MC is kind of a douche. If a friend (even if it's someone like Hwayeon) tells you that someone beat them up on the first day of school to the point where they got a nosebleed, you don't go, "Yeah, but she seems nice and we don't know her side of the story" to their face

I think we may have different friends. And I guess it depends on the friend, but I'd call my friends out on something like this. Not quite so insensitively, but we'd never blindly hop on someone's side if they were being dumb. Particularly if they're one of the friends known for exaggerating or not being exactly truthful like Hwayeon. Probably depends on your relation to the friend in question, and I can't say I relate to having an acquaintance-tier friend who is also a fuck buddy. If this was assault or the police were involved it would be a different, but there doesn't seem to be any hints that it was more than a scuffle so I'm firmly in the "MC did nothing wrong and probably should've been asking more questions" camp.

But what's really important here is that it looks like motorcycle girl went for the Pilsner Urquell. Now that's a quality gal

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I give up.
I thought this was a more or less realistic story with some cute fantasy bits, but...
After this, anything can happen.
I look forward to the time when Chome is magically transformed into a human girl through the power of love.

Which part is "this"? The first part is a legend rather than true while the rest are... plausible enough given the setting. Well, they're all legends technically. Neji might not jump the rails yet

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Chapter 4 is missing pages 4-5 D:

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This manga has an animal for everyone, and that director is my spirit animal

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You know, after reading Obama's new book, it turns out he really did need Marisa.

The video in question: https://youtu.be/BoZ0Zwab6Oc

There must be some suikoden out there

The stakes here are so goddam high they have a medical card

Sick in the brain, twenty years later we're getting recycled azumanga daioh jokes. We have completed the circle, folks. The end is nigh

Is this on hiatus?

There's a reason I translate a chapter every 3 months: it's because it comes out every 3 months. The next issue of Galette will come out later this month.

Major annoyance beyond anything anything else is it's quarterly updates

My friend, you are in luck. Unlike those big, yuri hime-shaped magazines where you need bigger publisher dollars to get more issues, Galette is an independently run magazine! "How does that make me lucky, that means Galette will never get those big publisher dollars by getting bought out by Kodansha," you say. "We'll never get Liberty to go from quarterly to bimonthly to monthly like Citrus," you also say. Well let me tell you dear reader, this magazine is supported directly by the readers and so you, personally, can make a difference in the frequency of your favorite series by donating to or supporting Galette on fanbox or fantia. Share their tweets amd comment on your love of Liberty to encourage more pages, it will only take a few people.

Just do not, under any circumstance, link the English version

I know people tend to get attached to the fan-translated titles that they originally got used to but it's becoming awkward seeing this series still listed as "I Favor the Villainess" when even the Japanese covers say, in English, "I'm in Love with the Villainess."

You're falling into the trap of assuming that the English text on manga covers is (a) a translation of the Japanese title, and (b) accurate. Having said that, I'd go with "The Villainess Is My Favourite" myself.

I didn't assume either. Localized titles aren't always direct translations, it's not at all uncommon. In fact, when a fan-translated title differs from an official localization, I assume the fan one to be more literal or "accurate." But that doesn't matter; what matters is the title the book is being sold as, and in this case, it's not "I Favor the Villainess" no matter what country you live in.

At least for the English versions, it's pretty useful to separate the sanctioned fan translation web novel from the commercially produced light novel or the coming commercially produced manga.

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Creating chapters for this story is not the decision of the manga artist itself.

There are many, many authors published in the same magazine navigating the same circumstances who do not have these problems

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Guys they're obviously joking

We're really not.

Here, see for yourself: https://jingletranslations.wordpress.com/2020/12/01/i-favor-the-villainess-231/
The above has massive spoilers, DO NOT READ IT UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY SURE YOU WANT TO. It will spoil most of the plot up to that point. And a decent amount was planned out from the beginning. Those chapters will likely be toward the end of book 3 or the beginning of book 4. And don't forget to pick up book 3 in English this July!!

For the record, Rei also isn't joking at the end of chapter 6, if that's what you were referring to

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It's no joke. It's quite the Xenogears sort of story

Doesn't that mean the entire point of this series is pretty much secondary to the world instead?

The romance is as relevant as it has always been. Which is to say, equal or secondary to the Revolution/politics plots. Politics hinges on the romance and vice versa throughout

For the record, the quality of writing has always been at fanfic level, it's just been a very popular series. The pacing is wild, conflict resolves as a matter of fact or because Rei is just Rei, everything always always works out so the stakes aren't really there, there are no literary devices or figurative language at all, conflict resolution is rarely something the reader can piece together beforehand and instead solved by things only the characters know, not foreshadowing much at all, etc.

And yet damn is it a fun read

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But what are Fujishiro's old friends going to do? Since the last arc wrapped up, I have to assume they're going to be totally understanding and supportive using this as an opportunity to make up with her.

Ajisai-san did also join the harem in the LN, didn't she?

Wait, there's a light novel for this series? I was under the impression it was manga only.

You are advised to read the series description for more details

Does anything by Tatsubon not have some character who's at least a little bit hard boiled?

No. It's the law. Porkpie hats, coats, and crackin' jokes about dames will be in the next story. The world needs more hard-boiled yuri

All in all, it suffers from the exact same problem that every other story in this anthology has- a desire to stuff a complex narrative into forty pages by prioritizing generic otome political babble over any actual emotional depth. This doesn't feel like an anthology of tales so much as a compilation of recap episodes for series that never actually existed.

This is so spot on. Every story was packed with exposition connecting scattered events rather than cohesive narratives. It was fun, but i felt like there was a library of otome tropes going right over my head

Patiently waiting for when the real anthology drops featuring jello shots, beer bongs, beer pong, jungle juice served out of trash cans, case chases, keg stands, shotgunning over a bathtub, sneaking flasks into sporting events... You know, normal and relatable drinking stories.

Now that is how those old single-player RPGs are best played. And maybe with a printed out ascii guide on the side

Does the next chapter get the manly, Christmas, guns and explosions, and action tags?! Please please please let them be justified

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(Don’t get me wrong—I love this story and think the characters are adorable. But the attempt to fit the values of this storyworld into a version of the historical time period leads to some very weird disjunctions.)

In the end it is just a setting for the story to happen in. A very modified setting that resembles our modern world values more then any 100 years old ones.

Well, of course. But given the givens, there’s always going to be a major case of Hogan’s Heroes Syndrome sending out values interference around the edges.

I take back the Spanish inquisition inquisitors suggestion and replace it entirely with Hogan's Heroes' Nazis

But what ARE we supposed to make of the storyworld? Combat and deployment don't seem relevant other than they're other places where romance can be found. There's a kind of pride in being a proper soldier. There's a relatively stricter hierarchy than non-military girls schools, but it's still tame. Basically, I don't feel like I'm being invited to consider or judge any of the military aspects of the story. I guess what I'm asking is, what is the setting doing for themes or story? It has to be more than just a vehicle for the plot

Edit: looks like you answered some of it above

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"i'm gonna be that cat's wife"

Do people really say that????

Making a guess here, but it was probably Nora she saw then in humanoid form

"It is your job to figure out what lies behind an order..."

Ah so that is why Japan lost the war.

They won WWI

Retypeset the broken english you cowards

Never! It's supposed to be off-putting to read. Take it up with the author, we are merely recreating the experience