The worst part of it all is that Shimamura would probably see it as having get rid of two elements of disturbance at once.

Some NTR pairings in yuri are high IQ like Yuu X Sayaka but this one would just be weird.

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Reminds me of what's going on in Vampeerz.

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So far it's only based on a few hints people have noticed such as Shimamura willingly arriving half an hour early at her date with Adachi and covering her chest in the swimming pool's changing room. It's possible she hasn't simply been able to brush off what Adachi told her over the phone.

I'm interested in seeing if the idea some people threw out that Shimamura has become more conscious of Adachi since the latter's outburst and that she's been acting strangely is correct, which would require her POV.

"Sh-Shimamura, can we start calling each other by name? We've been married for ten years..."
"Huh? Isn't my name a bit difficult to keep saying? Shimamura is easier, Adachi."
"O-Okay..."

On their wedding day: "Wait, when did I agree to get married? Oh well, calling it off now sounds troublesome."

I feel like if the confession was to happen in an Adachi chapter, all we'd get for Shimamura's reaction would be a "Wow, cool".

Will the author ever grace us with Shimamura imouto's actual name though?

I'll cut the author some slack in this case because one of the side pairs has known each other for ages and the other is made of kids and not meant to be truly serious.

Hm, I don't usually empathize with the characters much while reading fiction since I prefer keeping my own thoughts and feelings separate to avoid coloring my expectations of them, but this was a case where I could really understand Adachi, more so than usual. Although she herself reflected earlier on about how empty her life and person are without Shimamura, so I'm not sure how healthy it can be to just accept she's not interested in ever opening up to other people.

If that girl with the glasses who seemed to know Adachi is someone who already appeared, I can only think of that middle school classmate who was with her on library duty.

Oh boy, this was quick. Time to read even though it's the middle of the night here.

It's funny how there inevitably end up being a lot of speculation and impressions after each chapter since they're translated one by one, whereas the author writes them to be consumed on a volume-by-volume basis. For all we know, next chapter will be from Shimamura's point of view and we'll get all the answers we want, and the author never intended for readers to agonize about them through forced stopping points.

Though this is a pretty interesting way of following the series in its own right and it sure beats having it done in chunks and to wait a long time for the next batch.

Nah, that fine gentleman was only interested in little girls. Maybe Shimamura would've worried about him had her little sister and Yashiro come along.

Yeah I found the ending pretty beautiful, but the comments were stuff like "I hate Koyuki or I hate Konatsu! and this whole arc was awful and they even said they hate the author too! I can feel they weren't happy at all to read this chapter, they just were "about time!!" that kind of desperate people really piss me off, and I'm in a good mood now, I don't need that vibe!

Of course, saying that this took too long to concluded is valid criticism (it feels longer because of the schedule) but there's never need to hate o.O and those comments are just a waste of time if they'll come back next chapter anyway.

You ain't seen inane complaining until you've read the post on /u/ blasting the author for drawing too many pages and selfishly taking space away from other authors in the magazine.

I've always felt like an aquarium date should be a no-brainer for this series. Maybe they can have one once they're both in Tokyo.

Heck, for Koyuki at least it wouldn't be out of place to work at an aquarium in Tokyo during/after university.

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I'm not well-versed in what kinds of behavior can be construed as autism, but she definitely fails to pick up on cues and can tend to get single-mindedly fixated on some things. I've always simply ascribed it to her upbringing though, she was the honor student with no friends and a lot of pressure so it's no wonder she's bad with others. In this chapter she managed to recognize her selfishness towards Konatsu as born from her lack of empathy, whereas Konatsu recognized her own selfishness as being more malicious and caused by not wanting to let Koyuki stop having to depend on her. So in that regard I can see Koyuki's issues as being more deep-rooted and less voluntary than Konatsu's.

I understand their frustration but I feel it was mostly due to misplaced expectations, all the angst that happened was not for the sake of having angst and was completely necessary for the development of the story and characters in a way that parallels The Salamander and deals with loneliness and stubbornness like that.

I can't believe George will eat them in a terrible training accident.

I want to point out this nice parallel (in case the bottom panel on the first page didn't ring a bell):
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/nettaigyo_wa_yuki_ni_kogareru_ch26#41
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/nettaigyo_wa_yuki_ni_kogareru_ch12#47

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By the way, the story has finally moved on past the Salamander short story, which ended with the salamander and the frog still unable to admit their loneliness to each other. Uncharted waters ahead.

That's why the author didn't mess up any existing term but created her own in 'girlship'.

Man, the author poured every ounce of her soul into this one. It just kept going with highly detailed "underwater" sequences and page spreads.

@shojie07 I think the conflict from now on will be mostly external rather than internal. Koyuki and Konatsu will have to struggle with having to be apart once Koyuki graduates, there's already a hint at the end of this chapter with Konatsu looking unhappy before making her joke.

The narrator of the first chapter of volume 4 is neither Adachi nor Shimamura, it was a random schoolmate of Adachi's during middle school.

I think the only thing she does is making sure that every batch of four chapters that will make a volume will come up to around the usual ~180 pages.

It's 58 pages. The chapter cut in half would've been over 70 and the magazine couldn't spare the space in a single issue.