She.. D– Did she just.. Did she just eat a photograph...?
Eh– Umm.. Okay, cool

I was waiting for this to be completed before I started reading it, because it seemed like it'd be one of those stories where I hate all of the characters so much that I need to read it all in one go, to just get it over with, and at the same time can't abandon it, because it will keep haunting me if I don't see the conclusion. (*cough* Kodama Naoko *cough cough*)
And yet, I really enjoyed this. Surprisingly so.

I did find most(?) of the characters to be rather detestable and I did end up binge reading this in a day. But it was because it was interesting, not because it was irritating me to the point that I couldn't find peace if I left it alone.

On the subject of Haruki: I don't understand why some people are defending her like she was some guardian angel or something. In the beginning, you could definitely say she was looking out for Aya, but it quickly became clear that her motives were actually completely selfish. She definitely wasn't worse than our main leads, but she wasn't all that better either. Also, them not knowing that they were both lesbians has little to do with this, I think. It seems unlikely that it would have changed the outcome, since Aya never saw her as anything more than a friend. At least she got a clear rejection so she can now move on and not become a second Sei (we really don't need more of those... lol)

last edited at Jul 21, 2021 11:06AM

You can hover over an image to see the tags before clicking on it

Ah right, I forget that you can do that. I mostly use android devices on this site, so it's kind of a pain to try and do that on every image.

Okay, but am I the only one feeling that the spoilers tag is actually what spoils it sometimes? I am talking about images here, not doujins.

Like, I've never heard of a show, so it just seems like a cute picture. But then I see the tag, so I come to think, oh this is from something that happened in the show...?
Bam! Spoiled.

I don't even know how many times this has happened to me when I browse through the images. Usually I don't mind, since it's from shows/games I'm not familiar or interested in. But there definitely have been instances where, for example, I had watched the anime but hadn't read the manga, so I hadn't reached that part yet.
(Talking about that Nobara x Maki image here...)

I do think it can be a useful tag, but I don't understand its purpose on images. It's not like I can see the tags before I look at the picture to avoid getting spoiled anyway... So I'd rather not know that I was spoiled hahaha

Okay, but that looks more like 20cm rather than 10...?

I actually went to the trouble of checking how that would translate to my height and (unless my calculations were wrong, which isn't entirely unlikely cause I wasn't that invested), even if we suppose they're 150cm in height, it wouldn't be that short.

The rest has already been said in the previous comments

Also, I don't really see the ship so far? Is this a canon ship? I thought it was when I started the show, but now I've started wondering if I was wrong...?

I wasn't wrong!
Truth is, I didn't really ship them up until... the end of the 4th season?
Actually, I low-key shipped Catra with Scorpia for some time hehe (But then I didn't anymore, cause Catra was being too much of a jerk! and Scorpia just wanted friends... or whatever? lol)

And then the 5th episode of season 5 hit......
HOW could I not ship them after that?! It was just too good! And the rest of the season was just... hgnnn! too good for this ship. I generally avoid shipping non-canon couples too hard (I still didn't know if didn't trust they were canon at the time), cause I just can't bear it... But I couldn't not ship them! Glad it really did end up being official!
I think I actually started to doubt it, in spite of whatever signs there were in the previous seasons, because I'm too used to seeing this type of thing in anime ending up as friendship

Also

(and because she's a little kitty, I mean, come on)

Glad they recognised the adorable kittiness of Catra in the show. I mean, she purred. She. Purred. (I don't even know why I loved that so much, I'm not usually one to fangirl over catgirls.. It was probably in part because she acted so tough, when she was really just a kitty...)

Anyway,
this was a pretty cool show! I did get somewhat tired around the middle, like the 3rd or the beginning of the 4th season...? but the 5th season was such a great pay-off! Even without Catradora. Though of course for me Catradora made it even better~ hehe)
Definitely gonna make other people watch it so that I can talk about it!

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Just read this today in one go. It is quite bad.
The characters and their interactions have no depth, no matter how much the author may try to convince us otherwise with cheap and predictable drama. Let me be clear, the drama itself wouldn't be bad, if it was executed well. I actually felt that there was a lot of potential in this story when I started it. But it isn't executed well. The relationship of the two leads feels rushed in a way that makes their supposed "love" feel superficial. So Yorino going berserk because of Youko's death honestly has no effect on me, since it doesn't feel real. When did they even fall in love? I literally read this a few hours ago and I can't seem to remember!?
Oh, I probably missed that part with all the boobs bouncing around...

And yes, I probably shouldn't judge the entirety of a work based on the cup size of the characters... But that doesn't mean I can't judge the cup size of the characters XD Especially when their boobs are so abnormally large and round that it actually distracts me from whatever plot there is to see.
...Though there actually is no plot, because the "plot" is the boobs flapping about; the "plot" is the cheap ecchi scenes; the "plot" is the torn up ultra-sexy skin-tight battle suites.

Okay, that was just stupid. She's still breathing, and then 2 seconds later dead? I mean...what the hell was that?

Unfortunately, that is painfully realistic: people just don't fall over dead immediately, but some of their bodily functions try to keep going as long as they can, so even victims with lethal injuries breathe for a bit even while there is literally nothing anyone can do for them. That's why triage exists in the first place. But I do agree with you that, apart from extra realism, it is unclear what the author wanted to achieve with this plot point.

Well, sure, she wouldn't die immediately under normal circumstances, but isn't she supposed to die of heart failure or something, as soon as the double is dead? So how is she still breathing...? I think @Giftnova is right to say that it only happened for Yorino's cool entrance lol

Honestly, if this manga is really getting the axe... I think it's understandable.

The thing about not labeling their relationship felt a bit off. It wasn't wrong per se, it just didn't fit that well here. Despite the fact that they had actually mentioned something like that before, the following events made it *pretty clear* what kind of relationship they had, I think. I've read other stories where the relationship actually is sort of ambiguous, or even if it isn't, it just kinda works better in the narrative/dialogue...? It seemed a bit unnecessary here; it felt like the author was coming back to an idea that we had moved on from (but I guess they hadn't lol).

It just wasn't ambiguous okay? The ambiguity didn't have any charm to it, cause it wasn't ambiguous!

On another note, we never saw the uncle's partner, right? From the beginning I took that fact and the ambiguous language to mean that he too was in a homosexual relationship.

We did actually. And yes, it was pretty clear that he would be a guy from the way he was always referred to as his "partner".

Ooh! I also got into She-ra recently for the same reason and ended up feeling more or less the same. I can't say I hate Catra, cause I do think that some of what she's done is kind of justifiable (and because she's a little kitty, I mean, come on), but like, this redemption arc really needs to come sometime soon cause I've started to lose my patience....

Also, I don't really see the ship so far? Is this a canon ship? I thought it was when I started the show, but now I've started wondering if I was wrong...? (Oh, don't answer this, I'd rather it be a surprise whichever way it goes)

Ah, I've also watched up to season 3, by the way. And I also ended up not really caring that much for the ship, since the plot and humour are actually quite engaging!

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On the events of the most recent chapters, I do think that the situation is salvagable if the anime guy is her dad. That way they could just go public, reveal that she was visiting her estranged dad and that would also help her personally as then she can be most honest about hereslf as well.

Though I do believe that it is most likely her dad, it will still be hard to make the situation any better. Sure, in that case she wouldn't have slept her way up , but they could just as well claim that she only got the role because the director was her father... which wouldn't be all that positive for her reputation now, would it? It would save her from these disgusting accusations that she "betrayed" her fans by dating a man, but it wouldn't save her from the accusations that she cheated to get the role.

last edited at Jul 3, 2021 1:02PM

What a strong chapter! Really reminded me why I love this series so much. The use of the panels and the angle of the shots was great. I especially liked the page where Nozomi puts her hand on Shino's mouth. It looks so menacing, like she's going to suffocate her, it's great!
...That came out weird.

Anyway, it's good to see Nozomi finally open up about her feelings, even though this is likely to cause Shino to take a few steps back... I'm here for the angst, and I'm looking forward to seeing them actually move on (in maybe another hundred chapters lol).

Oh, sensei really needs to get rid of that annoying teacher. That character really ruins everything. Sometimes you just have to say no when you try to have a comic relief character.

I don't mind the teacher to be honest. But I agree that they're definitely not the strongest comic relief character... I actually have more fun reading people's hate comments about her than I have with her interactions in the story lol
Though she didn't really do anything that bad this chapter, did she? Idk, I think that's passable, this is a manga after all

There was this oneshot where it started cheerfully with two women chilling and flirting in the morning (I think there were kids too? I'm not sure) and it was happy until it ended with plottwist showing that they are both married to men and their relationship is secret.

This?

I came across a yuri anime from the 90's the other day. The love interests(?) literally looked like men lol. They looked so much like men that it sounded jarring whenever they spoke....

(And anywhere else, really, I just liked Wakana's face here hehe)

Edit: Just realised I liked Wakana's face in almost every panel lol. She made some nice faces in this chapter.

Must be the Moe Fang...

I was exposed!

I know that she's still a teenager but Lin Luxi is quite the jerk. Ghosting her friend before and now lying about a crush to get a reaction.

I know, right? I always dislike the idea of using "tactics" like that to get someone's attention anyway, but the fact that she was avoiding her for a month up until, like, three chapters ago... I get that she's insecure, but... Idk, you could also try confessing your own feelings to see their reaction. It's unfair to play with their emotions like that just so you can protect yourself.
Maybe I'm being a bit too harsh, but honestly, from the moment she started this, I wished that her plan would come hit her in the face like a boomerang. And I still do. (Though I don't want to see Tong Tong getting hurt again...)

(Edit: I checked it, it was four chapters ago)

If they were a het couple and this was just an underhanded tactic to spur interest in somebody they could just casually confess to, then yeah, I'd be with you.

But they're gay.

In China.

If Xiao Lu confesses, and Tongtong isn't interested, she might just turn her down and keep her mouth shut about it, but there is also a very real chance that she could go to her parents, or her teachers, either maliciously or just carelessly. Depending on the culture at her school and the opinions of the people in her life, she might get beaten and/or disowned by her parents. I don't think she can legally be expelled anymore, but rumors could spread, leading to bullying. Even if her parents mean well, she could still end up transferred to avoid discrimination and rumors following them. And it used to be way worse even than that. God knows what kinds of stories she's read or heard about people in her area from back before legal discrimination was repealed.

I will give a fair bit of leeway to any sexual minority who wants to use otherwise underhanded tactics to feel out somebody's interest indirectly before risking outing themselves. That shit is scary in a lot of places. The world may be growing up on the whole, but it isn't happening at the same speed everywhere. Some places are even backsliding.

(Edit: Just to be clear, I'm not saying there is an actual chance that Tongtong would do those things, she's obviously super into Xiao Lu and they are definitely on a romantic collision course. But Xiao Lu doesn't know that, so that stuff above is all reasonable to fear from her perspective.)

Yeah, I guess you do have a point here, I hadn't taken the China factor into consideration. And I think I'd kinda gotten triggered 'cause I'd been reading some other stuff at the time, where there was a lot of manipulation in play. Actual manipulation, I mean, not like this. I still don't like it of course, but I can understand why she would do that, I suppose.

Anyway, I really liked this chapter and I like the direction this is taking, so if it is handled well... I guess I'll be fine with it not hitting her in the face like a boomerang lol (gosh, I really was pissed off at the time, huh?)
...Not that I'd mind if it did tho.. XD

(edited a bit because there were way too many likes and stuffs in one sentence...)

last edited at Jun 28, 2021 9:43AM

me wondering if the author has same face syndrome or if Yuina is actually somehow sara

Right? I kept flipping through each page comparing the two like, “Huh??”

B– But... But Yuina is Yuina

Anyway, Sara has two moles under her eye. You can see it here:
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/cant_defy_the_lonely_girl_ch18#18
(And anywhere else, really, I just liked Wakana's face here hehe)

Edit: Just realised I liked Wakana's face in almost every panel lol. She made some nice faces in this chapter.

last edited at Jun 27, 2021 5:49AM

Is she really a cannon lesbian? I'm pretty sure her brother had mentioned that she has brought boyfriends home before, though I may not remember correctly.

She is! When Nozomi asked her if she and Shino's brother (the dead one lol) had anything going on between them, Ritsuko said that Nozomi didn't need to worry because she and Shino's bro had the same interest in girls.

Ah, yeah, I do remember something like that, now that you mention it. I guess the supposed boyfriends weren't actually boyfriends then. (Or maybe there weren't any boyfriends to begin with and it was just me who thought that her brother said something of the sort lol)

Yo, you guys know which chapters these are? I don't remember this at all. Maybe it's time for me to re-read everything.

Sorry, not at all. But if I end up going for my second reread before you, I will be sure to come back to link to these parts.

I feel that in the end what I disliked about this series was actually the premise itself. Just why would the author go and introduce traditional gender roles in a same-sex relationship?! Even though it did serve to create some fun situations, I felt that such a plot only reinforced these stereotypes (e.g. the father being the head and protector of the family). Perhaps it would've been handled better if it hadn't been axed, but even in the final chapter the conclusion we get is basically "everyone continued to live in their place in the family". How beautiful.

And this leads to the second major issue I had with this series: the characters' relationships felt manufactured. I mean, they were... but not only were they created because of the system, they also felt manufactured. Let me elaborate on this:

We have a love triangle of sorts, between father, mother and daughter; and I'm calling them that 'cause that's what they were treated as. We have Yukari, whose relationship with Haruhi started as that of manufactured "husband and wife". Then we have love-at-first-sight Ayumi, with an also manufactured father-daughter relationship. And lastly, Haruhi herself, who honestly didn't seem to have much interest towards either for the duration of the series lol. And what do we get in the end? A girlfriends...? husband and wife...? relationship between the husband and wife, and a father-daughter relationship between the father and daughter. Interesting.

Am I just bitter because my ship sunk? I sure am, but it's more than that. What annoyed me is that Ayumi never stood a chance because she was the daughter. Honestly, my frustration over this was the main reason I rooted for her.

The one point were a character really broke out of these ridiculous restrictions was Ayumi's confession. And for me that was one of most satisfying confession/rejection scenes I've seen in any (yuri) manga. But why was Ayumi rejected? You might say, because Haruhi didn't like her back. And well, you'd be right. But why was Ayumi's love never seen as a possibility? Because she was the daughter.

And then we immediately move on to the —admittedly very beautifully drawn— confession/kiss scene between our respected husband and wife. With Ayumi actually witnessing it and being reduced to some comedic background character, 'cause why not? She was the daughter anyway, she should know her place.

I'll finish with this:
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/opapagoto_ch16#51
Haruhi and Yukari kiss. And what do they get? A fifty point card. But what would happen if Haruhi and Ayumi were to kiss? A fifty-minus point card? Expulsion from the program? Death?! (okay probably not)

Which all leads us back to how this manga used traditional family roles to... Validate them? Very innovative.

TL;DR: I'm bitter about my failed ship This manga assigned stereotyped roles to the characters with seemingly no intention to subvert them. The characters were trapped in those stereotypes, and even when they supposedly break out of them, I don't find it convincing since everyone is basically still continuing on with their roles.

P.S. I'm really sorry about this wall of text, but every time I tried to shorten it I just got angrier and added more...

last edited at Jun 28, 2021 9:47AM

This and it's sequel.

Wow, that was quick. This is it, thanks a lot!

I'm looking for a one-shot where the protagonist's friend told her she was a lesbian and she kinda started thinking that maybe she liked her (the friend), only to be disappointed when the friend introduced her to her girlfriend. I'm not sure, but perhaps she hang out with the friend on the rooftop...?

There was also a sequel, where I think she buys something from a vending machine and sees them passing by...? Or something. And it just remains an unrequited love.

I'm probably mixing up the details here, but that's all I remember.

RadiosAreObsolete posted:
What do you mean? I'm confused. Is this an answer to me?? No, the person before you dingus

I can be whatever you want me to be

Yes, I realised it when I reread it just now and deleted my previous reply, but I guess I didn't make it in time XD
...I'm stupid.

last edited at Jun 23, 2021 8:26PM

Why is chapter 1 posted again?

Why don't you check out the credit page/previous thread pages before asking? It's already been answered, is what I'm saying, I don't mean to be rude.

Surprise, we're not dead. The volume's out and I'll get to posting the cleaner versions of ch3~5 soon, I promise. They shifted all the text boxes slightly, so I gotta recentre it all by hand...

also, read the credits page before asking questions. I'm just gonna start swinging if I have to read stuff already answered there.

EDIT: Also, this thread really has gotten weird, what with people giving their super detailed perfect-date plans and the overly scientific responses lol (and the... interesting comeback from @Princess_Anime....)
I was kinda creeped out honestly, more than this manga has ever managed to creep me out XD

...So I guess what I'm saying is, good job, people, keep these comments coming!

last edited at Jun 23, 2021 6:25PM

Things really did get serious after all!? Nice
Though what is happening is definitely not nice...

I'm getting anxious and excited at the same time...!
Can't wait to see how this will go!

Wow, both this and the prequel were so great!

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/5_seconds_before_falling_in_love_with_a_witch#33
What a way to declare one's love... for you
...Waaaiit a minute, aren't you supposed to declare your love for them??? Lol

Just great, good job author.

What's up with their Hawaii shirts? It doesn't seem plot relevant, but seems like it should be plot relevant?

Yeah, I was wondering about that as well. And the fact that we never see any kind of background, in any panel, doesn't help much to understand the situation. Are they supposed to be in a batting centre...? And the title refers both to senpai's line, as well as the place where all this is happening??
Not that a batting centre would explain the Hawaiian shirts though....