God I lost it for a solid five minutes after the " ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶s̶e̶c̶o̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶l̶e̶s̶b̶i̶a̶n̶s̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶c̶a̶r̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶a̶b̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶e̶d̶u̶c̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶ ̶a̶t̶t̶a̶i̶n̶m̶e̶n̶t̶". Lu's mom is truly great.

I'm so glad you brought it up. The strike through makes it so much funnier

Woof, like mothers like daughters. The ways they take after them is really funny. Also big strategic move by Lu to invoke her mother's ghost against Tongtong. It's interesting that Tongtong has adopted Lu's kink so wholeheartedly that you wouldn't imagine she didn't develop it on her own. I hope they find out it was Tongtongs mom who suggested it and that it's inderectly Tongtong's fault that puppy ears are now forever tainted

We love a wing-empress. I can feel the childhood friend energy coming off the emperor too: "Just because I told you not to hurt her doesn't mean you need to get hurt yourself you dumbass"

Btw. I can't believe they managed to pull this off twice in a series in a series where no characters have testicles: Two major characters typically wearing male garments by circumstance showing off to their partners that they are, in fact, just as stunning as a woman. Huge fan of this

I admire that the author has not once winked at the camera. They are deeply committed to the bit, the characters are dead serious, and that makes it so fucking funny

Damn I didn't realize being a general meant she was also a ninja. What a charmer

Tongtongs mom really is a phycho. If someone woke me up like that we're leaving with matching concussions (it is a good joke though). Also love that both moms clocked that Tongtong doesn't do squat.

All that aside I'm glad she came round. Looks like Tongtongs mom was right that she was mostly there, but lashed out when she saw that she was being lied to (though it's ultimately her fault as to why). I think we'll get one more sappy chapter before coming against the accidentally horrifying implications of that gift

There is a reason every baihe story ends with "after enough talking and convincing my parents and relatives come to accept me and we reconcile" and not "I just disconnect from my shitty homophobic parents woohoo", the former is the ultimate wish fulfillment here. The desire to be able to connect with your blood is simply embedded in the culture and it's reflected everywhere.

This is big in Chicano culture too. There's something deeply and personally painful about separating from family that way. Found family and purposeful community is great, but some of the people advocating for leaving your blood relationships have lower thresholds for what justifies going no contact. I think they genuinely felt relieved that they didn't have to talk to these people anymore and struggle to understand why it would feel like a net negative internally to others. It's not (entirely) the way other family or society will respond to you leaving that causes the pain, it's internal.

Ah I see. All Asumi needed to do to appease the brothel gods and meet Mai was to finally admit she's a brothel addict. We're really moving now. Wonder if she lost some karma violating net cafe rules at the end there though

Top of the Tops lmao. Tongtong wears that cockiness so well, especially after having earned it. I'm glad she's found her calling. Didn't stop me from looking forward to whatever would knock her off the high horse and this chapter didn't disappoint. I hope next chapter they have an impactful conversation where the mom expresses her support for their relationship (or at least being neutral) and it's all sweet and stuff... before having to deal with the full trauma of receiving well-intentioned puppy gear after shagging for 12 hours

I like how TongTong's mom was right from the start that she just needs to get hobbies to close the gap between her and Lu. TongTong's pet project has been a smashing success thus far

Ah so this is what the Beastie Boys meant by classy hoes.... Also, "Woof" is hilarious, never change Asumi

Just got my first email notification in nearly 2 years (May 15th 2022), glad this has gotten resolved

Homegirl really said "sorry my hand slipped" with her knee on Asumi's crotch

That whole bit about "exploiting a bug" makes zero sense to me. Like, I get that this is the witch dropping a hint to Yvonne that she knows they're in a game, but other than I just don't get what does this explain about the potion.

I interpreted this as changing what kind of entity she is in the game. Like Yvonne usually being a character, but when possessed by a demon she's an enemy or MOB. Thus glitching the system so she has agency that usually isn't allowed if the system only interacts with the "character" Yvonne.

Update: just got my first email notification since the 1st. So if y'all tried something, it worked on my end. Hopefully it's resolved for everyone ^^

Think I'll chime in here too. Haven't received any notifications for works I've subscribed to since March 1st. Also using Gmail. Should mention I have no tags subscribed.