Whenever Alice whips out her power, you know shit's gonna be good xD

Top 3 things Ritz (the mangaka) is fond of:
1. Mahjong
2. Beeg bingo bango bazongas
3. The absence of underwear in conspicuously inconspicuous situations

Truly a mangaka true to their passions xD

Does anybody know if there is an english release of the manga? I can't find anything online.

Nothing official, just the scanlation here or on MangaDex. None of the Sakiverse manga beyond the main series have gotten official English releases as of yet, sadly.

Have you gone back and compared the size that Nodoka's boobs started out at in ch1 ? Its hilarious lol.

I dont really read it any more it was dragged on way too long- but peek in for the 'art' now and then - and i thought.. no way did her boobs used to be THAT big! And sure enough.. they are like 5x bigger if not more now!

And it's not just Nodoka. Just compare Awai's chest from vol.13 to vol.23. Maybe a day or two apart in-universe xD

I wonder if the Great Chain of Lesbian Coincidence will ever get back around to Tae and Jimiko?

I doubt it, since sensei said those two were done with a long time ago, but it would be neat if it went all full circle in the final chapter or smth

that's def the kissiest forehead touchie so far. just hecking smooch already

that butthole one is also smth i can imagine being 100% in character for Suletta to say during. she's just that kind of airhead xD

Yeah I think there are two possibilities, people who side with Shiho just to be contrarian and others who really like her character design so they're willing to forgive or even forget anything, because if all she did was just play music and have an unrequited love then no problem, but she made sure to make her problem, a problem for eeeveryone.

I mean, i can also just... like Shiho as an entertaining character in this story who imo makes it better/more entertaining by being in it? While also acknowledging that, if she was a real person, I'd probably never be in contact with her at all bc fuck that noise.
Haven't really kept count over the last 50-odd pages but I don't think many ppl who like Shiho (as a character) ever actually argued that she's an angel who has done no wrong (except for the memes maybe idk).

tl;dr Appreciating a character =/= condoning their behavior, is what i'm getting at

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Interesting that things seem to be pointing towards an arc considering Hima's role as Laureley's manager. It seems to be by far the best solution, but Yori's conflicted feelings will certainly make that difficult. I just hope this won't reflect negatively on her, drama narrative stemming from jealousy can be quite tricky to handle in a satisfying way.

I feel like Yori will understand quickly. Her and Shiho have had relatively few real interactions and most of her worry has been based on the limited bad meetings and the unknown. With Hima there and with the battle finished, I'd be surprised if this wasn't resolved. Besides Hima can't just hang around Yori all the time and this is clearly something Hima wants to do on her own. She seems to like her role and has become close to Shiho too. She'll have to be allowed to do her own thing and be away from time to time. It says a lot about her care for Yori, that she'd worry about assuaging her fears before continuing on as manager. But she's always trying to bring people together.

i agree with that, plus, a sizeable chunk of Yori's unease was motivated by Shiho actively antagonizing her bc of the technically ongoing love triangle between them and Aki (that only Shiho was actually aware of). Since that's resolved now, there should be little in the way of them making up, aside from their prides maybe. But i'm sure Hima will smash right through that xD

So is that vial of Undine a valuable, restorative or practical item?

yes

If it does end up being Rina, then my guess is she'll only humor them bc Makino managed to have Satou ask her for this favor. bc i can't imagine any other way why she'd consider doing so otherwise

I mean heck, Mei has said it best herself just at the start of Vol.6~

So, i've done a full reread of the entire series, Citrus and Citrus+, since yesterday and it gave me some thoughts.

Like how it's a really nice touch that the end of Citrus Vol.10 and the end of Citrus+ Vol.1 are the same scene and C+ expands on the circumstances of it a bit. And so bc the C+vol.1 scene doesn't copy everything from the Cvol.10 one it's easy to forget that that was the first time Mei has ever told Yuzu that she loves her to her face and that they shared a very romantic kiss there.
A great way to connect the end of the previous and the start of the new series~

Reading it all consecutively like this also made me realize that Mei hasn't "regressed" at all. She's more open with her feelings, receptive and reciprocative with affection from and towards Yuzu, acted more emotionally supportive and has been an overall maiden in love the most she's ever been in the series.
Every volume has scenes of them being lovey-dovey, emotionally supportive of each other or making out. Or all three. Even in terms of steaminess it's not like 'nothing' ever happens, heck, the aftermath of the summer festival has the hottest shot between them in this whole series so far.

Especially if you consider the timeframe. Volume 1 to 5 all take place in a bit over 4 months, there has been a considerable amount of closeness and growth between them in that short amount of time. Really the only thing that's missing compared to the previous series is all the pained expressions and lashing out, especially from Mei. It's easy to disregard her bc she's has a naturally expressionless resting face but she's looking softer and crushingly blushing more than ever before.

It was hard not to feel like nothing was progressing with the slow release pace the series has, especially lately, but now that i've read it all over again I can confidently say that I disagree with all the critique that Mei hasn't changed at all or that she's "as robot-like as ever". Couldn't be further from the truth imo.

スレッタ いってた :D

Why did you change Shiina's name to Sheena? Shiina sounds more convenient and is also a meaningful word in Japanese, while Sheena has no meaning at all

iirc they took these name changes from the anglicizations of the names on the official website. Which was kind of a mistake to me personally. The pronunciation of Shiina and Sheena is still the same, the latter is just the "english" writing of that pronunciation. Doesn't really add anything to the work imo.

The official German release also still uses the "proper" romanized names: Shiina, Ari, Seiran, Esther.

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Tachi-sensei knows what's up. The events in this doujin may be made up but their relationship is a fact~

Damn, this chapter was especially gruesome, like viscerally. Despite all the horror shit we've seen already, somehow, gouging out someone's eyeballs with your thumbs still manages to up the ante even more. Shit's getting so real

textbook shortstory. if i was still in school i could submit a text analysis of this to my high school teacher and she'd kiss me

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"goon" the internet has ruined me

anyways I'm glad to see this series back! While I don't know where the yuri will come from it seems silly despite mafia and violence likely being involved maybe if they're good enough they're steal from every store across the nation

It's tagged as Yuri in the raws, so i'm sure it'll be there at some point~

This could be a case of double crossing. She says she swears fealty but she really just gets a foot in the door to disrupt the plans and protect Shiki once she learns the exact nature of the plan or when things come to a head. We'll have to see ig

Dunno if this was known already but Chigusa-sensei is the character designer for SukeraSomero's next game, an omegaverse yuri VN called "Lip Trip ~Boss wa Watashi no Genetsuzai~". Same company and team that made OshiRabu.

The official website went up today.
https://sukerasparo.com/somero/liptrip/

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oh noo poor forever alone Akira xD Sensei chose violence up until the bitter end

Ohh that was so gooood~ the subtle trans vibes, the "task failed successfully" face-heel-turn, that dynamic. delicious~

Ooohh this was a great chapter, liked it a lot! It gave us just as much characterization on Aju as on Natori. And we also get to see more about why she decided to help out Aju. She's dazzled by dazzling people, she likes to make drinks, she helps ppl out when they're in trouble and, most importantly, she's very empathetic, maybe even too much.

She sees how Aju learned to cope with her own situation and she cries at how messed up it is, even though she was being starstruck by idol Aju at the same time.
This has solidified my hunch that at some point in the future Natori will be opening her own bar as a place for any oni to be themselves and feel at home at.

Also neat lil showing of Hinata being all "grrr, she's mine >:c", just hecking kiss already

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So did Furuka just forget about Kon?

Hard to tell but Furuka waking up to find Kon being gone happened before, after that first time they spend a night together at the hole. So maybe she figured "Oh, guess Kon went home first again." Who knows, guess we'll see next chapter, maybe~

What happened to Furuka's uncle?

Furuka's uncle got retconned into Furuka's aunt and has henceforth always been her aunt.