Xiaoen is only 26 yet she already understands that the drive to maximize short-term profit often ends up undermining the potential for long-term growth.

Ayup. Smart cookie. Doesn't take shit either. Could she replace my Prime Minister?

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Most adorable underwear thief ever.

"This woman is insane"

It's cute, but it does kind of feel more like a schematic for a story than an actual story.

"So let's see, we'll use these kinds of characters, do the classic jealousy of the time at part-time job except actually the part time job is to make money for a present for the jealous person thing, and wrap it up with a happy ending. When we write it for real we'll flesh some of that out".

I don't think I've seen the "Insane amounts of title" tag before...

I present to you:

https://dynasty-scans.com/series/i_became_a_slave_in_another_world_pien_and_to_make_matters_worse_my_master_is_a_black_hearted_elf_queen_but_shes_super_hot_note_v_impt_im_pretty_useless_so_im_getting_barked_at_left_right_and_centre_but_the_orc_im_rooming_with_is

We are getting to the point where I start expecting to see one of those and then you go to the thing itself and it just has a picture of the main character saying "So yeah, that stuff in the title happened. The end."

So they're officially being seen as a couple by the regulars now. ^_^

And Miss Sunflower is not denying it.

OK, let's count raised hands for how many of us were kind of dissapointed that she was not actually a huge-headed catgirl

I wasn't, but I am now.

Wait no one is questioning the fact the company only had one brand new plate, or that the one plate costs the rough equivalent of 10,000 dollars? Who buys a freaken 10G plate and just lends it to the company staff to use? Lol

I’m pretty sure that it’s supposed to be an ornamental plate (possibly an antique at that price), that she knocked over. It’s a bit of a stretch to assume that it’s actual dishware, especially since she was in what looks like a conference room.

Lots of people have given an answer like this. I had not expected that many people would have failed to "get" this--this is a classic, famous Japanese scam that has appeared in many, many manga. The way it works is, you have some piece of ceramic--plate, vase, whatever--which could plausibly be an antique worth a bunch. But it isn't, it's a cheap mass-produced knockoff worth 100 yen. You put it somewhere it's easy to knock over, or you maneuver yourself in front of someone in a hurry and have them "knock it out of your hands", et cetera. Then you shake them down for money and/or services, falsely claiming it's massively valuable. It seems to be the oldest con in the Japanese book.

In this case I don't think the president set it up. But probably upon seeing the broken plate she had this moment of inspiration, like, "I can do the plate scam! Whoa, for real, she's the type to fall for it too!" and went for it.

So the thing about all this is, I could enjoy the story if I could treat it like something along the lines of science fiction--like, what's happening to her is very weird, but it's kind of just a thing that happens. But there's something fundamentally . . . I don't know how to put this. It's internally consistent, but that internal consistency doesn't point to just some kind of supernatural phenomenon, it points to AGENCY. Like, it seems the story is definitely pointing to the notion that some kind of consciousness is involved.

But . . . OK, so suspending disbelief in some weird time loop thing is one thing. Suspending disbelief that some malign, incredibly powerful intelligence has decided to consistently, labour intensively mess with the life of a random toddler for years on end apparently just because . . . I can't do it. It just SCREAMS at me constantly that the story is entirely shaped around the desired effect. I lose connection to the very suffering I'm supposed to be empathizing with.

I really liked the blond girl's design, she looked so much like a real human?

Her look reminded me a LOT of the young landlady who used to be an idol in that one, you know, where the main character is going to get together with her young landlady who used to be an idol. Totally different personality though.

I don't hate her anymore (maybe because I'm tired of doing it lol) but this chapter was kinda... unnecessary, like, things went exactly as aaaaaaaaaanyone could've expected, beside we pretty much knew that things played out more or less like this since like a year ago or two? and now we see it and is like, oh alright.

I wouldn't really say "unnecessary". Her feelings are not the new information here, we got that the last time. What we have here is an absolutely beautiful view of her getting all giddy over her feelings, which can never be a bad thing, and the truly heartbreaking moment of her finding out about Aki's.

I really don't quite understand her reaction, or even why that was heartbreaking as such. So she had a rival--OK, not best possible scenario, certainly a reason to worry, but not a reason to give up.

So note the moral of the story: Be proactive. Our heroine got the girl even though there were two other girls in line in front of her, because those other two never did anything.

Huh. The band name resonates with me unexpectedly, because this spring my wife and I walked the Camino in Spain--the pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela. Lots of scallop shells--scallop shell route markers, scallop shells in the tacky tourist shops . . .
Oddly, neither I nor as far as I could tell the overwhelming majority of my fellow pilgrims were religious.

I'm afraid to ask, but did I miss something somewhere about where this ends? I thought it was over, and since then there have been like four chapters or so and none of them feel like "And this is a bit from after the end of the story, that wraps up some side thread or puts another ribbon on the main couple's relationship" it's just . . . more nice chapters of Miss Sunflower, going nowhere in particular as usual, with the typical tiny hint of something that might look like progress if you squint.

So did the series reboot or something? Or if not, how many more of these will there be--I need to prepare my heart.

Let's make everything and their uncle incestuous!

Well, yeah, if it's their uncle . . . :p

Hate to say it, but I'm not a massive fan of the style of that painting it's based on. Guess I'm just not a modernist--I know the guy is deliberately going for that look, it's not like he didn't know how to draw, but it just doesn't grab me.

Nice story though.

That pun reminds me . . . I've been forming a theory that traditional Asian culture revolves almost entirely around dad jokes and bad puns. 'Cause, like, all the traditional holiday thingies that you eat or wear or give people or stuff are traditional because their name is a pun with good fortune or money or something.

Emielle, dear, the power of friendship will not solve the centuries-long conflict between vampires and vampire hunters. You are putting both yourself, your fellow vampires, and Colette at risk.

I fear I may have to revoke your "My Little Pony" fan club membership. Obviously the power of friendship can solve ANYTHING.

I can't remember--have we established whether these vampires kill people when they suck blood? I notice on this hunt there's a human kind of flat on their back, either out cold or dead. If these cute kids are doing a murder every time they go out for a meal, that's an awful lot of death on the human side and suddenly I'd be kind of sympathetic to the vampire hunters.

But maybe they just sort of drain 'em till they're woozy and tranced out? I mean, if I were a budding vampire hunter, I could see letting a vampire go if I knew the person they were feasting on was basically OK, but not if they were crouched over a freshly murdered human, you know? "Well, there she is with a bleeding corpse and she'll kill again soon, but I've had two or three pleasant conversations with her--guess I'll let her go this time!"

Uh.... do we have a tag for frantically sounding a big truck horn in celebration? Because in need of one right now

As a Canadian I'm somewhat triggered by the big truck horn thing. Could we sound something else in celebration?
(mostly joking; if you're wondering, look up "#flutrucksklan" aka "Freedumb Convoy")

Maybe the real treasure was the nepobaby she let freeload along the way.

Is it bad that I got really triggered by her losing all her lottery money? If I managed to win the lottery and used it all up so quickly, I could never forgive myself. Good thing this is manga.

Yeah, 2 million USD (current exchange rate is very poor for the Yen, I think it was almost 3 million USD half a year ago) go fast if you live like that. Buying the apartment alone probably took out at least half of that in one go.
I think we called it much earlier that she'd run out of money before long.

Exchange rates don't matter much if you're not traveling, it's probably better in purchasing power parity. Still, I was thinking "Whoa, not very bright, is she" until I remembered that she did after all buy the apartment. So like, going forward she isn't actually in the same financial situation as before 'cause she doesn't have to pay rent or a mortgage. It's a big help, if she gets a job much like she had before she'll be effectively much better off. Buy the home then blow the rest is a very different outcome from blow it all.

So. I get jealous and depressed when I see this girl talking to someone who might conceivably represent a potential romantic interest. She makes my heart pound and makes me get all blushy. I love being around her. I can't stop thinking about her. But I worry that I can't give her this "love" thing that I just don't experience!

. . . um . . . Should I tell her or will you?

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This is a special potion that can awaken a person's buried feelings and make them act on what's in their heart. It's called "brandy".

So, dozens of chapters of cute girls doing cute things with a bit of subtext and Tamate being jokey and then . . . a ring. It was sweet, I'm happy, but it's like, putt . . . putt . . . um, putt . . . VVVRRROOOOMMMMM!!!!

Grk?! OK, this is well written, but it's not quite what I signed up for.