Really cute, though you do need to overlook the fact that they probably started dating when Minato was still a minor.

Love the reference to White Snake and Green Snake in Chinese myth.

I don't get the title.

Nice! Yuni is making more office lady related works~ ^v^

This doujin is from 2017.

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I really wish more Chinese and Korean series can be in traditional format like this.
Isn't this more like a preview than a prologue?

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I get that dissociating feeling Yamashita talked about when she said life moved on without her. Feeling like you're just a passive bystander while everyone else passes you by. To be a spectator in your own life, going through the motions with little agency or purpose.

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Lan Ting's shoulder angel and devil is a reference to Heibai Wuchang, a pair of deities in Chinese folk religion who escort spirits of the dead to the underworld (i.e the Grim Reapers). They're commonly depicted with very tall hats, and dressed in black and white respectively.

The story started almost immediately with the body switching when we're still not familiar with the characters makes it a bit hard to follow, but the character dynamic is pretty interesting/funny, and I'm a sucker for imperial China setting.

So it's finally here. I'm looking forward to the discussion.

Seriously, how many series is Lily Club churning out a year? It's like one new series is released by them every fortnight.

I am excited for what this manga got in store for us in the upcoming months.

The surprise is that it's going to end next issue with chapter 18.

Kasane really went from "oh no, I've been NTRed" to "yay shimaidon" in two seconds flat.

Excited for gay death note

More like lesbian Black Butler. Even the protagonist's family situation is similar.

Just like "king" has been used as a title by some female rulers in real life history, I assume "patriarch" is also a title in this case. It implies that a man is supposed be the head of the family, so these people might also be deliberately calling her patriarch to emphasize that she is breaking social norms by leading her family despite being a woman.

I think the simpler explanation is that a lot of languages don't have an equivalence for gendered terms.

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The author and her family were sick for a month because of a cold? So the Japanese cold is no joke after all?

I'm confused. Why did they feel the need to censor a kiss, and then give us a link to the uncensored art like It's hardcore nudity. Honestly I'm almost more annoyed that they even bothered to put the uncensored version out there. Like we're dying to know what's happening under that blur. It's just a kiss man.

Isn't that just a fan edit, and not from the artist?

From what little I know about traditional Chinese forms of address, I believe it means she is the second-eldest daughter of their parents.

Doesn't have to be blood-related sisters. It also applies if they're sworn sisters, or in the same school/sect/organization.

The manga has been licensed by Kodansha.
https://x.com/KodanshaManga/status/1848069987602145517

There may be hope for the series.

To me it looks like a sign that a series has been axed. When licensing niche, unproven series, publishers generally prefer short series because it means less commitment from them. Seven Seas picked up a bunch of axe fodders, including the 2 volumes long Scarlet and the practically abandoned Chasing Spica. In any case, Kodansha picking this up should has no immediate effect on the manga's situation, since it would take some time for they to release it in English.

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

There's a lot of people I'm seeing saying they're buying the volume that I'm seeing, although almost all in English, not Japanese. I wonder if there's a reason this concept works better for us in the West lol

Probably because Japanese fans already bought their copies without being asked.

The manga of Shuukura is released finally. There is a lot of hype for the light novel so let's see if this adaptation can live up to it.

Mm, the significance of her introducing herself as Bai Yuetao - she's completely abandoned the Lu name there, yeah? That's her maiden name?

Edit: yes, it's as I thought! Wow, I love that for her :O

Not quite. Chinese women don't change their surname upon marriage. She's simultaneously Bai Yuetao and Mrs. Lu. Just stating her name doesn't imply renouncing her husband's household.

I thought this was a prequel to https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/what_i_want_to_do_now_that_im_no_longer_an_idol but the characters have different names.

Another manga series from Usui Shio, hopefully this series can be adapted into an anime. I mean, this is an award-winning author, so there should be a series that many people know

What award did she win?

Here

If she won that early on in her career then it was most likely one of those magazine rookie awards for aspiring artists. You submit a draft to the magazine and if you win, it'll get published as an oneshot and you'll get opportunity to work with that magazine in the future. She would need to do a lot better than that to gain widespread recognition.

Another manga series from Usui Shio, hopefully this series can be adapted into an anime. I mean, this is an award-winning author, so there should be a series that many people know

What award did she win?

Wait, is this the sequel to this oneshot on Mangadex? But their names don't match.

Anyway, the story reminds me of the girls who left their idol group to be together.