"What if Kuro is a bad person???"

Girl, you are as fucked up as her.

Spying on someone back because you worried about someone of one of its surroundings is clearly something anyone could do.

Aaannh, No...wtf??? I know a lot of people including myself that would never do something like that, and if someone did this to me and I discovered I would never get near them again.

Yeah, that violation of privacy is absolutely no good. Even with the best of motivations, that's still a blatant disregard for someone's agency and trust.

I see the sister awakened some domme powers in her.

Also, that was definitely Kakashi's "ass shove from underground" technique, right?

That trope is way older than Naruto.

Hell there's even an arcade game in Japan with that as the primary mechanic, complete with a rubber ass to poke into.

As Norainhere pointed out, I was thinking more about erupting from underground to do it rather than just the kancho itself. But even that is probably older than Naruto as well lol

Well, at least it was consensual-ish this time!

Also, neighbor is definitely breaking boundaries with an ulterior motive. But, if I knew someone that vulnerable and isolated, I'd be super worried about them suddenly getting physical with a stranger on the net.

I see the sister awakened some domme powers in her.

Also, that was definitely Kakashi's "ass shove from underground" technique, right?

gregnant

how you get...pregante?

I'm excited to see more of the teacher's entrances! The locker was good.

Hahaha, that was perfect timing. I love this series.

I still think it should end up polyamorous but y'all know my inclinations. I think everything should.

Same!

When you're poly it's hard not to see that as a resolution to a lot of love triangles lol

Did you ever read Ephemeral Asterism off "I'll Send Her Home on the Last Train"? The ending isn't quite explicitly polyamorous but like, it's inches away from being there, and it resolves a love triangle. I'd never actually read it through before, always starting it then going "looks too angsty and it'd just make me sad" but... I read it yesterday and it was so perfect.

I did! And yeah, it feels like the author didn't quite think of poly as a valid conclusion even though it would've made perfect sense as far as I'm concerned.

Maybe it just comes off as a cop-out for some people? I've also seen people argue that all parties need to be into each other mutually, which isn't how it's worked out for me.

In my experience it's really easy to fall for someone when someone you love loves them. Just makes it a lot easier for me. So even if that's not where it starts, that is where it could end up. Also, I thought Ephemeral Asterism was less not quite polyamorous and more, the author doesn't have the words or concepts needed to describe polyamory and this is what they arrived at. Reminds me of early trans works in that way, it's close, but they're kind of missing the context around how something works, so this is just what they thought of. That's just an assumption though, perhaps with no basis in reality. Anyway, in my experience a lot of people that say they don't like polyamorous endings or that it's unrealistic just kinda don't like polyamorous people and are frequently dickish about it anyway, so I usually don't bother with them. Calling it a cop-out is kinda bullshit to me, to go against decades of established tradition in order to do something different is hardly the easy or cowardly way.

Edit: also (to the other person) saying that relationships with 2 people are more romantic than polyamorous relationships, when I could count the number of manga I've read that have actual polyamory on one hand, and the number with 2 people getting together is literally every other romance manga, is just kinda being a dick about polyamorous people. It's not less romantic or less loving to love multiple people. It just isn't. You can personally dislike it, but to call it less romantic is just bias.

That's a good point! Now I'm curious if there is Japanese specific language for poly stuff. I also feel like poly gets a bad rep because most people see it through with unicorn hunters and partners trying to switch to poly as means of cheating without cheating.

I also think that for a story like this one, it would kind of hard to set up in the sense that the cast is so young. I know that I had to grow up a whole lot before I could have the communication skills needed to make it work. And as we've seen, not communicating and hiding her emotions are Izumi's two most practiced skills lol

Really, I think I just want Izumi to date everyone.

She would probably dating no one by the endof the day thought.

or that it's unrealistic

Not unrealistic but not very common in wetsern society. I don't think polyamory is as easy as you made it sound like. It work require a lot of work of all the parts to not fall off into jealousy as polyamory is high maintenance. In term of manga, Polyamory require also high amount of work to not feel like a cheap way to end a love triangle because the author don't know how to end it. One of recent example i have is Luminous=Blue as the polyamory ending come unannounced and fell a bit flat because it come literally in the last pages as a way to not let any of the protagonist on the side.As for this one (stay on topicat least) Izumi is too much possesive to make a polyamory work in any way. I don't see any credible approach the author can made to make it work.

In my experience, there was a lot of work up front and then everything settled into a comfortable equilibrium. It absolutely does require tons of communication and honesty about one's feelings though.

I felt like there were hints in Luminous=Blue, but obviously I'm biased to look for them lol.

And I could imagine a scenario where Izumi is being this possessive due to bottling her feelings for too long and being backed into a corner. In that case, the possessiveness could be worked through. However, I agree that it's very unlikely that the author's going for that.

Realistically, I think Izumi's going to be used to push the main couple together, and then promptly yote from the story to be sad in the bad girls' corner with all of the other jilted friend characters.

She went for it!

I feel like next chapter is going to tell us if this is a slow-burn or not. With this much momentum already, I hope not.

I still think it should end up polyamorous but y'all know my inclinations. I think everything should.

Same!

When you're poly it's hard not to see that as a resolution to a lot of love triangles lol

I guess I just don't see it here. Neither of them have any interest in Izumi.

I will definitely admit that it'd take a lot of work for that one. Izumi's attitude is pretty possessive, although I wonder how much of that would abate if she wasn't extremely starved for romantic attention.

Really, I think I just want Izumi to date everyone.

I still think it should end up polyamorous but y'all know my inclinations. I think everything should.

Same!

When you're poly it's hard not to see that as a resolution to a lot of love triangles lol

Did you ever read Ephemeral Asterism off "I'll Send Her Home on the Last Train"? The ending isn't quite explicitly polyamorous but like, it's inches away from being there, and it resolves a love triangle. I'd never actually read it through before, always starting it then going "looks too angsty and it'd just make me sad" but... I read it yesterday and it was so perfect.

I did! And yeah, it feels like the author didn't quite think of poly as a valid conclusion even though it would've made perfect sense as far as I'm concerned.

Maybe it just comes off as a cop-out for some people? I've also seen people argue that all parties need to be into each other mutually, which isn't how it's worked out for me.

Wait, is it just me or is Sensei getting more forward?

I still think it should end up polyamorous but y'all know my inclinations. I think everything should.

Same!

When you're poly it's hard not to see that as a resolution to a lot of love triangles lol

I really just feel bad for all of these kids. The heart wants what it wants, but yeesh, how painful.

That said. Kyou REALLY needs to get on actually saying something. It sucks to ask when you know you're going to get rejected, but it's so much better than festering in pity and loneliness.

I'm always a little bummed when a character like Ao-chan gets a day in the lime light to suffer. Like, exploring her regret is great and all, but she deserves love too~

Also, I like me a pragmatic gyaru who can get down to business lol

Cuuuuuute

I really love this series. It feels extremely grounded and not full of convenient stereotypes (evil boyfriend, etc.)

That being said.

HONEY, NO! YOU'RE TOO GOOD FOR HER T.T

This is the sweetest weirdest manga tbh. It's weird in how it's sweet but it's fucking adorable. Also what's a girl gotta do to be an offering around here damn. I want a dommey snake woman to keep me safe and comfortable and happy and all that jazz. And like, also touch me, that too.

Hard same!

Trans lesbians represent. We have simple needs.

Cis lesbians too! I am not a submissive person, but damn, I'd let Lady Suiren dominate me anytime.

I think we can all share in the feeling of wanting to be swept off our feet and cherished.

And maybe erotically squeezed by snake coils every now and then. You know. Cherished.

This is the sweetest weirdest manga tbh. It's weird in how it's sweet but it's fucking adorable. Also what's a girl gotta do to be an offering around here damn. I want a dommey snake woman to keep me safe and comfortable and happy and all that jazz. And like, also touch me, that too.

Hard same!

I love a messy, horny train wreck, so I'm enjoying this immensely thus far.

I'm curious how slut-shamey this is gonna get. Sometimes I feel like purity politics worm their way into yuri and it's super tiresome.

This reminds me of that comic about the two vampires on the train. I love these "predator x predator" narratives where distinguishing genuine affection from normal feeding becomes messy and fraught. Looking forward to more!

Well this is a series I wasn't expecting to see here.

Right? I feel like rare pairs/series are all the more fun because of the pleasant surprise.

Yay! Always nice to see confirmation of actual sapphic mangaka in the industry~

Izumi OP

She better get some kind of happy ending >:(