Wow...is this the author's debut? Dynasty doesn't have anything else from this author. It feels super polished for a debut. The art, paneling, and story structure are all super well done.

From here the MC has two choices
A: Induct Sakiko into the harem
B: Allow Michi to be NTR'd away

I'm getting the feeling the author enjoys making Michi the victim of a little "light-hearted" NTR.

Is it really NTR if the other woman really really doesn't want her anyway? Seems like it's just a one-sided thing and according to Mirai, she was running from a forced arranged marriage situation that was pushed by her mom. Knowing that, I don't count Michi as her fiance. It's all silly anyway.

You buried the lede. It's all silly.
But yeah idk if it's "technically" NTR but the author is making it "NTR-esque" with the way they're having the other two sneak around behind Michi's back to be affectionate.

Either Nanase really is the dumbest human alive (which tracks with what we’ve seen so far) or she doesn’t even care if Yuni is cheating anymore. They both have that strained reaction when Fuuko is told to take her to the infirmary, and yet when she grabs Yuni’s hand Nanase doesn’t make any kind of move. “Okay girl who I know is trying to steal my girlfriend from me you two go be alone for a while I’ve gotta focus on spoooooorts!”

It would be pretty funny if the Author was setting up a polycule what with the other girl confronting Yuni this latest chapter

If we go the polycule route I'll eat my shoe...and all the rest of my clothes. Fuuko and Nanase hate each other and so do Yuni and Yuki. Also seems like Nanase hates the idea of sharing.

We probably have as much a chance at poly as we do any of the characters ending up with a guy...which is basically zero.

Edit: Also when you say "latest chapter" are you talking about chapter 13 that was just posted? That's not the latest chapter but one of the ones that Kirin didn't previously translate.

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From here the MC has two choices
A: Induct Sakiko into the harem
B: Allow Michi to be NTR'd away

I'm getting the feeling the author enjoys making Michi the victim of a little "light-hearted" NTR.

Michi continues to be treated like a third wheel at times: "Yay she's gone so we can be lovey-dovey!"

I had completely forgotten who that other girl was but the author was thoughtful enough to remind us she's childhood friends with the MC.

^Damn that's unfortunate. Especially with the original artist deleting their art. That almost feels like they're saying "you win" to the incel or something.

Question for the translator: are you going to continue translating the series despite the other translator posting the rest of the chapters to Mangadex? Or was this a chapter that was already in progress when the other translation started posting chapters and you decided you might as well finish it?

We will complete the series no matter how many other groups might show up because we care about quality unlike some people.

Thank you for the translation and I appreciate your much higher quality work!

Who is the girl on page 1 in chapter 33.5?

Pretty sure that's Itsuki's sister Arare (from ch29)

Yeah Arare is the little sister's name. The older sister's name is AraAra. :P

https://amawashigroup.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/interlude-2-what-miyagi-did-to-me-on-a-rainy-day/comment-page-1

Volume 2 interlude.

To my knowledge, Story Seedling doesn't do interludes or volume extras, right?

Yes that's all new to me! Thanks for the translation!
So now we get to see this scene from Sendai's POV huh? It's definitely up there on the list of scenes I'd like from the other POV too so it was fun to read.

She would lick my ears, tie my hands up with a necktie, and call me indecent, but that was the extent of it.

Lmao that sounds funny as hell out of context. Sendai are you a masochist?

「… Do you really want me to undress that badly?」

「Yeah. If you stay like that any longer, you’re going to end up catching a cold.」

A rare honest Miyagi: "Yeah you're pretty and I want to see you with your clothes off. What of it?". I know that's not what she actually meant but this is the funnier option.

Her eyes were fixated on my soaked blouse, and I had a feeling I knew what she was going to do next.

I've begun to notice Sendai often catches Miyagi seemingly ogling her chest. And it's clear from Miyagi's POV that she doesn't realize she's doing it.

I had a good reason for obeying her order.

If I didn’t take off my wet school uniform soon, I was bound to catch a cold, so getting changed was necessary.

It was, without a doubt, the right thing to do.

「I didn’t bring a spare change of clothes today.」

I said to Miyagi, who still hadn’t taken her eyes off me, but it felt more like I was saying it to convince myself that I was doing the right thing.

Back when Sendai was still trying to justify getting into compromising situations with Miyagi. Nowadays she doesn't think twice about it being right or wrong and makes zero excuses.

Wow Sendai sure was horny in that second half. It was enlightening to get that scene from her POV because I had imagined Sendai was just kinda putting up with Miyagi. She was about to lose her mind from how her arousal was quickly spiraling out of control.

^Thanks for commenting on this cute older art. Looks like having Misaka's babies mellowed Kuroko out.

Chekhov's bear will be important by the end

I've brought up Chekhov's bear a few times but there are some that are convinced the bear is merely symbolic.

didn't we already see here that it was Riko and Colin/Momo who made that bear sign and put it there to keep other ppl from coming into their secret hangout spot?

Yeah there's that too...but enough attention has been drawn to the sign to make me think it'll serve a purpose beyond that.

Also we keep seeing the characters trying to avoid involving adults in their efforts to help Colin. Makes me think Bear-kun may show up to give a helping hand paw in a critical moment after they get themselves stuck in a situation where it looks like they're screwed.

Chekhov's bear will be important by the end

I've brought up Chekhov's bear a few times but there are some that are convinced the bear is merely symbolic.

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This is definitely higher quality than the other translation.

Question for the translator: are you going to continue translating the series despite the other translator posting the rest of the chapters to Mangadex? Or was this a chapter that was already in progress when the other translation started posting chapters and you decided you might as well finish it?

Thanks for the translation!

Goddamn even without it showing it I almost quit reading: https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/in_the_gardens_of_gehenna_ch11#25

Had to put my hands to my mouth and groan in disgust and frustration for a bit before continuing.

Ch. 349 is up: https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054894027232/episodes/16818093083486023290

Well it's nice that Miyagi finally relented and agreed to go to a festival with Sendai but I wish she'd also agree to renting yukatas too. That'd be super cute and Sendai would love it.

Do you have a link you can give me that explains how to do the whole translating with chat GPT thing? I don't want you to have to go through the trouble of typing it all out and explaining it so if there's just some site I could check out that would explain it that would be awesome. I'm still one of the dummies paying for chapters over on story seedling. And I also would love nothing more than to not have to see Sendai's dad randomly showing up in the story anymore. Btw, it's me ShulgisDisciple from reddit, in case you hadn't figured that out already.

1. Copy the Japanese text from the chapter.

2. Go to https://chatgpt.com/ and type "translate to English:[paste JP text here]"

Sorairo Melancholic isn't canceled, it's on hiatus. And only the first chapter of two full volumes has been scanlated, so it's not like there's not plenty there if people want to find it / help Yuri Project get it scanlated.

I really liked the paneling and how faces were framed / cut off in this one.

Ah well that's good to hear, though so far I'm not liking the characters near as much as Cotton Candy. Then again, the guarantee of a less than good ending may be keeping me from getting too attached to them.

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We need more gremlin MCs like this one. She's such a pain in the ass but also entertaining.

I would have to disagree sadly, MC is probably the worst part of this god forsaken series

A reasonable sentiment, but I tend to enjoy characters with off-putting flaws.
The pain in the ass, overbearing gremlin was a decent contrast for the pushover teacher. A more well-adjusted and reasonable MC would have made for a terribly boring manga...not that it ended up particularly entertaining as it is.

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I mean we got an "ending" insofar as there was a chapter that said "fin" at the end of it.
Nothing was resolved and I honestly don't see the point in the author putting the effort into one last chapter like this after a long hiatus. I feel no more satisfaction from that last chapter than I would have if it never existed. Not even the kiss does anything for me since it was a surprise attack and feelings weren't confirmed.

I'm disappointed we didn't get to see any development between the stepsisters. The MC was convinced her family hated her despite her younger stepsister being quite fond of her. Would've been nice to see her come to realize it.

We need more gremlin MCs like this one. She's such a pain in the ass but also entertaining.

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Ch. 349 is up: https://kakuyomu.jp/works/1177354054894027232/episodes/16818093083486023290

Well it's nice that Miyagi finally relented and agreed to go to a festival with Sendai but I wish she'd also agree to renting yukatas too. That'd be super cute and Sendai would love it.

Ahhh yes just keep injecting that ChisaTaki directly into my veins.

This one was cute but if I had to be picky I would've liked some more bathtub flirting.

https://amawashigroup.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/part-69-its-sendai-sans-fault-that-im-losing-sleep-iii/

another one

Nice!
Somehow I missed Miyagi's little possessive thought "The spot next to Sendai-san belongs to me." during my read of the MTL. Don't worry Miyagi...in the future it won't just be the spot next to Sendai that belongs to you... all of Sendai will belong to you.

Holy shit, so I'm not the only one who does this? It's honestly nice knowing that haha. I sometimes spend an unhealthy amount of time imagining various happy scenarios for these two lovesick chickens. I'm sure it still means I'm a massive weirdo but at least I'm not the only one. No offense to you of course, not that I'm saying you're a weirdo. It's good seeing you and himi here, just found this forum today. Really annoying that the comment section over on the MTL hasn't been working in a while. Been looking for somewhere else to discuss the story. Also the subreddit you mentioned unfortunately isn't very active at all. It's usually just me and like one or two other people posting chapter discussions that never really go anywhere lol.

It's ok...I know I'm a massive weirdo. Less frustrating versions of those silly girls are always invading my stray thoughts and doing super mushy romantic stuff together. Like Miyagi giving a tired Sendai a back massage and telling her how soft and beautiful her skin is...as if such a caring and straightforward Miyagi could exist!!

Yeah the comment problems on Story Seedling has convinced me to permanently abandon that translation of Shuukura. It's silly that I was paying for such a crappy MTL when I can throw the raws into ChatGPT and get a better result. ChatGPT doesn't have Sendai's father randomly show up like Story Seedling's MTL does.

How I would love to get Maika's pov of them bumping into each other in the hallway. I wonder if it looked as awkward to her and the others as it seemed while I was reading it because that was some seriously suspicious behavior from both of them. She obviously noticed something as she asked Miyagi if she had upset Sendai because of how she acted.

There's been several times I've thought "no way Maika doesn't know after that" but then the next time we see her there's no indication that she does. Heteronormativity is a powerful force and I've come to believe that Maika, Mio, and others will not put 2 and 2 together unless Miyagi and Sendai tell them they're a couple. Well except maybe for Noto since it appears she might have a working gaydar.

But I really hope we one day get Maika finding out and then going "holy shit...all that stuff makes so much sense now! I missed so many obvious signs!". Of course that'll probably never happen but I'll keep dreaming.

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^@Kojiro481 exactly this. There's no way they weren't flirting and sneaking in intimate moments like this while they were in school.

They deserve happiness.

I continue to love their art while being way too feint-hearted to read There Is No Love Wishing Upon a Star

All things considered this is a pretty tame way for her to play with Sayo.