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Well no G-witch this upcoming sunday... at least this one will come through... right, right???

I dislike the "childhood friends, but one forgot and the other is mad about it to an irrational point" trope. I disliked it in Canno's manga, I dislike it here too. It feels petty and forced.

It took me way to long to remember which specific ship you're talking about, and I feel kinda ashamed for forgetting them, since they were like my 4th or 5th fav ship from AnoKiss. I probably should re-read the manga when I have the time.

re-reading anokiss is always a good idea.

Like the person above me said a girl might be worried about losing her friend and she doesn't even bother to think if said friend is into girls without having asked. At some point I just can't even suspend my disbelief.

That's just like a general wishful thinking thing, but in that particular series there's an understood sense of mutual feeling, the uncertainty is with the degree, like almost always there's "is it the same kind of like?" that is in a lot of these. So while it's not overtly stated it is a cause for worry.

i'm not seeing much of this "gay is the default" in many stories outside of like ensemble type series? Which is fair because its under the yuri genre and that's the fantasy they want to sell... soooo..... ??? There's also the fact that like, queer people often form social groups in high school without them even realizing. Side couples tend to either play into this or else serve as foil to the main pairing. Most recent incarnations of "but we're both girls" have morphed into just more common/authentic queer awakening narratives instead of like, "Oh it's so taboo, it's so wrong!11!!11", the former of which I don't really take issue with.

Wait, are we gonna have a High School Yuri story that doesn't have a "But we're two girls!" Moment?! Both characters seem aware of their own sexuality right out the gates, which is kinda nice.

that's been most modern/recent series? like how to get together with my childhood friend (friend she admits her crush to is like yay lets make it happen) or Our Yuri Started with Getting Rejected in a Dream (the freakout is mostly, it's my best friend and im worried i'll lose her). Hell even AnoKiss had none of that. Only one that kinda did it was Bloom into You, but that's like barely there.

haha what if we just platonically made out for an hour while the sun set haha wouldnt that be a fun activity between adult friends haha.

Part of it may be a way of tempering any aspect of melodrama, maybe? Which never seems to be a problem in the favorites of mine i end up snagging to begin with, but is a common localizer thing.

One key change i found really interesting was the dialogue at the end of the date Hibiki "dragged" Minato around on, was changed to be "baiting" as in baiting your reaction, which is like more of an admission of romantic intent. I think the particular choice for the idea the OT expressed with that maybe wasn't the best as you have to go "wait a second, baiting what?" but some spoken admission of "I was trying to get a read on you" would have made it super solid.

Volume 3 came with an Emma epilogue I don't think I've seen anywhere. I know a few people held the complaint that they wanted some kinda nod to Emma's relationship, and I will say it's a bit of a letdown. I will say there were way more points in favor of the official translation than the fan one here. Official made certain scenes be more romantically direct and more true to character. only a few quibbles were like, some reason OT would run a "like" in lieu of "love". It's a shame the Sakiko and Chika chapter didn't squeeze in. Makes the status of their relationship a little more fraught in the graduation plans scene without that context.

yeah gonna be a pass, esp since its also got first sight love as an element?? I feel like the two other childhood friend ones we got going rn have at least more of an interesting wrinkle (rejected in dream / how to get together with my childhood friend) or else are paced in a way that's atypical of the trope. This just seems like a 5-8 volumes of a status quo, and intentionally so with the "haha ha vexing amirite ;)" snark which does nothing for me. Maybe theres kinda something interesting with having a lot of misplaced friction between childhood friends specifically, but like idk futari monologue kinda nailed that already.

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i wish i had just 10% of the rizz shes got goddamn

into the hibernation chamber once again

Leftover pizza the day after is one of the sadest tastes known to mankind.

the mark of a truly good pizza is how good it stays as leftovers, particularly refrigetrated. most delivery places cannot hold up, but your local top tier joints always come through, refrigerated or reheated.

picked up volume 1 and 2 and preordered 3. rereading it and once again, i must say, politely, TRANS ASANO TRANS ASANO TRANS ASANO

As for the heat on kanoko, if we take, the idea that she's holding a similar conflict as Hime, (see the whole , I'll teach you to have a facade too deal) I think she has as much to "answer for" as Hime. She's just now starting to lie, just as selfishly as Him, and as was said, out of some kind of genuine desperation. Of you're gonna come down hard on her, then Hime deserves the same for not entirely working through her feelings. She very clearly shuts the door, whether its in terms of physical desire(per the whole trip arc) or romantic (per the scenes portraying her perspective after the kiss) and only briefly opened it to stay at liebe.

Welp, caught up. Looks like i was lasered in lol. Hime def experiences sexual attraction to women, i think the whole liebe overnight trip is where it really gets into that conflict of facade/queerness/role. Part of me was hoping Mai was catching some of her blush and fluster on film to be like "SEE, YOU ARE GAY, MISS" but it didnt happen lol. Seeing hime's conflict near reflected by kanoko and refracted by sumika has been pretty engaging. What I hope for with this last play is its going to engage some more introspection on Hime's end. That said, I think what she feels for Yano is somewhere equal to how she feels for kanoko, and I would absolutely love a polyam advancement. I even have reason to see it stretch amongst the main 6 or so (including Nene here) not in an all 6 equally but it's own kind of web.

There's virtually zero chance of a class-s tier cop out, no "and they all kept being specialist sisters, the five of them" as it's pretty clear the story is about how lesbians themselves are unsatisfied with those narratives (which yay im glad we are finally getting heard maybe, idk who author is), and I suspect this to be once again more spurring for Yano given how she's seen Hime squirm and wriggle both in the salon and out.

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also, dear god these kiddos should be getting paid a fortune for both waiting tables + acting lol

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I'm still not caught up, only chapter 10, but excited for the anime next year. at first i found it a bit worrying. we've had so few non class-S-y anime where it kinda feels like jumping to taking the piss out of them may seem more abrupt to outside audiences. However, i love the weird blend of improv theatre / maid cafe bullshit framing of it thats like, obviously only something lesbians who have read class-s would dream up. For that reason it really has legs, as its not just your lazy self-aware meta schlock. theres a mash up of identities/roles that gets extra doubled for Hime, as she contends her facade/true self, her queerness, and her role as the little sister. Each one has different constraints that are going to rub raw against one another's wants and desires re: not just romantic relationships but all her social ones. well worth the adaptation, thank god. that said. Hello Melancholic absolutely still deserved one as well...

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its funny youd say cancel culture when eminem, known to whine about it as well n recent years (LOL), was the one to brutally tear down MGK for actually creeping on his underage daughter. He wouldn't have done that and destroyed him to the point of quitting rap if there wasn't actual merit to the claim. anyways if you like pop punk and didnt listen to either of the TWO dynastic albums this year (!!!) you goofed up because that's the most life the genre has ever had in some time for how "in-bounds" it stays within the genre compared to like... idk the whole trans hyperpop music scene right now reinventing pop for the umpteenth time .

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that isnt willow as in willow smith is it right? like... "I thought it was a good idea to collab with known pedo Machine Gun Kelly" on a hacky, creeper pop punk song, willow smith??? worrisome taste lol... i stepped in bizarro world bc i thought yall millennial dad rock heads would not be down with her at all.

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oop seems i have forgotten the specifics of where this one left off last time... might reread it but brain hurty from like current reading list already

It didn't seem like going with her friends was bothersome to her, sometimes you just have a lot to do in a little time.

i think its been a thread that she gets pulled around easily regardless of how strongly she feels about it. In the beginning Shou said something to the effect of "I'm not just burdening you / you're not forcing yourself to be with me here?" Which seemed pretty cognizant of where Umi has been, and is still kinda at. Some places, like the festival, it hasn't been a detriment, Shou got to experience "group" part she was left out on. This recent chapter is, both missing the exhibit, and being pulled along with a not so great motivation for change. Curious to see where it goes, storm's a brewin'.

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looks like author posted link to final chapter on their twitter ??? so this should be updated soon??