A parsimonous rationalisation would be that she picked up the basic mannerisms from popular media and whatnot as how "big girls" are supposed to act at least in some circumstances - she routinely gets confused for one for obvious reasons after all - and because Tae has such entertaining responses to that might well be actively researching more now. (Also evidently a natural heartthrob.)

Because, really, it'd be a rare 10 yo who wouldn't be delighted on being able to troll grownups to that degree and Mai definitely has a mischievous streak a mile wide...

This is interesting, two lolicons, one is closeted and the other one is certified.

Tae isn't, you know.

Or, considering what kind of story is this, maybe she just likes X :P

My Incompetent Boss Can't Be This Cute o3o

Tae, as ever, remains a fount of amazing expressions.

I haven't read the pre serialization but could it be in theory that she is pranking MC for whatever reason? For what I know only proof of her being grade schooler is her own words and backpack unless i missed smt.

I see your desperate fanfiction is entering outright conspiracy theory territory now.

I like the [awkward silence] punchlines in these.

^tbf I really can't see Yae and the Shogun - which is still at the helm most of the time post-quest - getting along particularly well. The fox probably couldn't stop talking in circles if her life depended on it while the proxy has preciously little patience for bullshit and shenanigans. Must've made any "business meetings" they had over managing the country mighty awkward occasions...

Don't really see where Yae getting cozy with Ei whenever she's out and about is incompatible with the canonical appreciation and respect the hyper task-oriented workaholics Shogun and Sara have for each other. Raiden's kind of a two-in-one package deal like that.

^it's those little puffs of steam isn't it, I can't get over them

^More like the writers just fucking forgot about her. Like, completely; I've been going through the NPCs checking their post-quest dialogues and so far you'd be excused for thinking she got deadass Unpersoned in Inazuma or something because nobody seems to remember she even exists. Even her family.

Also keep in mind that's shortly followed by one of the most glaring asspull plotholes in the entire Archon Quest so... yeah. Lots of really half-assed writing in that part.

On the upside, the Shogun does speak very highly of her in her voicelines.

"Gross but I approve"

Not that it would stop Dokutah from eating them.

Sanity 0 is a terrible thing :c

Don't show this to Tooru, she'll just get weirdly comptetitive again and Kobayashi is stressed enough as is...

Finally did new anni. It was surprisingly easy. The hardest part was making sure civilians won't die, but after 3 attempts or so I have pretty reliable setup so this time I shouldn't have so much issues with auto running it like with previous annis.

My first attempt at it went flawlessly except for failure to kill one damn Stupid Jetpack HitlerSniper in time so a single civilian died and thus I missed full clear by literally one point (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

I was nearly at the weekly cap at the time so didn't retry it, will have to try again this week with a slightly different setup.

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^I mean hedgehogs and porcupines manage to do the deed. Pretty sure Archosauria know how to work around their hefty tails.

I mean Baishi is basically like this ingame...

And yeah those upcoming idol skins are pretty neat. Am I the only one who thinks Pine looks comically awks and uncomfortable in hers...? :P

Yes xD I love how she is only able to force herself to smile for a brief moment and it looks totally forced x3

My headcanon is the whole thing is something Sora came up with when bored and nobody can convince me otherwise :v

Probably stating the obvious here but Rosa and Dusk make those Demolitionists in DM bit of a joke. Also, trolling the Lancers with Trapper Specialists is quite funny :D

Should probably try and see how well Mudrock can facetank that assorted wakey-wakey Sarkaz nastiness but I'm a little concerned over her relative susceptibility to Arts...

And yeah those upcoming idol skins are pretty neat. Am I the only one who thinks Pine looks comically awks and uncomfortable in hers...? :P

Could definitely see this kind of convo happening canonically among this bunch tbh

^buttplug, obviously =3=

I'm so done with this loser, I don't ever wanna see them again.

Why are you like this?

Why are you like this? I don't like them, I don't like the focus they're getting. not what I signed up for when I picked the manga up. Simple as.

Your BGM, sir.

I just... I like this manga, but it's just... The difference between Tae and Mai's heights and pectoral muscles are making me curious, really curious. Could it be that Mai start school late or she had a growth spurt early? I know I shouldn't try to think so hard about it but I just can't help it when Mai looks like a teenager or maybe a young adult in grade school.

As already pointed out 'bout five posts back she specifically says she's 10.

Just sayin' but if y'all need to start overriding the explicit text of the story with speculative fanfictions to be comfortable you should probably just not be reading the series in the first place...

Let's hope igarashi was really dumb and got held back lol

"Ten years old." straight from the horse's mouth.

Betcha whatever the heck Cool's up to she's doing it because she think it's necessary to take the ~RESONANCE~ of the others to the final level.

Mai's ridiculously suave ladykiller moves are never not going to be funny

Is there any reason why a solid chunk of the series is just straight up missing..

Go back a page, but TL;DR is "petty scanlator drama lol"