"Bullies are the worst!" is ironic coming from the character who chronically bullies her girlfriend :P

Hey, don't kink-shame! ;-)

and the ironic thing is that Mashiro probably failed and then the scummy girl becomes the breadwinner supporting Mashiro

Now that would be something, wouldn't it. :D

I don't get it. Is it cultural? Is it a question of writing skill? Is it a distorted observation because these moments stick out so much? Eh, who knows, but it certainly feels weird and I'd like to hear what the authors themselves say about it xD

I'd like to know the author's answer to this as well. To me, such blasé attitudes towards trauma, both personal and intergenerational, imply a certain cultural blind spot (or even a taboo?) around it and the ways it shapes the victims' personalities and identities.

I did not expect a random rape scene to happen pretty much in the background / two panels aside of this story, without any real tie to the plot... Huh. Eww...

Agreed, that was quite jarring.

Well, I am pretty sure both the Empress and the Princess know who pushed the latter, so this is going to be a test of her true allegiances. Looking forward to how exactly the Empress is gonna turn this one back on the Dowager. :-)

D-S commenters: Ugh, this whole manga is just blatant advertising for the Tokyo fashion industry.
Yodokawa: May I introduce you to MB, Tokyo fashion blogger and my consultant/editor for this series.

That's about the size of it. :-)

Rena is the real star of this story.

Yeeaa, the slow-moving trainwreck has just hit the station (mixing metaphors there, I know). This was bound to happen from the start, and Koto is wholly responsible for Aya's leaving, but on the other hand, I am not sure she could have acted any other way in that situation? Koto may be an adult in day-to-day situations, but when it comes to Aya, her schema is that of a 14 years-old kid whose girlfriend has apparently ghosted her for no reason. Her trauma leads to possessiveness as a survival adaptation, which, ironically, is what drives most people away. Koto is responsible for Aya leaving in this chapter, but let's not blame a trauma survivor for surviving the only way she knew how.

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A great chapter, plot-wise, but I still cannot get over how epic a power walk Miyako did perform here. I am used to this kind of stuff in Gundam SEED but not in my wholesome yuri manga about idols. :D ...that said, the character it most reminded me of, Lacus, is also an idol, so maybe power walks are an idol thing? O__o

Rei is finally living the life she's always wanted: simping for Claire from extremely close range without a fear of retribution. :-)

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So the Pope in this setting is not only a girl, but one whose face is conspicuously hidden from the reader, while her silhouette is oddly reminiscent of Rei's? Probably nothing significant there. :3

Remember kids, when you are in a shitty workplace just keep working hard and one day you too will be rewarded! ^^#

Actually, the moral seems to be more along the lines of "If your job sucks, look for an opportunity to move to a better one."

Her tasks were all shitty, until she actively went after an employer that she knew was cool and would treat her decently, and now things are better.

I think both interpretations are correct. If your life is not satisfying, you need both patience to wait for a good opportunity to improve your lot and the resolve to both notice and to grasp it in a timely fashion once it arises.

“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?

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Dammit, girl, this is exactly what we're here to avoid...

Wait, disregard that, this may be exactly where we needed to go, even if it looks bad right now.

Soooo... Elsa is still the main character and Evie is her loyal sidekick?

Btw, who's Olivia?
I'm completely clueless.

IIRC in the time travel arc, it was revealed that Evie's mom and Olivia were students of "the Sage", a very powerful magic user who fought a demon king. Evie's mom offered her body to seal the king's curse (which was then transferred to Elsa), while Olivia was unhappy about that and threw in with the demons herself. Basically, she is Evie's long-lost evil aunt?

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Wait. In the previous chapter the prison had males and females there. But now it's prison for women only?

TBF, the inmates weren't explicitly gendered in the prologue. They've just behaved and looked like stereotypically hypermasculine male repeat offenders, which is how the author seems to view or at least depict female-only prisons?

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Super cute. Somehow I forgot this is a "family affair:" sisters dating their girlfriend's sister. When she finds out, the mom's head will explode and it'll be fantastic.

Mashiro and Sena aren't actually sisters, if that's what you're saying here.

Aren't they exes, though? Then it's still juicy in my book. :-)

Okay, I'm hooked. The dialogue had read disjointed and all over the place on the first few pages, but once it becomes clear what's going on, it's awesome.

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I was really confused why it was blacked out for a sec given what manga it was but yeah that was definitely a normal spa/massage visit

Especially since we know very well that they've both done almost everything that a black screen would normally indicate

Yea, I am pretty sure the joke is that Sempai has convinced Asumi to go brothel-hopping around Japan in the remaining days of their vacation, and the dialogue takes place right after they have arrived at the airport (hence "a little late for that [hesitation]"). The "squeeze" is Sempai grabbing Asumi's hand as they head for the gate, and "my first time" refers to them never having taken a plane before, since their preferred mode of travel until now seems to have been the bus.

Anyway, I am pretty sure it won't be long until they sleep with each other now. Asumi has already begun fantasizing about Sempai, and the latter was so horny for her, she had to leave the hotel room in the middle of the night and heavily implies to have booked another hooker just to blow off steam.

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An apology is enough? The dad should have ended up in jail for assault.

And the boy's dad is like "hahaha, it's nothing". What? That huge man knocked out his son with a punch and could have broken his jaw and give him a concussion, but "it's nothing"?

Do you job as a dad, ffs, call the cops and jail that man.

This is not how Confucianism-inspired parenting works. An older man physically disciplining a younger one is not a big deal. The fact that he then apologizes in front of Haro's father can be interpreted as him not only apologizing for the assault, but also implicitly for disciplining someone's else son and thus for usurping his social role. Haro's father, as a responsible Confucian adult, is then quick to brush it under the carpet in the name of "social harmony". Thus, social order is restored, and everyone is happy. Except Haro's jaw, I guess, but who cares about that. /s

I definitely want to read more by Amano Shuninta just from this and Philosophia and how much they suited me.

I think this and especially Philosophia are the darkest entries in Shuninta's portfolio. The rest of her stories are much less cynical and more light-hearted, especially the more recent ones. :-)

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Uncle Joe speaks for my entire generation: adulting is hard. ;__;

If this manga devolves into these two pairs and puts the politics subplot on the back burner, I wouldn't mind.

Well, the reality is, the General is not just trying to get laid, but is also pursuing the Emperor's party political agenda in this latest chapter. The princess is the Dowager's creature in the Empress' court, while Tantai Lan is firmly aligned with the Emperor. By seducing her, she simultaneously counters whatever the Dowager is planning, and potentially gains a double agent in her court.

Looks like another flawless victory for the general. :-)

Hello. I'm a mathematician and I just can't let it slip. That's not a formula, that's a ecuation.

Isn't an equation just a particular kind of formula?

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"I still had a lot of tricks up my sleeve..."
"You can still use them on me!"

Should we be adding Idiot couple tag henceforth? :3

Also, it looks like we're getting front seats to the scene of General Tantai's newest conquest. :D

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