Lesbians are a good excuse to draw fantastical decrepit architecture. ... or is it the other way around? I'm not sure. I'm here for both, though.

I still think a lot of the "flirty" Mai is just a function of Tae being our viewpoint character.

larvi posted:

really could use a tag for "yearning"

Sitting here. Wanting this so badly. But having no idea what would qualify aside from this doujin...

Gotta start somewhere!

Wow, good one-two start. I'm looking forward to them opening up to each other (poor Ayu, though...).

Ch.3 has a very powerful credits page.

This is a lot of fun, and it feels like they're getting closer and making progress! I hope it doesn't drag out too awful long though; this is the sort of plot that could get stale with a hundred chapters of misunderstanding.

Bold move, only introducing the protagonist after the fifth chapter.

Still, only eight pages in this thread after all this time? I have no faith that people have finally learned their lesson, so props to the mods, I guess. :V

This domesticity makes me wonder what kind of misunderstandings they'll have once they finally start dating.

Haha, how long until Elsa admits she can see the system or has one of her own? It's pretty funny, she's basically bullying Yvonne with niceness. (Kind of wonder if they were friends or lovers in their past life.)

Frilly swimsuit is cute, that's what I'd like to see (but I'm sure it won't win). Cover photo, I think priestess is really interesting, but maid will almost certainly win. (Why stop at one? smh)

I hope the omiai is with her coworker.

Ah, this takes me back...

I will never accept Shimako becoming a nun. Noriko should have gone Full Maupin on that entire turn of events.

Hino, master in the subtle art of self-sabotage.

Kageko, I don't think Sakurako is nearly secure enough for her to join you in appreciating other beautiful ladies just yet.

Ah, yes, it's the dangerous rival . . . who were you again? I've seen a few of those in my time.

How could you forget!? It's... you know... that one girl! With the face!

I'll never not enjoy it when Ruby is the one who bamboozles others.

Honestly, I think the demon king is the weakest link in this cast by far. She's so useless, she hampers the development of other characters by not being able to communicate effectively with her potential wives.

I'm still not sure how much of Mai's "maturity" is the lens of an unreliable narrator. It's pretty funny how useless Tae is. Speaking of lenses, it's kind of interesting just how pointedly non-sexy the swimsuits are. Makes me think it's trying particularly hard to be non-creepy and sort of reinforces my instinct that Mai is more innocent than we're lead to believe.

I wonder how long it'll take before Hitomi has any lines at all?

I'm torn on whether to call this an idiot couple or not.

I have to say, I didn't expect a new arc like this. I assumed we were running straight to an endgame. Instead, Utena's just getting more and more shameless. What a... uh, protagonist?

Can there be like a law against contrived "oh no a character heard something that sounds bad out of context and now they're misunderstanding things" complications?

The technical term for this is "Sudden Onset Anime", which may be Acute or Chronic (cf. "Idiot Couples who always fight"). Misunderstandings, assumptions, avoidance (sometimes leading to running away), isolation, and Not Just Fucking Talking To Each Other are common symptoms of Anime.

If you think you or someone you know is suffering from Anime, slap them upside the head and tell them to stop being stupid. Anime is a silent epidemic that annoys millions each year and many experts claim it's the worst thing no one has literally died from. (Some historical epidemiologists suggest Romeo and Juliet did suffer from a terminal case of Anime, but records from the time have all been destroyed by families involved in shame over how stupid their kids were.)

modern food is messing with our kids' body, they have puberty too early these days

...and IT'S TURNING THE FROGS GAY

No, no, no, that's the CIA. This sounds like the work of Lyndon B. Johnson. And Fidel Castro. And the Freemasons.

This is one of those odd times where I'm both elated and crushed by the same panel. Koguma's being really brave and that's great, but she really doesn't need to and it's sad that she feels that way about herself.

Everyone needs to stop being so shocked that bodies and minds aren't maturing in lockstep; I'm sure you've all met adults that never grew out of being stupid kids. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Here's an article from 2009 (that's twelve years ago), about this topic: http://gaylesulik.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/falling-age-of-puberty.pdf

A bit from 2012: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383190/

Another from 2018: https://vitalrecord.tamhsc.edu/decreasing-age-puberty/

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Does... does Koguma have a laserdisc player in her room?