The first chapter kind of wanders, and the chapter length (2 volumes and ongoing) does seem to make this the longest Shuninta work we've seen to date. I totally love her work though, so I will be looking forward to it.

In terms of foreshadowing/long-term relationship development, what we've seen so far does heavily hint that the main character's attentions will be focused on Sacchan. I wouldn't count that relationship out just yet, despite the fact that she has a boyfriend.

The detailed thought and explanation which went into the english titling gives me a lot of hope for the quality of this series. I have high expectations for this work. Looking forward to future chapters, and tons of thanks to Kawaii scans for bringing more Amano Shuninta to us.

This was pretty nice, The presentation was very interesting. I don't totally get the ending though. Is it part of Sakuya's powers to suppress the rain? Or to make time pass faster, maybe? The only thing I know about her ability is that normally it just stops time. How/why is it sometimes portrayed that Sakuya can stop or repel the rain?

I liked it a lot as well. Read through most of Tamatsuu's doujins again recently. Although the couples are pretty mainstream, he/she has got pretty good taste. I look forward to seeing more original work from them.

Just read it because it's great? I dunno, a series of this calibre shouldn't need much more convincing.

If I were to make a comparison, I'd say that this series really resembles Franken Fran by Kigitsu Katsuhisa in its level of creativity. It is clearly the work of an intelligent, ambitious author making free creative use of their knowledge. The breadth and width of the topics the artist covers really shows a creativity which is unrestrained by conventional understandings of 'moe' or commercial pressures. And the depth of Murayama's treatment of a lot of them really makes it a worthwhile read. I would readily recommend this series to anybody remotely interested in manga even on a general level.

Beyond that, though the series will be in easily comfortable territory for yuri fans as girl-girl pairs, whether explicit or implicit (i.e. subtexty), are pretty much the only pairings notably highlighted, and furthermore will provide awesome material for slice of life fans as the children characters Murayama draws are simply adorable. Really, altogether Centaur's Worries is an amazing package and easily one of the best mangas I am following right now. I highly encourage anyone to look into it.

Is this the first work of Hakamada's that contains smut? This series' content certainly makes it stand out a bit from her other stories. As I mentioned before, while I'm not always the biggest fan of Hakamada's art, I do like it here.

Thanks to Yuri Girl for the chapter, and I will be looking forward to the next parts of the story.

My first introduction to Patchouli x Koakuma was Patchun! Milk by Homura Subaru. It was pretty awesome already by itself, but I like it a lot better now after reading Happiness/Happy Ending/I Have No Need For Someone Like You.

As for Marisa, it kinda doesn't seem very popular among most of the fanbase, but I'm pretty sure I like her with Reimu by now. Don't really have any idea as for Alice though. I'm still not familiar with a lot of Touhou characters, including Sanae, but is their relationship hinted/supported at all in canon?

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"it's like pee" OMG.... the fuck did i just read?

Porn. Funny how this forum eats the most asinine moe shit up like it's their last meal but when it's about porn, suddenly everyone is a connoisseur and there are high standards to uphold.

Haha. Well, I do think the reaction has been a bit harsh. The sex and the romantic parts of this oneshot were both pretty enjoyable--perhaps moreso taken separately, however. The transition was admittedly a little jarring.

This forum does seem a bit more reticent in general towards discussing porn versus other sfw releases...it always makes me feel a little awkward when I see 0 discussion posts at the end of a nsfw doujin upload, which is often. Still though, I wouldn't necessarily agree with lashing out against moe yuri...both lewd and moe are awesome and vital parts of yuri, as far as I'm concerned.

The main point though, is of course that we do appreciate Yuri Project for bringing this story to us. While Ume Maru's isn't my favourite artstyle, I did really enjoy the other oneshot of hers which has been put up here, http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/secret_shakespeare. I also really liked Kuroda's dominant but sweet personality in this oneshot. If there will be more stuff coming from this author (dunno what Aya Yuri is...some sort of new Yuri Hime Wildrose?), I will certainly be looking forward to it.

This was cute...I liked the rough art.

I've only read the licensed novels...still haven't read the manga or seen the anime...but I ship Yaya and Hikari too. I'm undecided about Nagisa x Tamao but I also feel like Miyuki would be a better fit for Shizuma. Overall, I should probably watch the anime though, as that is what most of the yuri fanbase is familiar with.

Oh wow. This was one of my favourite oneshots from the My Cuteness collection. Quite awesome to see a continuation.

Does the ??? for the author signify that we don't know who it was? The art does seem slightly different from Otsu Hiyori's...but was this extra a doujin/unofficial continuation or what? Seems kinda weird.

In any case, this release was quite nice.

Wow. That was unexpected. The end was so abrupt after her realization of her feelings and her kiss.

I try to avoid the bittersweet stuff, but this was just so genuine. A little painful at times, and the ending was more realistic than one might have preferred, but still just a good show. The character development was such that I wonder where Yukari goes later in life. I wish her happiness.

I agree with this whole post. There's been a movement in the yuri community lately to being dissatisfied/unhappy with stories which don't conclude with a happy ending...a general tendency which I don't disagree with...but at the same time stories like this you can't help but appreciate because of the reality of its emotion. I'm impressed by this but at the same time don't know if I could ever really recommend it to a fellow yuri fan.

A really unexpected, powerful story. Thanks to the uploaders for bringing it to our attention/making it available! I only ever partially kept up with Tranquil Spring/read through their back catalog, so this is really pulling out some hidden gems.

Too frickin' cute. Mountain Pukuichi's artstyle has got to be one of the most moe I've ever seen.

Oh wow, the sequel already. Thanks so much! And yeah, the marathon has been awesome, I wonder what the total release count will be by the end.

Haha. While I haven't checked the scanlations of the other group out, I'll be rooting for you in that case. Really enjoyed the first chapter, will be excited as heck for more. Thanks for the awesome work and effort!

I think the group/organization attempting it would have to have no obvious affiliation with active scanlation/scanlation hosting. After all, the publishers over in Japan have to maintain the position of disapproving of this sort of unlicensed activity.

Then as for whether the idea is feasible in general...well, you'd probably need some sort of coordinator for the business side. I think demonstrating sufficient standards/levels of professionalism to convince the actual companies would be the most difficult thing. However, if that kind of framework could be achieved in some manner, then I think KickStarter could be a pretty viable mechanism for selecting which series to work on. Basically, a kickstarter could be created for each candidate series, but the project would only be picked up once it passes a certain profitability/sustainability threshhold. You could basically ensure survivability of the venture in that case, although it would be inefficient for high volumes of output.

If you look at the artist's work history, they actually are a shoujo author, so I guess that explains that. I mostly don't have any problems with this series though; although the writing is obviously not high art or anything, the story is mostly successful at being entertaining.

In any case, Harumin is probably my favourite character; she was great in chapter 3. Also, in chapter 2 she even mentioned she'd be up for 'comforting' Yuzu if she was lonely--I could totally go for a threesome of her with Mei and Yuzu after those two get together in the future, lol.

Oh man. These are actually some of my absolute favourite doujins in existence. I remember being absolutely thrilled when I first stumbled across them back then. I freely confess, I am just as obsessed with Shimako as this mangaka was/is. The Everyone x Shimako tag here is gloriously appropriate, although in the end, I have to confess, my OTP for her will always be with Noriko.

In any case, although Marimite has been over for quite some time now, one of my probably lifelong dreams is to get my hands on a collection of old Marimite doujinshi. The prospect is just too tempting--ever since I saw that label for "Marimicho 12" on the first doujin, I've wondered about the contents of all of the rest of the series. It basically reminds me of Hakka-ya, except this artist's work came out before the yuri community was developed to the point that we could have managed to catch and translate all those doujins. But I'm sure they are/were just as enjoyable.

Since I came into yuri/Marimite relatively late, I never got to follow the series while it was the anime was still airing/it was big in the community, etc. Because of that, my fandom/passionate desire to see more of the characters is really still nowhere near satisfied. Being able to access more Marimite material is thus one of my primary driving reasons for studying Japanese. Who knows, maybe one day I'll even be able to scanlate more of the Rosa Gigantea Party series.

This was a pretty interesting start for a series. Don`t think I read it before, or if I did I don't remember it. I'd like to see more, but...it kinda seems like Tranquil Spring is dead? Would be too bad if we never saw more of this series. Thanks to the uploaders for putting this up anyway, though. And to Tranquil Springs, if they ever manage to get back on their feet.

Her face in chapter 13 ahhhh she's just to cute and so beautiful Miss Sunflower is just sooooo lovable V/////V

Totally agree! >.<
Thank you kawaii scans!

You guys said it! Miss Sunflower is usually gorgeous anyway, but she was just too cute in this chapter. This was really a treat.

Thanks to Kawaii scans as well!

Oooh, so this author was the same one who did Just the Two of Us, huh? I didn't immediately notice the connection. I guess if I had to rank them, I liked Just the Two of Us a little bit better.

However, regardless, I hnnnghed all over the place. Very cute. As for what this series made me think of, it was http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/sixth_year_class_3_by_suzuki by Kazuto Izumi, in it's commentary about "girls clinging to each other". For example, I found it frickin' adorable how closely Hinoko and Kaharu sat to each other in that panel of them on the train, while they were still feeling awkward/hadn't resolved anything about Hinoko's confession. The way that their natural closeness superceded any rational apprehension or boundaries...it's too overpowering for my heart, lol. I really love 'girls clinging to each other' too.

(Incidentally, wow, the tagging system is pretty awesome. I had completely forgotten the title of that oneshot or who its author was, but by scanning through the tag list and checking out "time skip" I was able to find it in one try. That was really impressive, it would have taken me forever to find it otherwise.)

Speaking of the rest of this piece, I did find the short "I don't want to die" section afterwards pretty random and weird. The dialogue/characterization was kind of awkward and it didn't seem very believable. However, on the concept of childhood friends in yuri versus the Westermarck effect in general...what do you guys think? I'm kinda undecided. There are childhood friend couplings which I just plain do not like, yet there are also other ones of which I am a massive fan.

Incidentally, the Westermarck effect is more of a psychological effect rather than a biological one. It has to do with imprinting. Being psychological, there are no clear explanations as to the mechanisms of how it works, but I guess it is possible for anyone to make an approach at explaining it via just introspecting their own experiences.

My own disgust at occasional childhood friend/incest pairings basically comes when it feels like the characters are just refusing to grow up/closing themselves off from reality and crippling their ability to interact with the outer world. It basically comes down to is the relationship healthy. I think, at adolescence, the mechanism of the Westermarck effect itself probably arises from the (generally dumb, but occasionally appropriate, I guess) teenage instinct to try to grow up and 'mature'. Adolescents instinctually reject things which make them feel childish or remind them of childhood (while also separately associating 'maturity' with sex), which probably leads to the rejection of childhood friends/parental figures who do not facilitate that sense of 'maturity'.

Along those lines, I guess my feelings toward childhood friend pairings are intermediate. I don't really like the dumb teenage mentality of completely changing yourself and rejecting all aspects of your former interests and relationships, but at the same time I do feel it is important for characters/people to grow during that stage and prepare themselves for reality. A lot of childhood friend relationships actually manage to even support the latter, which is why I do like them. The incestuous/childhood friend relationships which I don't approve of are really the ones which thrive on or even reinforce childish, unhealthy dependencies. In that sense, I don't really have a problem with the couple in this oneshot series. Although their characters are definitely still somewhat childish, their romantic awakening to each other could even arguably be perceived as growth.

Haha. Wall of text aside, I did really enjoy this oneshot. Mountain Pukuichi or Ponpon-O, their works really break my nutbladder. Many thanks to Omniscient0/the rest of Dynasty for scanlating it!

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This was a kind of subtle story. Very good, but I'd have also liked a bit more resolution. In the end the 'yuri' aspect didn't come out that much. Well, on the other hand, I guess the subtlety might also have been what gives this piece its uniqueness.

Haha. Yui x Kyouko is amazing. The name of this one is just too tempting, so I went ahead and read it again.

I quite like it. Haru might be a bit strangely hyper but overall I found it quite cute.

Haha, there isn't really such a mystery with most authors most of the time, though, right? I don't know if there's any sensible basis to doubt that Ritz is a woman. Kuroda bb, as well, is clearly male if that was who was being referred to. Namori...I don't really know what is going on with him/her that is causing rumours, but from his/her work I always got the sense that Namori was definitely male.

In general, I always feel that you can sense a clear distance from reality in male yuri mangaka's works. It's not necessarily a bad thing, as there are genres where that's simply not altogether important (comedy, porn, school life, etc.) so there's certainly enough room for great works to be made and for them to survive in the ecosystem. On the other hand, I haven't found any work by a male yuri author which has struck me at all on a deeper level thus far. For any genre outside porn, my favourite yuri mangaka will tend to be always women by far.

It comes down to factors like lacking the straight-up life experience, and idealization being part of the original appeal for yuri in the first place. But I figure a lot of male yuri mangaka are simply not equipped or mentally comfortable enough to step into telling real, grounded stories. I mean, you've got things like the casual way Takemiya Jin threw in the fact that Kurosawa had a 'physical'/exploitative relationship with a guy in this story. To a woman, that sort of thing might simply be an ugly, grim, but ultimately plain fact of life. However, I can only imagine how awkward a male yuri mangaka might feel about introducing elements like that into their story. It's the presence of factors like these that frequently make it pretty easy for me to figure (I feel, at least) if a yuri author's a man or a woman.

Awesome releases! Haha, this week has really been shaping up great. Even though I'm also right in the middle of final exams and these are totally helping me procrastinate, lol.

As I understand it then, these Black and White chapters were part of the volume Seasons? You guys haven't marked the series completed yet, is that on account of other series in the volume? Though it was short and sweet, I would've actually loved for this series to go on a bit longer. Like, a couple 'chapters' of Shirai and Kurosawa actually dating, lol. But overall, I could probably say with confidence that any sort of Takemiya Jin will always be great.

Good luck to Mich and the rest of Dynasty for the rest of the marathon, lol. I'll definitely be looking forward to it.