I love the more abstract chapters, but I think the simple ones like this one that just show Shijima getting a bit less cold (ironically) and aloof are also very important, and of course it's just really cute to see her and Majime getting closer. I wonder if the sudden snow is an effect of Shijima's sister's new mysterious contraption.

Do your best, Kirby!

But is it even necessary when Aria could simply mind control them?

Aria still hasn't actually said it, keep attacking, Ichika.

Also, I'll be in my bunk.

Since it starts airing in July it'll be right around the time when Nettaigyo ends, so hopefully it can fill a bit of the void I'll undoubtedly be left with.

If I squint hard enough I can pretend this is the Nettaigyo anime we're not getting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKphvRlWXGM

I didn't expect there to be a whole chapter about this, it was nice. I wonder if Ichika will eventually be able to tell Maho the truth as well, maybe leaving out the whole vampire part.

Unrealistic. Grea isn't tied up and fearing for her life while also looking forward to it.

Gotta feel bad for Chito's planet tho.

She'll find herself a Yuuri and they'll go on their last tour.

I get that they must think the main audience for the Blu Ray release of the anime will be established fans who already read the novels, but I find it a weird move to put a story set in the future as an extra, imagine someone who only watched the anime suddenly skipping that far ahead.

But as someone who has read the novels, it's just delightful, I was hoping we'd get more chapters set in the future and this was a very nice one. It does feel like it should just have been a regular chapter like that other future one from volume 8 since it covers an important part of Adachi and Shimamura's relationship, in fact you could pretty much add it to volume 9 and it wouldn't feel out of place.

The one thing that somewhat bothers me is that it feels like the author is holding back from showing them being more intimate, though I understand he probably doesn't want to "spoil" things like their first kiss or more by just having them be a regular occurrence in the future chapters and thus make them feel less special when they will eventually happen in the present timeline.

Oh thx for the heads up Bean hadn't noticed, I'm not usually one for promotional mini stories since they're removed from the main story and you know most of the time just pointless but I'll take any AdaShima material lol.

In this case I feel like it could've just been slotted in one of the novels as another chapter set in the future since there already was one.

why is everyone talking about other series in "adachi to shimamura"?lol

Not much to talk about in regards to Adachi and Shimamura right now. Oh, unless you go check sneikkimies' github, you might find a little treat that hasn't yet been uploaded here.

@Kahirama: Yeah, don't worry, that is pretty much how everyone feels about Hibike.

I would really appreciate any kind of recommendation of novel/manga/yuri/VN (really whatever) which is similar to AdaShima

There's a VN called SeaBed which is also all about the introspective exploration of the relationship between two girls and their psyche, complete with the POV switching between chapters. Though while you could describe Adashima as fluffy and lighthearted, this one is way heavier and sad. I still really recommend it as its own thing as long as you can deal with lots of reading and slow build-ups, which I guess are also much like Adashima.

Don't worry, I wasn't going to ask anything more, I already know the gist of it nor does it matter to me if it's actually yuri or not as long as it's a good story. You know, like Nettaigyo which I've been hooked to from the start.

^Anime in just over a week so a lot more people will get to know of it, myself included. On that note, are the novels translated?

^^ Not just for the anime, she generally meant that rather than writing something with the aim of making it popular, she wrote exactly what she wanted regardless of some people's expectations. I guess this might include explicit romance.

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Even though nothing unusual is happening and they're simply preparing for another culture festival, it really feels like everyone has grown and it's happened very organically throughout the series, how bittersweet but nice. Konatsu's dissatisfaction over how she wishes she'd spent more time and talked more with Koyuki and the final volume preview make me think that her "one more step" will be becoming her frog and going to Tokyo with her (whether immediately or, more likely, a year later after graduating herself) so that their lost time can be made up by always being together from then on.

"What should I call that person?"
Your girlshipfriend, duh.

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and that this apparently didnt come out the way she intended it to..

Didn't she state the opposite on twitter?

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Hachimitsu Scans are real darlings, not only do they translate really fast, they went out of their way to do the volume extras due to the extra pages.

Nice one, merry Christmas!

I was hoping it would get to 10, but if the author sees no reason to drag it out, then I'll trust her on it. Let's see how it ends.

Aki = N0tail
Shiho = Fly

Looking forward to the handshake.

I feel like there's an extremely simple solution to this which is to employ the artist for the current manga adaptation, but maybe there were some complications for this volume.

@Serenata: they may have saved on it entirely and just had Sobble fill the tub.