I’m so confused lol…

Isn’t Komaki’s goal getting Wakaba to hate her? Saying that she’s the cutest thing there, even as a hypothetical, goes against that…

Or just stop talking to her? I feel like I lost the plot entirely but I’m only gonna reread when the it’s all over lol

There’s a simple explanation for that, Komaki is intensely in love with Wakaba. She puts up a disaffected front to hide these feelings, but every so often, her armor breaks and she does something rash or tries to test the waters to see if Wakaba could love her back. That latter point is why she called Wakaba cute.

Also, bear in mind the Komaki doesn’t just want Wakaba to hate her. She wants to have a permanent place in Wakaba’s heart. She’s convinced Wakaba will never love her the most, so she’s settled on making her hate her the most. That’s why she keeps taking her firsts, and why she can’t simply just stop talking to her. That’d make it too easy for Wakaba to forget about her.

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All those Aerosmith CDs when they only have 2 songs

You bite your damned tongue.

Alright, I concede. They only have 3 songs.

Come Together
Dream On
Walk This Way (Run DMC ver)

All the classics!

You forgot Janie’s Got a Gun and Sweet Emotion.

Oh yeah, also, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I've suddenly found myself wondering if it's at all possible that Kitano is actually gonna become Ena. It probably isn't for several reasons but I feel like I'm not gonna be able to get the thought out of my head for the next couple chapters.

I don’t think that’ll happen. They look a little similar, but their hairstyles are different (Ena has twin tails while Kitano has a ponytail) and their personalities don’t really match up. Plus, chapter 0 made it seem like Koharu was still the group’s least experienced member, so it wouldn’t make sense for Ena to have come into being after Koharu had already started her Cupid work.

Then again, anything’s possible.

I remember that the daughter (I forgot her name) was calling out Chloe’s name at some point after Mia left the room (I forgot what chapter that was in), so was that acknowledged at all? Was it just cause of the sensory sharing stuff? Also, I guess Sophia knows Mia is with her daughter now and apparently doesn’t care at all… anyway, that was a pretty unique and good series. Glad it ended the way it did.

Yeah… I’m thinking the author ran out of time, because there are a LOT of plot threads left completely unresolved and those last couple chapters were really rushing the plot along. That ending basically relegated Mia and the daughter to side characters, which is a shame.

That being said, the rest of the series was interesting, and the ending wasn’t awful. The pacing just needed work, and some of the side plots should have been taken out.

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Guess they switched to Smash.

I mean… I’ll read a bit more, but that opening did not do it for me.

I genuinely hate authors that think "you did these deeds, so there for you being a slave / sexually abused is justified".

While I am guessing this story is primarily an expression of the authors' fetishes, from the world-building perspective, I find it strange that a soldier would keep such petty grudges against another soldier, especially if they are both generals. Also, why memory-wipe a commanding general for losing a war? If they committed war crimes, sure, arrange a tribunal or hand her over to the winners directly; otherwise, just demote them. Surely, the state has more profitable jobs for a highly-educated, star-ranked veteran than prostitution?

It's like someone wanted to slap some military uniforms onto their BDSM-themed catgirl porn without knowing the first thing about warfare.

Agreed. The funniest part to me was that the entire rivalry felt less like a conflict between two high-ranking generals in the midst of a war and more like a spat between office ladies.

Also, I don’t care if the war’s over or not, what sort of Qisling-ass lapdog treats a former comrade like that in front of the other army’s leadership? Way to present a unified front in the face of defeat.

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how the hell did that somehow get turned around into Makino apologizing lmao. Absolutely unhinged behavior from Mashiro that anyone would obviously be upset walking in to and she didn't even try to explain.

No, she tried to explain, and Makino cut her off. Then Makino implied she couldn’t be trusted because she was a whore. That latter part was what Makino apologized for, as she realized she had stepped over the line and had hit at a sensitive subject to boot. Once things cool off, I imagine there will be apologies all around.

yeah, what beeaggro said. I don't think the dad is really concerned about getting an heir (and even if he was, there is the alternative of the Gareth (did I remember Evie's brother's name right?) having children too someday), and is merely using it as one of several excuses to remain an overprotective father. However long it might last. And I suspect "not that long" to be the answer, if the events of this chapter are any indication.

For my part, I found this to be a great chapter.

Garth is just a cousin, and likely has an inheritance of his own from his side of the family. But I do agree that he’s mostly just being overprotective. His first issue with the relationship was standard nobility concerns, and his second issue stemmed entirely from not wanting his daughter exposed to scorn. There might also be some unspoken concerns regarding Evie, and the curse, being so close to Yvonne. It didn’t seem like his words came from a place of malice, and it seemed like he was starting to come to terms with the idea by the end of the chapter. He’ll get past it soon enough, methinks.

As for adoption, that can be a bit tricky. As Narrow Escape elegantly put, lineal, biological descent tends to be a major concern for members of the nobility, as that is the main justification for holding onto their power. An adopted child, even one of another noble house, breaks that line. Not only would this be seen as inappropriate by other nobles, it’d also damage the legitimacy of both the adopted child, should they inherit, and their parents. For a family who is currently in exile, barely holding onto their claim to nobility as is, and likely beset by enemies who desire to see it wiped out entirely, adoption probably wouldn’t be a viable idea.

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So if there was any doubt in my mind that Matsuri has a thing for Wakaba, it's gone now. But I can't figure out what's up with her approach to Komaki.
Am I crazy or is Matsuri going beyond trying to help them repair their relationship and into the realm of playing the wingwoman? Especially with advice like telling Wakaba to have Komaki call her cute.

Same, I can’t tell if she’s legitimately trying to help Wakaba sort their feelings out, or is trying to pull some sort of reverse psychology shenanigans to destroy whatever feelings Wakaba has left for Komaki.

Question. Is green tea have any sort of symbolic meaning in Japan? Similar to how it got used to describe two-faced people in China during the 2010s. Maybe I’m overthinking things a bit, but the focus on each character’s preferred drink feels like it’s meant to be indicating something to the audience. More than what was actually said, at least.

I look forward to more of our cute modern Japanese engineer who was able to get all of these modern amenities working in the Middle Ages.

I would not have guessed this was yuri if it wasn't for the tag. I didn't see a hint of attraction between the two, even while they were bathing.

I'm only worried that if they started anything that they would be burned at the stake for being lesbians, or unmarried, or literate.

I’d honestly be more worried about the fact that the witch lady almost certainly isn’t Christian. You could get away with a lot in the Middle Ages depending on where you lived and who you’re local leaders were, but religious differences? That was the kind of thing that got your house burned down by an angry mob. Especially during the plague, when people were especially desperate to find a scapegoat to punish for their suffering.

Also, I’m still not sure where the idea that it was illegal for medieval women to be literate came from. Nuns and nobles were oftentimes literate, and as far as I know there were never any laws prohibiting the lowborn people of either sex from learning how to read, even if it was uncommon. I don’t think there were ever any laws about women being unmarried either (although they did have fewer rights than even their married counterparts). Lesbianism, on the other hand… yeah, that could be an issue, but hey, maybe the lord in this story is cool with that kind of thing.

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Oh that’s fucked.

I’ll take 5 volumes, please.

...but the sound is going to be terrible without any speaker boxes...

I agree, she's good with mix-and-matching her outfits. Sadly, the intersection of things I love and things I need for day-to-day function as an adult is slim.

There could be a speaker in the table or projector/light. It wouldn’t be surround sound, per se, but it could still work.

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_guy_she_was_interested_in_wasnt_a_guy_at_all_ch96#2
Aya is confused. It hurt itself in its confusion.

Also, maybe I’m off the mark here, but I wonder if the reason for Mitsuki’s sudden change has less to do with a sudden surge of self-confidence, and more to do with wanting to become the “guy” Aya was interested in.

Not gonna lie “Lord of the Red Riding Hoods” caught me off guard. It’s a… unique direction to go with that story, at least.

Either way, this looks neat, so I’m in. I will admit that I do not vibe with the concept of Jiminy Cricket x Pinocchio, though

Well, that was karmic.

Done in by her own creation like a true mad scientist.

done by the author for stupid shock factor at the end, if the author actually had skills to write we will had got a better story but this is just UGH

The hell are you on about? That was built up from page 1. Just because you dislike the story, doesn’t mean it was poorly written.

Honestly I just find the plot fundamentally unbelievable. You're telling me someone who can whip up an intelligent, human-passing synthetic with full sapience couldn't get funding from corps? Techbro investors would be dumping money on her faster than you can say "cheap labor." And that's not even getting into the idea that someone smart enough to make a sapient robot would go "oh you're just a robot, let me edit your mind now that you're obsolete."

Just incredibly contrived for the sake of the "disturbing" ending.

I’m going to disagree on the second part. There are some really stupid intelligent people in the world. All it would take is her being confident enough in her position as the creator, and underestimating just how much the AI has evolved since she created it, to think that her robot wouldn’t harm her if she grew tired of it. People treat other actual humans like crap all the time, why wouldn’t someone do it to a humanlike robot?

Your first complaint makes more sense, although the setting does appear to be a bit more futuristic, so it’s possible that her technology isn’t quite as cutting edge as it would be for us.

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^ Oh, don’t do that. You kill the bird, and those same no-lives are going to spread out and infect the rest of the internet. Heck, one of the reasons Twitter/X is the way that it is is because a bunch of people left Tumblr after it started going under (you know, that lovely site where an organized campaign of harassment drove an artist into attempting suicide, all because she drew fan art portraying a fat character as skinny), and brought the toxicity from that site with them to other sites, with Twitter being impacted the hardest. They’re like viruses, once they reach a critical mass, they’re just hang around until their host is destroyed, and then find a new host. Best thing to do is ignore that site entirely and let the Twitter mobs there cannabalize themselves. Either that, or shut down any form of social media for a few weeks so that they’re forced to go outside and interact with people.

^^18? I’m pretty sure she’s only supposed to be a couple years older. At worst, she’s a rising senior, so 16 or 17, and I don’t even think she’s supposed to be that old. Don’t know where you got 18 from. Granted, I didn’t really see the ship, but it wouldn’t be that bad.

In your heart, not your shirt!

Although swing girl doesn’t seem to mind.

Kudos to Wakaba for keeping her verbal reactions to the minimum.

Poor Matsuri, though. Not sure if ai was used or not, but if so...... oh, doomed yuri.

Something I've been wondering, if the "I hate you" with the main couple means I love you, does Matsuri's "I love you" mean I hate you?

Ooh, I hadn’t thought of that, but that’s actually a really cool idea. Making Matsuri a toxic, two-faced types who mask their hatred with false affection would be such a twist, especially with how highly Wakaba seems to think of her. I’m not actually sure that’s the direction the story’s going to go in, but it’d be so good if they did.

Look, I know what it really is, but everytime I look at that 3rd panel I can’t help but see an incomplete fancy mustache.

Goddddd this manga is driving me crazy!! Their feelings are so complicated!!

I kinda agree but more in the vein of "I can't make sense of any of this" :P Late to the party so I just read the available chapters in one go and I straight up don't get what their deal was in middle school or whatever, that whole situation leading to their falling out involving the senpai I just don't understand, maybe I'm too stupid.

You’re not stupid, you probably just misread something. From what I gathered, Wakaba had a crush on the senpai, and told Komaki. Komaki reacted to this by winning the senpai’s affections, promptly dumping him in a particularly painful fashion, and then telling Wakaba that the whole reason she went for him in the first place was so Wakaba couldn’t have him. I’m pretty sure she did this in order to keep monopolizing Wakaba, but Wakaba figured that the reason Komaki did it is because Komaki hated her, and blamed herself for Komaki developing a personality twisted enough to hurt people in such a way (not to mention getting her crush stolen). This caused the two of them to have a falling out, and thus, this story. Does that help?

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Well there's the bath, also this chapter really gives me the impression that Wakaba is even deeper in the hole than Komaki. Especially as Komaki seems genuinely surprised by the kiss on the bed.

I'm also getting the impression that Komaki is a coward, and that she's doing all of this because she's afraid of asking Wakaba out, but doesn't want anyone else to have Wakaba's 1st time experiences. It's almost dating with extra steps...

Yeah, on top of taking Wakaba’s first, I also think Komaki’s just looking to fulfill a fantasy of being with Wakaba, since she seems to be convinced that it can never happen otherwise. At the same time, though, I do think that she’s still holding out some small hope that Wakaba will eventually return her feelings, and I’d be very surprised if she ever goes so far as trying to use a win for actual sense (it’d essentially be the same as giving up on the two of them ever really getting together).

puts up the ultimate defense

Forgets to defend the rest of her body

Well she kinda had to drop the defenses on the rest of her body to put up the ultimate defense. Which seems risky since missing the block would mean almost certain death.

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Well, can’t argue with that!

“Then prove to me that you weren’t lying about studying even now.”

Why am I thinking about another pointless arc like the one in Kase-san that wrapped up recently, where Kase had to compete against a classmate to, by some eldritch logic, earn the right to live with her girlfriend of many years?

At least in that one the classmate was an overly clingy friend and Kase was a airheaded doormat who let herself get pressured into it. The girl here is just some random chick who is creepily obsessed with Nagisa. Nagisa didn’t even get a chance to accept her “challenge.” She basically just harassed the two of them and ran away.

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