I always wanted to know what it feels like reading a manga when you're drunk, so now it's 1:30am over here, I just got back home from a party and it's kinda ironic that while I'm drunk I'm reading a manga about a girl that's drunk. It's fate I guess. Drunk people being naturally drawn to manga about other drunk people. Anyway, that one was really cute.

Honestly, what does the Nice Boat tag mean?

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nice-boat

"It feels like if I do something strange, I might break you."

Well, maybe you could start with stopping to beat your girlfriend up with those sticks that you keep twirling for no reason. Ya know...to reduce the risk of breaking her. Just sayin.

@Nasteh: Spoilers, please. You do them by putting two "=" before and after the text you wanna post. Like this: "=="Something that's a spoiler!!!!"==" Leave out the quotation marks though.

@Kai: You little gem have literally saved a part of my evening. Now, I don't think I've ever done this on this page before, so consider it a privilege: * hugs *

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So I'm at the office, tearing apart this damn Citrus facebook page someone linked here in search for that link that'll lead me to the raws. An hour has passed ever since I've begun my search, the treasure I'm looking for has still not been found, my coffee has gotten cold, the actual work I'm supposed to do is biting me in the ass and my gf has been giving me the cold shoulder since morning. I'm usually not one to complain, but fuck this day. In the ass. Hard.

Hm. Now I really wanna make a parody with all the girls talking black. But I think it would be kind of breaking some unwritten (or actually written?) law if I just downloaded the pages and replaced the text in the speech bubbles.

"I tried to challenge the limits of "safe for work"
Tagged 'NSFW'
Oshima-san, you failed. But it was a delicious read nonetheless.

Chapter 2: Maaya declaring herself Shinobu's bitch.
Chapter 3: Shigure calling her sister "Chizzle."
At that point, I was seriously expecting the girls to start referring to each other as "my nigga" starting the next chapter.

"I'll give you some advice: Give up on the person you love because of their profession."

Worst advice in the history of everything. Ever.

"Saori, the third wheel, is being forgotten."
Sao-riiin!

Funny part is: we can explain and point out all of this now, but once chapter 14 is here, the bashers will return with their same old...let's call them "arguments"... and nothing will have changed. Because hating on this manga has become a trend. And because people either are too naive or too impatient to understand that sometimes, for 2 lovers to finally get together, their love for one another just isn't enough. v.v

RARGH! LOVE TRIANGLE! CITRUS IS SHIT! NO PROGRESS! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ -post more insults here- RRAAAGGE! SABUROUTA! ლ(ಠ益ಠლ) I'M DROPPING THIS! -returns next chapter to post exactly the same stuff-

It is with this level of maturity this manga is being treated. Quite frankly, it is getting boring. But then again, I guess sites like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or the more obvious abominations like 4chan have taught us, that you should never expect too much from the Internet.

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Ermahgerd! Frerg Term Erpdert!

Hmmm, I like where this is going. And I agree with what's been said before: the first person view is great. I feel like Moritani over here: I just can't figure Murakami out.

@Macy: Honestly, I don't really think that the time you've known one another necessarily plays a role when it comes to confessing and starting a relationship. One of my past relationships started with me meeting a new drinking buddy in a bar and getting together with her 2 weeks later. And that relationship lasted for almost 3 years, which is pretty good by today's standards. * shrugs * If people just match, there's no real need for them to wait and get to know each other. If they want the same thing, why not just cut the crap and get right to the good stuff? However, to be able to do that, you need to be on the same wavelength, so to say, which is the problem with Mei and Yuzu. Basically, they're from 2 completely different worlds so it's only natural that they need a while to get used to each other before they can seriously think about getting together. Getting in a relationship with someone without having anything established before would be stupid and naive.

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On a completely unrelated note, am I the only one who thinks that Michelle Branch's "All you wanted" could basically be the official Citrus Main Theme sung from Yuzu's perspective? I just wanted to point it out. o.o

Just like Nanoha (Magical Lyrical) always tried to do "let's talk about it!"

I agree. And if talking doesn't show results, they should just Starlight Breaker each other and boom, problem solved. XD

Why did you drop Stretch after 3 chapters?? I had to ask. And I sort of sympathized with Mari in Girl Friends. When you're not great with people and make a close friend, you get sort of protective. When you see a new person enter and this friend basically does the same thing with them that they did with you, you get a bit jealous. It seemed pretty natural to me. In Sasameki Koto you have to remember Sumi had been in love with Kazama for quite a long time so I can understand her inability to believe that Kazama actually loved her back. I went through something similar with my GF when I found out I loved her. I dropped hints for months trying to gauge what would happen if I had told her (there were reasons for this). And one day, she beat me to the punch lol. One of the more stressful stretches for me in our relationship thus far ><. My only beef with Sasameki Koto is that the author waited until the end to show the kiss. It's annoying, not to mention we missed so much time to see them grow as a couple (why do we NEVER see this part!!!?). As for Aoi Hana... .... ........ Nevermind.

That you could sympathize a bit with some characters of the aforementioned mangas doesn't change that there were still huge parts of them, which seemed as unnaturally dramatic and forced as Citrus. My point is: the main problem Citrus presents, which I think is what most people don't see and thus don't get why there's all this drama, is that there is almost 0 common ground between Mei and Yuzu, which is what is different from an overwhelming lot of other manga. Fumi and Akira: childhood friends; Kazama and Sumi: childhood friends; Mari and Akko: pretty similar personalities; Yuki and Kana: twins, known each other for their entire lives. Mei and Yuzu: step-sisters, who don't share a past together, have lived completely different lives until they met and are polar opposites of each other. This is the base, that was presented for them. It should've been pretty clear from the beginning, that it's gonna be a tough road. Mei has no idea how to properly convey her feelings to someone. Until recently, she didn't even understand that it's ok to do so at all. She's used to being a marionette, used to doing what other people expect from her. She only just recently learned, that this isn't how it has to be. That doesn't mean that she suddenly understands everything and can tell Yuzu, in a way this damn airhead won't misunderstand, what she feels. Not taking the lead and allowing Yuzu to take control, for a character like Mei, is a pretty big change. Yuzu, on the other hand, is always straight-forward and has a clear idea in her head of how she wants her first love to be like. Since Mei doesn't fit in this ideal picture, yet Yuzu is madly in love with her, isn't it understandable, that she's terribly confused? She's always having doubts about both, Mei's as well as her own intentions. She still thinks her love for Mei is one-sided, which it clearly isn't. Those 2 girls are so unlike each other and so incredibly inexperienced when it comes to love and relationships, that it would feel a lot less real if there wouldn't be drama and misunderstandings. And why is it so unnatural, that other people play a role in their development? I don't like how people always scream and rage about love triangles when there hasn't even been a single actual love triangle until now. I mean. Yuzu was never interested in Matsuri and Mei was never interested in Himeko. And I doubt that either of the 2 is gonna develop feelings for Sara or Nina, so yeah...

Also, I have no particular reason why I dropped Stretch. It just didn't seem like something I'd enjoy, so I stopped reading it. * shrugs *

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Sasameki koto, Stretch, Girlfriends, Candy boy and the first half of Aoi hana would like to have a word with citrus about how to do natural relationship growth and drama right.

I literally laughed so hard at this. If you would've added Octave to the list, I think my stomach would've started to hurt. I've dropped Stretch after the first 3 chapters, but here's the thing: Sasameki Koto is 52 chapters about 2 girls, who basically realize their love for each other is mutual like 25 chapters before they finally kiss. Half the manga is spent beating around the bush and both, Sumi as well as Kazama, stupidly ignoring blatantly obvious hints the other one drops, which would have caused any other person to come out and confess already. Candy Boy is a Manga about a stupid misunderstanding, which, for some idiotic reason, causes a pair of twin sisters, who've always gotten along perfectly and who've always spoken to each other about everything, to suddenly get all angsty about their bond and stop talking to each other cause fuck logic. Girlfriends...remember how Mari got jealous when Akiko allowed that other girl to call her by the same nickname she allows Mari to use? And how Akko gets jealous because that person, who is Mari's childhood friend, spends time with Mari? Uh huh, totally natural drama. And don't get me started on Aoi Hana, starring narcissistic crybaby Fumi and I-don't-know-what-the-hell-I-even-want Akira. In fact, I loved all these mangas, but compared to Citrus, neither of them felt any more natural or less forced. Seriously, that comparison sucked.

On another note, I kind of don't see why everyone is thinking there's gonna be "another" (since, technically, the sitch with Matsuri wasn't even one) love triangle. Once Sara realizes that Mei is the person Yuzu is in love with, I don't think she'll be evil enough to try to win Mei for herself. She seems like such a good person, I think it's much more likely that she'll help Yuzu and Mei make up. Or maybe help either of them understand what the other one feels.

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@Dark_Tzitzimine:
As a response to "therefore, I doubt we will see the ending any time soon."
If I'm not mixing it up with one of the other mangas I'm currently reading, I think I've once read somewhere, that Citrus is planned to have 3 volumes. Right now, I think we're halfway through volume 2, so judging by the length of volume 1, I guess there'll be 6 or 7 more chapters until it ends. So I guess, if the release schedule remains the way it is, it'll end sometime in fall 2015. o.o
That aside, personally, I don't think Mei is upset simply because Yuzu rejected the sexy time. I think it's more about how she interprets the meaning of Yuzu's rejection. Remember the other time when Mei tried to seduce Yuzu and got rejected? She didn't react that upset back then. However, this time she was trying to really open up to Yuzu and convey her feelings. She wasn't forcing her or making rash advances, she was offering herself and allowed Yuzu to take the lead. Yuzu however, rejected her since she seemingly wasn't ready for this level of intimacy yet. But to Mei it must have felt like Yuzu didn't only reject the sex, but also the chance of "taking a peek inside Mei's heart." I speak from experience when I say that getting your feelings rejected like this feels like a slap in the face and even though it's unreasonable to be mad at the person who rejects you, for a while it simply won't be possible to act like everything's ok around them. I think Yuzu actually really hurt Mei with that rejection and now Mei might be trying to avoid Yuzu as best as she can cause it hurts her to be around Yuzu. That's just my interpretation though.

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Ah, so it seems it's finally moving from an arc focused on Mei's development to one focused on Yuzu's. It's about time this happens, though I'm not complaining. Confession bear: I'm a sucker for angst. * fan-squealed all the way through Sasameki Koto * so I loved the previous chapters, even though some stuff was quite predictable. I already like Sara. I hope she'll be around for a while and won't get hurt too badly (since it's Citrus, I guess she's destined to get hurt...) She's cute. Also, I still want Matsuri to admit defeat to Mei by pointing at her, preferably after the two had a tennis match, and say "You are the chosen one." It'd be all the more awesome since now we have a character, who believes in destiny. XD

@Rye: Thanks for your hard work! * bows * It was a pretty good translation, though there are 2 little things I want to point out: On the second page, Mei says: "I just want to thank for all have done..." There should be a "you" between all and have. Also, I can't really remember if Mei ever called her father "dad", but I'm at least pretty sure she always referred to her grandfather as "grandfather", so reading her say "grandpa" seems a little ooc.

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That moment when you realize that technically, Azusa is ordering them to put her puke into their tea from now on...

This pairing is far too unknown. Actually, the whole anime is. :/ PEOPLE! Y U NO WATCH CANAAN!?

Not really a fan of these type of characters, if you are going to have casual sex fine but don't do it with someone who actually cares about you, that's just cruel.

+1

This pairing is like the absolute boss of all yuri. Not even MiTsu can rival them.

That was a lovely chapter, indeed. ^.^
Btw: http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/sakura_trick_ch31#13

I swear, the shading of the skirt in that one panel looked so weird, I thought she had a boner.

All those drawings of the damaged ruins and destroyed cars and stuff really makes me curious about just what in the world happened there. o.o That's something I'm really looking forward to be revealed.