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Purple Library Guy
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It's just a hunch but I don't think 5-chan is the final boss here.

Plausible . . . for instance, who killed her?

Purple Library Guy
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Maybe I've missed something but this didn't feel like a yuri story. There was no indication she loved her friend in a romantic way. She just said she feels safe with her around all the toxic men in her life. Maybe it could've become yuri but what we were given doesn't suggest it ends with them together.

I have the same feeling, and I feel the same way about calling her Bi. I don't see much there. It's a sweet story, though and I can assume the author must have meant it as yuri but it's not there on the page, while her het stuff is certainly all over the place..

Exactly. It gives more of a "when you're down and in trouble it's good to depend on those who care for you" kind of vibe. Suggesting she should date her friend just because she was the only one she had a good relationship, despite not having any feelings for her prior, wouldn't be something I suggest someone should do.

I would have normally said maybe we're assuming their sexualities based on the author's history but this author has written a lot of Het and that also goes for their currently running series. So, it's mixed. I think at best the author is using an old-school version of yuri (girls interacting, not necessarily romantic, subtlety, ambiguity, etc.). Anything else is not really in the story itself. Interesting read anyway.

Blink and you'll miss it, but there is one line in there that sort of recasts the whole thing as yuri to me: "Because if you were to touch me . . ." My reading of p. 26 is that she's saying that she stayed away because she was crushing on the girl and couldn't bear the idea of letting it get stronger and then having her nose rubbed in the distance/difference between them.

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It's a very clever deception. Consider:
"I'm being framed! She's just acting!" "Nice try, buddy, she's an idol. You trying to tell us she can ACT?"

Purple Library Guy
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So who's that jerk on the last page giving our cinnamon roll prof grief? So that stuff happened to him, so you got nothing better to do than rake it up?

Purple Library Guy
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They look like the exact same person just with different hair colors. haha :D can't wait for the next chapter.
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_dentist_wont_stop_teasing_me_ch01#12

The series blurb on Mangadex says it is the first-love crush.

I was kind of expecting that actually. Because Chinese manga never miss an opportunity to do that bit.

Purple Library Guy
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Yeah, this breaks my suspension of disbelief. You don't just walk out of dental surgery all put together and pretty. The protagonist can't be shown looking a little messed up even in such circumstances? Is the taboo against not constantly conforming to cisheteronormative beauty standards really that strong?

I hate to take issue with people insisting on realism, but when I had my wisdom teeth removed, all four, I looked basically normal right afterwards. My mouth hurt and I was careful what I ate for a few days . . . uhhh, less careful than I should have been . . . but mostly I was fine. Went to a restaurant and had steak fajitas three days later.
I probably wasn't going to be hitting any bars the same evening, but I LOOKED ok.

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Purple Library Guy
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In which it is shown that hentai that doesn't really bother with a lot of trappings is better than hentai with trappings that suck.

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Dear me, I appear to have picked up someone else's cup of tea. I'll just put it carefully back where it was.

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Could be nice. Pretty typical in one way--with Chinese stuff seems like it always has to be the biggest star, the hottest talent etc.

Purple Library Guy
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Magic babies confirmed!

Purple Library Guy
Wicked Spot discussion 14 Nov 16:10
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I can’t believe Sadako used Obfuscate 4: Vanish from the Minds Eye

I understood that reference.

Likewise. Been a while since I played any of that.

Purple Library Guy
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That's . . . that's just wrong. How could they not eat the honey toast?!

Purple Library Guy
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You know you've been accepted into the family if you become a target of domestic violence.
On the flip side, there's overpriced shitty ice cream.

I remember when some flavours of Haagen-Dasz were pretty awesome. Strawberry used to be really good, don't think it is any more.

As to the rest . . . yeah. But we've known how this story and these people are for a while now.

last edited at Nov 6, 2024 5:30PM

Purple Library Guy
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Hang on, this country has a freaking gulag?!

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Clumsy Call discussion 05 Nov 14:08
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"Lesbians are not good with communication" is just a trope and not a real thing, right?

It's real. It's a subset of "humans are not good with communication".

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So is this yuri because they're girl hamburgers?

Purple Library Guy
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Amusing that she gets her purse stolen just after talking about how vigilant she is from all her martial arts training . . .

Purple Library Guy
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They are two of the most powerful wizards in the realm. There is exactly zero chance they will end up destitute, they can write their own freaking ticket. So the answer seems a bit thin to me.

Also, I don't see the connection. They've made a commitment to each other, yes? They're going to be together through thick and thin, yes? If they somehow manage to end up in a life of poverty, it will be a life of poverty together, yes? So, why on earth would you deliberately choose to make it a life of poverty WITHOUT sexy times? Nope, really don't get the logic.

Purple Library Guy
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The premise to this is pretty weak but I like idol/kpop yuri so I'm seated

It is weak, and yet there's something oddly realistic about that. I have the impression that in the idol business they do a lot of absurd things for really stupid fan-management reasons.

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damn kase's a lightweight

Well, by real people standards, sure. But it's well established that manga characters, being two dimensional, can take very little booze . . . some are capable of going down from a single boozy chocolate; there's even recorded cases of drunk literally from the smell of booze.

Purple Library Guy
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Well, y'know, if you're going to be in a creepy relationship with a demoness, "bait" is certainly a better position to be in than "food". Especially since this seems pretty clearly bait that gets re-used, so like, much more "my favourite shiny lure" and much less "some worm that a fish is about to eat".

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So, all in all, my position on the story so far:
--Rather young woman getting into a twisted BDSM-oriented relationship with an older cabaret girl . . . I'm OK with this.
--The normal way actresses and their managers interact in Japanese show business . . . Creepy AF.

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This chapter seemed less coherent than most of the others.

An impressive feat, really.

Purple Library Guy
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We need more gremlin MCs like this one. She's such a pain in the ass but also entertaining.

I would have to disagree sadly, MC is probably the worst part of this god forsaken series

Sadly for you that is just an subjective opinion

Well la de da. Nobody ever gets to say anything on one of these forums ever again, then.

Purple Library Guy
Flavorful discussion 25 Aug 13:53
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That girl is terrifying. Is she flirting really hard, or just an airhead?