READ IT IN THEIR VOICES AND TELL ME IT'S NOT THEM.

I DARE YOU.

last edited at Jul 27, 2017 6:49PM

I certainly don't hate female nudity, but there are instances in yuri art where I find partially or even fully clothed lesbians more attractive than naked ones.

Depends on the piece in question.

last edited at Jul 27, 2017 2:33PM

2pal4gals

So Alice dreams about having friends that like to stick things in their butts.

That's what I like to hear.

I feel like a Birthday tag would be good to have around.

What's their status in the show?

Idk if this is a gay relationship or bestiality.

¿Porque no los dos?

The problem comes when the author choose to introduce a character that one way or another brings those implications front and center in such a way that they become impossible to ignore.

I have to strongly agree with this.

The first arc of the story has allowed the audience to build a certain amount of trust in Mimika. The issue of sex in her relationship with Yuzumori has been touched upon, but so far only just that.

The introduction of Ririha feels very much like a test of the audience's trust. There are hints of the story directly engaging the issue of sex soon, but I don't want to bank on them too much.

Opening the eyes of us, dumb readers, that this is an horrible manga subliminally promoting pedophilia and that it should be removed from here, that we all should write angry mails to Yawaspi and getting the author behind bars?

None of "us" are advocating any of this.

Nobody has claimed this work promotes pedophilia. If you look closely, many of our comments are analyzing the ways in which the story implies sex with children is a Very Bad Thing.

None of us are condemning Ejima Eri. Some of us are fascinated by and even grateful for a story exploring pedophilia in a way no other work in the genre has.

You probably don't believe me when I tell you, but we enjoy following this series. We want to see where it goes.

last edited at Jul 23, 2017 4:51PM

I'm on board the Mimika and Yuzumori boat for the foreseeable future. There's still a lot about their relationship for the story to address.

Ririha has even more to explain about herself. She exhibits very troubling behavior and I'm very interested in seeing how it's attributed by the story. Like Dark_Tzitzimine, my initial assessment points to her line of work as the source. However I acknowledge that that's not a well-evidenced claim, it's simply the only one available at this point in the story. It may or may not be proven true as more of Ririha's story is revealed.

last edited at Jul 23, 2017 3:20PM

Nezchan is perfectly visible, there's one. DrPepperFan's there too, for two. I was once referred to another administrator for a technical issue, that's three. I have no indication the staff list extends much further than that, if at all.

There's at least one more moderator who doesn't seem to be nearly as active as Nezchan (I want to say it's one of the Lililicious staff iirc) and there's a few more admins as well. Dpf, Casusby and Omnisc1ent or something close to that are the ones I can think of.

I didn't count any of the scanlators. It seems like they're given administrative privileges to manage all of their uploads, but don't work for the site in the same way the staff does.

last edited at Jul 22, 2017 7:37PM

I think the jury is out. How much of the relationship is Yuzumori's attraction to Mimika, and how much is Yuzumori using Mimika as a substitute mother figure is something that has to be further explored by the narrative.

last edited at Jul 22, 2017 5:40PM

Jokey jokes aside: my guess is the site simply runs on a very dedicated skeleton crew. There don't seem to be many administrators, the site's code hasn't changed for a very long time (at least on the front end), and site traffic seems limited enough to be handled by a lean staff.

Nezchan is perfectly visible, there's one. DrPepperFan's there too, for two. I was once referred to another administrator for a technical issue, that's three. I have no indication the staff list extends much further than that, if at all.

As for hosting and server costs, I assume the owner simply has (relatively) deep pockets.

Again, that's all guessing and speculation on my part.

last edited at Jul 22, 2017 3:40PM

So far, all Yuzumori has wanted out of her relationship with Mimika is affection and companionship; she's never (or at least hasn't yet) indicated any desire to pursue sexual interaction with her. As Dark_Tzitzimine pointed out, this is obviously built from Yuzumori's strained relationship with her mother. Though I won't go as far as calling it completely aromantic, I agree that it's fairly believable behavior for a child in elementary school (disbelief suspended for the "falling in True Loveᵀᴹ with a high schooler" part).

Ririha is the reciprocal: she's shown no interest in getting to know Mimika, or spending time with her for the sake of it. She's trying to elicit a sexual response from a complete stranger and planning to use that response to manipulate them. The story has yet to explain what that's built from...

last edited at Jul 22, 2017 5:17PM

That argument doesn't hold water when Ririha is not only well aware of the existence of lolicons but she actively tries to use her own (or perceived at least) sex appeal to win Mimika's favor. To not mention the idolization her classmates indulge in.

Likewise. I'm worried for Ririha...

Seems like this is the "Mimika loves Yuzumori specifically and not just small girls in general" bit.

Also: Ririha confirmed vampire.

last edited at Jul 21, 2017 5:12PM

Nevermind cute tsun never mind we're both girls. The most annoying sad trope in most of these works is "once HS is over no one ever ever contacts anyone so just give up. Out of sight, out of mind." It's ubiquitous in Japanese stories.

I think it was much more believable as a plot point before the popularization of the internet and advent of social media.

As Koveras pointed out, Kase-San does the opposite, and it's a much more modern work.

Off the top of my head, I seem to recall Morinaga Milk's The Secret Recipe ending with one character graduating without the other while still maintaining the relationship.

last edited at Jul 20, 2017 4:40AM

My Little Sister Can't Be This Gay

Labhubhul posted:

Sadly, the author was very against it and told us to stop what we were doing.

I legitimately don't get why an author would be against it. The series isn't making them any money as far as I know and the only thing it getting translated will do is make them more popular with people who don't speak Japanese. (Meaning an audience they would otherwise not have.) Did they give any reasoning for their decision?

Maybe she doesn't want to build an English-speaking audience. Maybe she doesn't trust a group of strangers with her work and can't or won't expend her resources establishing oversight.

There's a host of possible reasons. Ultimately it's their work and they get to decide how it's published -

If at all.

I beleive this was a separate but related species, known as the clitblocker.

The main character and the love interest are lesbians, but the main character discovering and coming to terms with their sexuality is a major part of the plot and het interactions are an element of that.

Personally, I really like the story, think it's very good, and generally recommend it to people looking for a grounded - but still very compelling - exploration of lesbian identity in manga.

last edited at Jul 19, 2017 1:45AM

Lots of Apples

Reading this a second time impresses me even more. The anatomy can be scratchy at times and the certain points the dialogue is awkward. But the art has a very distinct and engaging character about it that feeds into the narrative very well. And while the story saddles up with some very well-worn romance tropes, it takes some surprising turns with them to very interesting places.

last edited at Jul 19, 2017 1:05AM

The Rumor Come Out: Does Dynasty Scans is Gay?

Another Game Grumps fan on Dynasty Scans! Thought I'd never see the day.

The "Does Bruno Mars Is" thing is in no way limited to Game Grumps.

Is the Yandere tag warranted here?