I'm definitely hoping for even more of these two when the new anime comes out

Honestly wholesome and sweet.

I feel like I would have enjoyed the show a lot more if these two were more of a thing haha

The protag boy was...okay...I guess? I was often a lot more interested in the rest of the cast though.

Love these two!

Mmm muscles

Short and sweet, nice.

So what do you think? Tsundere?

I honestly can't tell if Houjou has a secret giant crush on Mai and is tsun about it, or if she's just jealous because Mai is Mai: tall, stylish, beautiful, dynamite body.

Which is it? Tsundere, or plain old school bully?

I think she's definitely a Tsundere for Mai. Though depending on how far she goes like if she resorts to blackmail or something, she'll be fully dipping into bully and "little shit" territory as well.

Sigh... Sucks this series is gay bait according to interview with author.

I'm pretty sure they only said that they don't really like to classify their works as "yuri", but rather prefer something more grounded and realistic to better represent queer people irl (I think? I don't remember much or it could've been an entirely different author).

As I've said previously I still feel like this a whole mess of semantics, and personal definitions at the end of the day. When this so far follows a very similar narrative as many high-school Yuri manga we've read, and as I've also mentioned before I somewhat recently saw a female creator who self identifies as a creator of Yuri media, say that she her works are created for lesbians. There's also the creator of Bloom Into You, a Yuri high-school romance, that recently stated support for gay marriage in Japan. I think regardless of if a creator wants to use a different term, or is okay with Yuri and claiming it as a lesbian term, they're all equally valid. People shouldn't argue over the terminology, and should spread love instead.

I think this series will, well at least hopefully, progress into a romance direction.

Reading this manga is... Like, I need someone to smack my brains out too so I can stop reading it. It's like a train wreck -- I gotta know what happens.

I do think this series needs a "what the fuck am I reading?" tag.

I think I'm starting to understand (intellectually mainly) what emoji means by "gross" in "It's not my fault I'm not popular." Then again, I get how women smell good, and I would sniff the couch after my friend left from hanging out with me...

"Then again, I get how women smell good, and I would sniff the couch after my friend left from hanging out with me..."

I think this comment needs a, "What The Fuck Am I Reading?", tag.

wow didnt expect that ending because some of Sal Jiang's work is absolutely brutal.

Yeah, I was definitely afraid we'd get a "Oh, wow, I'm so happy I got to see you again, Kaori! Anyway, meet my girlfriend..."

OMG same. So glad I was wrong.

Also same lol. Up until that hug and declaration of (persisting) love I could not relax

Yeah this entire story made me nervous.

i'm happy that there's a happy ending i was about to lowkey break down in tears

Same. SAL's works often have a lot of depression and some dark endings, and I was really hoping this against the odds would be a surprise happy ending from the author. It's really nice that it ended on such a light note in my opinion.

^Very interesting, and makes sense yeah. It'll definitely be interesting to see where all the death themes lead.

I'm not sure if my brain melted from binge reading chapters 2-6, or the heat. What even lmao

^^I think it's in part due to all of the Red-Spider-Lily imagery, which is commonly associated with death in at least anime. I definitely agree with there being an ominous feeling of dread, and I hope it's just there to keep people on their toes. I love these two and personally I don't want this to end in tragedy.

^True yeah

^She Tweeted this early on, so that seems to be case. Though I'm also not sure if she elaborated further than that.

So long Sana, I hope she finds happiness out there in the world!

^It probably helps that only like 3 hours after reveal they have an official ship tag haha

Spicy

Very cute

Definitely loving the contrast of these two. Arlecchino being handsome and cool, while Lumine is a cute little muffin.

Loved the series, and the bonus chapter + author comments were very fun! Thanks a ton for the translation! <3 <3 <3

Love that they got a new neighbor at the end lmao

Very cute series and a happy ending. I'm pleased, thanks for the translation!

^Lumine was never walking "straight" to begin with >.>

@Yasako: I'm not ashamed that I like my tongue play, that's all I have to say lmao

I hope the new girl doesn't bring a lot of drama with her...