We dont know if this is the first time he's been overtly physically abusive. It's just the first time we've seen it. Either way the guy has been abusive from the start. Emotional and psychological abuse doesn't always take the form of outright horrible screaming and obvious vile denigration; it can be more subtle, and often takes the form of gaslighting. This isn't me speaking as an armchair psychologist; this is me speaking from firsthand experience of that kind of abuse that dominated the first 3/4 of my life.

I've had 0 sympathy for Tazune from the beginning due to my own life's lessons and shitty history, and nothing but sympathy for Midori despite her confusing and hurtful behavior for the same reason--it mirrors my own. But that aside this kind of experience is all too common and I think the author is doing a great job of depicting these kinds of wretched dynamics and situations. It's a definite deviation from the typical yuri we see, which are typically framed from a younger perspective--which is also perfectly valid, but only part of a greater picture that is so unfortunately common once adulthood is reached. We're getting a much less common depiction of what can often happen after someone "graduates" into adulthood and all its potentially poisonous pitfalls with regard to homosexuality and heteronormativity.

Buuuuuut, I would've hated Tazune if this was a het story, or a yaoi story, or if Tazune had also been female. An abuser is an abuser regardless of gender. Ditto for victims of abuse. Anyone abusing anyone is reprehensible, but hitting a pregnant woman is worse. Even if she didn't get out for her own sake, I think Midori would get out for the sake of the kid. After all, so far "I'm not one person anymore, I'm two" has been a pretty big theme in her thinking.

I hope Maki confronts her about her behavior and they both get some closure and growth, and I think the author is capable of that. But we'll see.

Man, are these princesses USELESS

It seems that the author has updated some steamy sex scenes in their twitter between these two character. https://privatter.net/p/5441617

I wonder if those will be translated too.

JFC that's lewd AF

and they don't seem to be saying much of consequence just the standard-issue "no not there" and fifty thousand "aaah!"s and "nnn!"s and such lol

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I'd never even considered the idea that the baby wouldn't make it. I've always assumed that Midori would end up running to Maki after she found out Tazune cheated and they would run off together. lol

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It was! muchas gracias! and now not only I have a Super Rare exclusive digital treasure... I have two ♫ ♪

Ha! I hope you actually liked the song. I actually thought I'd lost it forever till about a month ago when I rediscovered all of my old Japanese music from like 2002 on an old hard drive. I'd been looking for "Morainaki" again for years, so it really made my day that day. :)

Yeah he's not cheating YET. It's been like a week since Doumyou stopped by if the "messed up a lot this last week" comment in their store was the right time indicator. But he's reaching out to Doumyou with "thanks for coming by" while holding his crying fiancee, after he's demonstrated he's selfish when it comes to sex, and he's commented about presumably the lack of frequency, so the cheating seems to be a foregone conclusion, especially since Doumyou is also obviously down.

I admit, I thought that was the case! Mine is linked to my android account, youtube, isp and even one of my work related websites... I have to live with it.

Thank you very much and sorry for the trouble!

It's because I started playing World of Warcraft and my main raiding character is named Greymoon. Started being called "Grey" in raid chat and it stuck. I go by that name IRL now, have done since about 2009, and will have it changed legally one day. But yes I have no love for the Fifty Shades, I hate that hot garbage for oh so many reasons...

Also, you're welcome, I hope what I emailed to you is what you needed and it goes smoothly. :)

Also please don't judge my email, I made it when I was 14

Bruh I've had my username/email for over a decade and it existed before "Fifty Shades of Grey" but nobody believes me and everyone thinks I have a liking for that wretched series lol

Heeeeeeeeey~ this is a bit (very) random but does anyone here uses Xfinity as internet provider? it's for a favor in a game... You see, they're giving away a kart in Crash team racing for people who use that company and I LOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEE the game (I'm trying to learn how to drift with blue fire) so it makes it one of the most rare kart you could ever get considering there's a time limit to get the code.

the code is of course free and you could find it in their website xfinity.com/crashteamracing if you have a contract with them of course.

I Was wondering if there's any chance someone here might have a spare code to give away for me... As a spanish speaker, that kart is impossible to get, in fact most of the world won't get it!!! and reddit is flooded with request already, it's a big Ooff I think.

Thanks in advance... I know, the chances are very low XP they should've put a code in Pringles or doritos idk.. it's cruel

I am both a current Xfinity user as well as a former employee. Lemme see what I can do...

Edit: Aight, I got the code. Well, the instructions to get the code. As soon as they email it to me. Email me at [redacted] or message me on FB: [redacted too, HA, you will NEVER find me!].

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Midori is deeply flawed but is finally starting to make strides in recognizing and overcoming that. That's why I'm more forgiving of her and her obviously historically shitty decisions

and while the way Midori dropped Maki like an old sock upon graduation sure as shit wasn't nice

Weird flex but ok

I don't remember ever saying anything about old socks, so I don't understand why I'm suddenly being dragged into this angry discussion lol

Midori is deeply flawed but is finally starting to make strides in recognizing and overcoming that. That's why I'm more forgiving of her and her obviously historically shitty decisions, as well as her faltering steps towards something better. That kind of change isn't easy.

Tazune is happy to be a douchbag as long as he gets what he wants, which is apparently lots of (unprotected) sex with whoever is willing to provide it, with lots of insults to pad his own ego on the side.

Doumyou is just garbage. Maybe she'll get knocked up too and see how it feels to be "stuck with" a dude who is just in things to use you for what he can get out of you before he moves on.

Oh, I think Shimamura was definitely looking out to make sure she didn't run into Adachi's mother again, which is why she also faltered and repeated about the saunas, like she had about the gym in general etc. There's no question Adachikaasan would remember her, and it would be "what a pain" for Shimamura to have to deal with.

I think she was also looking out for her own mother a little too, with what was clearly good cause. (Also on that note, I'm sorry I didn't make that event with Shima's mom sneaking up in the pool clearer for everyone, somehow I understood the intent with how it was worded and didn't catch it should probably be clarified better.)

Tazune is clearly reaching out to Doumyou with the intent to hook up. Apparently he feels entitled to do so because he's not getting enough nookie from his distressed pregnant wife.

Doumyou clearly is a selfish twat because not only did she ask her married and pregnant friend if she could come over to her gatdamn house to tell her gatdamn husband that she had feelings for him, she saw him treat his wife like dirt and STILL had the gall to spit mean at her at work.

Tazune and Doumyou DESERVE EACH OTHER, they go together like a dumpster and a nasty grease fire, and I hope that their cheating is what finally drives Midori to GET OUT.

And we all know it'll be to Maki.

Also, I laughed so goddamn hard at the changing scene. Shimamura's little "ooh" and Adachi's mind exploding, and then nope, sorry kiddo, she's just enjoying the fan, she isn't even looking.

Oh, you never know, she mighta been looking, just Adachi was Trying Super Hard to not look in her direction so she'll never know for sure, lol

I think that even Shimamura would have been taken aback if she'd truly heard what Adachi was rambling about. I think her "ugh how troublesome/what a pain" reaction was probably because Adachi was blubbering like an idiot and wasn't understandable. So all Shima REALLY got was "you went out with another girl, BWUHUHAHAUWHWHAUAHAWWA", lol.... cuz if Shima had truly heard alll those words, even she wouldn't have been able to file it away as nothing much the way it's trying to make us think.

Only Manly women wears Corsets!!

https://www.hostpic.org/images/2002221141490099.jpg

As a corset-wearing manly woman I resemble that remark! D:

It seems to be behaving as if the server its hosted on is overwhelmed or just down, so I've been assuming a problem with the host itself but who knows

I use a pick for regular guitar, but not for bass, which is standard. Since typically bass is strummed with the first two fingers, and a certain way to produce the proper sound/results, I m having trouble because the lengths of my first two fingers are too disparate. Can't find a good hand position to accommodate it etc. so its frustrating.

I've never had an interest to learn bass, so I did not know that. thanks for explaining. as for your original problem, gosh! I think i understand your frustration a tad more and now understand why you mentioned learning to play with your middle and ring fingers. all I can say is don't give up! i know you'll figure something out.

Thanks! I figure someone somewhere is cheering me on because the bass was a gift, and I'm low income so I couldn't buy a bass amp to go with it when I got it--but literally after my first bass lesson I stopped off at the local thrift store just as an employee set out a bass amp that looked dusty but new, for $20. lol. I had to resolder some leads and it behaves like new now too. :3

One question though. if you're having issues strumming, do you use a pick and it's an issue with holding your pick that's throwing you off or is it something else? I'm not sure I understand why strumming of all things would be a problem.

I use a pick for regular guitar, but not for bass, which is standard. Since typically bass is strummed with the first two fingers, and a certain way to produce the proper sound/results, I m having trouble because the lengths of my first two fingers are too disparate. Can't find a good hand position to accommodate it etc. so its frustrating.

the recent translated chapter isn't here yet but I just read it last night in novel updates so I just whanted to thank sneikkimies and co. for all your work with AdaShima!

Yup sneikkimies is pretty great

I think Midori got herself trapped in a way she didn't anticipate by getting knocked up, and it's probably hella confusing for a woman who doesn't want to be alone to feel like she's absolutely stuck with this jerk ass of a man. She's probably gay AF but assumed that she wouldn't ever be able to have a "real" or "stable" relationship with another woman so has been making herself do the het thing. She doesn't want to be alone but realllly doesn't necessarily wanna be stuck with HIM, yet there she is: stuck.

I think the underlying message here too is now that she's going to have a baby she never will really be alone. And I think that Maki is gonna do what she can to help Midori but in the process is probably gonna give too much of herself and get wounded pretty badly along the way.

We've been warned that the next few chapters get pretty intense so hopefully we will see some flowers spring out of the ashes when it's all said and done.

I have weirdly overlong middle and ring fingers on both my hands and it's inhibiting my ability to learn guitar and bass more than my general newbie ineptitude, and it's hella frustrating. Even my guitar teacher is all "whoa, in all my years I have never seen anyone with such wildly different finger lengths".

Yes yes insert your "lol lesbian with super long fingers" jokes but darn it this is really frustrating. D:<

very long fingers like short stubby fingers can be a pain. my suggestion is just take your time and be patient. you're going to have to build up muscle memory until your fingers memorize how much they need to lift, bend or how long of a stride you need to use as you're changing cords.

Yessss I know and I guess I'm just frosted that of all the things in the world, having odd fingers is giving me grief. It's doubly annoying that I am hypermobile so my fingers try to lock out on the first knuckle (at the tips).

I mean... look! I never knew I was "weird" until now. https://i.imgur.com/VQYqK0n.jpg

It's mostly playing bass that is problematic, since my first finger is so much shorter than my middle. I can't quite get the strumming right and I may have to end up settling for being different and using my middle and ring finger.

And she does use ore

Well then wtf she really can't complain too much then ahaha

Many guys use boku instead of ore and some girls use boku too. Girls using boku can be considered a bit weird by some people, but they do use it. What pronouns one uses can be a part of their gender expression (usually masculine girls are more likely to use boku). And she could also use some other pronoun that exists in Japanese (f. atashi, f. ucchi, m. washi, m. jibun, f. atai, f/m. ora, m. oira, and many others)
Moral of the story: don't even try to understand Japanese pronouns, you'll just get a head ache.

I think most of those others are pretty uncommon, though, and uncommon pronouns don't seem to fit with this particular story. (Unlike, say, Bou-chan from Virgin's Empire who uses a wacky archaeic one but it fits her character.) I guess I should've been a tad more concise with my probably pointless curiosity: Is Kanda using watashi or boku? Because I know boku can be used by "tomboys" and would certainly explain a bit further why Kanda is being mistakenly gendered.

Uh, miss, is your foot alright?

I thought that too for a moment but I think it's just that the rest of her foot is snipped by the white page edge so that with the angle makes it look like her toes are on backwards