Weixi's flashback at the start of chapter 12 is nagging at me, because it implies that Lu Weixi and Su You are cousins: in the flashback, Weixi is addressed as "Princess" and calls Zhu Wunchang (the usurper emperor) "father", meaning that she is his daughter (see also the rest of their family tree).

Not necessarily. I don't recall whether her family has been brought up since but she could just as well be just the Empress's daughter and got brought into court when Zhu Wunchang married her mother. Could be either really

That is possible, but from what I have read about dynastic politics in Imperial China, very unlikely. Zhu Wuchang does not strike me as a man who'd marry for love, and I do not see any other reason why an ambitious second-in-line-for-the-throne would marry a woman who has another man's child and then adopt said child, too.

Plus, Weixi and Wuchang are the only characters with blond hair, which seems highly uncommon in this setting.

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Weixi's flashback at the start of chapter 12 is nagging at me, because it implies that Lu Weixi and Su You are cousins: in the flashback, Weixi is addressed as "Princess" and calls Zhu Wunchang (the usurper emperor) "father", meaning that she is his daughter (see also the rest of their family tree). Also, there is a strong implication that Weixi doesn't actually see the future, but rather that the magical cat has given her power to rewind time every time Su You gets herself killed, allowing her to explore different timelines (i.e. she's been Homura'd). Furthermore, it seems to me that every time she awakes with a start from a "nightmare", it's actually her consciousness returning to the past after another bad ending.

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Wow, I was about to slap myself silly for missing such a gem, but it seems it's only been uploaded yesterday. Definitely gonna watch this one... The themes remind me of PDL's historical works, in the best possible sense.

"Hey Elsa, I heard you were having some existential dread. So i'm gonna put some more existential dread in your existential dread."

On the other hand, I cannot think of a better moment to break it all to Elsa, right after Evie has confirmed that she will keep loving her, no matter how fake (in other words, fictional) she is.

I've been reading a lot on cult leader tactics recently, and Futami is such a capable cult leader. The constant "come here, go away" behaviors, emotional manipulation of egos, pitting circle members against each other to extract talent and labor...

Ah, nothing to start a Sunday off like educating myself on the wonders of Japanese cultural heritage. ^^

Yea, there is no way Narita is not letting Aya drink herself to stage 4 on purpose.

Hotdamn, Makino is living the dream.

Man, Solar's got it rough. Her mom is pressuring her to get married, a toxic ex is stalking her, and then an eating disorder from her idol days on top of that...

Can the power of yuri save a failing empire?

Ruruna is such a silly child for still thinking that she has the reigns in their relationship.

Yea, Ruruna, you're down bad for this "mere human". I mean, I can't blame you, Wakana is one in a billion.

Yay, kissies! Hopefully they don't get interrupted

...by a certain vampire-hunting nun, no less. :-)

"Why is Diana the heroine, anyway?"

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_fed_up_office_lady_wants_to_serve_the_villainess_ch27#14

"Ah, that's why."

Yup. A weaker person might have tried to take advantage of Natori's moment of weakness, but not Diana. It's not been long enough for her to be completely over Natori yet, so helping her get back together with Lapis must hurt like hell, but she does it, anyway, simply because that is the right to do.

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I may be stating the obvious, but Kirihito probably cares about Nadeshiko like a daughter and is deathly afraid that anything happens to her. At the same time, he is aware that people of their clan live extremely dangerous lives and goes way overboard with insults and death wishes in order to manage his fear. I don't think "fake it until you make it" works in this case, though.

We're just calling anyone a villainess now.

I think they titled it that for a fake out. The cliche pattern is that a villainess story begins with her being cast aside by the prince, so the author wanted your mind to go in that direction before switching to the yuri route

B-But isn't Villainess a subgenre of Yuri to begin with?..

So... College/Adult life arc is a go??

If I had a nickel for every Sakuragi Ren manga I read about an adorable gremlin dating a handsome girl who is good at everything except taking care of herself, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much, but it might indicate that sensei has a favorite couple dynamic. :3

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Oblivious extroverts are terrifying.

Yea, I am happy that the authors got a few chapters' notice of getting axed, so they can at least pace it out a bit over a couple of chapters, but this is still breakneck and therefore highly unsatisfying.

Rei got double-bonked into the horny jail.

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Doesn't the young lady look more like Su than the commoner girl?

There is definitely only one Wakana in billions.

Someone save poor baby Sol!!!!!

Turns out, Kang Sol is a fighter. :-)

Looks like Waka's customer who helped her with the expose isn't too happy about her becoming super popular now.

How long until he grows entitled and blows the whistle on how he helped her sabotage her colleague's career.

i love becoming mother and child with the mysterious hot older girl who just transfered into my high school and also saved my life with her spider magic?

Sounds like a manga title of our time.

Idk, I’m interested for now, but for a first chapter it was a little too edgy for me lol. The start was pretty good, but the over the top cartoonish abusing uncle and cousins are a bit too ridiculous. And the whole thing with some random monster or whatever ripping the cousin and her apart was kinda weird. Even the “how can I go to hell…when I’m already in hell…?” line was a little cringe lol.

I am assuming that the monster has been lured in to prey on the unhappy household. And that's assuming it was not sent by Komachi in the first place. I know that she presented herself as its enemy during the confrontation, but I still don't trust that girl. I would be happy to be proven utterly wrong about her, though.