Noticed the same mistakenly attached mosquito coil. Sadly little details like that often make it impossible for my mind remain "in the story".

On the bigger scale I still enjoy the series, a lot, but there is a growing sense of "many of these things are too good/convenient to really happen in such a traditional/conservative country as China". And yes, I realise it's a huge country with different realities, but still hard to dampen my disbelief while reading.

Well, yes, but very many stories based in Japan have things too good and convenient to actually happen in such an traditional and conservative country.
Or if those stories happened as they are in vast geographical majority of America.
Sometimes you just wanna read about things as they should be, still broadly in the limit of realism, not as how things are.

Agree on all that above. Unfortunately, I get into that... analytic(?) mode easier if the story or characters are realistic and well crafted. This is one of those works.

With lighter or more unrealistic settings it's easier to maintain the suspension of disbelief. In other words, I'm not expecting much (realism) from those.

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Really enjoyed the character building for the friend. Lovely contradiction with her calm words and face and the hinted turmoil she feels about her friend's interest in someone else.

I think many people need to broaden their understanding of what realism is. If the existence of chinese people who aren't homophobic takes you out of a story, that's just a personal problem.

Realism isn't just what you've personally witnessed right? It's about what could exist out there

I dunno, guys, something is off with today's chapter. Maybe the pages are out of order? I am not quite sure.

i don't think so, might just be a you problem
looks completely normal to me

i'm very disappointed the story ended without her getting to become bread

In reading the recent chapters, and being disappointed with them, I've been trying to figure out what, exactly, it is that's bothering me. and I think in this chapter I've worked it out.
In most of this story, things have happened in every chapter. Even if our MC and love interest are just thinking, they're thinking and they're making decisions and make at least one move per chapter. The recent chapters have been ... just talking about things. Talking about how old she is, talking about her engagement, talking about sword training and going on ... some kind of boot camp. It's all set-up in a way that this story hasn't been thus far. We jumped straight into the main story from the first chapter, and then filled in some flashbacks and such, but there's always been something moving. Now where the story is at is, we have to explain everything, and we've really just come to a standstill.

I reckon that would have been sorted if Evie had memories of this time at all, it would have been a shortcut (actually, she should remember things about her maid, her parents, her fiance, and such without having to slow down and explain them to us anyway). It kind of feels like in my own stories when I hit some writer's block, and I'm trying to get to the next plot point, so I painstakingly explain everything, spinning the wheels manually until they catch some friction and it starts to move again. One of the major downsides of episodic writing, really, and I hope something actually happens soon.

personally i just thought the arc at the orphanage was really boring

^situationally dependent

ayo you wanna get some netflix and clang sfx

i'm hopping in.... is this yuri or het given the tags lol

het is looming in the background while the yuri is actively self sabotaging every chapter

idk what happened in this story but i'm glad that girl got the hat

feel bad for the gangster guy for not getting the acorns though

anemone in heat: viva la revolution

think what i really appreciate is how they look like teenagers in high school

feel like kids in manga either look like 30 year olds whove been cycling hrts since they were born or got xenoblade level tiddies

this story's opening felt like the premise was being shoved up my ass but this is something we don't get much

man the colours are crazy good, really looks like hot summer

isn't this how mage and demon queen started

the must be the part in the romcom manga when the aliens show up

the must be the part in the romcom manga when the aliens show up

the must be the part in the romcom manga when the aliens show up

I am tired of the saving your girlfriend or love interest from the advances of a creepy guy trope in yuri. I guess it might be a reflection of authors' own experiences with shitty men? Still I don't see what it adds dramatically at this point

yea it already happened twice right, feel like i've only ever seen it in yuri

Fucking finally! Thank you, China!

5000 years of civilisation has culminated into this moment
humanity has succeeded its vision
we will all be welcome in elysium

bruh i had to check back to see how many arcs i missed
how the fuck

bruh how they manage a cliffhanger every 4 pages

I feel like you could make up with her without learning guitar and singing a song.

do you know any other instruments

this is going to kill me in real life

second best manga

Does something like that happens in the novels ? These Chinese works always make me fearful of them remaining subtext due to censorship laws and whatnot

Despite this being Dynasty forum's favourite factoid, there are no Chinese laws censoring yuri stories. Several years ago a conservative Chinese publisher chose to censor a comic, as any private business has the legal right to choose what not to publish in any country, and a game of telephone combined with rabid anti-Chinese bias led to this misinformation spreading like wildfire. Please stop contributing to it.

So I can read Yuri manhuas without fear of them remaining friends until hell freezes over ? Thanks, you have opened many doors lmao

What you said. Also, Pollomonteros, the moderators have established a rule for discussions about Chinese manhua: we do NOT talk about politics, censorship, communism, the government, or any such issue. That's because too many idiots tried to use manhua as an excuse to spread anti-China propaganda and had to be banned. So don't go there ok?

I really,really was making an honest question since I don't like it when works that I have been following for quite a while end up remaining in the realm of "Are they dating or are they just friends?" so no need to warn me,thanks

I feel like that's more common with episodic slice of life stuff, ones with overaching storylines like this one usually have the relationship go somewhere.

Sometimes it ain't a good somewhere but it's still a somewhere.

damn how much time passed between chapter 18 and 19

did a whole summer pass between the chapters, they're preparing for the same event as they were in the last chapter though right

holding your homie's hand while they're sleeping and telling them you love them

just another night with the bros

can't wait until our yuri with the homies