Y’all know the saying

“You miss all the shots you don’t take”?

Perfectly describes Yuzu and that whole chapter. All Yuzu had to do, was LITERALLY NOTHING. Wait another two seconds and she would’ve been kissed. Instead of freezing up, she pushes Minami away.

I'm sorry, but I'm rooting for Kamiya now. Yuzu rejected her, simple as that. She didn't even have the justification Tsukushi did (Our Yuri Started With Me Getting Rejected in a Dream) of being a neurotic mess operating on no sleep and suffering from heat exhaustion. Maybe seeing her best friend date another girl would get her out of whatever funk she is in because right now Minami is too good for her.

Also, wow. I know that both this manga and Rejected in a Dream are often compared cause of similar premises and serialization dates, but comparing Tsukushi and Yuzu is just so damning for Yuzu. Both series pulled the "actually the romance is mutual" twist with volume 2, however, Yuzu only became a worse character because of it. For comparison, Tsukushi -- the character literally defined by her fear of rejection -- gave off a more ambiguous "rejection" for the climax. And this was after getting no sleep from anxiety over her confession, general loopiness from heat exhaustion, and having her entire train of thought obliterated through a kiss. A reaction that bloody broke Hinoka, until Tsukushi cleared it up the next day.

Yuzu, you blew it. You rejected your best friend so thoroughly that Minami's friends were thoroughly convinced she was about to commit suicide. Now as painful as it is to tell a clearly demisexual character this, Minami just go out with your cute kohai. She at least loves you back.

Agreed except id rather Minami just open up to the idea of dating the kohai or just focusing on getting over Yuzu

Glad I’m not the only one feeling that Yuzu needs to own this L.

Minami not using her words + how long we've been waiting for a "confession" = They are both stupid for me.

I feel like saying “I want you” and literally leaning in is blunt enough of a confession

I have NEVER seen saying “I want you” (let alone, leaning in closer) in that context, as something that’s NOT sexual/romantic. There’s literally NO reason to take that in a non-romantic or non-sexual way, unless you’re in denial or straight and denying it to avoid directly turning the person down.

You can feel that way I guess, but imo it’s unfair to call her an idiot.

In a relationship, you have to take risks. Minami took the risk of bluntly saying “I want you” and leaning in for a kiss and Yuzu, being the stupid coward that she is, didn’t want to take that risk, and pushed Minami away

Relationships are a two-way street. If Yuzu isn’t gonna meet Minami halfway, or actually just pursue her, then I’d rather see Minami end up with the kohai

Yuzu is the dumbest smoothest brain here for sure, but we've been watching from Minami's POV for so long that her going "guess it won't happen" feels very deflating and kind of undermines how long she's been working to ask Yuzu out.

Yuzu literally pushed Minami away when she tried to kiss her. I really think it’s unfair to twist it as “Minami’s an idiot for not kissing a girl who pushed her away” when Yuzu hasn’t given any signals and has been ACTIVELY suppressing her feelings

In Minami’s POV, Yuzu was hard to read. Even then, as the reader, we didn’t know until we got Yuzu’s POV. I get being disappointed, but also it’s 100% on Yuzu for not taking the risk. I can’t expect a character to just force a kiss onto someone who pushed them away initially, ESPECIALLY when Minami doesn’t wanna risk their friendship.

I'm sorry but no, it was extremely heavily implied but not literal :P

Saying “I want you” and leaning in close will only be interpreted as anything other than an advance if the person is uninterested and trying to gently let the person down, or is in denial and doesn’t want to take the risk, thus turning them down. Either way it’s rejection

It's fine in normal situations but people easily forget that nothing about this was normal, according to these two they're best friends who kiss each other on the cheek and sleep with each other (no homo).

Sharing a bed and kissing cheeks is different from saying “I want you” and leaning in. Given the situation and general mood— which, EVEN YUZU got that vibe, “don’t give me hope” is what she literally thought

Anything other than the literal "I love you, please be my girlfriend" doesn't cut it in this situation and I think Minami should've known that. I don't necessarily think this was well executed, but I think it was somewhat logically consistent with how Yuzu behaved up until this point.

Logically consistent or not, calling Minami an idiot for playing it smart is silly. Yuzu is LITERALLY in denial. She’s too scared to hint at or do ANYTHING. She’s said she’s fine being friends, she’s acting as if she PREFERS being friends, regardless of whether or not she actually feels that way.

It’s not fair to call Minami an idiot when, while she DOES have feelings for Yuzu, she doesn’t want to lose her childhood friend. She took the risk and didn’t push the clear boundary set by Yuzu when she PUSHED HER AWAY.

Cuz in Minami’s mind, Yuzu’s stupid response could’ve been her gently letting her down OR that Yuzu just didn’t even SEE her as an option to begin with. Yuzu ISNT being dense here. It’s not “oh she didn’t realize that it was a romantic advance at all”

Yuzu acknowledged in the chapter that potential of it being something MORE and CHOSE to push Minami away. She’s clearly NOT ready for a relationship and instead of letting it happen, she CHOSES to cut it short.

Maybe I’ve seen too many romance stuff, but imo, saying “I want you” on a Ferris wheel, leaning in with your eyes closed— shoot, I just reread the scene, THEIR LIPS WERE A FEW CENTIMETERS APART, Minami was literally grabbing onto Yuzu’s sleeve. There’s NO logical way for that to NOT be taken in a romantic. HER HAND WAS ON HER CHEEK WHEN SHE SAID “I WANT YOU”, their hands were SO CLOSE, ALMOST fully touching.

That’s blunt enough imo

Yuzu is in denial. She isn’t ready for a relationship and clearly doesn’t want Minami enough to take that risk or even try and meet her halfway.

I’d go as far as saying, it’s BECAUSE Minami has worked SO HARD to win Yuzu over, and Yuzu NOT understanding that or wanting to take any risks, is why I don’t think they should get together.

Imo it’d be BETTER if they didn’t get together at this point. Idk what’s gonna happen in the next two chapters that’s gonna make Yuzu realize that she CAN date Minami, and that Minami ACTUALLY likes her, other than one of the other characters blatantly saying it, or her overhearing Minami vent about how her confession to Yuzu went poorly.

Yuzu thinks them getting together is “impossible” there’s literally been NO development on Yuzu coming to terms or even being pushed to accept the idea of them dating, that Idk now it’s gonna be resolved and it def ain’t gonna be resolved in a satisfying way.

I’d like to reiterate, Yuzu acting this way is BEYOND just being dense. It’s not that she’s “not seeing something that’s so obvious” it’s that she’s outright REFUSING to accept the reality, or even the possibility of Minami liking her back because she wants to protect herself

What REALLY annoys me about this scene, is that if Yuzu DIDNT MOVE, Minami would’ve kissed her, and she would’ve known for sure.

I’m sorry, I’m way too invested in this. I don’t think I’ve EVER seen a story dance around such an OBVIOUS confession before. Yuzu didn’t even ask “What do you mean by that?” which would’ve given Minami the chance to double down. If she backed out, then yeah, I get calling her an idiot— no, Yuzu straight up, didn’t try to meet her halfway, DIDNT EVEN TRY TO HUMOR the idea— just straight up shut it down. Shes pretending to be dense when in actuality, she’s in denial.

I’m so salty, omfg, it’s not even that deep :((

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As long as they’re smooching every chapter, I don’t care how stupid they act

2.1 chapters in and there’s already a confession. That’s something all right

Feeling strong Second hand embarrassment from MC’s interaction with Meguru.

Damn she’s crazy. Irredeemably crazy.

Mentally preparing myself for a tragic ending

Shocked so many ppl are calling them BOTH idiots or useless lesbians.

Yuzu is the only idiot and useless one here

Minami literally confessed and Yuzu pushed her away. Any normal person, let alone inexperienced teen, would take being PUSHED away as a sign of rejection, and decide to just give up.

Imo long hair suits her the most

Ditto. The airhead was right about her looking like a cool beauty or whatever, forgot the wording

^pretty sure they’re both students

Pertty art

This is painful and sad and better turn quick! I do wish more yuri wasn't centered around the climax of a love story being them starting dating, and then we only get 1 chaoter of resolution and it's over. I want more of these characters and it would be beautiful to see them actually in a relationship, or double dating with friends! Resolving all their insecurities!
(If you want what I've described, check out Not So Shoujou Love Story on Webtoons free, and Anemone is in Heat here).

Anemone Is In Heat is the perfect example of what this story tried to do, in my opinion. Yuzu...is just too goddamn stupid.

Nah, it’s not even Yuzu being stupid— she’s literally in denial.

And Chapter 28 being the end makes me feel disappointed, rather than happy, because it feels like everything's getting shoved around.

Stop with the suspense without a resolution, please!!!

Preach! Especially when the whole series is spent DRAWING OUT the suspense + last chapter was the PERFECT set up for real development!

Weird isekai agegaps bothered me in Mushoku Tensei but the difference was Rudeus was and is a disgusting creep. This here really feels a bit pointless. More frustrating than cute.

Exactlyyy

I don’t care about age gap when the mentally older char is a good decent human being!

Status quo will remain, no matter the cost! Chapter 28 is the finale btw. So we really stalled till the end.

That low-key makes me so mad

That would’ve been the PERFECT moment for Yuzu to just let the kiss happen (and found out Minami’s intentions) or just ask, “What do you mean by that?”

AND OF COURSE THE SERIES ENDS WHEN THEY GET TOGETHER— do they even get together? I dunno. I can’t say I’m even rooting for Yuzu anymore cuz I wouldn’t be opposed to the kouhai shooting her shot, cuz at least she knows what she wants

Yuzu deserves SOME kind of punishment for that deflection. Saying “I want you” is basically a confession, so idk how she could hear that and go “Nah, can’t get my hopes up”

It seems like the kouhai is gonna push them two together, but this is fr the first time where I’d rather see the rival actually pursue the MC or at least fake date or the kouhai openly flirting with Minami or smthn

I feel like Yuzu is only saying she’s fine with being just friends cuz she’s never seen Minami in a relationship with anyone, so it don’t think she’s ever been put in a situation where she really needs to hold back or that makes her regret being a GOD DAMN coward

until she’s of age makes no difference + y’all are the same age

I think Yvonne is treating herself as older, because of the isekai.

I’m 99% sure Evie IS treating herself as older, cuz to her, Elsa is still underage, but like, WHY are there reservations? They are both technically the same age, and also dating, waiting a year or two is lowkey highkey kinda pointless.

But it's not very convincing since she hardly ever thinks of her past life outside of being a beta tester for the game, and there's no clear sense of when or how she died, so it feels like a rather artificial concern to us.

I FEEL like it was referenced that she thought about her previous family but I can’t remember lol

Worrying about age gap would have made a lot of sense for Rei Oohashi/Taylor, who was probably upwards of 25 when she died, with full (and frequently referenced) memory of her past life, so a clear 10 years on Claire.

In the end, it really just boils down to how relevant the past life is made into the plot. Here, it’s not very relevant, but in IFTV, Rei constantly references her past life and uses that knowledge to influence her decisions

And, thinking about it now, the age stuff is only ever an issue because the story makes it an issue (for me, at least) Rei doesn’t even consider the age gap while Evie is holding back because of the age gap.

It low-key makes even less sense for Evie to care cuz like, WHY date her to begin with of her age is an issue? It’s not even that’s so not attracted to her cuz of her age, so it makes no send to hold back imo

Oh my god, please just fuck. At this point, waiting until she’s of age makes no difference + y’all are the same age, so no harm, no foul.

“why am I disappointed”

Maybe cuz u want her too??

A little kiss wouldn’t hurt. Please.

Edit: Rereading chapter 57.5 was a great way to cope lol. I’m dying of thirst and that special episode was the drop I needed to keep me going

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I’m kinda hurt that it seems like I’m the only one who was genuinely caught off guard…

I was fr like

“WHAAAAAAAAAAT??? No wayyyyyyy”

And y’all are like

“Hm, interesting.”

Like, my mind was low-key blown and y’all’s calm reactions are like a slap to the face or smthn haha

I saw the tags, but somehow my brain was expecting the pov protagonist to be the one who would be crossdressing/ gender bending (with her not understanding gender and her own sexuality) so at the end I was having the same reaction as you did.

Literally was on the similar wavelength lol

I read the tags, and spent a little time trying to figure out how the tags come into play before focusing on the story and BOOM it’s revealed lol

BAM

CREDITS PAGE

And then next chapter she’s gonna pull away to grab her phone so she could record it

“Guess… there’s logic to it”

if you’re dumb, yeah, it makes perfect sense. If you’re a skeptic like me, you’d automatically realize that def could easily just be an excuse to get a kiss!

On a side note, I’m surprised her boyfriend wasn’t seen at all this chapter. Aren’t they in the same class (or am i misremembering??) are they avoiding each other (or is he avoiding her)?

I’m kinda hurt that it seems like I’m the only one who was genuinely caught off guard…

I was fr like

“WHAAAAAAAAAAT??? No wayyyyyyy”

And y’all are like

“Hm, interesting.”

Like, my mind was low-key blown and y’all’s calm reactions are like a slap to the face or smthn haha

I fucking love this! Glad we finally got 100 GF fanart on the site!!

This is a great reminder for me to catch up to the manga as well

“What are they talking about!?”

You.
If I had to take a wild guess.
Honestly, it’s a real shot in the dark so idk if I’m right on this one.

How tf is she MC’s step mom? Is/Was she married to MC’s dad?

The stepmother is married to the MC’s dad.

That’s how a person usually gets a stepmother.

dad is super famous rich blah blah blah, basically your average billionaire. Su Man is the mc's stepmom because Su Man married the Mc's dad duhhh. Su Man is like 28-29 (i forgot which one it was) while mc's dad (Ruan MingCheng) is 40+ years old.

In retrospect, I have no idea why I asked that. Ig I was flabbergasted beyond comprehension

How old is MC? Same age or younger?

Why did they censor the kiss?

Anyway, this looks fun.

Cuz of China?

That or it’s to tease us

How tf is she MC’s step mom? Is/Was she married to MC’s dad? If they’re the same age, that’s gonna cause me to laugh… cus like wtf

Is her dad Leonardo DiCaprio or smthn?

Feels a bit weird to rely on magic breeding for kids after spending all that time with the orphans tbh. I personally would rather them have focused on adoption

They easily could do both, or maybe it’ll come out later that neither for whatever reason gave the ability to carry a child? Dunno, I think it was just explaining that it’s possible for two girls to have a kid.

whether they’ll make their own, adopt, or even have kids at all remains to be seen