I think Konomi just want Revenge on her betrayer.

Man Yoshioka is such a good girl, always thinking about Watanabe. I hope Watanabe can see her as a person instead of a character soon... seriously.

She sees herself as a character

I think my main issue was how awful Watanabe has treated Yoshioka. Be it in her thoughts or not. Meanwhile, Yoshioka turned out to be this nice girl, a great sister, and overall a good person. All because she didn't fit with the narrative inside Watanabe's head. Now doesn't that sound familiar huh? Now I'm not sure if it's a clever setup or not, but if it was, bravo.

Regardless, this chapter was a nice step in the right direction. I just want to like Watanabe. I already like Yoshioka. Let me like the other protag.

Yeah Watanabe seems like a stereotypical "I like yuri because its pure, and its different from those gross real life lesbians" type of character (of coure with a big helping of internalized homophobia because she can't allow herself to be "yuri") and I hope that she gets a proper character arc where she learns to stop viewing everyone through that lens of "yuri manga roles". I think there's some potential for Yoshioka to have a big positive influence on Watanabe.

It's not internalized homophobia, it's an otaku stand cliche. She doesn't wanna be involved with the stars on principle, she is just a lowly admirer

Hello!!!

Hmm, there wasn't really a yuri cliche this time... unless student council president X gyaru counts?

Doing something "drastic" for anothers sake without telling them could count?

Get off Watanabes back, just cause she isn't very bright and fights for her silly dream

I believe one of the main jokes of the story is precisely that the mc sees herself as a "scumbag" (as shown in scenes where, after being harshly scolded by her strict parents, she mutters angrily to herself "Yes, yes, I'm a scumbag, I get it!") while in fact she's one of the most pure-hearted characters to ever grace a yuri manga.

These are my very own words... and I'm here to say that I STAND BY THEM.

Thank you.

Scummy: I just wanna cuddle with my waifu desu"

Hana sure has gotten bold... We've come a long way since summer.

I really can't see her actions this time as anything but blatant seduction.

Honestly, it's hard for me to read this chapter as anything but '' Hana is putting the moves on Chiaki'' .

Washing backs with boobs. Without Chiaki asking for it, and asking Chiaki to do it for her as well. No way to see it as anything else.

Hana has reached the point of "welp **** it" and has dropped all reservations about what she's doing with chiaki "chiaki is too dense anyway"

How innovative

The little ones mixed their bathing suits after *mumble mumble, they really are a well oiled little duo

Nozomi is tone-deaf AF

Not only is the family rich but they also spoil their kids rotten. No wonder the MC wound up the way she did. She was privileged and spoiled rotten and never felt the need to work and do anything for herself because she was already given everything from the get-go without any real consequences. Remember, her room is FILLED with Chiron merch and that merch is expensive and the MC hasn't worked a day in her goddamn life, meaning that her parents spoiled her so much to let her get all of that merch.

Spoiled rotten? Scummy doesn't like studying because her tightass parents kept shaming her for not being as good as her big sis, so she naturally developed an aversion towards what they kept shaming her over and instead throws her all into escapism

Unless your definition of spoiled is "wasn't tought strong values by her incompetent parents" and it doesn't matter that's she has a highly uncomfortable home environment, or as the title puts it, a hard life

If they make a drinking game for this manga, one of the lines will be:

• Every time a HOTW (ho of the week) thinks Asumi is adorable and wants to keep her: chug.

Death by alcohol intoxication!
Coz every fucking sexworker in that online brothel wants Asumi!
CTTOI, this is pretty much proof of authorial Mary-Sue-ish self-insertion in her main character. :v

No Mary Sue here, Asumi isn't inately capable of overcoming any obstacle and she very much does have some character flaws

I want to put a cap on the term blackmail for the moment.
Think of it like this: do you really think scummy has any intentions of actually telling her folks?
I don't think so, she might make a nudge about it at most, but until we see her seriously considering telling then it's not really blackmail

I think the author is mean. Asumi-chan's love of Mai-chan is pure and beautiful. The lesbian brothels are just the obstacle she has to overcome to save her maiden.

Mind sharing the brand of weed you are smoking with the rest of the book club?

Jeebus doods, scummy-chan just heard dollar signs being given to her (from her perspective) unprompted and took the deal

It's a super standard younger sibling move

they gonna do the yuri

Then they are gonna ero doujin

I like the time skip, and I'd like to think her power came back

So the author have moved on but the telling twins apart story is still left hanging

So in conclusion of the poll:

The motion to have Asumi deprioritize her brothel adventure in favour of dating Nao was shut down
No - 52%
Yes - 48%
That was a lot closer than I expected

She really is a bit dum, dummy

The perfect firstborn ain't perfect after all, take that parent! Victory for Lil scum

Why am I simultaneously reading a manga about lesbian brothels, and rooting for the main character to stop going to lesbian brothels and settle down with a nice girl?

my internal impulses don't make a lick of sense

We need a poll, how many of us are like u

https://linkto.run/p/P1RF2JDD I guess

I’d say the poll is missing an option. Asumi and Nao go to the brothels as a couple!

I mean, "no" does cover that bit also

But she could do both, reach transcendence and blow Nao’s mind.

I just noticed I made a horrible typo in there

Wait, each of the girls represents one of the five senses! That's a fun bit of theming for a harem

I kinda see that for three of them but idk ab the other two, wonder the theme will amount to anything at the end

omg lol what if it ends up being none of them & mc ends up w a girl who has ties to all five senses

Idol - Touch

Prince - Hearing

Roomie - Smell

Onee-Sama - Sight

Kiss Demon - Taste

But that would also be hilarious (its the best friend)

Idol's totally sight (photoshoot, sexy lewds, etc)

Prince and roomie are straightforward, but rereading the teacher chapter the first thing she does is feed her- twice. I bet she's taste ^^_^^

And then the party girl would be touch? Which, she's super handsy I guess, idk

Riri certainly does give mixed messages, her chapter starts with a sight quote and ends with a touch quote and the chapter contains both touch and sight related things

The horny just exploded out of nowhere

But to quote a fanfic Dr Mundo: it's lust, not love

Why am I simultaneously reading a manga about lesbian brothels, and rooting for the main character to stop going to lesbian brothels and settle down with a nice girl?

my internal impulses don't make a lick of sense

We need a poll, how many of us are like u

https://linkto.run/p/P1RF2JDD I guess