I'm not sure if the Melve Tree really adds much to the story. To me it seems like it should have been a recurring character, but not a regular one. I hope the author will prove me wrong.

I wonder if the witch intentionally chose her to body swap in order to get rid of her magic. Considering what little we've seen of her past it doesn't seem unlikely that she wanted to live her life powerless. This does raise the question of how she found Marietta in the first place, though, especially since they didn't even live in the same country. And there's also the fact that they look alike, could it be more than just a coincidence?

Not sure why Tomoe went on high alert the moment she met Tsubaki. Did she immediately identify her as a rival for Ayano's affections?

I thought Tomoe realized that Tsubaki is a prostitute and that's why she's hostile towards her.

I really think that they should have gone with Akira in the end. Not so much because I prefer Akira as a character, but rather because there was hardly any chemistry between Satsuki and Komachi up until the final volume. Komachi didn't even have a personality for the better part of the series. Though I do understand the "necessity" of them being together.

I think this is in line a more general feeling that a lot of what happened in the last volume were things that the author had thought of from the beginning, but didn't manage to properly lead up to. Not only her relationship with Satsuki, but Komachi's whole arc was extremely rushed, as it was introduced at the last minute. It seems like the author got sidetracked by the student council president shenanigans and forgot to work on—what I assume to have been—one of the main plot points of the series.

Overall, not a terrible series. It had its ups and downs and unfortunately the ending was more of the latter. I might reread it in the far future to see if my opinion on it changes.

I was wondering if I should give this another chance, but seeing so many comments calling it boring or a shameless advertisement, I understand that likely nothing much has changed since I last read it.

Yuwa is amazing lol

I can't believe I caught up on such a cliffhanger...

The only redeeming feature of this manga was the teacher's cute eyebrows... And it was far from adequate.

It was a very mediocre manga from the start, but the "ending" really managed to make it even worse somehow. I wish I had read the comments so that I would have known not to bother reading it at all.

I finally got around to rereading and finishing this series. It is so beautiful, I'm afraid any adaptation wouldn't do it justice.

One of the many things that I loved about this manga, which made it stand out from other slice-of-life series I've read, was the author's ability to present casual—often almost nonsensical—conversations. It really felt like I was watching real people, rather than fictional characters. I found myself laughing along their sarcastic jokes, gossiping with their friends, even nonchalantly discussing self-existential matters. I often see such conversations implied to be happening off screen or replaced with wordless scenes. In this manga we really get to see these people connecting the way we do in real life. It felt like I was watching my own conversations with my friends and family.

This was a cool idea, and it did fool me as well (the horror of seeing "Hiiragi" invite a seemingly random student to the stage was real). However, I kind of pitied Hiiragi. I'm not sure how Akutsu thought this would restore her image to the students, to be honest.

I've really enjoyed this manga so far and I'm expecting the author has a lot in store for us.

Since this messed up series seems to be ending soon

Is it ending, though? Where did you read that it was?

I said 'Seems' to be ending XD

My bad/apologizes if I gave off that impression, just my gut feeling and the way I feel the story is going from my experience of reading many stories. I could be wrong though and the author could be planning to pump out like 30-40 more chapters for the story but to me it feels/ seems this story could be wrapped up in perhaps 6-10 more chapters maybe?? Could be wrong about my prediction...The author could go the drag things out very slow route if she/he wants to milk the story...

But can you really say it's "ending" if you're expecting another 6-10 chapters when we're on chapter 9? That would mean we're only halfway through.

Side note, this is reminding me of another manga where an older lady was recalling her life lived as a lesbian who had never come out & had continued living within heteronormativity. I think the story was kind of told through her granddaughter's interactions with her. Does anyone remember what I'm thinking of?

Interesting!
I must have missed this one..
Anyone recalled ? Please share the title of the manga if you remember it, thank you!

I know what they're talking about but can't remember the name. If I remember before someone posts it, I'll share.

I think they're probably talking about this, but I don't remember the story all that well, so I might be wrong.

It’s totally mincing words to argue that the Aya/Koto relationship hasn’t become abusive because Koto’s abusive desire hasn’t been put into practice yet.

Well, I think everyone has their selfish desires, what matters is whether you act on them. But if you don't think so, we can't come to any agreement, so let's just move on.

But she did act on them; she didn't only think that she wanted to keep Aya to herself, she asked Aya to basically stop doing anything outside the house, because "she is lonely now" . Does "acting on her selfish desires" have to be to literally lock Aya inside the house? Saying that she is lonely and begging Aya not to interact with anyone else is emotional manipulation.

I don't even think she herself realizes it, she's just traumatized by her past loss, but that doesn't make her actions any better, even if it explains them.

I kind of wish she would have killed her just for the heck of it. Not that I had really expected her to.

Reuploaded without any longstrip splicing. Probably what the artist would have intended for.

Thank you, it definitely works better. I was thinking about this, but never got around to suggesting it in the comments.

She deserved that, honestly.
I thought the ending was the best we could hope for in a story with this kind of premise. Their relationship felt uncomfortable from the beginning, since one of them was basically stripped off her free will, but was still a sentient being with arguably real feelings. I'm glad the author attempted to explore the implications of the setup, instead of brushing the problems off and presenting it as normal.

Panel 2. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/otherside_picnic_ch72#19

Sorawo being literally dazzled by Toriko will never not be funny.

What's funnier is Sorawo wonders how Toriko can always pick her out from a crowd, while from Sorawo's POV, Toriko walks around with light emanating from her. Seems like she can pick Toriko out from a crowd too.

Yeah, but "she's so plain, unlike Toriko", obviously! lol

Toriko was so cute in this chapter though, I love her.

The thing is in this case, the cut is way too obvious. Generally speaking, they managed to cut at a place where is does feel more natural. In this case, they could have just cut at the page where Miyagi says "I'll buy you for 5000 yens" and it would have been fine.

That's kind of what I meant by "shorter but complete chapters". I didn't mean that they should try to fit the same amount of story of a longer chapter into a shorter one, but rather, that they should make sure that each chapter (which would be equivalent to a part of a longer chapter) feels complete on its own, by ending them at appropriate points.

While I understand that it may be common practice to separate chapters in parts, I still believe that it is to the detriment of the quality of storytelling. Especially in cases such as this one, where they don't even seem to have considered whether the cut-off point makes the least bit of sense. I felt the same about the "friend who steals all my firsts", or whatever it is called.

On another note, having read the wn up to the amawashi translation, I agree with the person who said that it is similar to AdaShima in some ways, but a whole lot more horny. It's not just the alternate pov's, either; the introspection and the oftentimes detached narration really reminded me of Shimamura, especially. They just give-off similar vibes, somehow.

I don't like when half chapters are released. They feel obviously incomplete (because they are, of course). I'd prefer it if they released a full chapter every two months, or shorter but complete chapters each month.

And before anyone jumps in to say this, I will be reading it every two months regardless, if this continues to be the case. I just think they're ruining the pace and make the series less enjoyable by doing this, so I'm not sure if this is a good call on the publisher's side.

This is a sad story for the main character but at one point, one must also learn to protect themselves... So much red flags, starting by the fact that she already got scammed once by her...

Yeah, in a way it was to be expected that she would steal her money eventually.

Oh shit is this twat going to steal/destroy her notebook? WHY, even?

I thought it would be going in the direction of them forming a band or something, but I suppose this is possible as well.

This is kind of random, but I've been rewatching Gundam: Witch from Mercury, and I just wanted to talk about the brilliance of a specific scene in episode 12.

I am referring to the scene where Suletta's mother has just killed some dudes and is trying to calm Suletta, who has been quite shaken by the sight. She talks about how it was a necessary kill in order to protect Suletta and goes on to say that Suletta should use Aerial to do the same for the people she loves. The scene ends with her extending her hand to Suletta, who —notably— moves from the shadow where she was hiding into the light, while they both recite the motto "move forward, gain two".

At first glance, it appears like a rather standard scene in action anime, where the protagonist is scared, but remembers the people they need to protect, thus gathering the strength to keep fighting. I'd like to point out the music though. Ιt, too, mostly sounds like a generic soft piano score that you would expect in such a scene. However, if you pay attention, it sounds somewhat... off; τhe melody doesn't seem to follow the pattern I would expect, with a few odd jumps, thus creating an underlining sense of unease.

This scene is brilliant, because it tries to manipulate you, the same way that Prospera is manipulating Suletta. The music and the use of lighting seems to paint a positive picture of this interaction. However, if you pay more attention to the gestures, the music, the dialogue and, as the audience, having already witnessed the mother's manipulation tactics in previous episodes, it becomes clear that things aren't what they seem. Which is a great way to build the ground for the post-credit final scene of the season, where Suletta's gesture is mirroring her mother's, but is instead met with horror.

Sorry for the wall of text, it was just too great a scene.

How was this extra more lovey-dovey than the last twenty chapters combined?

I find funny that people are saying they don't care about them when one of the things people criticized of citrus was the addition of new characters who vanished after their story was done. Personally, I thought it was a nice coda to their story.

While I get what you mean, when the story of the main cast has been on the back burner for this long, it's only natural that readers don't care to revisit two random characters that appeared in a volume three years ago. In my opinion, the problem with citrus wasn't so much that the new characters disappeared, it was that they appeared in the first place, whenever the author didn't know how to continue the story. The fact that they disappeared immediately after the conflict was resolved only confirmed that their existence had no real purpose, but it wasn't in itself the problem.

That being said, I think these characters in particular were more interesting compared to others we've seen in the past, so perhaps there is something more they can offer. However, it's been so long since we last saw them that I barely remember them, if I'm being honest.

Except the "college break" is actually Xiaoyang running away from home and "people that enjoy their company" are annoyed with it. Xiaoen's immediate reaction to getting the message that Xiaoyang is over at Wang's pastry shop is annoyance, which she does not drop even when coming face-to-face with Xiaoyang. Her parents do not approve of Xiaoyang coming over either. Once Xiaoen was out of the room, their facial expressions and their words left absolutely no doubt that this is not something they enjoy, they are just putting up with it because they are too nice to tell the kid to piss off.

Xiaoyang's "college break" also included him deliberately coming over penniless, in order to force Xiaoen to take care of him, and has no qualms accepting food on the house at Wang's pastry shop (after, again, deliberately not taking any money with him).

Overall impression leaves very little to interpretation, this is a person who is abusing other people's hospitality and is definitely inserting themselves where they are not wanted. I did not find him quirky nor enjoyable, likely because I get irked by people who do not respect others' privacy, and Xiaoyang's behaviour sits pretty squarely in the disrespectful territory. I am 100% with Yunduo on this, it seems she is simply saying what everyone is thinking. Notably, Xiaoyang agrees with her, so I am kind of perplexed why some readers here are glossing over pretty much all of this and are essentially rewriting what was presented in the actual story (so we get a "college break" with "people that enjoy their company" instead of a freeloader who ran away from home with no money in order to force people who are not even his family to take care of him, despite literally none of them, including the freeloader himself, being happy with it).

I am honestly surprised how most of this seems to have flown completely under the radar here (I did not check the Forum in general in nearly a year, until today). It seems the issue of Xiaoyang's gender completely overtook the discussion when he was introduced.

Thank you for this. I was so surprised by people misinterpreting the interaction with Yunduo, but didn't have the time to write a response. I admit I had forgotten a couple of details myself, but it was definitely obvious that his presence is not wanted. While people may like him and they clearly care about him, it seems that they have only been putting up with this behaviour. Not one of the characters seemed all that happy to have him there (not even the shop owner, really). I agree that he's been quite annoying so far. I'm waiting for the explanation to see how much of this might be justified.

Is it okay that I still don't like Shion? I don't really understand what Mona sees in her. This was a lovely chapter though.

Uploader artificially backdating the releases (even though they were all just added less than a week ago) so that only a few show up on the front page and everyone thinks it's always been here and can just ignore it

You bring no smiles of joy to anyone's face by doing this, and instead bury a cool series. Why shoot yourself in the foot this way?

That's just the system that Dynasty follows. All chapters are dated according to their original release, regardless of when they were uploaded on Dynasty. This comic has been on webtoon for years.

(not the anime or the official translation though. Can you believe those morons really translated "The Whispered Voice Requires Self-Responsibility" as "The Whisper is At-Your-Own-Risk"? Absolute clowns.)

Are you talking about the official translation of the manga here? To be honest, I find both of these titles kind of weird, but I don't know what the original Japanese title was.

The anime was definitely trash though, sadly.

There is no yuri more peak than this.

Well, this sure is a statement.

I think this work is interesting in its own way, but I I find it hard to take it seriously, to be honest. I can't imagine people really behaving like this, it feels very exaggerated. That being said, it has been entertaining so far and I am curious to see where it will go.