Huzza! It seems to have finally come back to the long abandoned post-confession-plus-fangirl arc, thank gods. Can not wait for the trip. Also, is it just me, or did the art subtly change? Not sure how I feel about that, after such a long time of following this series I do not think I will like an art shift, even a moderate one...

This is the best thing ever, like, HOLY FUCK YES!!!

For some reason, the fact Rei has a lively sex life with her boyfriend made me go "awwww". ...I guess I am tuned to respond well to lewds, even if they are merely discussed... But yeah, lol, best sister, 10/10 supportiveness.

'>_>

Autobiographical

^^ Indeed.

But it is true. Ever since she was a child he put pressure on her, telling her how much her father sucks and how he wants her to take over the academy and keep the "family tradition" (which is no tradition since he is the first one owning the school).

It isnt true. He didnt put pressure on her when she chose to stay behind when Shou decided to leave. Gramps didnt even raise her. Mei still lived in her dads house by herself. We have never heard of gramps opinion on Shou.

Actually, we have. Apart from saying that Shou is a failure (though he blames himself for it), this page also implies he did put at least some pressure on Mei, but I honestly do not think it was even needed, given Mei's personality. One thing Fipse missed, though, is that Shou, before his sudden "revelation", was also quite a strict person himself, and he too impressed upon Mei the importance of family legacy. I would even argue that his contribution was far more damaging, since his subsequent abandonment of those very same duties probably resulted in Mei being so stubborn about the whole thing, she feels she has to succeed where he failed, to fulfil those obligations in his stead.

But yeah, it is a common theme amongst the audience here, to 1) dismiss Mei's choices on the grounds of her upbringing; 2) blame everything on the grandfather; and 3) completely gloss over Shou's massive failures.

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Hmm, the new art is not bad, but I prefer her old style. As for the story, the first half had me laughing, typical silly Mochi. The second half... did not. The blackmail shtick did not sit right with me for some reason, probably because of the whole breaking into the apartment thing. The stalker girl just falls flat as a source of comedy.

Yuzu did completely the right thing and was rewarded, as she should've been, with the love, understanding, and support of the adults in her life. Anyone attacking her for needing and seeking that is grievously misguided.

Yes, imagine some of us having a notion about privacy, horrendous. In theory, she could have turned to her parents without naming Mei, although she would not have been able to present all the aspects and problems of their relationship in that case. You can twist and turn it every way you want with those high-sounding phrases, but outing someone to their immediate family without their knowledge and consent is never justified, and she is not that young of a kid for the label to shield her.

As for Mei making unilateral decisions, that much is true, but the last such decision she made was also to break up with Yuzu. This is no longer the game which we viewed previously, where Yuzu was mostly combating Mei's outwardly cold personality. Now, Mei has broken up with her under no unclear terms, and for Yuzu to come charging regardless is not something I can be comfortable with, since I know without a shred of a doubt I would personally hate it if anyone did the same to me. Mei's reasons for the breakup may be flawed, and Yuzu obviously thinks so too, but last I heard, one does not need to have a logically consistent and well argued rationale for breaking up with someone.

Edit: And I overlooked it, but lmao, "different, less mainstream choices in life". Really sets a different tone to the whole abandoned his own child thing he did, does it not. Why, it makes him sound like a swell guy, breaking the chains of his class, going on a quest to find himself. That is something I have noticed a lot of people have done with Shou, since he was introduced. I guess most readers are just enthralled by the whole "do your own thing, do not let the tradition dictate you" spin, so they forget he turned his back on a primary school aged child in the process. We have already gone over his decisions several times in this thread, and others have said it better than I did, so I will simply limit myself to stating he would not win any father of the year awards. Because he is a fucking horrible parent. Sure, he is a nice guy, but nice people can still completely fail at parenting, and when you literally abandon your own child, you have fucking failed massively.

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Yuzu is way too selfish on this one. She came out of the closet and forced Mei to do so. This isn't something you do for someone. This is a personal choice and even though it went very well, she shouldn't have done that.

Plus, she is forcing this relationship. Mei chose another path, and Yuzu doesn't respect that. Love doesn't justify all means. Let's imagine Mei is coming back to Yuzu, I don't think she will be thrilled AT ALL that Yuzu say all of those things.

The fact that everyone is supportive is great but I really don't like how it happened. This is either poorly written or it will backfire at Yuzu (and even though Mei had been hard on her, she would deserve it this time).

I find myself agreeing completely. Perhaps it is my extreme dislike of breaching other person's privacy, plus the meddling nature of it all, but I am unable to really support Yuzu's choices here. Outing your (technically) ex-lover to other people, who are her immediate family no less, is a really dick move. Sure, it went well, but that does not make it acceptable. Bonus points (in a negative manner) for doing it in order to enlist their help (or approval, at the very least) in an effort to go against Mei's personal choices. Do I think Mei made some poor decisions? Certainly, even though I understand her reasons. But those poor decisions are hers to make, Yuzu going against that is not really something I can root for.

And Shou pisses me off with the caring father act, as always. The Bohemian retard is the single most responsible culprit for Mei even being in this situation to begin with, if he wanted to appear all fatherly and shit, he should have done so years and years ago. And of course, meddling in his daughter's choices is apparently perfectly acceptable since her choice is to uphold the familial duty. If she decided to be an irresponsible hippie like him, I guess her decisions would have been respected then, the fucking hypocrite.

^ Who said anything about losing, polyamory solves everything and no one can tell me otherwise!

Lol, I liked it! Rest in peace, light-haired grill, that was quite a memorable first kiss, lmao!

^ That is not love. That is just hatred, pure and simple. Though, I do like to imagine something lewd happened between them in this image, as a sort of murder-attempt-which-somehow-descends-into-hate-sex thing.

Yep, lol, that was the one I was thinking of as well. I should really start adding short descriptions to my list of read mango stuff, I have so many titles and authors on it, and for like, 2/3 of them I can not connect the story with the title.

Did it perhaps include a scene in or around an abandoned building, a factory or a train station or some such? Because I can recall a one-shot like that, but for the life of me I can not remember the title or the author. If that is the one, perhaps someone with a better memory can help?

That Ryuuta guy is onto something here.

HNNNGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Holy fuck, your fit grills are to die for! Please, request that lewd wrestling, I beg of you! And the elf... holy... YES!! drools

I'll make sure to use her ears more! and of course, they're very sensitive so don't touch them!

No touching, just licking, nibbling, and outright biting! Sensitive elven ears are one of the greatest gifts the hentai gods bestowed upon humanity~

This was super cute! Yamashita was sooooo bloody adorbs, being so excited over texting!

Thank you, ceciliasol, and thanks to the original translators, this was a treat I long since have given up on ever seeing.

Edit: And I actually missed chapter 3.5, lol! Pure win, that one, lmao! That is how yuri fans are made! By shipping their classmates.

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Who's the best girl and why is it Kaede?

Team Kaede for the win!! Lmao, she truly is precious, she is like a cute blob of happiness on a permanent sugar high! Plus, she is just as easily shippable with Amano as Honami-senpai is~

But, but that would make Yuuka a . . . say it isn’t so!

I am sorry that I have to be the one to crush your dreams, but... I am afraid it is indeed so... She is a closeted sadist.

Okay, if you're just going to veer into utterly unsupported fan theories, what are we even doing here?

Living the dream~

But, but that would make Yuuka a . . . say it isn’t so!

I am sorry that I have to be the one to crush your dreams, but... I am afraid it is indeed so... She is a closeted sadist.

Koyuki made Konatsu her pet so easily. :)

You mean Kaede made Konatsu her pet... unless you are referring to that last scene when she puts her paw in Honami's hand, but that was probably a reflex after all the conditioning Hirose put her through, lol. Hirose is still best grill~~

All this time… all this time!!!! the BITCH KNEW!!!!!

What exactly do you mean by "all this time"? This was the first chapter with her being aware of Uta's feelings. Her running away from it and trying to pretend things were normal was perhaps not the best approach, but even so, it only lasted for one chapter.

Yeah, but. "If the person is as ordinary as what I imagined" sounds awkward.

I feel the sentence should be "If the person had been as ordinary as what I imagined, we could have stayed.."

True, and the third panel you pointed out would have probably been clearer if they used "could have been", as they did in the fifth panel of that page.

Heavensrun posted:

I feel a discrepancy here. She hypothesizes on the person Uta likes, then states she knows Uta likes her?

Even if she confessed at the hotel, Kaoru shouldn't wonder who "that person" is.

I think at the end she's turning over the possibilities she was considering before Uta confessed/kissed her/whatever happened to make it clear. Or she was harboring a bit of denial, maybe.

The 3rd panel here https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/my_unrequited_love_ch15#28 confused me because the sentence is in the present tense: "Perhaps, the person she likes..."

But, the last panel supports your idea, because it states "what could have been".

Maybe a translation glitch in the 3rd panel.

The page you linked ties directly into this one, I think. Basically, Kaoru was fantasising how they could have stayed a normal family if Uta fell in love with one of the people from her scenarios, but instead, Uta fell in love with her.