There's a physical resemblance but Mitsuki wouldn't call an actual relative '' Kanna-san'', so I guess that theory is out. An old flame of her uncle maybe?

No real reason she wouldn't call an aunt by her name if she got used to it.

For that matter, is there any reason why all the assumptions are that she is the uncle's ex instead of current wife/lover? IIRC, there was no mention of the uncle's status so far.

"who she takes after"

Ma'am, you literally just mentioned her uncle.

As a side-note, it might be possible that Benika was adopted by Father Shirafune, rather than being his daughter from a past marriage. It has happened in the past and this is a fictional alternate reality.

As a person of faith, I really like the Priest's portrayal in this series so far. It strikes me as the kind of things I'd hear from pastors I've met in real life.

Reminds me of Father Forthill from The Dresden Files.

The power of Horny compels you.

damn, this is excellent so far, the latest chapter really turned it up. i always suspected the government was running the hitmen but now i'm almost certain.

i've never read a manga that felt remotely so politically timely and vital before (possibly excluding lgbt issues), it's very refreshing.

here we go again people think everything is american politics lol

here from were I live in EU there is jack of politics not the same way US seemns to boil every time the president forget’s were he is, or the talking orange ex-president says something and twitter boils over

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

The plot of this series is very interesting, even beyond the relationships. I look forward to seeing more of what's happening with Lapis and how events will shift from the game to now. Natori clearly has a lot on her plate in order to protect Lapis. It's also a nice twist that although she views Diana and Gran as friends for now, she knows that in the game they end up killing Lapis. There is always that sense of uneasiness about their interactions and I wonder if there will be a point where they come into conflict because of Natori's siding with Lapis in whatever she's doing. Could be really fun if done right.

I also wonder what the prince's role will be. He seems to feel sorry for Lapis and now sees Natori as the person who can break Lapis's shell (and whatever "chess" game she's playing behind the scenes). He implies that he might have tried but failed. And by his quote and story, it seems Lapis also feels she is forced into a certain path with no other options. Either way, we need more Lapis time. Either way, we need more Lapis time.

This chapter has also just made it clearer that Lapis' place by Natori is different, special, and romantic. She's clearly crushing and the prince knows she's in denial. I really like Diana and Natori's friendship though (even though Diana hopes that it's more). Diana is a really good person and will hopefully be a strong ally moving forward regardless of all the relationship stuff.

Something I didn't see, though, is a potential romantic "off-ramp" for Diana with Gran. It's common to present and hint at an "off-ramp" in these kinds of "love triangles," but I hadn't seen anything for Diana before. In this chapter, though brief, they positioned Diana and Gran visually in a way similar to characters who fight a lot and therefore "must get along," or "must like each other." Natori even specifically commented on how nice their situation seemed (even nicer than from the game). The scene even went so far as to use the series' visual language for an emotional moment (the shapes floating around them). It is true that in the game these two end up together--and there's no reason to assume anyone here is strictly only into women--so I wonder if that is the direction this will go in as well (if/when Diana moves on from Natori like I expect she will at some point)? I'd be surprised if it did go that direction at some point in the future though, since I can't imagine Diana supporters would like it no matter how nice Bran may end up being. But it's interesting either way and the author chooses the direction their comfortable with.

I assume that part of the reason Natori likes the new version of Diana and Gran's interactions is that they are more varied, rather than the narrow, increasingly romantic ones in the game. As for the "arguments = closeness" trope, friends can often feel even freer to argue and diss each other.

I like how they subverted the "sex worker magically falls for protagonist after one night" lol. Shes a real pro.

Would've preferred if it subverted the "client magically falls for sex worker after one night" part too.

Flamescion just has more tall person energy than the other battlesuits.

Just a fun fact: while it may be true that a priest can't tell anyone about confessions, they are also not required to give absolution. They might withhold it if, for example, a confessor shows no intent of actually stopping the behavior or if someone else is being punished for it.

I believe they are also allowed to report a confession to police if it will prevent a crime from being committed (which it arguably would, in the case of a hit man who comes back every time they kill someone).

Nah, you're thinking about shrinks. Catholic priests aren't allowed to report squat shit. Even if the guy making the confession says he's with a suicide terrorist group and they're building a nuclear bomb to wipe out the city, the priest must keep mum. If the bomb eventually explodes and millions die, too bad: it was God's will.

As expected of heretics that colluded with the roman pagans and created judaism for casuals, aka Christianity.

Jokes aside, in Judaism there is a central idea above individual religious laws where "saving human lives" (including that of yourself) >> religious law. I kinda expected confession to be in a similar vein, where saving the lives of others would take precedence to the secrecy of a confession.

Also, this is apparently completed with 43 chapters, according to our friends at MD. Fingers crossed for consistent releases.

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The downside of reading this website on mobile is not seeing page counts. I felt robbed.

The credit page is so cuteeee ! I wonder how they'll make it work, we know about her circumstances but the other girl is a mystery and from another school, and they can only meet for a brief moment after school...... ah right, cellphones lo/

One does not simply ask for a friend's contact info.

We need a yandere tag.

Or just creepy.

Can't say I am too surprised at the axe tbh.

Random thought

All 3 princesses are ship-folk with no noticeable reindeer traits whatsoever despite their father being a reindeer-person. Does this world operate on Pokemon logic of inheritance? =p

I think this is simply the case of the author not thinking about it too much and simply went with "sheep country = sheep royalty", interspecies marriages nonwithstanding.

"Pwease won't you kiss me again?"

"Please, miss, can I have some more?"

Reminds me of the game Drak and his brothers and friends played.

wait it made no efing sense, she said that she will get used to the words if she were to say it to much…….BUT WAKA SAID SHE NEVER SAID IT BACK!!!! how is she going to get to used the the words “I love you” if you NEVER USE IT??? 0.0

The whole point is for her not to get used to it and to light up like she turned soviet whenever she does hear it.

What are we counting down to though?

+1 to what the friend said. You can have a normal sleep schedule and the panda eyes won't go anywhere, though they can get a little lighter and not quite as sick-looking.

If Baba-kun expects the readers to feel sorry for him after his internal monologue / whiny sob story, he has a surprise coming to him.

I wonder if Miyako (Kyouko's bro) is gay. He kinda gives that vibe. He's being way too nice to Baba-kun, and that makes me suspect he has secret intentions...

Him being gay or not aside, I hope he doesn't have secret intentions and just is that good a person.

Wait, where is the rest of the story????

In your imagination.

This man let the intrusive thoughts win

The battle was left at a cliffhanger though.

Now I really wonder if there are circumstances that led to her living with the uncle rather than her parents.

I'm not sure I'm parsing what's going on with her reaction to the, uh, magical girl mind control? Obviously the existence of that scene is supposed to show us something about her emotional state but I'm not getting it

The immediate translation suggests a past of sexual abuse. Yes, I hate that this is the first thing that jumped into my mind just as much as anyone else.

Seems interesting, hope it won't end like the other series Goumoto did though.