I shouldn't have this much sugar so early in the morning. I'm thinking she'll understand her sister's thought process very soon.

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I'd almost forgotten about this one.

I had just been thinking it's been a bit since Knight Heron had posted an update for one of my favorites, The Blue Star On That Day https://dynasty-scans.com/series/the_blue_star_on_that_day_ano_koro_no_aoi_hoshi

Their translation activity has tapered off slightly, but they're clearly still active. Maybe some IRL stuff is delaying them a little? Not that I'm trying rushing to rush them or anything.

Well "Blue Star" releases slowly (independently produced) and the volume just ended, so that might not be on the TL. Can't say anything about the others though.

Edit: although, now that I've checked, I guess it does seem like "Blue Star" has had newer releases since.

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I think Mei is just playing and she will leave Yuzu some day. I think she see Yuzu as a source of comfort for her but she not really in love with her the way Yuzu is in love with her in love with her. I mean she been with Yuzu so long so of course she will likes her in some way but I don't think she got any real feelings for. I don't say she will leave Yuzu for Arata but there is no doubt that she will eventually grow tired of playing her own "game" and will have to tell Yu the truth about how she truly feel.

They get married. We're just leading up to Mei and Yuzu's marriage. We already know how this ends. This is functionally an extended flashback. Just in case: if you haven't read the original Citrus, you should read that before this one.

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Yeah she's definitely not into her. She clearly just stumbled into that kiss. And those blushes? Obviously, a fever. She's actually suffering. Poor thing.

Poor Wakaba. Really being exploited and abused, there.

Isn't it so tough to watch?

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Tag has been removed, I see.

Also, I don't have a habit of paying attention to the chapter titles, so just noticed various patterns there.

Yeah they mostly just summarize the chapters but also have some connections. Like how the titles of chapter 38 (Yori and Himari's kissing chapter) and chapter 47 (Shiho and Aki's date chapter) basically mirror each other. Might not be intentional but that stood out.

• Chapter 38: A Festival, a Date, and Then...
• Chapter 47: The Aquarium, a Date, and Then...

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I haven't read this in awhile and it looks like they're still in their sleep over.

They're stuck in that room forever. That's the new plot.

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Not manga and I'm not sure what you'd consider detective stories but:

• Keep an Eye on You
• Vengeance (not necessarily a "happy" experience), same creator of "On a Leash"
• Miss Forensics
• How to Draw an Ellipse
• Raubritter

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^Why you got your hackles up like that?

It's funny because I thought the same. Was a bit surprising.

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Well, you just did. To have an abusive behavior, you need a clear intent to harm. It is just not the case.

That's definitely not the case, and demonstrably so. I'm a bit surprised to see that argument. There is also a difference between calling an action abusive and calling a person abusive. People are calling her action abusive, not necessarily saying she's been an abusive person, in general.

So it’s not surprising that both Koto and Erika have trouble taking a consistent stance toward Aya—she’s both a vulnerable middle-schooler thrown into a disorienting situation with no external resources besides her old friends and The One in their triad as if she’d never been away. Sometimes Erika or Koto treat her as the first and sometimes the second—and sometimes in the same sentence.

And it's literally this, I know it might not be the intention, but many are thinking in black and white here. It's like when people try to argue that a morally grey character is definitely evil or definitely good.

Co-sign both of these.

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Even *other authors are excited.. Maybe we'll start moving into some real romantic progress for these two. We'll see. I especially would like to see into Koga's mind more. We haven't gotten her thoughts on their situation since very early on. How does she actually feel about Aya? We've been left to assume a lot with her. I'm expecting she'll explain the past week and maybe that'll lead into other introspections.

*Author of "I was Confessed to be my Beautiful Oushi"

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Side note, this is reminding me of another manga where an older lady was recalling her life lived as a lesbian who had never come out & had continued living within heteronormativity. I think the story was kind of told through her granddaughter's interactions with her. Does anyone remember what I'm thinking of?

Interesting!
I must have missed this one..
Anyone recalled ? Please share the title of the manga if you remember it, thank you!

I know what they're talking about but can't remember the name. If I remember before someone posts it, I'll share.

I think they're probably talking about this, but I don't remember the story all that well, so I might be wrong.

That's what I was thinking of. Thanks. I'd actually forgotten about my response.

Even if she doesn't actively try to break it, she passively allows it to deteriorate.

Wait, although I have no interest in the “who is good/bad” debate, I don’t understand how Erika can be accused of “passively allowing” anything at all to happen to the Aya/Koto relationship.

Aya is insecure because she’s a young person out her time struggling to adjust to a disorienting situation; Koto is insecure and irrationally clingy because of the traumatic disappearance of Aya in the past.

Why does a third party, Erika, have any responsibility for proactively making the Aya/Koto relationship work, and how would she even go about attempting to do it? Koto’s destructive wish for Aya to have no outside life and Aya’s rejection of it has nothing to do with Erika or her feelings.

Well as their apparently dedicated couples' therapist, how else will she get paid?

she's actually a nuanced character that puts a lot of thought into her relationship with Adachi.

Agreed but I'd add that...

she's actually a nuanced character that puts a lot of thought into [ nearly every aspect of her life ].

She's one of the most thoughtful MCs I've read and not over simple topics either. Very introspective and questioning. She really wants to define herself at every opportunity and feels uncomfortable when she can't do so. That makes her "slow" because she takes time to think things through first or to wonder about her experiences. That's largely why she gets misunderstood at times.

I do agree and for me that's the biggest selling point of AdaShima. But to be fair, being that thoughtful is not healthy. Instead of living in the present, it almost feels like she is an external character to the story, analysing what is happening. But this is what makes the character unique and what makes me want to see her evolve past that. The spontaneity of Adachi is certainly helping her in that regard.

I don't think there's anything unhealthy about it and she has no real issues in her life that would necessitate a change. Maybe we just use the word "unhealthy" differently. But I agree: her and Adachi definitely do balance each other out for sure.

Unhealthy was a poor choice of word indeed. But to be in a proper relationship she needs to learn to be more spontaneous and to be more in phase with her/other people's feelings. At the current time, she often Cannot react to Adachi's actions because she needs to process them first. Which in a way is good, but it kills the spontaneity and the magic a bit.

I give her some grace anyway because she's dealing with Adachi, to be fair. Adachi isn't the typical person and her reactions would be off putting for anyone else but Shima. The average person would not put up with much of what Adachi does.

I think if Shima were responding to anyone else she'd be fine: a lot of Adachi's actions are ones that require a pause and some thought, especially with how anxious Adachi is. Often Shima's tendency to think about Adachi is her showing her affection for Adachi. But I see what you mean.

They're both made for each other but I feel like Adachi benefits the most simply because I don't know how anyone else but Shima would have handled her. On the other hand, I could imagine Shima living her life with her other friend just fine (though not as happily as she'd be with Adachi!).

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Honestly, thank you so much for translating this! I'll def be subbing to the fanbox and keeping up with this manga, and it's thanks to translators that I can do that ^^ Edit: well, looks like I WON'T be doing that, seeing as Fanbox just will not work for me. Anyone know how to get around that?

What's the specific issue with signing up? I have no issues there. Do you have a Pixiv account?

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she's actually a nuanced character that puts a lot of thought into her relationship with Adachi.

Agreed but I'd add that...

she's actually a nuanced character that puts a lot of thought into [ nearly every aspect of her life ].

She's one of the most thoughtful MCs I've read and not over simple topics either. Very introspective and questioning. She really wants to define herself at every opportunity and feels uncomfortable when she can't do so. That makes her "slow" because she takes time to think things through first or to wonder about her experiences. That's largely why she gets misunderstood at times.

I do agree and for me that's the biggest selling point of AdaShima. But to be fair, being that thoughtful is not healthy. Instead of living in the present, it almost feels like she is an external character to the story, analysing what is happening. But this is what makes the character unique and what makes me want to see her evolve past that. The spontaneity of Adachi is certainly helping her in that regard.

I don't think there's anything unhealthy about it and she has no real issues in her life that would necessitate a change. Maybe we just use the word "unhealthy" differently. But I agree: her and Adachi definitely do balance each other out for sure.

She still always remains just as inquisitive though. I like that while they adjust to each other, neither one completely changes their personality or outlook, they just modify them accordingly and where necessary. They sort of compromise on the edges but largely remain who they are.

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she's actually a nuanced character that puts a lot of thought into her relationship with Adachi.

Agreed but I'd add that...

she's actually a nuanced character that puts a lot of thought into [ nearly every aspect of her life ].

She's one of the most thoughtful MCs I've read and not over simple topics either (mainly coming from the LNs). Very introspective and questioning. She really wants to define herself at every opportunity and feels uncomfortable when she can't do so. That makes her "slow" or seem "less emotive" because she takes time to think things through first or to organize her experiences. That's largely why she gets misunderstood often. My personal experience is most people aren't used to her type, in real life, and definitely not in romance manga.

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I asked this a bit ago, but i'mma try asking again. I'm looking for omegaverse or abo universe recs.

• Omega Heroine Wants Her Alpha Villainess
• Your Taste Is a Little Sweet
• Spiteful Affection
• Omegaverse Sisters
• You Are My Soulmate

What I can think of so far. There's more. I'll add them if I remember.

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Very cute. Michi starting to feel a bit like a third wheel with how the other 2 agree to only be secretly affectionate while she's not around.

Has she ever not been the third wheel though lol That seems to be her thing, right from her introduction.

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Side note, this is reminding me of another manga where an older lady was recalling her life lived as a lesbian who had never come out & had continued living within heteronormativity. I think the story was kind of told through her granddaughter's interactions with her. Does anyone remember what I'm thinking of?

Interesting!
I must have missed this one..
Anyone recalled ? Please share the title of the manga if you remember it, thank you!

I know what they're talking about but can't remember the name. If I remember before someone posts it, I'll share.

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Just for clarification in chapter ordering, chapter 49 is included with vol10 too.
We'll also have the vol10 special edition booklet translated soon, as well as the comic anthology over the coming weeks, so look forward to those.

Awesome. This was sweet and the mom is lovely. Can't wait for the AkiShiho Booklet chapter. It hadn't considered you'd do the anthology as well, so that also great. Chapter 49 being part of volume 10 makes sense, since the two .5 chapters this volume were really short and probably didn't count towards the typical 5 chapter per volume pattern.

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Well I had a conversation(?) with the author on Twitter and she basically told me why this scene between Karin and Riri happened. It's all good now lmao.

I would post it here if I knew how to make spoilers.

Or don’t? We don’t need the additional commentary when we can just wait for the next chapter. Personally, I want more of Karin and Riri. Karin’s great, she’s honest and open with her feelings and actions. And I think she could help Riri be more open and honest about her own feelings.

I mean, the whole point of spoiler bars is that you don't have to read it if you don't want it, but it's still there for people who do.

To post spoilers w/ blacked-out text, just put double equal-signs "="x2 before and after the text you want to block out.

I'm always curious to hear the author's thoughts on why they write a scene the way they do. I'm interested in people's processes for writing.

Sure, there you go

She told me she only created the scene with Karin touching Riris breasts to emphasize how different it feels when Mei is touching her later in the story. Karin is just a foil to let Riri grow closer to Mei, so we can expect something sexy happening between them on this trip

Btw Tamamushi is incredible nice to talk to. She loves to read the eng localization of her mangas.

Cool, that tracks with my impressions of the characters and Riri's ultimate place. Thanks for that info. It's nice that the author is willing to answer casual questions like that.

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Wasn't the "let it go" comment a joke? I like the expressions in this one.

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Anyway, if you wanted to help sensei's work, it never hurt to buy the manga too. Though it speaks Japanese.
Sales always help motivate both the publishing company and the mangaka to continue working on the series.

I'm pretty sure the series is completed already. Still, never hurts to support the author.

Seems it's ended, yes. Final episode of season 3 was published July 2023. Interestingly enough, the mangaka seems aware that people would like an official EN translated version: https://x.com/schwinn_draw/status/1673305296717123586

Yeah, they're always aware of the unofficial TLs happening. She commented on that in a few places. I think most authors would rather find a way to make that official for obvious reasons but the backing isn't always there. I see some going through other routes.

For example, I just posted in the Her Kiss--Infectious Lust thread about that author's Kickstarter for a physical English translation of her series. It looks like it will blow past her goals and I backed it. Closes next month.

But it's always tough. Case in point:

My Twitter account is not even followed by my editorial team and they do not promote me on Twitter.
My followers, finally, please talk a lot about Hanamonogatari. Even your impressions of the bootleg [TLs] is fine. -- from their twitter, last year

It's unfortunate when you don't get the backing you want, but this series is great. They really want to draw more series with older women.

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Anyway, if you wanted to help sensei's work, it never hurt to buy the manga too. Though it speaks Japanese.
Sales always help motivate both the publishing company and the mangaka to continue working on the series.

I'm pretty sure the series is completed already. Still, never hurts to support the author.

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The author currently has a Kickstarter going until August 31st. She wants an official english translation and is trying to get a physical version of volume 1 released in English to start. I figured I could put this here: Her Kiss, My Libido twinkles--彼女のくちづけ感染するリビドー

"Hello, my name is Miyuki Yorita and I'm a Japanese manga artist. This story is a yuri manga (WLW) about a relationship between two female students. It was well-received by Japanese readers, and its popularity led to it receiving a live-action movie! As the author, I myself love this work very much and want everyone in the world to read it! And I want more and more people to enjoy Japanese yuri manga!

That's why I started this project. While volumes one through three have been completed in Japanese, there is no current official English translation. I want to try and change that, so would you be willing to support me in translating and printing physical copies of volume one? (The first volume was originally a one-off and contains six chapters, so you can enjoy the first volume on its own if you so please). However, if this project meets its goal, then I want to continue on with additional crowdfunding projects for the other two volumes."

Synopsis: Sana is hospitalized after injuring her leg. While there, she meets Ayane, a girl who is hospitalized just like her. After seeing Ayane countless times and growing curious about what she is like, a stroke of fate helps Sana reach out to her...

This is a pure-love yuri manga about two girls falling in love for the first time.

--From the kickstarter

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