Even if she wrapped her hand in a very tough material, this just looks like ninjutsu lol

Michi can see Honami. Sayaka can see Honami too, but she doesn't know she is a ghost. Both Michi and Honami know Sayaka can see the latter, but Honami does not know that Michi can see her. But now Sayaka is talking to Michi and Honami as if they're both there... There is so much going on, and poor Kasumi has no clue about any of it

Ayaka idolizes Hiroko because the latter represents what she wants to be professionally. At least, that is how her interest in her started out in the flashback. Ayaka has a deeply-seated insecurity about herself, presumably a anxiety about failure, and latches onto a person who she perceives as perfect, oblivious to the fact that she has only ever seen one of Hiroko's facets, her persona at work.

Ayaka is simply intrigued by the fact that Hiroko actually enjoys being at work. She's not envious of Hiroko's technical or people skills. She also never puts herself down for not getting close to her co-workers. She refuses to attend the networking events because she does not want to do work off the clock (reasonable and based), not because of anxiety. In the chapter 8 flashback, she tells Risa that she ended up alone at work due to getting tunnel vision, and does not mention shyness.

When she comes back to the office in the evening and sees so many people still there, she suspects trouble. The part where she realizes that it's her fault that the files disappeared from the server does not betray any chronic anxiety. It's perfectly normal to be a bit stressed if a mistake you made at work made trouble for other people, especially for a rookie.

After she and Hiroko manage to recover the files, Hiroko reassures her that she was never in trouble, and she is moved by Hiroko's kindness, and becomes even more interested in her. No chronic anxiety or distorted self-image is required.

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Ah yes, nothing like some over-the-top acts of hatred to make me roll my eyes. We couldn't just go with the passive-aggressive behavior of people to make a "nice" aura of intimidation and unfriendliness. We had to involve a bunch of teenagers(?) who were trying to sell a kid(?) witch into slavery to a brothel.
I guess we had to have something for the dum people and people who will argue things based on subtle hints and not outright hard evidence someone can hit them in the face with. While I hoped for more I expected as much.

Just a drop of my disappointment, I still love this and want to see more.

The rich kids of an empire being xenophobic and cruel seems pretty realistic to me

Suuna doesn't know she lives rent free in Ruka's head

Not that there's all that much up there anyways

I saw the page with the kiss out of context on Twitter, and I thought it was from MahoAko lol

Raw? Raw.

They're so smart for this

This your first rodeo? Anime lesbians place a lot of value on self-sacrifice for the sake of their loves' happiness. Feeling shame for being possessive or jealous is a thing for some reason. It's bad, tbh; because I grew up with yuri, I ended up internalizing anime lesbian values.

Damn, that sounds rough

I think some people are putting too much emphasis on Asumi's goal of finding Mai through having sex with a bunch of other women... Like don't get me wrong, consensual non-monogamy would be cool, but this isn't exactly typical romantic development (Asumi is not chasing Mai because she's madly in love with her). From a storytelling perspective, finding Mai is primarily an excuse for Asumi's lesbian brothel adventures, not the main point of the story.

I also don't get the criticism that these chapters are straying too far from the premise. Why is it a bad thing that Asumi found someone she wants to do it with without paying for it? Was she supposed to limit herself to buying sex for the whole series? And both her and Nanao's experience with paid-for sex gave them a bit of extra courage to cross the line with each other, so the development is not random at all. I for one can't wait to see where it all goes, regardless of which ship (if any) sails in the end.

johnb posted:

Seriously, is there any real possibility for Hibiki and Chihaya getting together, romantically, or is it just going to a one sided thing. I'm looking for spoilers hear. I'm not really interested in reading a long heart wrenching yuri series just to see the guy walk away with girl in the end.

The manga is ongoing. How could anyone spoil you? And besides, I think the title spells pretty clearly the guy won't walk away with the girl.

The alternative translation of the title is phrased as a question: "Boys Who Get Between Yuri Are Better Off Dead?!" (The original title ends with an exclamation mark and question mark: 「百合にはさまる男は死ねばいい！？」/ "Yuri ni Hasamaru Otoko wa Shineba Ii!?")

I would answer that question with a yes, but I don't know if the author agrees with me...

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I'm impressed, Sara managed to keep her composure with Natalia's arm around her waist

So did Rutou choose Wamura for a "deep" reason, or was she just curious about the nerdy little creature sitting behind her in class

She said the thing

I see absolutely zero chance of "poly". Honestly thank goodness. It would just not make any sense, also tbh I dislike it.

Well if the poly disliker forecasts a 0% chance of poly, then it can't be helped I suppose :(

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I know it's the least weird thing about this, but it bothers me a bit that other teachers don't seem to exist at the school. Most unhinged chapter so far either way

I hope OL hunter and Risa hung out after that

She's such a dumbass lol

This is cinema

I'm guessing the body swap will keep happening until Shiba explains why she left five years ago. Not sure why she tried to run away this time... Maybe because of the school girl that confessed to her while she was posing as Hamster?

^^^ I think characters being into trash cans is a popular joke in the HSR fandom? I don't really go there though

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"There's something about off-beat girls; I always end up..."

Does she know?

Do we know how old the Rose is? When it comes to the underworld it's not unusual to have characters that dropped out / never went to school because they had to work instead. She definitely looks older than Benika but depending on what the author has in mind I can see the gap being as low as a 18 and 20 situation.

Rose is ex-military, so I wouldn't place her that young. Although we don't know how long she served, in what kind of military, or the age where she signed up

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This is unusual for me, but I'm getting some gender vibes from Gran. Maybe Nekotarou just does not enjoy drawing masculine men, but bro is serving a tomboy prince look to an extent I'm not used to in Yuri. On its own, he could just be a feminine guy, but there's also the development in this chapter, where Natori suggests his role as a future king does not have to be set in stone. And if that's true, and something that diverges from the game's story, then he might take a sip from the gender fluid at some point. I'm almost definitely wrong though...

Lapis' agent from chapter 4 might be paired up with Gran if it's a guy, or with Diana if it's a girl (if a secret third thing then I don't even have a guess). Well, there might never be any definitive couples besides Lapis x Natori, though Catulus Syndrome did have a B couple as far as I remember

Neko has drawn images with Diana and Prince anyway (actually she did a live stream of one of them). So it does seem like they'll have some sort of relationship whether that's friendship, romantic, or not.

There is a bit on that stream where Nekotarou seems to say that (disclaimer: I am basing this on MTL, so do take it with several grains of salt) despite what the drawing might imply, Gran is not Diana's love interest, since the characters are from a Yuri manga.

The stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqEa62A210g&t=5642s 1:34:02 ~ 1:34:53

Transcript (based on Youtube's auto-captions and my ears where it seemed off):

でも、百合漫画なんでちゃんとこの男子は恋愛にこは絡んでないです。
見ての通り険悪な関係性なんで安心してもらって。
今回の絵で百合漫画っていうのなんかすごい信じてもらえないからすごいですね。
なんかちょっと…この契約な感じとか…なんならこう男女物の恋愛漫画でこういう雰囲気の剣カップルみたいのもいるじゃいないですか。
こんなこと言うとすごいダイアナちゃんに怒られそうだけど…
ダイアナちゃんにもグランくんにも怒られそうだけど、あの、こういう雰囲気の剣カップル…男女、恋愛漫画っぽさも、例「？」はある。
全然そんなことないんで、ちょっと安心していただければ。

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damn, this is excellent so far, the latest chapter really turned it up. i always suspected the government was running the hitmen but now i'm almost certain.

i've never read a manga that felt remotely so politically timely and vital before (possibly excluding lgbt issues), it's very refreshing.

Yeah, the imagery with Lady Justice, and the bit about "keeping the system running" also makes me think these guys are feds