It feels like there are some pages missing or out of order. For example, at the top of page 6, one of the girls says "Ah, not happening," but I didn't see any indication of what she's saying won't happen.

Yeah. At a minimum, it seems like 10 and 11 are meant to come before 9.

I think this chapter is starting to hint at why Lapis seems to be diving headlong into cackling evil villainy: That's exactly what she's doing.

The way she was talking about how the prince was a player and he needed to be ready to sacrifice pieces, while holding a queen that she ultimately lets fall, implies that she thinks the prince should be willing to sacrifice her. This also seems to line up with the way Natori describes her rampage ending with the prince solidifying his position and Diana gaining authority as a voice of the commoners, who also showed the power they can exert if pushed too far.

When we first saw her scheming, it seemed kind of weird and silly, because obviously slaughtering a bunch of people isn't going to cow their allies, but it is a great way to make everyone hate you and to cast whoever stops you as a Hero. If you do it right, you might even be able to take down the more problematic conservatives at the same time.

Wow, this explained the rules so well! I couldn't follow whatever was going on in "the tiles that I cannot cut are next to none!" But this makes sense!

I was going to say, this was one of the more straightforward introductions I've seen and I really appreciated it.

You would think that a staunch lesbian womanizer with 50 conquests and dating experience to the max would have a better gaydar than that.

I got the impression that Hiroko's "50 girlfriends" were of the same nature as Ayaka's "12 office boyfriends" -- that is to say, largely speculative.

The fact that she had to resort to an international app does suggest a distinct lack of success.

Also, I might have missed something, but is Hiroko actually Ayaka’s boss? I thought she was just a senior coworker.

On page 27 she says "I'm a failure of a boss," but what we've seen looks more like a senior coworker, so it's a bit ambiguous.

Ohhhhhh, rival spotted

I'm not so sure of that. Her introduction was ominous, to say the least. The juxtoposition of "Why are you so quite in school?" with "Hey, you look cool now." and the way she's looking down on them implies an unpleasant connection between those two thoughts.

Of course, it could be a fake out and the next chapter could reveal her to be perfectly friendly, but I still wouldn't expect her to be a rival if it goes that route.

It's probably not going to be something the story focuses on, but Hiroko did touch on a good point when she brought up being Ayaka's boss. Depending on how much authority she has vis-a-vis assignments, raises, and promotions, which could be a major ethical dilemma.

This reminds me of the Straight Girl Trap manhua on bilibili lmao

That series is great.

Ok. Now you have me curious. Is there an English version anywhere?

These stories are built on the proposition that the characters the main duo got transmogrified into are, per se, fictional characters with no agency of their own because they're, again, fictional characters, who are usually static because they exist only at the stroke of a pen of the author and have no inherent agency in and of themselves. The dynamic that these stories have in common would be comparable to say, someone from our world being transmogrified into, say, Prequel-era Anakin Skywalker and using their knowledge of the universe to stop everything that happens at the end of Revenge of the Sith.

That's pretty much the opposite of every isekai I've read?

So, which one is the Prince(♀)?

Shinji still crankin' dat solja boy

The video that's from is unreasonably entertaining.

I can't help but feel that putting the seating for the disabled and elderly at the top is rather inefficient and potentially dangerous, hand-cranked elevators or no.

This reminded me that cowboy Calli's reveal had some really unfortunate timing.

Oh? I don't really follow live, but now you have me curious. Was there something interesting about the reveal?

Huh. There have been a few pieces of retro fanart uploaded recently. I'm happy to see them, but it makes me wonder if there's anything inspiring it.

I wish things had ended better for these two (⁠^⁠^⁠)

To be fair, Evangelion isn't exactly known for its happy ending or uplifting character arcs.

Something about how ... dainty the knight is being strikes me as a bit silly. I mean, she's facing to the side, with her hands in her lap, and is just gently leaning over, like she's going for a quick peck on the cheek or she's tasting a bite of food she's been offered. At the same time, the princess is full on leaning into it.

Yes please. Now do your thing and woo her!
Wonder which prideful side will lose first..

I don't think this is a matter of pride on Jiang's side. She seems to genuinely have trouble grasping emotions, both her own and other people's, to the point where it wouldn't surprise me if she's intended to have some sort of spectrum disorder. So, the real question is "Which will break first, Shen's pride or her misunderstanding?"

Does Bridget always wear a male symbol on her hood?

So, this series seems to be counting down, or up, to something. Does anyone know what it is and are there two more pictures for it?

They would never dress like that.

Halloween or some sort of costume event?

Noir! I haven't seen anything with these two in ages, but it was such a good show.

I saw the raws on twitter first and thought she shoved the petals on Mitsuki’s face to prevent her friends from seeing her without glasses on. Hahaha, totally wrong on that one.

Are you sure you're wrong? Because I still see it like this even now.

I think that's exactly it. What else is it supposed to be?

I just thought she panicked and tried to throw away the petals and accidentally shoved them in Mitsuki's face.

It's not like her friends have even really seen "onii-chan." They don't go to the CD store. And Narita-kun already knows.

But why would she "panic" in that situation if it didn't matter if the others saw Mitsuki's face or not?

Because Mitsuki was about to do one of her accidental prince maneuvers and Aya was being self-conscious.

Huh. It seems like at least one version of Jinx is a biter.

This makes for an interesting contrast to This Isekai Maid is Forming a Union. I'm not sure how the protagonists of each series would feel about each other.

link to that? that title sounds very interesting

https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/this-isekai-maid-is-forming-a-union/list?title_no=699696

It's surprisingly good.

Diana is not a yandere, just a shonen protagonist who's getting deprotagonized and doesn't know how to deal with it.

that's such a sick idea, i love genre play like this.

although, wasn't she an otomege protagonist, not a shounen one?

In the original, the MC summons three dragon and uses them to battle another mage, fairly early on. I suspect it was at least a little bit more combat oriented then the typical romance. (It's actually described as an RPG app in the first chapter.)

With that said, Diana jumping to using cutlery to defend Natori struck me as a bit odd, particularly when she when she repeated the act with a fork hidden behind her back. It's not just the tendency towards violence that makes it odd, either. Cutlery just doesn't make for a good armament, especially when you have magic, and I'd have to imagine even an empty hand would be more useful than a fork, if she really thought she might need to defend Natori from the prince.

I wonder if her behavior was meant to foreshadow something about her past, or the state of the world, rather than her current mindset.

This makes for an interesting contrast to This Isekai Maid is Forming a Union. I'm not sure how the protagonists of each series would feel about each other.

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