Hijiri is a hero. Luckily it doesn't seem Kamijou is incredibly critical of her predilections, at least.

I’m not too sure at what she’s holding at the end

I think she's smelling Arisa's lingering scent on the sheets.

It's wild how immediately I'm loving these horrible cuties. Smh that they didn't all respond to the confession together though, I wanted to see this kid's mind blown by the idea of dating the five of them at once.

hard to tell anyone's gender

Why is this a negative for you?

Yuri deserves more Weird Sex tbqh.

Gonna find a "Best Disney Character - Sidekicks" poll and write Takuya in.

Bus Driver-san is their surrogate father. He'll be there at the wedding.

This is the feeling when you're neurodiverse and find out she's also neurodiverse.

I was going to say it's very t4t, but yours also works.

What's happening is Mother Kagami is attempting to groom Shinobu in an pretty disgusting way as a stand-in for her mom. Whether that was her intention from the jump is unclear.

I feel like the lead-in for Kagami here indicates she and her mother feel she is in some way responsible for Chiyo's death. Either way I think her being the product of an unwanted heterosexual union hasn't endeared her to her mother.

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Claire and Rei once again SERVING LOOKS. The art in this adaptation is so good.

Also, I get that folks on this forum are generally fans of the wimmen and his character doesn't help but imo Salas does look pretty attractive here.

Well, the author definitely found the line past which I actively root against Utena. Appropriate timing, I guess. Goodness was this chapter discomfiting,

I'm never really opposed to an expanded cast, so long as these girls are characters and not very fashionable lore dumps.

I get that Ai's big thing is being overt and sincere, but like... please double-check with the girl in question before outing your underage partner to her family.

"Utena is an incredibly compelling lead and I eagerly await her pursuits."

*superpowered mosquitoes*

"This criminal is the enemy of humanity and must be brought to justice by Tres Magia."

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Props to the artist for finding the simple solution to the entire "gender bender" genre.

Also, they're cute together.

Sensei has only discovered what it's taken many masters years to discern. There are exactly two archetypes in storytelling: "tiny lesbian with a heart of gold" and "gigantic powerhouse lesbian".

*one month later*

"Wait, are we married? We're married, aren't we? Shit."

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I've been struggling to place what the author was doing with Sulfur for a long time, but now I get it and I'm even more in awe of this story.

So I really like how coming to terms with herself has taken away some of Sulfur's jagged edge. She always seemed scrappy, bad-tempered, and like she was kind of burning herself up just being around. She seemed really distant even from her own team, like their earnestness and good-natured outlook ran up against her. She had so much aggression and anger, and it was just constantly leaking out of her.

Very astute! Thanks for helping my clarify my own feelings wrt Kaoruko's role in the story.

cracks knuckles another day, another trans headcanon

It's rough work, alright, but someone has to do it.

I'm glad there are others here appreciating how good Rei looks in that outfit.

who's to really say how much of it was rape and how much of it was her subconsciously giving into her sexual desires?

I'm losing my fucking mind rereading this line.

There is absolutely nothing gay about the line "[The girl who called out to me was] more clear-blue than the ocean itself."

As tremendously little of a fuck as I give about the dad or his growth arc, I appreciate that the ending radiates big "the queers are thriving" energy.

wait why was Takatou wearing a suit though

Takatou fuckin' sold out. He nows works just twelve hours a week - exclusively on investor calls. Only agrees to film trips with his high-school homie anymore so he can feel "close to the common man".

No but tbh Takatou seems like a real one.

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I think dismissing the relationship between Utena and Kiwi simply because there's been no high drama between them since their first battle is a fundamentally unhealthy view of the characters. Utena is shown to honestly love basically every girl we've seen so far in some way. Her primary challenge in the Enorme arc was finding something to love about a person she straight-up dislikes.

At this point, her interactions with Kiwi can be described as "cozy domesticity", which is indeed something that someone who's dom can still value. I don't recall her ever showing annoyance or dismissal in response to Kiwi's sappy proclamations. Mostly it seems to be a trait that she understands and rolls with.

Whether Utena x Sayo is certain is something I'm not confident on at this point, but I'll say she basically demonstrates similar interest in "bringing out the best of" each member of Tres Magia. I think what others are saying about Utena not feeling deserving of their affection/love is the real conflict that would have to be overcome for a lasting relationship to form.

Kiwi x Kaoruko is a bad idea and I hope these beach chapters aren't a setup for it without significant development between them. Partners constantly tearing each other down isn't cute; it's mean and nasty.

I said it before, and I'll say it again. Fuck Youko. You can try to fluff it up as much as you want, but at the end of the day she was two-timing, and stringing along both her partners. Of course, since it's a yuri story, the guy is easily cast aside, even though he did nothing wrong and seemed to be a faithful and caring boyfriend. Pretty shitty storytelling IMO.

Right. Get that everyone?—torches and pitchforks at Youko’s house at midnight.

Um, what was that address again?

I pretty much emphatically disagree with the person you're responding to, but implying they shouldn't be feeling that feeling when the story is intentionally evoking themes of infidelity is crass at best.

People can feel however they want, and I need no pious lectures from you about it.

If readers want to approach stories as if they are hanging judges in a moralistic small-claims court, no one is stopping them.

Sure, and it should be understood that LOUDLY side-eyeing others is liable to earn you a response. Lecture or otherwise.

I said it before, and I'll say it again. Fuck Youko. You can try to fluff it up as much as you want, but at the end of the day she was two-timing, and stringing along both her partners. Of course, since it's a yuri story, the guy is easily cast aside, even though he did nothing wrong and seemed to be a faithful and caring boyfriend. Pretty shitty storytelling IMO.

Right. Get that everyone?—torches and pitchforks at Youko’s house at midnight.

Um, what was that address again?

I pretty much emphatically disagree with the person you're responding to, but implying they shouldn't be feeling that feeling when the story is intentionally evoking themes of infidelity is crass at best.