Misaki and Ayane aren't co-stars. They aren't actresses. They're an idol unit. Why does that matter? Because unlike actresses, for idols even their friendships are part of their job. The job of an idol isn't just to perform on stage, it's to create a "character" to appeal to the fans. The idol has to show that "character" all the time. They are meant to represent a fantasy for the fans, after all.

So Misaki can't realistically stops being close to Ayane. Her relationship with Ayane is part of the idol package they're selling to the fans.

Yes, that's the professional face they have to present. That doesn't mean they have to be as close in private life as they portray for the fans, though. I mean, isn't she supposed to be "friends" with the other girls in the group? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but seems to me like normally their behind-the-scenes relationship is more professional.

Nagisa should have known what she was getting into from the get go. The Japanese are much more aware of what it means to be an idol than we are.

Nagisa sees the public stuff and doesn't mind. However, when Misaki herself sends a picture of her and Ayane being close, that is when it gets a bit much.

There is a reason why the "you vs the [girl/guy] [he/she] tells you not to worry about" meme exists.

I don't think all Nagisa wanted was understanding. I think she wanted a solution, and that's the problem because there was no solution, short of Misaki quitting her job.

All she needed was a reaffirmation of their love. It was a cry for attention. The reason Misaki flew off the handle was because she had feelings for Ayane. She could've just said that her feelings for Nagisa are different from her feelings for Ayane. She could maybe even have said that she'd talk to the other girls/her manager to see if there's anything they can do. There's dozens of ways to handle a bit of jealousy that don't involve just dropping everything right here, right now.

BETRAYAL!

I shall then Kek. of the mightiest of keks

Shadilay, my dude.

I still stand that it was correct for Nagisa to bring this up, because now the problem is up for resolution.

Seconded. If you can't talk in a reasonable manner about your feelings with your SO, if you can't discuss what's eating away at you, then you don't have a healthy relationship.

You can just tell by the way it's written that Misaki usually talks a lot (a lot) about Ayane to Nagisa, kinda like what happened in Honey and Honey ch. 33. With the difference that Ayane didn't want to risk Nagisa and Misaki patching things up, so she hatched an evil scheme.

Don't know about the face she made, but the "not" in the end is the joke.
"Is it true?!"
"Of course.....not".

That means, Manana do think nobody would fall in love with her.
Anyway, there's no yuri, and if there ever is, it would be for comedy sake. As always with nonsense gag manga.

Not having read the source material, I can't tell for sure, but seems to me like it's:

"Nobody will ever love me."
"That's not true."
"Really?"
"Of course not."

The 'not' isn't in response to the 'really,' but to the 'nobody will...'

Some mod in this site pretty dum*, so sometime they cannot distinguish light yuri with not yuri. Please understand for them =))

Okay, dude, thrash-talking the mods? Not cool. Also: discussions of whether to give a series the yuri tag or not have generally not turned out for the best. Please have trust in those who tag series that they are familiar with both the tagging expectations of the readers and the contents of the source material.

https://twitter.com/takeshi_nogami/status/837491759777099777

well, that's something

Heh, "front page scam". Refreshing honesty, innit.

I think the publisher/editor/whoever else is well aware of what's going on here.

I think everyone can see it.

Sakurako and Kasumi are SUPER FRIENDS! The best of friends, who stick together through thick and thin.

Come to think about it, I wonder what kind of disease does Akiho have. It's always used as a gag, yet seems serious enoug to keep her immovilized 90% of the time.

Lupus. That, or stereotypical-animu-can't-leave-the-house-itis.

Nako best girl.

There is/was also something about women pushing each other into a pool with their butts? I think that one was last season, though, so I didn't watch it (too busy to watch stuff).

I read two pages of this thing and stopped. Translating "oneesama" as "sissy" is a bit much.

That's how they did it in the dub, unfortunatley.

Hmm... now I'm racking my brain for a better translation. Alas, all that I can think of at the moment is a sassy 'sistah'.

Ah well, the inferiority of the English language, I guess.

As someone who loves hiking and camping I'm eagerly looking forward to more. I've been curious about camping in Japan for a while now.

Depends how much yuri you are looking for. If subtext is just fine then list is endless, but if you want confirmed couples (At least a confession) then I can give a few.

QFT. Also,

3 posts, still no mention of Maid Dragon. This is an injustice that cannot stand.

fight me irl m8.

Seriously, though, it can be done well (Judgement Princess style), but canon happenings make it a bit harder to write a story around it. That being said...

I read two pages of this thing and stopped. Translating "oneesama" as "sissy" is a bit much.

I wonder how old Kanna actually is. I know she's supposedly a young dragon, but the question is how old "young" is in dragon terms (15 - 40 like in D&D?).

So, most probably, it'll end in friendship.

And they married and had lots of kids with random guys.

No, no, no. Washio is gonna confess to Kotooka, which Tsukasa overhears. K rejects W and says it's not normal, but T doesn't hear that because she's already running of crying. W&K hear T storming off and run after her, but she gets hit by a truck and dies in the hospital. W&K end up blaming each other and their friendship is ruined. K later goes from one guy to another while W withdraws from society and becomes a hikikomori.

Both of them die alone and unloved, while Subaru and Asakura, who got married, are the only ones who attend the funerals.

Oh! And then we see the cliche "they meet again in the afterlife" starfield.

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Once again, to come back to Seifuku no Vampiress Lord, it is absolutely valid to talk about the implied sexual politics involved, particularly since the author put the sexual aspect of drinking blood out there pretty blatantly. We cannot, by contrast, say that Rin was once part of a noble court in Europe or something, because that's creating a story element rather than interpreting what's on (digital) paper.

I thought we were talking about interpretations to discuss whether the yuri tag is warranted or not. If we're talking about politics then I'm gonna pass, that topic never ends well in online discussions.

To try to override the author on something like that is just a matter of someone failing to get over their own ego.

"You may have written this thing, but I've got an education, so I know better than you."

The only debatable point is whether the meaning of a work is the meaning any particular person decides it is, or the meaning which a consensus can be reached on.

Also, skip PHP and go for Python.

The difference is that Python folk don't recognize how much the language sucks, while PHP people know, but they accept its shortcomings.

Well, if Taplis becomes a software dev, then she should be able to earn enough that Vigne can be a housewife.

The problem is that you can over-analyse anything to mean anything. So when anyone ends up with a different interpretation than the author, who's to say they didn't just analysed it incorrectly?

I don't. What happened?

It started with the yuri tag, because the scanlation team read ahead and saw it was yuri, but the first few chapters were a bit tame, so people were dogging to get the tag changed to subtext.

Now it's subtext but the chapters are starting to pick up and the same people complaining before are now wanting the tag changed back to yuri but we're now just mocking them: "they're just gal pals doing friend stuff as friends."

I've confirmed with my ISP that they're not the cause so I'm pretty sure it's the servers. Or rather, the lack of any kind of CDN, even a free one.

Wanna set up Squid?

Is this gonna be another Futaribeya (A Room for Two)? 'Cause you know what happened with Futaribeya.

It me.

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Guess I have to post a picture of myself too.

:)

Finally, someone who knows how to dress sharply.

If next episode is what I think it is, they're gonna have a field day.

Well, there is only one volume out, so...