I do like the Yukari ones, but I also like her and Reimu and I never knew what to do with Ran in that case. Nice to have options.

Cute, but why does she always end up on her left?

A lot of the time when artists contrast two characters' colour palettes, it's all in their clothes and you're supposed to just kinda ignore the skin color.
But thanks to her hair, skin colour gets associated with Lumine while the blue in both of their outfits gets associated with Furina, balancing the pic in a really nice way.

Wait, Lucky Star is still running?
That just fucks up my whole conception of time.

Obviously Seo planned all this before the prez came after her. She might have had plans to prevent the explosion if he backed down, but honestly, probably not. She probably made a mild attempt to turn over a new leaf, but gave up some time ago and this was just validation of something she was already convinced of.

About her going all the way to mass murder, though. Normally I'm fine with detectives encountering death everywhere they go because "it's just that kind of story", but the president found it unnatural, so I guess it's not. Similarly, this could just be "the kind of story" where every other character is insane, but is it though? Should I find that unnatural? Not knowing how far I should stretch my suspension of disbelief can hurt a mystery manga.

But anyway, none of this really bothers me much because I'm way too invested in Satsuki and her turning point to mind.

The ending does feel tacked on, to the point that it doesn't even detract from wholesome part for me. I can just ignore it. There's an entirety of one little flower setting any of this up and I'm flower language illiterate so the implication doesn't really register even after having it explained.
And maybe it's because it's so tacked on, but it's hard to feel like this Marisa is that beyond saving, anyway. I mean, they have some time and Alice seems to have had a realization of her feelings so things could go a lot of ways from here.

All that said, Marisa being psycho about it is at least a fresh take on the tired MariAli lifespan drama so it's not like I hate it.

Ain't no way this is girl is the normal type.

The text says Bocchi's the seme, but I can't see that under any circumstance.

Looks like a Dakimakura cover. A self-sufficient one. You try to hug it and they're like "nah we're good".

Alice being the innocent one while Marisa's looking out for her is a rare angle, but a welcome one.
Plus I've always liked the dynamic where the guardian character is also the bottom.

TGSWIIWAGAA

Mouthful, needs an acronym.
TGWAG
TWG
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Still think addressing the conflicts first would've been more satisfying writing, but it got resolved fast so we cool.

Uhhhh....I didn't really get the ending. I get that MariAli authors just like the angst of them being separated, but I'm pretty much never satisfied with the reasoning. This time she DOES become a youkai magician and somehow that's why she's alone now? That seriously needed some fleshing out.

Still, I really liked the stories in the middle so that's a win anyway. Thanks again for the translation.

Oh hey, a pair of lesbians bonding over GOOD rock music. Neat.

reimari

You're in the wrong neighbourhood, fucker.

Yep, can't go wrong with Mitsunara. Feels like the art style got funnier this time, too.

Oh man, this one was so good. The idea of showing both of their perspectives while blurring which is which is already cool, but two artists taking turns to draw it makes it even better. Both really nice artists, too (though some of Toran's stories are anything but nice).

This MariAli rennaisance is adding years to my life.

Many thanks to the scanlators. I've been starving for more of these two.

I feel like usually Clownpiece would be in the kindergarten but yeah sure why not

In case anyone didn't hear me screaming from the balcony, the manga's coming back.

https://twitter.com/izumo_ito/status/1661754194142040064

^ I still ship Future Knight with Future Princess and I only discovered Guardian Tales when I saw a pic of them on Dynasty and thought for a sec that it was Marisa and Alice.

And the circle of life continues ~~~

I know how I'm supposed to read it, but my brain still gets confused every time I see this manga's title.
Like, the sister relationship is unrequited? So A is B's sister, but B isn't A's sister? But it's mutual so it only goes one way both ways?

?????????????????????????????

The goofiest tragedy I've seen in a while.

This pic is gonna stick with me. I'm gonna be haunted by the thought that you actually could 100% manipulate Bocchi into murder by making it even a little awkward to say no. I'm so worried about this girl, I really am.