Good girl, Moka! ^_^

Cute.

Not much teasing today, just some wonderful time spent together. ^_^

Certainly feels like there's still more to the story, but who was falling for whom?

An unexpected meeting and a wake-up call.

Always the best way to share chocolate.

^ Ah, true, the one grabbing her hair should be a left, but is drawn as a right indeed. :D

^ She does not, one of them is Seika's.

rainbow8 posted:

Firstly, I acknowledge and even appreciate the misdirection in the first couple of pages, but also you do not fucking do this to a person.

??? What misdirection?

Misdirection: an ex texting Asako instead of her sister in law.

It's been so long since Asako's most recent traumatic ex was mentioned as anything except the historical past that I myself never gave it a thought, certainly not in the time it took to turn the page and see who was actually texting her.

In fact, Asako's been shown as being traumatized by her whole string of exes, not by any particular one, so it's hard for me to see an unexpected "It's been a while" text as some kind of underhanded "misdirection" by the author.

I do admit that the thought crossed my mind when I saw a so far unknown name pop up there, but that's probably more due to remembering the discussion here on Dynasty than anything in the series itself. And as we were quickly shown, I was right about no ex showing up anymore all along.

Im pretty sure it would actually be illegal. Despite the common misconception that Japans age of consent was 13 with no further limitations, there are actually a bunch of laws in place (also varying across prefectures as far as i know) that prohibit different sexual encounters that this might well fall under. In general i think alot of ppl would consider someone in their (probably?) late 20s having a threesome with a 15 and 16 yo to be problematic to say the least.

Oh, I'm not denying any of that. But at the same time, it's right there around the legal line in the civilized world where it's usually around 14-16, and exactly at the time most young people actually start having sex (saw a study in the newspaper just last week that put it mostly at 14 years of age). Not saying I approve of Karen doing what she's doing, but it's not nearly as horrible as the initial comments made it sound, either.

Yes, most people start having sex in that age, but not with 20 year people. I see it gross.

You're not wrong to feel this way, really. Then again, it's easy for straight kids to find a partner, but where's a queer kid to go when the prevailing opinion surrounding them is still rather hostile? Finding someone in a bar like this may not be the smartest idea, but one might not be able to think of better choices either.

And I feel the first comment appropriate, to be honest.

On the other hand, we did learn that Astarotte was the one coming on to Karen, not Karen herself going after minors left and right as the first spoilers claimed. However one feels about Karen not turning down anyone who comes to her, calling her a predator goes too far when you consider these revelations.

I think it doesn't matter if the kid can't get a girlfriend and goes to the bar, or if the kid goes for Karen first. If I had a 13 years old girl trying to do whatever with me, I wouldn't do NOTHING (?!). The adult should stop it. And I don't think it's difficult to not do something with a kid, for god, it's a kid. If an adult finds difficult to stop a kid approaching them like that, I would... Go to therapy.

And this is exactly the point. The problem is not that Karen is going after kids, which she actually isn't. The problem is that she can't say no to anyone.

Witnessing history.

Nice. :D

Lovely. ^_^

A promise is a promise.

Cute.

Perfect.

Nice. ^_^

Such good friends. :D

Cute.

@TopKoak Well, that "realization" certainly doesn't sound like a good idea, but I'm glad to hear about her getting over Misaka. Maybe I'll even grow to like Kuroko someday like this.

Cute.

Nice.

Shou is smooth AF and she probably didn't even mean for it to hit Umi so hard like that haha.

Certainly, considering that question mark on the last panel. :D

but what is happening?

The progress you asked for, specifically the body swap finally causing the both of them to realize how the other sees them despite their own low self-esteem.

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Spotted an OrangePekoe in the Special Thanks

Not the first time either.