm excited to see what the next chapters will bring. Ushio has so far been excellent at handling more serious matters in her manga, so I'm sure this will be resolved in a good way too.

Maybe the new girl will, by basically attacking Nanase in the same way she attacked Momo, make Nanase realise that what she did to Momo was pretty messed up? Might be wishful thinking but that would be actual character development I could get behind

Well that was awkward

If you gotta be addicted to something, chocolate is the way to go.

Side effects include having to exercise more...

You just need to train yourself to only eat dark chocolate. If the chocolate is >80% its health benefits apparently outweigh the negatives. Or at least that's what I think I read somewhere, but it's a good enough excuse for me

I agree. Personally, I love yuri mangas more than yuri manhwa/manhuas but I still love them all. I respect y'all decisions since we have different tastes.

Exactly, thank you. Everyone has their preferences, but at the end of the day we should all come together under one big umbrella as a family, regardless of if we prefer Western, Japanese, Chinese, or Korean, Yuri series more.

I think we should also acknowledge that there are just overall way more manga than manhua/manwha. So there're naturally going to be more examples of great/terrible mangas for people to remember and shape their perception.

Personally, I've found a lot of manhua I really like (tamen de gushi, she is still cute today, etc), even though Chinese yuri is somewhat held back by a bigoted social and political environment. Since making money of gay stuff is kinda risky in mainland China, the industry can't really grow like in Japan.

For manwha I have so far not read a single one that was better than okay, but I've also only read very few, so that might be the problem. Also, as far as I'm aware, Korea is also less accepting of homosexuality than Japan, maybe this causes problems for artists? That's just speculation though

So happy this is back!
It seems like Lin Luxi's strategy of making Tongtong jealous whilst also mercilessly going on the attack is working quite well, maybe even too well?
Looking forward to Tongtong figuring out that she caught the gay over the next chapters

I just can't see a world in which this series does not end in a harem

I'm actually a bit surprised that people are so worked up over Nanase's behavior. As I mentioned before, It's par for the course, in manga. When I read it, I rolled my eyes, and sardonically thought "I guess what's a little rape between friends". And I'm pretty sure the author just thought it would be funny.

Personally, her full-on raping Momo would have been too much for me and I'd have probably dropped the series then. Just taking the kiss makes it so that I can be like "eh, manga logic" and be fine with it. I am not really phased by silly manga like these making light of stuff that would be extremely serious in the real world, but even then there is a limit