And even so, after the storm, the flowers will still bloom into their lively forms.

This girlship is built to sail the roughest of seas.

^ Next chapter, Konatsu walks outside and notices the moon is covered by clouds.

She can't transfer just to remain close to Koyuki but the best universities are in Tokyo soooooooooooooooooooo :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) I'm just sayin' the moon IS really beautiful tonight

Oh, she's definitely going back to Tokyo after graduation like she already said last year, ideally her father will come back and find another job in the city as well. And who knows, maybe Konatsu will even go to the same oceanography university as Koyuki if she has to take over the aquarium club from now on and gets passionate about it. But it was telling that Kaede thought Konatsu might want to transfer back to Tokyo right away without even finishing high school in Ehime.

Koyuki sure has grown. Remember when she went on the field trip to Tokyo and it took her four days to decide to send Konatsu a text to ask her if she felt lonely without her (and then failed to send it due to falling asleep)? This time she called her right away upon getting her cellphone back and went to see her directly upon confirming she was home.

The "Moon is beautiful" phrase is always a confession in my book. I've seen it used soo many times in yuri subtext works that I'm sure it's just authors code for "they gay"

Natsume Soseki.

Thanks, didn't know that. I must say the author is raising my expectations then.

We finally got a glimpse of Konatsu's mom. I would assume she died when Konatsu was very young if that's the picture of her they keep around.

The "Moon is beautiful" phrase is always a confession in my book. I've seen it used soo many times in yuri subtext works that I'm sure it's just authors code for "they gay"

Could you give some examples if you remember them?

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Yeah, it certainly feels like Kaede and Yamagishi see it a certain way if they think Konatsu would be willing to transfer a year before graduation just to remain close to Koyuki.

The woman at the start? That seemed to be just one of his victims.

^ I didn't get that from the chapter at all. You must have some great reading skills.

It's clearer if you go back to the previous chapters. Khara was sent by the Gika to retrieve the treasured sword and kill Aria with it, but she revealed to Ichika that her real goal was to hide the sword from them to protect Aria. Afterwards, the short-haired Gika woman with the surgical mask got introduced as a former student of Ichika's school, she spied on Aria to find out where she lived and called a little girl from Gika (probably another vampire queen like Aria?) who gave her the order to kill Aria. Then she approached Arthur and the plan was set into motion.

Damn son, that's a Dreamcast Aria was playing. Exceptional taste.

Wait I’m confused did he not send the letter? Why’d she call him a bastard what..
Anyways love how ichika took a moment before all that lmaooo

Arthur was pretending to work with the short-haired woman, kidnapped Khara and sent the letter to lure Aria in, but rather than capturing Aria like the woman's faction (the Gika) presumably wanted, he revealed himself as loyal to her and incapacitated the woman instead, likely to use her as a source of information or hostage.

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I also think Rin is getting slightly ahead of herself here… Mayuki only said "I don't mind if Akira acknowledges the existence of people other than me", but Rin's conclusion is "Oh yeah, she's totally poly!"

That's not what I took away from it, I think what's more likely is that she appreciates how Mayuki is willing to keep Akira in her life even if Akira chooses someone else because she wants her to be happy.

Incoming "Wow, that book I gave my kouhai is really popular with students, isn't it?"

Yeah, I might've worded that awkwardly.

To add to my point, I can see Rin's development going either way, in the past she couldn't choose between two friends and ended up breaking away from both so now she could either choose one (and signs point to it being Mayuki) or be able to choose both. Mayuki seems easily impressionable and I think her development might be about learning to be more assertive and go for what she wants rather than being okay with Akira just being with someone else, but she's obviously been growing close to Rin in the meantime even though they're totally just practicing. Akira herself seems to only be interested in Rin right now, but that could change once she starts confronting the possibility of Mayuki liking her. A three-way would be the resolution that potentially wouldn't involve any of them having to give something up, and even just serve to set this manga apart from the usual love triangle.

I'm here for the three-way relationship, I hope it gets there no matter how much drama it may require, if any.

She did monologue that she found it embarassing when Adachi kept asking her to confirm it, though that's normal.

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The one earlier Tales game I'd really recommend you to play is Abyss, Vesperia is a straight upgrade of it gameplaywise but its story is incredibly deep and thought-provoking for series' standards and is absolutely worth experiencing the game for.

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So, what did Estelle find in Rita's drawer?

Where can I download the PDF of all the translated volumes at the moment?? I love this series so much I wanna share it with my friends!

https://sneikkimies.github.io/

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It's one of the best Tales games for sure, my personal favorite alongside Tales of the Abyss. The story itself isn't amazing with a somewhat generic world and pretty undercooked villains, but the heroes and themes more than make up for it. The main character in particular, Yuri (ironic name, I know), is nothing like your average JRPG protagonist in that he's mature, sure of himself and extremely willing to dirty his hands for the greater good. The main theme of the game is about the nature of justice as Yuri clashes with his best friend/rival Flynn due to him tending to act outside the (corrupted) law to make things right while Flynn aims to reform the law by climbing up the ranks from the inside. I find it pretty compelling.

Gameplaywise, it's mostly standard Tales fare with some interesting flourishes to the battle system that let you do insane combos, though it takes a pretty long time to open up like that. If you're not familiar with the series, you explore towns and dungeons, there's a not-to-scale overworld between areas and battles are action-focused in real time. There are many sidequests and the main game itself is pretty long at around 50 hours, so there's quite some value there. The Definitive Edition goes on sale rather often on the various consoles and PC so I think it's especially worthwhile if you can find it for $30 or less.

I feel like if anyone ends up walking in on them doing something that gives out they're together, it's going to be Yashiro and she won't give weight to it.

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I felt like I was reading a Games Done Quick donation for a second. Welcome!

Yeah, but since it's Adachi, I'm not sure I expect it to stick unless she's explicitly told.

I want to say I hope Shimamura won't be TOO accomodating. That Adachi took her away from talking to Hino and Nagafuji is ludicrous and she should be told acting like that is too much.

Wow, lots of artwork in this chapter, I hope it becomes more common.