Yes that wasn't smart. I found myself thinking she should look at things a lot closer before doing something so stupid.

But these are flashback chapters to when the boss was in high school. Remember in the first Love & Piece chapter those two are describing how Yui gave the boss that scar (the boss slept with Yui's guy), so we already knew something like this had to happen.

And it's not like I never did anything really stupid when I was a teenager. (I'm not telling you any of the many instances.)

Ooh, sudden urge to pry. *creepy laugh

I will tell you this: I lived through all of them. (Some of them were downright dangerous.)

Thanks, I thought about her mangas but wasn't remembering her name, a shame that Chi-Ran and some other mangakas like Natsuneko didn't make any new yuri in the past years.

Yes, I really like most of her yuri. But when I went to look for more, it seems that she's done mostly yaoi in recent years. I bet it's pretty good if you go for that sort of thing, but I'm a straight yuri girl (does that make sense?) and don't care for yaoi.

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Yuri Girl 1001 where's your avatar from? I recognize the art but can't remember the mangaka.

It's from Love and Sex by Chi-Ran in Wildrose Vol 2. This page. I modified it a little bit.

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Yes that wasn't smart. I found myself thinking she should look at things a lot closer before doing something so stupid.

But these are flashback chapters to when the boss was in high school. Remember in the first Love & Piece chapter those two are describing how Yui gave the boss that scar (the boss slept with Yui's guy), so we already knew something like this had to happen.

And it's not like I never did anything really stupid when I was a teenager. (I'm not telling you any of the many instances.)

Here is something I found on the Yuri Project board. It's almost 3 weeks old, but it sounds like someone is working on it.

[Sabourota Uta] Citrus chp.15 Kari~ 15/04/07(Tue)23:54 ID:6vr8Jlzx No.16407 [Reply]
This is a post for citrus 15 updates YP is working on it. Will take us a while because editing this time is a bit of a challege. Want to thank Phyis and Procyon for working on the project would't be possible without them. This will be the updating post. Thank you Coming soon!

Vol. 2 is out for sale as of 2 days ago. I'm always happy to get my gayness in physical form! Hurray!

Gayness? I thought we were talking about School Police, which in the first 7 chapters seems to be a yuri-free zone.

Oh there's definitely gayness in vol. 2. Morinaga promised there would be in the vol. 1 afterword after all. I mean there's even realizations of love, a full two (that is more than one) kisses, and what seems to be a love triangle. And of course there is the required time skip and apparent promise they will become closer.

I just noticed what looks to be a typo in the bottom left panel of page 159. I think it should say Mihama rather than Senpai.

Thanks very much for the watchful eyes. I really appreciate readers pointing out typos and errors. But in this case it's not. She's actually referring to what her senpai from the Asahi bakery said on page 155 about her being in love. Just to be sure, I double checked my physical copy before making this reply.

But yes, anytime you do think there might be a mistake (you don't have to be sure) please point it out.

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Everyone here in USA understands what 10th grade means, but it's much more common to say sophomore.
Freshman - 9th grade - 3rd year junior high
Sophomore - 10th grade - 1st year high school
Junior - 11th grade - 2nd year high school
Senior - 12th grade -3rd year high school

Here in the USA, junior high is technically 2 years, and high school is technically 4 years. Depending where you are they may split it as 2 years and 4 years, or as 3 years and 3 years. That's why it's always one of my pet peeves when 1st year high school gets translated as freshman.

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Thanks OrangePekoe; I don't use adblock and it never occurred to me that might happen. I'll watch out for that in the future, for the next time I include something like that.

Edit: I made the same change to my master copy so if I ever upload a new version, I won't recreate this problem.

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I was poking around at http://www.onepeacebooks.com/ and found a news item dated 2015/3/12 linking to an item at AnimeNation http://www.animenation.net/blog/2015/03/10/last-kind-whispered-words/. At the bottom of that page is this quote:

EDIT: I’ve received word from One Peace Books that the double-page spreads not lining-up properly was due to the first printing of the English language volume 3 omnibus accidentally omitting a single page that wasn’t vital to the story progression. A second printing to re-insert the missing page is already scheduled.

But so far I haven't found out anything else, like when or what happens with the defective books already out there. Their website description of the volume doesn't even mention the problem (of course) and I can't find any way to contact them as a customer. (As a reporter, book seller, job applicant, or writer, sure; but not as a customer.) Maybe I'm just not looking in the right place.

Warning to those who are about to buy Whispered Words (Sasameki Koto) v3 by One Peace Books.

https://twitter.com/ptjtsubasa/status/564769035569856513

I finely noticed the complaints about One Peace Books release of Whispered Words. I bought all three volumes and had no complaints about volumes 1 and 2. Since I read the scanlation on this site. I hadn't read all the way through volume three yet, so I hadn't noticed anything till I saw this post.

When I checked, it looks like they accidentally omitted page 76 of the original volume 8 (ch. 43, just about halfway through volume 3 of this omnibus) and that threw off everything from there on with the even pages on the left and the odd pages on the right. Off course that means that the two page spreads ended up on front and back of the same page. You'd think they could notice that before doing a full print run. I thought publishing companies did sample prints before doing a print run? I'm sure they've realized by now; I wonder if they'll correct it for any future print run? Probably to much to expect that they'd replace the defective copies free.

News, there will be a tankobon.

The tankobon has beeen scheduled for release in Japan at the end of May. It's official name is The Princess's Secret, so I'll be changing it's name on this site sometime soon. I had an inkling earlier that might be the name and started to change things, but then I wasn't sure, and kept things as is.

I will be doing the extra material from it, so there will be one more release. At this time I don't know if there will be a special in it, but we can hope.

Edit: Okay, I was mistaken about the official title; it is Secret of the Princess. And there is in fact a 3 page special.

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http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_last_uniform_ch08#15
http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_last_uniform_ch10#13

extra on ch 8 and ch 10 are the same, arent they?

Yes. They're not just the same, they are the same page. The extra pages in ch 8 (page 119) and ch 10 (page 145) together form a two page extra. When I released ch 8, I didn't expect to get to ch 10 this soon, so I included the second page of the extra (page 145) with ch 8. Sorry for the confusion.

Edit:

By the way as far as i know Our Last Season/Saigo no Seifuku/Last Uniform v 1 and 2 and Kanon - a children's fantasy idol series - are all you can get by her in English so far. I'm currently looking for the cheapest way to buy Akatsuki-iro no Senpuku Majo to read laboriously :)

Thanks Marion Diabolito, I had overlooked the English version of Fairy Idol Kanon, probably because it's not yuri (I had passed over buying it in Japanese for the same reason). But if it's Hakamada's work, it should be interesting. I just ordered a set of the English version.

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Are 7-elevens really such an unknown thing that there needed to be a note about it? I'll admit that I can't recall ever going to one, but I at least know what they are...

I'm in the middle of the USA and I used to see 7-11 stores all over the place. But it's been years now since I've seen one in my area. (There may be a few a couple of hundred miles from here.)

Why there can't be an anthology for mother/daugther stories as well?

There's no anthology, but there is a good mother/daughter one-shot from a mainstream yuri artist (if that's not a misnomer) here on Dynasty: Milky by Amano Shuninta. (I wonder if you were thinking of this story when you said that?)

By the way, I do like most of the stories in Forbidden Sisters.

Cigarette vending machines were common in North America until the 90's. It's not just some weird Japanese thing. I remember them outside restaurants for instance.

I remember them to in the USA too, for instance at gas stations. I don't remember exactly when they went away, but it was a long time ago, I think before the 90's. By the way, it's not just cigarettes. Vending machines selling liquor (at least beer) are also common in public places in Japan. I've also been told that relatively few minors take advantage of that to drink.

Main Pairs

Or lack thereof, apparently.

If you are referring to the viewpoint from the just released chapter 7, that's still early in the series. There's lots of development to go.

If you mean the viewpoint of the latest chapter 34, it's too soon to make assumptions with three chapters left. (No, I'm serious.) Major events are coming in just this next chapter 35. I mean Tsumugi oops, that's saying too much! Right now I'm trying hard to get the next two chapters out as soon as I can, and they will change how some things are seen. And then there's chapter 37; it's the final chapter*, of course it brings more things into focus.

In fact, since the point in volume 3 when Fuuko transferred back home, it's been building up to these last three chapters. They are the climax folks. You are free to disagree once you've seen them, but that will still be my opinion.

Main Pairs

Tsumugi is in love with Beniko; Beniko loves someone (and it might be Tsumugi). They are roommates.
Ai is in loves with Fuuko; Fuuko doesn't understand love, but likes (and might love) Ai. They are roommates, or were roommates at the current point in volume 3.

Others

Anzu loves Tsumugi, but hasn't told her since she thinks she doesn't have any chance.
Asagi aggressively pursues Beniko, though Beniko has repeatedly made clear she's not interested.
Tamami loves Asagi, but Asagi considers her just a dear childhood friend.

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I always eat my bath powder... err, I think. My minds just a blur since I ate that tasty bath powder.

In the original text, it actually said tsundere lemon flavor in English (using the Japanese script), so I kept that. I assumed it was connected to being a tsundere bath powder.

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That second to last page gets me choked up every time. Easy to miss, but Mari keeps the print-club photo of her and Akko kissing hidden inside the battery compartment of her phone. I get it, but it still breaks my heart that their relationship is so secret.

I know right. Not to mention Sugi totally knows what's up!!!

When Mari is talking to her teacher (Naru-chan) about her future plans (after trying to switch to going after beauty school like Akko), Naru asks if she has a boyfriend. Mari replies that she doesn't, but that she's going out with someone, and then goes on to say she doesn't know what will happen with them. When you add in the current situation, which Naru already suspects is about Akko, I always thought that, without realizing it, Mari just basically told Naru that she's dating Akko.

Also, after graduation, Sugi is surprised to realize that Tamamin doesn't know what's up, so it seems at that point she's been assuming that their friends have figured it out.

But you're right. They are trying hard to keep their relationship secret, though they suspect that Sugi might know and that the others might figure it out eventually.

I like the way you think, Nezchan. I couldn't have said it better myself.

I will say that he does let on by the way he dresses daily lol (very flamboyant) but that could just be my own thinking , I know he isn't gay because he has always liked women, so I do wonder sometimes.

I'm not saying you meant it that way, Rosa Viola, but this sentence stood out for me, so to clarify for those (hopefully few) who are confused about it:
Transgender and Homosexuality are two completely separate and unrelated issues. whether a person is one has no bearing on whether they are the other. Since I've known several transgenders, I've heard of and seen for myself many people who think they are one and the same. I even once heard of a lesbian who said a lesbian trans woman should just get together with a man. That would only make sense if she really thought a trans woman was "just a gay man."

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Don't worry, Kouhai-chan. I'm sure that everyone's too distracted by idols kissing to notice lines not connecting.

My first major redraw in my first release (no longer available) had an entire road not connecting. Though it was in the background of a two page image. It had to be redrawn because I refused to debind the pages before scanning them.

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Time for my two cents (err, two comments) from the peanut gallery.

First, I doubt anyone seriously considers that surgery without thinking long and hard about it. And denying the surgery, or even postponing it longer than necessary, can be very destructive to that person's mental well being. If they lose hope, it can even be fatal. (The same thing happens if someone receives the surgery who shouldn't have, so it's serious business.)

Second, the "moral" thing to do (at least according to others) is almost always to sacrifice yourself for the "good" of others. That doesn't sound very moral to me, and so I tend to get suspicious when people moralize. Now I'll moralize; I think a person should try hard to take into account how there actions affect others, but I don't think anyone should be expected to sacrifice themselves or what's most precious to them for the good of others.

Edit: I've picked up the impression that that surgery has only been legal in Japan for a few years now.

Edit 2: While nosing around trying to confirm that (which I failed to do), I came across the tidbit that a person cannot have their sex legally changed in Japan unless they are both unmarried and with no minor children. (Wait to have some children first? Well, she could still get the surgery, she would just have to remain legally male.)

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I'm honestly pretty sure you can't, at least when using the freer tools like brushes. That's just my experience with drawing though, editing might be way different.

I actually use the brush mostly to erase things so that it's about the same shade as whats behind it, though I suppose once it's leveled, that doesn't really matter. Since I don't have much artistic skill, I use the line tool a lot. If you draw short segments, you can even draw curved and squiggly lines. That also makes undo more useful (I use that a lot.)

Is it fun to read yuri you've worked on by the way? With all the spoilers and everyting.

Yes.
If I stop and think about it I'd still have to say yes.
Of course following what machigai kouhai says, I only work on things I'm pretty interested in. It's why I started in the first place. It's about the same as when you reread a manga you really enjoyed the first time.

I don't know where else to ask so sorry if that is out of place here, but... do editors and cleaners work with like, a mouse? Or a drawing tablet? Cause I imagine doing that with a mouse would be pretty annoying.

I don't have a tablet either. I use a touch pad on a laptop. It's probably better than a mouse at least. I do redraws with the clone stamp when I can. I also use the line tool (great for redrawing boxes or anything else line based), the brush and occasionally other tools or tricks (the main trick being to take a break or put it off when I see a complex redraw coming).

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I'm sure there are women who think that they became lesbians because of trauma, but I'm willing to bet that in virtually all cases they were lesbian, bi or something similar to start with and just didn't realize it. And the very few remaining are probably messed up and hurting themselves trying to escape. I don't think anyone can change their sexual preference no matter what kind of trauma happens.

Though I do hear that a transgender's sexual preference can sometimes change during their transition between sexes, I think that is the only exception, and they have no control over that.