As we all know the main duty of every StuCo VP is to be down bad for their respective StuCo president.

The other officers must have stopped coming because they don't want to see the idiot couple flirting all day.

This is the Way.

The leads are so well-written that I enjoy their relationship dynamic immensely, even without any Romance in it.

What are the chances that the Ou patriarchs discovered that their heiress was dating her piano teacher and had her burned alive along with the estate to cover up the scandal and to intimidate Chenxi into hiding her sexuality, at least in public?

Oh Misa, I was expecting better more empathy of you. :-/

I know I should suspend my disbelief but I really have to wonder how she figured out how to make an account and so instantly got an international following...

I don't think she did. She appears to have stolen the identity of the woman who died of the heart attack in her cave, and is now posting under her social media accounts. They look somewhat similar, and it's only been a day or so since the switch, so her relatives and friends probably did not have time to realize what happened.

This extra chapter of Female General and Eldest Princess was a treat... oh, wait.

Also, if this is how the General leads her military campaigns, too, it's no wonder that she's in the capital so often -- there is probably no one left for her to fight...

Man, it's so nice to see Ming Wei HAPPY, but I fear potential fallout. I hope there's no punishment.

You know there will be. But the Dowager is too egotistical to recognize that the Empress and Tantai Lan have given Ming Wei a viable exit opportunity, so once her abuse crosses the line, Ming Wei will defect to the Empress' party. In other words, the more severe the punishment, the sooner Ming Wei will end up in bed with the General.

So, can we add the Idiot couple tag here yet?

Sal Jiang, huh? On a scale from AyaHiro to Black & White, how wholesome vs. toxic is this one going to be, I wonder?..

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Sorry I can't come to your girlfriend's birthday party because I have to eat dorm dinners! Girl what are your priorities?

She doesn't know does she? So as far as she knows Kase is just a friend of a friend.

Ah I might have misremembered. Still go eat dinner with your friends, don't be some dorm cafeteria gremlin every night of the week :P

I am suspecting that the "new hire" in the cafeteria is a future girlfriend.

(I think this is mostly cuz I dont reread the story, but Elsa getting pushy(?) felt out of nowhere to me)

IIRC Elsa has always been pushy (she is an otoge protagonist, after all), but she definitely got bolder once Evie explicitly reciprocated her feelings.

A useless side couple and a smart kouhai who is not forming a stupid love triangle with the leads? Hats off to Kosuzume-sensei.

Goddammit, why is Tantai Lan so hot in her every appearance.

Why does Lapis have to let her go?

Because if her plan succeeds, she would have committed genocide, and she does not want any consequences of it (and there will be consequences) to fall upon Natori, regardless of the latter's own wishes.

I don't know for sure what just happened at the end there, or what the implications were, but I'm pretty sure it was gay as shit.

Unlike Natori, Diana and Lapis are too pure to consider an OT3 ending, therefore they've had a serious talk about the relationship between the three of them. Because Lapis has been sending mixed messages and because Diana is a sweetheart, she was ready to suffer a heartbreak gracefully for their sake. However, Lapis still has her head full of silly little ideas like classicide, therefore she plans to break up with Natori to protect her from the consequences of Lapis' future actions. Furthermore, because of what they've all just went through, she cannot lie to Diana anymore. Diana was able to bow out as long as she believed that Lapis x Natori was a done deal, but when Lapis effectively refused to confirm it, she could no longer suppress her feelings and effectively declared her rivalry to her over Natori's heart.

That said, I am pretty optimistic about this rivalry now: even if it doesn't end up in an OT3, Lapis and Diana like and respect each other now, so their rivalry will likely result in more wacky hijinx than tragedy. Of course, nobody can predict the future, least of all random forum posters, so everything may go bad yet, but Neko Tarou's previous stories give me hope.

Just my thoughts in the comment. I've already had thoughts about this but with the latest update it feels more concrete, but I think the radical anti-noble faction killed Lapis's noble half sister and Lapis is Aurora. After the death of her sister, the family forced Aurora to become Lapis in her stead. [snip]

I am not 100% convinced, but that would be an awesome twist for this particular story.

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One detail that has struck me upon re-reading: isn't it always Io who comes to see Misa, and never the other way around? On the other hand, Hase just invites herself into Io's private room every time she feels like it.

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Welp, Elsa's once again reminding us that she is the heroine of this story. :3

Welp, it looks like Misa and Hase are one for one on their Dubious consent from Io score, aren't they?

My estimation is that Misa is gonna wipe the floor with Hase. Hase probably expects that she will able to browbeat her with her position as a "legitimate" professional, as well as with threats of legal action, etc. But Misa has very little attachment to her status and job, so Hase has absolutely no leverage on her. On the contrary, the moment Misa starts to deconstruct Hase's behavior and motives, it's game over for the latter. In that case, I am looking forward to the verbal lashing.

Ruri-chan just wants to take care of her wife. :D

Does said wife even realize that she has been married? Because IIRC her brain has steadfastly refused to accept the possibility of a universe where Ruri is interested in her.

I am still trying to figure out how serious vs. how comedic this story wants to be. Granted, three chapters are too short to establish that baseline yet...

was one of the scariest experiences of my dad's life.

Coming from a person who has literally fought in a war, that's quite unsettling.

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Xiao-chen deserves an award if she pulls this off. Official wingwoman of the year.

Xiao-chen single-handedly fighting back uselessness in the entire company.

Leave up to manga to teach us Medieval European history via cute girls doing cute things. :D

So Diana is basically Lapis' sword now, isn't she? Lapis is literally just standing on the roof, casting spells into the ether so Diana can copy them against Rubeus, while Lapis can claim she had nothing to do with the duel later, since technically she didn't aim anything at the guy, just practicing some combat spells nearby.

They are quite a team, aren't they? Lapis schemes, Diana fights, and Natori does the legwork.

Would Yandere be too much of a spoiler on this one?

I wonder how much of the Robot Girl trope is based in the fact that women have been treated like robots until actual robots have been invented, and for quite some time thereafter...