Eh.... No thank you.... Bye..

I agree.

Hey hey, what's wrong with that? I think they're a good fit! Plus, it's not really unexpected anyway, haha. On the other hand, it went downhill for me when I saw Yuri with Marina together. Anyway, I found the development between Hikari and Miyuki only a little bit odd because it happened all so suddenly, but they honestly look quite cute together.

If Tumblr links are allowed, I can always casually post my Tumblr here with the raws and stuff.

Nothing wrong with it. I was just being selfish for wanting Hikari all to myself haha. I tried downloading the stuff but couldn't open it. Wasted 25 minutes of my life. Anyway, all our questions about what's allowed or not aren't being heard lol so I'm going to take a risk here. If you can, please email the stuff to my gmail... my e-address is my username, just add gmail.com. Oh and throw in your tumblr. Thank you much :)

Gotcha, I'll send it over. Also, I seldom use Tumblr, it was just a suggestion, heh. I might translate and typeset this thing for myself if I tell myself to stop being lazy and reinstall Photoshop already on my new laptop. It's relatively easy to understand, frankly.

Also, Hikari is everyone's! I like her, she's cool and super cute :(

... But since my gay yuri girlfriend lurks Dynasty forums often, I'm obligated to say Hikari is not as cute as her. :^)

... Also, I kind of messed up quite a few details on my last post since I posted all of that from my phone and had no full recollection of the story. I only messed up on the smaller things, but you know... Now that I actually took the time to read it through and can give more accurate spoilers to those who want it. :')

Aww shucks. I don't really like to download manga from the internet. I'll have to think about this seriously. Thanks though. I would ask you to email it to me but I'm not sure if we're allowed to post personal information here either. And I really want the spoilers too! Everything's already going downhill when I learned that Hikari and Miyuki hooked up together.

Hey hey, what's wrong with that? I think they're a good fit! Plus, it's not really unexpected anyway, haha. On the other hand, it went downhill for me when I saw Yuri with Marina together. Anyway, I found the development between Hikari and Miyuki only a little bit odd because it happened all so suddenly, but they honestly look quite cute together.

If Tumblr links are allowed, I can always casually post my Tumblr here with the raws and stuff.

^ @Seira you got a link? I won't be able to understand it but I'm curious!

I don't know if I can post download links here, haha... I found it by looking up the title and author in Japanese, so that should help you on your search. That would be γ-ガンマ 荻野 純. If you get a result with DL Zip, then that's the one you are looking for.

Please download at your own discretion. I have no antivirus protection software, but I'm a-okay for now. I can reupload the raws I got if posting download links is the norm here.

... Also, I kind of messed up quite a few details on my last post since I posted all of that from my phone and had no full recollection of the story. I only messed up on the smaller things, but you know... Now that I actually took the time to read it through and can give more accurate spoilers to those who want it. :')

P.S. If you know how to read the most basic kanji (like the numbers from 1-10 for example) AND you understand some vocabulary, you should be fine with reading this because it gives furigana for nearly everything.

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I don't think this point warrants a spoiler at all, but Miyuki is not deeply in love with Yuri sexually. She is displaying a sort of extreme sisterly love probably to satisfy her lust since there's plenty of touchy feely, but seriously. I wouldn't put the Incest tag here, haha. If there is one, I'd rather have a Siscon tag.

I scanned through the raws of the whole manga yesterday since I got hopelessly hooked. ;__; I skipped through ALL of the fight scenes like no tomorrow though, haha...

If anyone is interested, here is how the relationships kind of go down (in case you couldn't tell, SPOILER ALERT):

Like, REALLY BIG SPOILER ALERT.

Sorry for the repetition, but this message really needs to get across to some people.

REALLY BIG SPOILER ALERT.

In the omake at the end of volume 3, Hikari wants to find a gift for Miyuki for Christmas, so she and Yuri go shopping. This is probably where Hikari really starts getting her fluttery feelings for Miyuki.

Not soon after, they go to the same college together after graduating and end up living together. I don't know if I TOTALLY missed something, but it happens a little fast. Miyuki plans to return home to visit Yuri alone, but Hikari holds her hand, looks at her intimately and says: "I want to be by your side."

One of the ending cover pics suggests them reaaaaally getting it on in the bedroom after that scene! ... Yes, Hikari is the dominant one.

Meanwhile, Yuri visits the Captain's house (by accident) and sees her like a normal woman instead of the usual no-bullshit Captain. They kind of start hitting it off from there as comrades and friends.

Some stuff happens here and there, but near the end, Hikari and Miyuki face off against the guy that killed Hikari's best friend. IIRC, he gets away and Hikari and Miyuki are left alone. Hikari suggests that she should go alone, but Miyuki tells her the backstory of Lily Cure.

Lily Cure was composed of two girls: obviously Yuri and Miyuki's supposed best friend, Midori. However, Midori gave her life to save Yuri, and then her powers mostly went poof. Miyuki explains that when she first met Hikari, her only wish was to protect Yuri and didn't give a flying fuck about anything else. However, now the one who is most important to her is Hikari. Miyuki tells her never to say such rash things again. Hikari agrees and they go fight the guy again together... oh, and they kiss!

After the fight, Hikari is exhausted and lays on the ground. Miyuki says she has to go find Yuri, but she states she wishes to stay by Hikari's side a bit longer :') And they kiss again.

The beginning of the next chapter, Hikari's in a temporary wheelchair with Miyuki wheeling her around. They exchange the typical "itterasshai!" and "ittekimasu" like a married couple. Mizuki and I think Mika (?) ask why they didn't kiss each other goodbye, which gets them both flustered, haha.

That's about where their development ends.

Meanwhile, Yuri and Melina fight alongside each other to kill Sakaki, who we've learned can kill people if his blood lands on someone's skin. However, when Melina is caught off guard, she gets stabbed in the stomach. Sakaki then rushes Yuri, but Melina, with her last bit of strength, stabs Sakaki to stop him. Melina is then slashed across the chest by him. Yuri, enraged, goes full Lily Cure, but fails and Sakaki is gone.

Yuri uses the power of Lily Cure to heal Melina up by kissing her! Yuri sees a vision of Midori, who we later see gives Yuri her power somehow, lol.

Stuff happens in between and Sakaki gets disposed of because this is a hero story.

Hikari joins the EDF after she loses her power against the guy she fought with Miyuki and they live together. Yuri lives with Melina and everything is all peaceful again.

Also, spoilers about the next two or so chapters ahead:

Hornetman in the last chapter is actually a fake, but Blue Train is absolutely enraged. He states he'll never be tricked again and fights the REAL Hornetman. However, Hornetman accidentally knocks Blue Train off a building and it's revealed that Hornetman is Sho's best friend.

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Still don't understand NicoMaki

It's probably mostly from when Maki gave Nico valentine chocolates in one of the (retconned) music videos.

And the glomping for the Music Start PV... and the slight fooling around for the Wonderful Rush PV. There has been more minor/super subtle implications in season two as well.

Oh, and this isn't particularly special, but there are also cards from the School Idol Festival game that show them on a Valentine's Day stage, sort of holding hands and such when the two cards are put side by side of each other.

According to YP, the series is still being worked on.

Hmm, by the looks of it, it almost looks like they're only doing the specials? I have no idea, but there hasn't been a chapter release for months. I have the tank version, and to my knowledge, there aren't many raws online because not many people are following it.

It has only the specials listed because those are the only chapters left from the first volume and I couldn't be arsed to scan more until that is done.

The translator for the past chapters is an irregular, hence the massive delays. If you feel capable and willing to translate go to the YP boards and I'll happily take care of proper scans and editing.

Alright, I'll do that when my schedule stops collapsing on me.

According to YP, the series is still being worked on.

Hmm, by the looks of it, it almost looks like they're only doing the specials? I have no idea, but there hasn't been a chapter release for months. I have the tank version, and to my knowledge, there aren't many raws online because not many people are following it.

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It's quiet... too quiet.

If I can find someone who can edit and clean raws with ugly shadows from a tankoubon then I'll be happy to pick this up later if there aren't any objections.

Well, Innocent Grey is coming out with Flowers on the 18th. Knowing IG, it's probably something depressing as hell, but past the subtexty zone.

... You know, if you're ever up for a sad game, that is.

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@flips: It was from Gakkou Gurashi.

@Hika: The scanlation isn't that good on other websites, namely the grammar, occasional spelling error and the poor cleaning job + watermarks. Plus, I think some websites are just waiting for a certain group to release their version of AnR.

Hmm, first year newcomer and a seven-year veteran? I think it's missing an age-gap tag :/

Not necessarily. The newcomer could be just as old as the seven-year veteran depending on when she joined the company. Same goes for the veteran, since she could have just dumped school to get a job.

So this is what the senpais of Moooo's do in their spare time.

Chapter 10:

Scenario 1

• Mei gets jealous and chainsaws Yuzu

Yandere End

Scenario 2

• Mei gets jealous, pushes Yuzu down and have her way with Yuzu
• Matsuri finds out and chainsaws Yuzu

Yandere End

Scenario 3

• Mei ignores Yuzu
• Yuzu found out Mei knew about the kiss with Matsuri
• Yuzu gets annoyed with Mei, and blames Matsuri
• Yuzu chainsaws Mei and Matsuri

Yandere End

Harumin is my favorite, so she lives >:D

Minus the chainsawing part, I can see all of these scenarios happening.

...

Actually, I have to say that I can see Matsuri going on a chainsawing spree.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS and she will not be a b*tch because Yuzu deserves better!

Not like Matsuri is any less of a bitch though, and I feel like any character introduced after Matsuri will be a bitch as well. It seems to be a pattern.

This series is seriously filled with a lot of mysteries.

My speculations:

Theory #1:
In the show, PV and manga, Haru mentions a few times that she will definitely live long enough to graduate. I get this odd feeling that something will happen to her afterwards. She lives life like she might die the next day, but that behavior isn't exactly normal when you keep another point in mind - which I will mention in theory #3.

Theory #2:
Somehow, I get the feeling that this Kurogumi is not actually for the twelve assassins to kill Haru, but rather, for Haru to survive amongst the class. I know they sound almost exactly the same, but I hope you guys get what I mean. What made me think this way was at the end of the first episode in the series, where the principal expressed her curiosity in how /Haru/ would do in the class.

Theory #3:
At one point, I thought Haruki was the real target simply because she said she didn't want Tokaku to discover her scent, but I guess that probably isn't it considering Nio wants Haru dead. Anyway, somewhat bouncing off of theory #2; it's possible that Haru might be from some sort of suspicious household where she was never allowed to go to school and thus soaks in this opportunity to be at high school. One thing I find really suspicious is that according to the Japanese Wikipedia page, Haru told Tokaku that her parents and her brothers got killed while protecting her, but Nio strictly tells Haruki that Haru actually killed them. This could mean two things. Either: Haru has no recollection of the killings (if Nio is telling the truth - but I see no reason for her to lie) OR Haru intends on pulling Tokaku's strings like a puppet.

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The "Heartbeat" part was actually supposed to be more of a caught off by surprise thing. It didn't directly translate into a flinch or anything (plus, that wouldn't really fit in especially with a star next to it), so I tried to differentiate it from the rest of the heart "thumping" noises by calling it a heart "beat" instead.

Basically, Eri didn't expect to see Satou-kun (especially not with Honoka clinging on so tightly like that), but I'm pretty sure Honoka noticed Eri staring at the guy. The last page gave me bad vibes though, considering if Honoka did notice Eri staring at Satou-kun, it was more like she wanted to go to Eri's house to keep her in her possession.

A toxic relationship indeed.

It says chapter 2.1, but what if it's actually a flashback prior to the whole messy fiasco? I feel like it would make a lot sense too since seeing Satou (if that's really him) surprises Eri rather than makes her feel guilty of "using him" (which I feel like, would in fact happen if she were ever to bump into him again).

Boom. What up.

[Lol, yeah, not all relationships are all fluffy and sweet.]

A flashback, huh? Never thought about it that way. It would make sense even if it wasn't a flashback though. The author did stick this extra four page short after the second part, which is why I jumped the gun and assumed it took place when they already got together. I mean, if this took place after the main story, Eri feeling guilty definitely is a possibility, but on the other hand, this scene might be the reason why Honoka mentions that Satou-kun might like Eri since he has always been staring at her.

God, I'm so confused now, but I'll just go with it being a flashback because it makes more sense.

Re-read the other ones to read this one, I kinda think the feelings are mutual... kinda...

Chapter 1 http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/girls_monochrome_ch01#19
Thats the possessive girl's last thoughts are of her trying to hold back her feelings, when Eri was trying to part ways with her.

Chapter 1 and 2, flashbacks of her teasing Eri already knowing about her (Eri's) feelings.

Now on the extra, I think Honoka got jealous thinking that Eri was looking at the dude at the door, might be her possessive side acting up.

Honoka has a possessive and toxic way of thinking... but that does not mean that there are no feelings behind it. Not exactly a healthy relationship, but it can work.

(I might be wrong, these chapters are somewhat ambiguous due to Honoka's way of thinking.)

Still... I don't like this. haha.

All the comments are funked up right now... but anyway.
I got thrown off by the "Heartbeat ★!" part because it looked like Eri was getting some flutters from the guy, but if you look back at previous panels, there's a bunch of "thump thump" and blushes when Honoka is holding onto Eri. Bunch of hearts there too. So basically, the way I see it is that Eri was just looking up and saw the guy looking at her, and Honoka just got a tad bit jealous. But Eri and Honoka are very much mutually in love.

To be honest, through personal experience, having a thing for leading on/teasing your partner is not a good idea... it can make your partner feel really insecure all the time and make them more prone to leave you because it just hurts them. Obviously I don't think Honoka really meant to push Eri away and make her date Satou-kun (etc), but only wanted Eri to love her more, but then stuff got her confused and she like, left. But lol, now Honoka is getting jelly and insecure hahahah. No wonder why she wants to claim Eri back again. ;D

I also see the boxed quotes as from Eri's point of view, since it starts of with "I love school" "Because it's the place where I get to see my loved one everyday" yada yada, and it pans to Eri's face looking directly at the "camera" while Honoka is looking joyously amongst her friends. Y'know, from media class, this usually signals that the speaker is the one looking at the camera.

The "Heartbeat" part was actually supposed to be more of a caught off by surprise thing. It didn't directly translate into a flinch or anything (plus, that wouldn't really fit in especially with a star next to it), so I tried to differentiate it from the rest of the heart "thumping" noises by calling it a heart "beat" instead.

Basically, Eri didn't expect to see Satou-kun (especially not with Honoka clinging on so tightly like that), but I'm pretty sure Honoka noticed Eri staring at the guy. The last page gave me bad vibes though, considering if Honoka did notice Eri staring at Satou-kun, it was more like she wanted to go to Eri's house to keep her in her possession.

A toxic relationship indeed.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 2.1

Original series' comments can be found here.

Comment sections got all mixed up because I originally uploaded this as a series - incorrectly - then changed it to an anthology. After some unexpected confusion in the comments, I decided to turn the three chapters from the two-shot+extra into a series.

Long-winded explanation over, more possessive girls like Honoka demanded.

What will happen to the other chapters then? They're one shots, but all part of the doujin nonetheless. There are three more chapters left.

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Man, I saw the movie in theatres a few months back and the reactions were so priceless.

In any case, I was under the impression that the third movie was a direct sequel to the second movie and should not be taken as canon within the actual TV series.

I never watched the first or second movies because I was under the impression that they were recaps of the series. I've only seen the series. Are they that different? Did I miss out?

The first two movies are not that different from the series, so you do not have to watch them. However, they are still worth a watch if you have time, as many parts were reanimated, I believe everything was revoiced and the art is just absolutely amazing. The movies also have new soundtracks, so it's definitely not something you want to miss out on.

The only thing is I heard the movies make up a trilogy, so even if the first two are recaps, the third movie is only a sequel for that. I know it doesn't really make a lot of sense.

Man, I saw the movie in theatres a few months back and the reactions were so priceless.

In any case, I was under the impression that the third movie was a direct sequel to the second movie and should not be taken as canon within the actual TV series.

NICELY DONE for the TL notes.

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Notes
P013, the plant ency:

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asteraceae

Its seeds can be used to extract (food) oil.

Flowering period:
Jul. 10th ~ Sep. 10th

Flower language:
My eyes are only on you.

I was going to include it, but I didn't want to clean it or make a fool out of myself if I screwed up the translation because I know absolutely NOTHING about flowers whatsoever.

Thank you kindly for the translation though! Saves me from a load of embarrassment. ; A ;

Basically, just Wiki "Sunflower" and switch the language to Japanese, then you'll find the scientific staff on the right.

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Seeing the CV pairing of Tamura*Mizuki here is really unexpected.

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BTW, are you guys in short of TL'ers?

Ooh, didn't know about that. I googled sunflowers but I actually got lost in the Wikipedia article... in English. As you can tell, I'm not a very natureish person. I haven't taken any earth sciences either, so don't blame me, haha.

The raw showed a corner of the "ta" character and the full "mura" character, followed by a "mizu", so I kind of assumed it was Tamura x Mizuki. I don't think there could be anyone else though, but I may be wrong.

I'm not so sure about translators right now, actually. I'm still trying to figure out what I should do with the site & the people I have now.

NICELY DONE for the TL notes.

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Notes
P013, the plant ency:

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)

Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asteraceae

Its seeds can be used to extract (food) oil.

Flowering period:
Jul. 10th ~ Sep. 10th

Flower language:
My eyes are only on you.

I was going to include it, but I didn't want to clean it or make a fool out of myself if I screwed up the translation because I know absolutely NOTHING about flowers whatsoever.

Thank you kindly for the translation though! Saves me from a load of embarrassment. ; A ;

I have a friend that used to suffer from bulimia and binge eating. She's better now since I told her mom about it, but while she was going through it, she'd maintain a happy and bubbly personality most of the time to hide her needs for attention and company. At one point, she admitted herself that somewhere down the line, her bulimia turned into a cry for help.

I was instantly reminded of her when I saw Meru trying to purge. After getting bullied like that, I can see why she'd attempt to shape herself into perfection both personality-wise and physically. Meru's the type that gets lonely easily and fears abandonment & rejection. She also likes to run away from things that she doesn't want to hear, it seems.

I think that Meru is a pretty realistic character. I used to hate her because she seemed like the gag character who kept interfering with Asuna & Fue, but I think her actions are justified now.

I'm deluding myself into thinking that this is canon.