did you ever come out to her?

Unfortunately no, for reasons too personal to get into (unrelated to RPF)

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This plot arc actually just reminded me that when I was in high school one of my weirder friends actually did write RPF about me. It wasn't self insert, she instead wrote me with a guy, which I was unhappy about (none of us were out to reach other yet despite almost the entire friend group being gay), and I could imagine it being friendship ruining for a more normal person? But given that the biggest problem I had with it was something I was keeping a secret from her (the issue of sexuality), I ended up feeling inclined to be sympathetic and accept an apology as long as she took it down from her blog.

...I did still kinda look at her like "damn girl you're much weirder than I thought you were" afterwards though, to be honest.

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A monster obsessed with hating those capable of fitting in, who reads youtube comment sections and is familiar with American culture, as indicated by the Slenderman reference? I suppose it's only inevitable it ended up influenced by incel thinking in the end.
Still, what a shame. What a waste of a great character design in the gyaru chameleon. </3

Pinky Candy Kiss is only four volumes so far, vs the ten (finished) volumes of Even Though We're Adults, but i don't see that story coming to a halt any time soon.

unrelatedly: Way too many Adult Yuri series have at least one of the characters be married, and I really don't get what the deal is with that…

Because if you're having your gay awakening well into life previously living as a supposedly normal hetero, then the odds of you being in a comphet relationship is high, and part of the heteronormative prescriptive life journey is inevitably marriage. It's common in fiction because it's sadly common in real life, although thankfully getting less so with the youngest generations as people are less likely to need until they're in their 30s to finally crack that egg, thanks to mainstream queer representation and the Internet connecting social minorities more easily than in the past.

Edit: and this is not remotely a Japan specific pattern or problem, especially for bi people, as both characters on Pinky Candy Kiss pretty explicitly are.

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Niji got a lot more sympathetic to me this chapter, as we see how her fiction is a coping mechanism for an unpleasant life entirely outside her control. She seems like a pretty normal queer teenager to me tbh, while I wasn't this girl in school I knew a couple just like her. And she's not fully delusional or incapable of separating fiction from reality, she draws the distinction herself in the classroom, reminding herself that Remu's not tired because the events of her story. While she's almost certainly due for a very unpleasant crash due to Remu's private life clashing so badly with Niji's fiction, I didn't see anything the chapter indicating she's dangerous or unhinged or anything like that. I think it's possible for her to adapt and get through it. Maybe she's even the author insert lol, her fate will be to write Remu and Azuki's story.

Edit: another positive sign for Niji is Remu's reaction to learning about Azuki and Meguru's past and reacting with a fairly high amount of emotional intelligence and empathy. She accurately puts the pieces together based on how well she knows both people and chooses a path to care for the feelings of both, keeping the secret because she knows neither of them will like hearing it. Remu is legitimately Niji's close friend, so I think she stands a pretty good chance of not reacting badly to leaning about Niji's writing and treating her like a freak and pushing her away. I don't think we have any reason right now to think Remu will treat Niji like Meguru treated Azuki.

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i see a Hulu logo… does that mean this might stream on Disney+ in mit-America?

Possibly! I'm also hoping it streams on Disney+. Since it's by Hulu, it looks well-budgeted based on the trailer, so it should be good. :D

On another note, I've noticed that yuri manga with adult themes or settings are usually adapted into drama series rather than anime. It's pretty nice since it makes the story feel more realistic. Examples include Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! and now Even Though We're Adults. If Pinky Candy Kiss ever gets an adaptation, I hope it becomes a drama series too. ^u^

Trying to imagine an adaptation for Pinky Candy Kiss, I picture a movie instead. Although it's not finished (or at least not fully translated idk its publication status) so that could change. I just know that author has a movie based on one of her other works.

I really hope Yuni does right by her next chapter instead of going "oh you're clearly together with that person who you obviously are refusing consent to so I'm going to act hurt and leave you alone with them".

She’s 100% gonna misunderstand, bet. Literally every character in this story lacks common sense + MC gets jealous easy and is hella moody, it’d be OOC if she suddenly gained sense now

It does feel unfortunately likely, but, like... She very clearly heard Fuuko saying no and stop and enough. She can see Fuuko very clearly being distressed by this situation. So I don't think it would be OOC for her to put these very obvious signs together... But it is sad that we're doubting her to begin with lol

Basic biology, the carpet matches the curtains.

That's not guaranteed! A lot of blond people have darker body hair in general.

Also the dialog in this chapter went quite a bit beyond what I expected lmao.

Oh my god the extremely excessive interpretation of the text in this forum is awesome. I don't know that it's wise to spend that energy on this manga in particular but it's hilarious. Thank you for contributing to the world

Also didn't Nanase's sash say "king of Japan"? I guess it could mean today's star in a cultural way. I've never been a Japanese high schooler who won a track meet.

It's written 本日の主役

Today's Star/MVP/Main Character

I don't know how you can come up with "King of Japan"...

Nanase being labeled in a way that can be read as "Main Character" is super funny tho. Like yeah she sure does think of herself that way huh

Oh my god the extremely excessive interpretation of the text in this forum is awesome. I don't know that it's wise to spend that energy on this manga in particular but it's hilarious. Thank you for contributing to the world

Also didn't Nanase's sash say "king of Japan"? I guess it could mean today's star in a cultural way. I've never been a Japanese high schooler who won a track meet.

If I cared about what's a "wise" way to spend energy I'd never post. Posting is for fun. And none of the interpretations we've all been posting have been excessive imo. Going big with it just means having even more fun :)

Poor Fuuko just can't catch a fucking break lately. I really hope Yuni does right by her next chapter instead of going "oh you're clearly together with that person who you obviously are refusing consent to so I'm going to act hurt and leave you alone with them".

Also the way Fuuko's talked I'd be surprised if she had an ex in her past. I can imagine this being a recent aborted hookup/meetup or something, since clearly she's not just a stranger? Twitter led Fuuko to Yuni so I could see her in desperation agreeing to meet up with another Internet person hoping she'd find something similar only to get burned by it.

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Io's mom is famous. If she's Misa's ex or former crush then Misa would know about it already due to that celebrity, which would make the "twist" of it feel pretty off-putting to me at least.

Why would you put two fan favorites against each other in the very first round with Ruruka and Kurohime? You're supposed to seed brackets like this (using some kind of metric like "number of chapters they've appeared in" or "number of fan art tagged with them on pixiv" etc) to separate giants like that.

ruruka is a favourite???

She's really funny!

The threat of exposure keeps making me think of that one manga title "Destroy It All and Love Me in Hell!". Misa and Io both know what they got is more important than their fake selves they've created for public consumption.

She's so fast at thinking on her feet, with that "stay back, go get the general instead" line.

but which song will it be set to?

The ridiculously obvious answer would be "Lick and a Promise." :3

The romantic in me would say "Can't Help Falling in Love With You" , but the cynical side wants "I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It".

Those are both entirely the wrong genre for this comic lol. My proposal: "Soft Shock" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Edit: also yeah sexuality was NEVER a question for Mitsuki, remember how she reciprocated Aya's feelings and flirted with her as "onii-san"? It's always been an issue of insecurities and focus for Mitsuki. She was in denial about the possibility Aya really liked her as "not a guy" for a long time, and got caught up in music and swarmed by new people right as Aya made her campaign to convince Mitsuki her feelings are real, and then even Aya seemed to go along with it and push her away and towards the crowd. That's really what got Mitsuki to this point, bouncing back from that crowd right into Aya's lips lol

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Anyone else thinking about how stopping Kanna from flying back to America, to an American airport, might mean Joe is literally saving her life rn.

Anyway I'm expecting next update to just be a wordless montage of making out. Joe with Kanna, Mitsuki with Aya, Narita with that guy Aya had been awkwardly talking to at prom, etc.

I definitely do not want to see Convenient Semi-Friend animated, I just know they'll get that shitty Passionne studio to do it and it would spark more exhausting discourse about "yuri is for men" in western nerd spaces. In a vacuum the anime could be okay but the shit that would surround it would be insufferable.

Honestly, kinda same. But (joking voice) speak for yourself in a perfect world I'd get to see both. XD Hey! I'm a woman. I happen to like the character dynamics not so much the surprises. It's like both characters are shy and clumsy, but foolish and hardheaded too (semi con).
But definitely Love Bullet over Semi. No offense to them.
Love Bullet needs the exposure. I just finished an OC fanart on deviant art to spread awareness. I'm invested in Love Bullet's story. I love all the characters. Rooting for Koharu to be a good cupid (although is already was as a human lol).

Oh for sure, the entire genre of posts that goes "only men can like sexual content or topics, women are all pure innocent children" is absolutely insufferable. I love Convenient Semi-friend for what it is, I just don't want to break containment, especially via a bad adaptation.

I definitely do not want to see Convenient Semi-Friend animated, I just know they'll get that shitty Passionne studio to do it and it would spark more exhausting discourse about "yuri is for men" in western nerd spaces. In a vacuum the anime could be okay but the shit that would surround it would be insufferable.

Why would you put two fan favorites against each other in the very first round with Ruruka and Kurohime? You're supposed to seed brackets like this (using some kind of metric like "number of chapters they've appeared in" or "number of fan art tagged with them on pixiv" etc) to separate giants like that.

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Suuna has developed into such a good character considering her starting out seeming like "we got Bocchi at home". Love how much she messes Ruka up without even meaning it

This comic is creating subs like a Disney cartoon creates furries lol

For the first time, Toudou is a top in this manga, right? Even though in terms of position, she's still at the bottom, you all know what I mean, right?

She's not topping in this scene, her role is so passive she's trying to convince the other girl to stop. They're on such an uneven offkilter level that standard terms like that don't really apply in this situation.

Man, the medical handwaving in manhua is something else. First a quadruple wisdom tooth extraction where the subject doesn't have any apparent swelling or pain by the evening, now this lady apparently just rips off her IV drip and walks out of the hospital?

Still, might follow this one a bit more because I could see it being cute.

That's almost certainly something intentional that we just haven't fully unwrapped yet. They call too much attention to the fact that she's a patient in the hospital, that raises too many questions, for it to just be a random setup. Have some faith!

The title of this chapter reminded me of those old mobile game ads that became a meme. "Come Play Discretely, My Lord"