Whoa sudden new chapter. I need to do a reread lol

With this maybe Fuuka can finally move on.

Hmm what was Hinako expecting in the bed scene? She said she was disappointed but also relieved all she felt was some fluttering. Is it because she believed the feelings of love would be stronger, but was also scared it would be?

Wow what a blast from the past

Cutee

I do hope that Magenta gets more development soon. She's the least developed out of all the characters so far. I'm still holding out for Baiser x Magenta because I thought they were cute together in the beginning, but looks like they've been giving us a lot of Baiser x Azul instead haha.

This series just keeps getting better and better.

Well ... About this... the inspiration of Utena/Baiser is Kumiko and the inspiration of Sayo/Azul is Reina, so ... it's expected that the focus will be on them ... haha ​​...

interesting....

i mean, if it goes that way, it's fine with me haha. im just a sucker for leader x leader so that's usually my preferred ship (and their civilian interactions were really cute in the beginning of the story). I still want Magenta to get more development soon though!

I do hope that Magenta gets more development soon. She's the least developed out of all the characters so far. I'm still holding out for Baiser x Magenta because I thought they were cute together in the beginning, but looks like they've been giving us a lot of Baiser x Azul instead haha.

This series just keeps getting better and better.

Wholesome~

Sweet sweet reversal

Even though they can never catch a break, there's just something addicting about this overused tragic plot. I somehow always want to read more.

Man this mom arc was so stupid. The resolution was way too easy and super anti climatic but I guess I'm glad it didn't drag out any longer. The confession and kiss were great though.

This was frigging awesome

This ch was really nice. I liked seeing how Marika changed her views on sexuality in general, even if she's still stubborn haha

The author note really helped tie everything together. I think it's my favorite part of this story haha

This was a damn good chapter

Super cute

Wow even the special is amazing. I was expecting a sweet extra, but for it to be a NSFW one too? Ahhhh I like an author who knows what the audience wants.

Woo hoo! The universe is expanding! I'm glad we got to see some other jewels and their designs are also super cute!

Loved the inclusion of Mihoko's backstory. It made the confession and kiss even sweeter. I love how Mihoko wasn't as clueless as they made it seem and that she had already gone through the questioning of her sexuality period. Ahhh I just love that depth.

Great read

Yessss gimme more teacher x parent stories! I love this combo and there's such a lack of this type of pairing.

Can anyone explain the scene where Nacchan gets upset and ghosts her after Kyouko gives her her newest book? She's excited for her at first, but then visibly changes after Kyouko says that "that [the books] are all she has." They also flash to the books later on.

Is it because she took offense to Kyouko saying "they're all she has" but to Nacchan she's thinking "that's a lie because look at all the things you have that I dont?"

Damn Chiyo's backstory was great. Really powerful 2 chapters.

Ruby saying "I've been watching how hard you work" totally includes Azusa hiding her true personality hahahah

I actually think it's kinda funny how you can tell what generation people became yuri fans by the examples of series they first think of. Just like how the first series that came to my mind when thinking of those tropes was Strawberry Panic (unfortunately hahahahaha).

Hey, Strawberry Panic was a hoot, with the occasional effective scene.

It was like the Commodore 64 of yuri manga (and the anime was far better than the manga).

This sounds very insulting towards the C64.

Mister, we could use a lead like Shizuma Hanazono again . . .

If you say so, if there were positive aspects to that show I certainly do not remember them anymore. I suppose it ends with a big confession scene if that is your thing.

Hahahaha thinking back on it, Strawberry Panic was a hoot and the fandom back then was really fun with a bunch of fan material and memes, but it was definitely a series not to be taken seriously. I think the only true positive aspect of the show back then was it was one of the few blatantly gay animes airing at the time. Other than that, I'm glad yuri has overall evolved to be way better than what it was before xD

new tropes have definitely been codified.

Honestly I don't think this is true at all. Bloom Into You is a well written and deep series but it doesn't do anything thematically that other series haven't done in the past. What it does is tie a lot of those preexisting themes together and does them well in the span of a single narrative. This is not a bad thing, stories do not need to be unique to be good and/or enjoyable. Indeed, they don't even need to be well executed either.

i'm not talking about themes really. i agree, bloom into you doesn't like, revolutionize storytelling with its themes or anything. i think at its core the themes are pretty clear and straightforward, and i think the way they're executed on is what makes the story so good, is what gives it such complexity and depth. it's those tropes that i'm talking about, the sayaka character, a watchful best-friend who's one leg of the love triangle and whose love is doomed to go unrequited. the touko and yuu characters, they have an uncertain dynamic for most of the story--and sure that's common enough, this is literally a staple of romance stories. but they're specific in that it's a senpai/kohai relationship, there's love at first sight (basically), one of them doesn't really understand love, and the other has trauma and doesn't want her love to be reciprocated. those last two are the barrier to their relationship, that's where their character arcs are.

I feel like all these tropes were already very popular in older yuri stories, waaay before Bloom Into You. The tropes you listed can all easily be found in say, Strawberry Panic lol. What Bloom Into You did well was give a more realistic and deep portrayal to these tropes. Like you said, it's how Bloom into You was executed that made it good, but yeah, hard disagree on these being tropes created by/made popular by Bloom Into You.

I don't really feel like this series is similar to Bloom Into You at all. It has a lot of common tropes as well (I mean what school girl yuri series doesnt?), but aside from the unrequited best friend role (which a lot of series have), this has a completely different theme, story and character relationship. I actually feel like Honami doesn't resemble Sayaka at all aside from the "seemingly unrequited love" part. I think people just think of Sayaka first because Bloom Into You is a lot of this generations' first introduction to a proper "school girl yuri" series.

I actually think it's kinda funny how you can tell what generation people became yuri fans by the examples of series they first think of. Just like how the first series that came to my mind when thinking of those tropes was Strawberry Panic (unfortunately hahahahaha).