"Hey, a new series! I like the art! Let me check this artist page to see if they have any other wor--OH NO!!!!"

To be fair, this series at least starts with IMMEDIATE yuri. Hopefully I won't be pulling my hair out as the story progresses, but I'm gonna continue reading with a cautious mind.

have you read the afterword??? there will be an agressive rival T^T that sounds really bad like god damn painfuly bad!!!!

OK! so what’s the level of love triangle in this? because I hate that tag really much!!!

Oh, and judging by the board the chapter one reference "ever since that day we still couldn't be normal" was apparently for the chapter 18 confession, not for them meeting in high school. Nice fake out.

I don’t get it what do you mean here?

I see the author is going into their "angsty plot" phase. (I recognize this is cynical)

This was originally published 18 months ago. Anything else you've read by the author she wrote long after this. If anything, she's recently, and sadly (from my perspective) entered a "no plot" phase.

soooo it will be the kind of story that goes no were and we might get some rushed chapter at the end? :/

butch chan “has a boyfriend,” netorare pls

fuck that dumb tag, really there is nothing fun in it but just a few people seemn to have an sadistic side and enjoy seeing relationship being twisted by that disgusting tag

Oh good, it looks like a hiatus gave the author the space to deepen the characters!

Gonna be frank, everything in this chapter, aside from the revelation that Zhang's fiancee is gay, was already there. I honestly don't know how you read 8.5 without coming away with the conclusion that Zhang was aware of Dai Yi's feelings, increasingly interested in her, and eager for her to express them. Most of her actions have been aimed clearly at helping Dai Yi or getting closer to her, the only missing piece of the puzzle was the fact that her betrothal is a complete show. They're both gay. They almost definitely know they're both gay, but they're getting married to throw their families off the scent, because China is horrible about LGBT issues.

Zhang Guo's attitude now is clearly a crush with little to no toying with Dai Yi. She's still oblivious,

She's not oblivious, she's guarded.

but it won't come off as one-note and callous if we know her meticulous but still unfocused side from laundry, which proves her quirks aren't restricted to dealing with others.

I mean we already knew that she has OCD. She literally has to count to the nearest 5 minutes any time she does something.

Quick touches like these can massively clarify and improve story and character! I think the author wanted to portray her as a strong mysterious person, but for me instead of relatable (like "been there, sis") she just came off as lacking empathy (at its worst in the childhood flashback).

Childhood flashback? are you talking about this one panel, or did I miss something?
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/a_fruitless_betrothal_ch10#2

Dai Yi has kept thinking like in ch10. This final ritual for complete closure is properly asking someone out ready to be rejected I guess? Or testing someone's sexuality in any case.

I'm pretty sure the "final ritual" was to go out on the town and get drunk as hell and curse the world for Zhang Guo.

Seriously, I think a lot of people don't get how different prevalent attitudes in China are.

You DO NOT confess if you aren't very very confident that the person you are confessing to would never out you. Especially if it's somebody you work with.

She could lose her job. She could lose her home. She's already lost her parents, although it seems like they're still checking up on her through her friend. Honestly, even her friend is playing into the angles of oppression. She keeps trying to get her to go back to her parents, which by default means going back in the closet. (Unless her parents have decided to accept her, which seems unlikely.)

wtf?? since when chaptwr 8.5 is an clear and on the face that Zhang is DEFENTLY GAY! stop projecting because ther was no one drop of clear indication she is gay or anything, it’s like beting the supposed straight character to be secretly in the closet were that trope has been doen to death in the yuri gener,

but the chapter itself has you so delusionade that you for sure 100% know she is gay??? what?

God, what a mess this was. The last chapter really sums it up with the last remaining characters who like the rest of us have followed this story from start to finish and survived til the end try to look back on everything to try to grasp at some meaning only to realize there's nothing there. So they just start flailing with embarrassing pseudo-philosophy that sort of awkwardly leads to a title drop. Truly they were... A Walk to Death.

Gotta agree - and the lack of sense bothers the reader more than the characters

This manga never quite found its footing. The shock value stopped being shocking almost immediately. The mystery was introduced too late and too clumsily. As a character study, the thing it did best, it was too quick and too shallow.

gotta agree, too.

It was funny though.

Sadly, gotta disagree. Hard. But quoting Meatloaf, "2 out of 3 ain't bad".

no it was funny because I say so and you didn’t add more methaphores for “DISSAGREE HARD” so you lose

Was hoping for more Utena/Sayo bonding time but watching Utena have a sex fight with herself was entertaining. Hopefully they’ll talk more next chapter, if the blush on Sayo’s face after seeing Utena standing there is any hope.

This series is doing a much better job of tackling puberty and coming to terms with your sexuality and desires than I ever thought it would.

ain’t this more about BDSM/kink and Sexuality that “tackling puberty” cuz this way of “tackling puberty” is way to dramatic and it makes no sense.

The popsicle was a metaphor for cock, no cocks on my lesbian manga

Yeah, I had thought that joke was a bit misplaced too, glad they changed it to be honest

Sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar and a popsicle just a popsicle.

Tsukushi was just embarrassed because, gasp, shock, "Indirect kiss with Hinoka!" In this kind of pure and wholesome manga, that's enough to make a girl fluster and flutter.

You're not wrong, and it very well could have been completely unintentional, but it still brought that to my mind, and I found it a bit awkward/uncomfortable to read in a yuri story. And seeing as I wasn't the only one who had taken it as such, I think it's quite likely they changed it precisely because it brought that image to mind, even supposing it wasn't intentional on the author's part.

Also, I never meant that Tsukushi had thought anything of the sort regarding the popsicle, only that it was a (distasteful) joke directed to the reader.

I have to agree that Hinoka literally shoving the popsicle into her mouth was funnier than only bringing the ice cream cone to her face though.

Imagine if she still did it with the ice cream, would be even funnier and messier. Man I just really wish they at least adapted her flustered face because that was cute. Maybe even the indirect kiss by making actually taste the ice cream, but from the shape of the ice cream I guess that would be a bit hard to do.

Wow all of this bc someone automatically correlated a popsicle and a Dong... What a dirty mind...

no actualy I saw this part in quite a few dumb ero straight manga! it’s like an troup of straight manga to make it looks like the girl is giving an BJ because the popsicle is also white in color and you know how icecreem melts……so glad the joke ain’t in cuz it truly is an D joke given I ALWAYS see that joke as an methaphore of BJ :/ (also the one holding the popsicle ends up being an man most of the time)

put off finishing this for a while, but after finishing it i think ive come to the conclusion that i hate it.
i thought it was really good for the first half, but as soon as Mary showed up it went up in flames.

you took a light hearted yuri hijinks manga and put in a random NTR rape scene where mary took nanases first time while momo watched and nanase started to actually get off on it, what the hell. Right after one rival subplot is solved, they add another just to get the plot going again. Mary is a scumbag obviously, but this series of chapters also completely ruined nanase for me, for going along with it, then proceeding to forgive her, then having momos friends blame momo for not being clear with her feelings was the final nail in the coffin. Mary did not deserve forgiveness, and definitely did not deserve a 'do over' at being friends with nanase, and Momo deserves better.

i say this as someone who loves angst in yuri, but this was ungodly forced and just made me hate every character involved while feeling bad for momo. The side characters were worth staying around for, but the nanase and momo relationship is forever tainted to me.

YAP! 1.000.000% AGREEE!!! what a shity way to force romance!!!! really wanna vomit here :/ in the end it was an bad and poorly writen manga, nothing more and nothing less.

is it me or the translation didn’t flow that well???? @_@

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One the one hand, this is cute and sexy. On the other, it is a story of an entitled rich person abusing her position of authority to sexually harass an employee who will be accused of molesting a minor if the latter says a single word.

jesus! were did you pull this one out??? in case you don’t have eyes from all the rage you type, the maid even said that she will be the same even if the lady marries! that should be enough that the maid ain’t god damn sexually harrased!!!

Well the author's art is beautiful as always, but her writing still sucks after all those years since that mind-hacking time travel manga

I didn’t knew we need award winning writing for a little etchi one shot!

Zhang Guo's conceitedness grates on my nerves. Whatever she knows, whether or not she ever learned the meaning of "bats for my team", she's an insensitive lonely jerk who has no idea how she's affecting Dai Yi. She won't take a hint that Dai Yi wants a little bit of distance, and if Zhang Guo has even a microscopic hint of self-awareness of her comically blatant flirting she's still as selfish and mean as she was as a child. I can't bring myself to like her yet, she's somewhere on a spectrum from empty and dense, to a bit dense and selfish, to just selfish and cruel.

At least Zhang Guo is partnered with a friend she probably can't totally lie to, though it sucks she needs to do this. The man knows Zhang wasn't a fountain of empathy in childhood. I hope Zhang isn't making unrealistic assumptions and unfair asks of him as well. If she's going to hurt childhood-friend here, people would be better off if she instead used gay bars or fake-relationship matchmaking services to pair up with a gay man.

Dai Yi however continues to be adorable and handles her homophobic family in a firm way. She's got a cool side.

bro! your dislike for Zhang Guo made you makes so many assumptions XD this is reaching for the god damn starts!!! XD

aaaa wholesome fantasy XD really like this manga!!!!

this is just depressing :/ I only read chapter 30 cuz I see so many times this manga being updated but because of the tags I keep the hell out!

BUT! I might check the last chapter and read everyones comments :3 better that way that directly reading this depressing as F story T^T

P.S: also I forgot to say the last page looks amazing 0.0 even tho it does really show the theme of the manga in a way >.> and also though the manga cover looks nice too!!!

P.S.S: OK i wanna the last page as an picture/wallpaper XD now I got to find an clean one T^T if some
one can give me the link it will be awsome :3

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dark mode on phones is a MUST!!!

ug disgusting :/ also whos the ***** that thinks the majority of age gap tag is some how an warning about an story of a perverted predator???

While it was short, it made the prequel a little better. Seeing her hug a pillow like that, wanting to be loved and hugged is pretty sad to see. Sure she could have gotten some other person to do it, but her heart break stopped her from it. All in all, this was a good collection

well she will get to hug her every soon :3 since this is before they reunite :3

Well, you can say that them breaking up was a springboard for the singer.

Her music became more and more "emo".

So you can interpret this as a mirror of your mind and soul. Of yourse it doesnt apply to most of these kind of artits of "emotional music", but as someone born in the 80s I can think of many people taking the last resort. In this would happened here, Akane would have been the main reason for this.

Meaning she handled it wrong and it could have backfired. Imo you should clearly state, what youre thinking, present your side of of view and so on, so that you can find a solution togehter, even if it would be a break up because of this, but in this case the reasons were clear.

then there will had been no drama to show! the part were they meet at her concert is for the drama and romance payoff :3

Well, you can say that them breaking up was a springboard for the singer.

Her music became more and more "emo".

So you can interpret this as a mirror of your mind and soul. Of yourse it doesnt apply to most of these kind of artits of "emotional music", but as someone born in the 80s I can think of many people taking the last resort. In this would happened here, Akane would have been the main reason for this.

Meaning she handled it wrong and it could have backfired. Imo you should clearly state, what youre thinking, present your side of of view and so on, so that you can find a solution togehter, even if it would be a break up because of this, but in this case the reasons were clear.

then there will had been no drama to show! the part were they meet at her concert is for the drama and romance payoff :3

Well, you can say that them breaking up was a springboard for the singer.

Her music became more and more "emo".

So you can interpret this as a mirror of your mind and soul. Of yourse it doesnt apply to most of these kind of artits of "emotional music", but as someone born in the 80s I can think of many people taking the last resort. In this would happened here, Akane would have been the main reason for this.

Meaning she handled it wrong and it could have backfired. Imo you should clearly state, what youre thinking, present your side of of view and so on, so that you can find a solution togehter, even if it would be a break up because of this, but in this case the reasons were clear.

then there will had been no drama to show! the part were they meet at her concert is for the drama and romance payoff :3

Soooooo, I just read the final chapter (20, unless there's some kind of epilogue later, but it says 'fin') on the latest Yurihime and... Yeah... I'm just gonna say the ending felt very rushed and I'll leave it at that. Good story up until that point, I suppose...

So if you're sad you're gonna have to wait for the rest on an official site, don't worry about it too much. You're not missing much IMO. Bummer, cause this was one of my favorites until now...

you hate to see good stories end like that T^T so there is no point in buying the last 5 chapters :/

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As much as I enjoy this, it's always really difficult to get right in terms of when you get the payoff. Ch 10 would be a good time for the reveal but I think these things have a tendency to drag on longer than they should. I'm predicting some sort of misunderstanding where she thinks there are siblings or something.

there aren’t that many pages in one chapter any way >.>

juanelric posted:

What happened with this? Did it end with only two chapters? Or was the translation discontinued?

It's a doujin. They just didn't make more.

NOOOOOOOOOOO TT^TT