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joined Apr 10, 2023

To me, a friend is also someone who will be willing to say "I don't think that's right of you", and, in the end, it is an adult women with an unusual relationship with a teenager.

I agree with this, it's not remotely insulting or negging for one adult friend to recommend another adult friend not to get intimate with a child. That's just very normal actually. That character seemed very genuine in her concern for the MC.

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

I'm pretty sure they've established Mimi as essentially a zombie, that's how she can always get put back together again. I wouldn't make any bets on someone who's already dead having all that happy of an ending lol. Bittersweet at most.

Gabinomicon
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joined Apr 10, 2023

It absolutely was on the cheek, she established explicitly that her understanding of "semifure" was about cheek kissing. There's zero reason for her to jump straight to lips out of nowhere.
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/convenient_semi_friend_ch11#8

last edited at Jan 10, 2024 3:29AM

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

"I don't think I wanna see her."

Should have thought about that before having a daughter, asshole. Not that the guy was #1 dad before but hells, it's not often that a character makes me hate them so much in a single sentence.

There's a good chance you may be right about him, but I also feel this may be baiting such a reaction and he may have quite different reasons to feel like this. I guess we'll find out the next time...

Yeah I agree, very easy to imagine this being flipped him expressing self pity rather than hostility, "I don't want to see her because I'm soooo guilty, I would feel just terrible to have her see me after all that's happened, she should forget me and go live happily somewhere else, etc etc etc".

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

they just want to see the fictional characters they care about be happy together.

But that's the thing, in this case (and in most cases where I've seen people calling for a poly ending) it clearly wouldn't make them happy, both Nadeshiko and Jun have made it clear that they want a monogamous relationship, so wanting a poly ending here is just weird and a bit absurd, I don't mind poly IF it fits the characters, their relationships and what they want, which is clearly not the case here, it's also becoming a bit a running theme for people to ask for poly ending when it makes no sense, so yeah it does get a bit anoying after a while. I've also seen multiple posts on this forum basically saying "if you don't like poly that's only because you were brainwashed by society" which is not something that is going to elicit any positive responses.

That literally only just happened this chapter and it honestly feels out of character for Nadeshiko because she's been so open-minded in every other chapter. Before now it's been perfectly reasonable to imagine our three main characters uniting in a polycule and fighting Nadeshiko's weird Dr. Wily mom lol

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

I'm not poly but I am somehow able to enjoy stories about things I don't personally do, like some kind of freak mutant weirdo I guess. The ridiculous pushback against anyone posting about hoping for a threesome or poly ending to a story is both silly and tiring. Why are your personal beliefs supposed to matter one iota for the actions of a fictional character who is not you? I don't think the people who hope for a poly ending are trying to convince you other readers to try it irl, they just want to see the fictional characters they care about be happy together.

Gabinomicon
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joined Apr 10, 2023

Touko isn't really a character designed for you to get a solid clear understanding of except to understand that she was clearly very possessive of Mayumi and tells a lot of lies to control her. But also, Touko had her own life with real stuff happening so it's impossible for everything to be lies. In the end it doesn't really matter if her pregnancy was real or not, Mayumi properly comes to the conclusion that she doesn't want to be close enough to Touko to know. She'll be politely happy for her from a good long distance lol.

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

I read in someone's blog that the cliffhanger in the final page of this chapter is the first in a series of cliffhangers that will end every chapter from now on. One chapter's end will make you anguished, another will make you furious, another will make you pull your hair in exasperation, and so on and so forth.
I was wondering cause I can't remember, is it something Kodama likes to do a lot?

That just sounds like someone making a joke about NTR, the rest of her manga hasn't really had that format. I wouldn't even really call the ending of chapter 2 a cliffhanger. It certainly leaves you wanting more but it's not a melodramatic moment invented and resolved just for the chapter transition like NTR frequently did. Our mooch didn't just fall onto the mc but full on grabbed her, pulled her down onto the couch, and slowly leaned in and kissed her. I wouldn't expect it to be leading to a fast resolution given the very reasonable reluctance and concerns of the MC, but it was way too deliberate of an action and way too deliberately portrayed for it to be taken back at the start of the next chapter.

Please don't normalize overwork
Wth are you doing, Kodama Naoko??

Lol what are you talking about, the overworking is clearly being portrayed here as a bad thing the mc is experiencing??? It's making her miserable to the point of someone complimenting her for it making her cry, and that scene was not tears of happiness at being appreciated since she immediately starts thinking about all the breaks from work her straight peers get that she does not.

last edited at Jan 2, 2024 9:31AM

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

Seagull Villa is personally in my top five greatest of all time yuri manga list, so it's gonna take a bit more than two good chapters for this to dethrone it. But what we've seen so far from those two chapters has indeed been very promising. Let's hope this one eventually also has gay moms raising a kid because I love that kind of thing lol. Given the political nature of the manga premise and the fact that gay adoption and IVF are even further restricted over gay marriage in Japan, there's very good odds it'll come up, too.

last edited at Dec 31, 2023 9:01AM

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

2 main theories:
1) infertility (either gotou or husband) -> nuclear family dream shattered -> fight -> need to freeload coz ain't got no money -> hey this lesbian who crushed on me should be safe right
2) infertility made Gotou realise tradwife is not the path she wants anymore -> yolo -> gae

i do wonder why does the author loves to write garbage humans and NTR so much

Oh, she was DEFINITELY burned by some garbage women in the past. Hates herself for liking them too. Of course liking fucked-up women so much, you start wondering if you're the problem

Psychoanalyzing the author is kinda iffy behavior, Kodama herself in her volume end notes has written about why she loves writing complex troubled and trouble making women. You don't need to guess it's about some secret dark past, and I have no idea where this present tense self loathing is supposed to be. Especially in this current manga, which is pretty explicitly political. If she's loathing anything here it's her government, not herself lol.

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

Also this topic were Lesbians has to pretebd to be straight makes my blood boil,

Bisexual people exist.

Yes, but a woman who deeply loves another woman and is socially pressured into marrying a man instead is a terrible example of it. They might be bi or might not be, we can't just assume that label on anyone simply based on their history

And yet, there you go, assuming their sexuality. i wasn't putting a "label" on them, so much as saying that, since we're not told they were uncomfortable and in a loveless marriage, there's no evidence that they were not also attracted to the men they married, regardless of if they would have preferred to stay with their high school sweetheart (and, to add to that, no evidence that the relationship they had as children would have lasted into adulthood anyway, meeting again as adults and picking up the spark is not the same as a long-term relationship).

Ya'll on these comment sections always have to boil everything down to the simplest answer just so you can take offense to it, say you're being open while being really close-minded, refusing to see that anyone could be happy, or anything good could come out of relationships other than the yuri ones which are the focus of the story. It's quite frankly infuriating.

Edit to say: the more I think about it, the more infuriating it is. We're specifically shown in this chapter that while the teacher was wrong to say what she did to the girls, it was simply the catalyst for them thinking about their future. When asked if she wanted her own children, Rei said she probably did. And the close of the chapter is Rei still not committing to a yuri relationship, she still thought it was the right thing that she have and be invested in her own child. So patronising to dismiss people's feelings on these issues just because you might think differently. There are a lot more perspectives in this world that just your narrow worldview where apparently, anyone who is in a lesbian relationship as a teenager must never ever have her own reasons for eventually marrying a man. Never. The way people freak out about anything that has this perspective, you'd think that these ones are portrayed as an instruction manual, and the majority of yuri on this site where no one even considers a man is somehow lesser for it.

Did you mean to quote someone else because none of this weird rant has anything to do with what I wrote. I even recommended a manga about bisexual characters where one of the mains happens to be a man himself yet apparently I'm some biphobe manhater? LMAO.

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

Also this topic were Lesbians has to pretebd to be straight makes my blood boil,

Bisexual people exist.

Yes, but a woman who deeply loves another woman and is socially pressured into marrying a man instead is a terrible example of it. They might be bi or might not be, we can't just assume that label on anyone simply based on their history when heteronormative pressures exist. They don't mention their ex-husbands at all, let alone loving them, they're just glad they had their daughters. Reminds me of the time I saw people claiming Miorine from Gundam: Witch from Mercury was bi because she had a male fiance (who she hated and nearly died trying to get away from lol).
There's real and good bi rep on this site (that I'm sure drives many readers wild) like this, where we don't need to read positively into anything questionable:
https://dynasty-scans.com/series/ohana_holoholo

last edited at Dec 29, 2023 4:46PM

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

In Dead Mount Death Play (an extremely good manga/anime that is full of gays, you should give it a try if you haven't), whenever Corpse God casts any magic he forms magic circles in the air with symbols and such, all implied to be important to the effect. The season antagonist is someone who can learn extremely quickly from watching him work, and they show that by making that character's magic circles progressively get better drawn and more detailed as he repeatedly tries. That detail makes the ability make perfect sense and not feel like they're cheating or anything, without ever slowing down to explain a rigid system of magic.
This MC? "Oh she just did it, don't worry about how it's just cuz she's so cool and strong". That's a lot less satisfying, especially when it's our protagonist and not an antagonist we're establishing as threatening. Unlike that antagonist, this MC apparently doesn't even need to practice to nail it, she can just Kirby up someone's lifetime of practice and talent through her eyeballs.

last edited at Dec 28, 2023 10:29AM

Gabinomicon
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joined Apr 10, 2023

Oh no the volume 2 cover, they're looking at the reader! That means it's not real yuri! (jk) I do find the tone change of the cover from volume 1 interesting though. Both are conveying a real part of the series but volume 1 looks tender and volume 2 looks like they're keeping secrets and looking kinda sensual lol. Given the general direction the story is going based on the twitter version that more dark tone of the second cover might be better to grab an audience who will stick with this.

last edited at Dec 27, 2023 2:51PM

Gabinomicon
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joined Apr 10, 2023

I'm surprised with how cautious Eli x Honoka is described when this chapter has happened (plus all the other shit they've gotten up to)
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/virgins_empire_ch250
Edit: lol these two lovebirds have multiple chapters with "confession" in the title
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/virgins_empire_ch224

last edited at Dec 26, 2023 8:20AM

Gabinomicon
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joined Apr 10, 2023

You're going to have to wait until the last story of this novel volume for more tangible progress in the romance aspect, which is three short stories away from now including the one that's currently being adapted. It's a long-term process since Sorawo herself has huge issues opening up to the idea of romance, but I assure you it's worth it.

I agree with this. Even without reading the LNs y'all should know Sorawo by now. Do you really think she's up to the task of seriously opening up about such a vulnerable topic? Just this chapter she was once again thinking about the last people she loved and how they got corrupted by a cult and betrayed her. And given the nature of the Otherside it isn't like it's impossible to imagine that happening to Toriko on a supernatural level, especially with Satsuki still out there and clearly capable of being a corrupting cult leader herself. There's a lot for Sorawo to be afraid of! You're gonna have to wait for her to slowly work through things no matter how forward and DTF Toriko might be.

last edited at Dec 24, 2023 4:29PM

Gabinomicon
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joined Apr 10, 2023

It makes me really happy that multiple people read Yuhki Kamatani's manga because I recommended it here :D That series is one of the rare ones I've sought out physical copies of to have displayed on my bookshelf because it means so much to me.

Here's hoping this manga can be half as good? The second chapter only establishing "this wasn't a one time quirk" is a little disappointing though, of course it wasn't a one time quirk or we wouldn't have a story, we just learned something we'd assume to be true already. Aren't there more interesting questions you could focus on with this story author-san?

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

This is maybe too wholesome. They don't need super drama but at least some comedic antics would be nice to spice this up a little. As is it's too frictionless to stick.

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

I always find these kinds of "good at everything" protagonists to be pretty lame but maybe if she uses it to just beguile a new rich lady every chapter I'll accept it

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

You'd think the school would love water that blocks 5g waves, it would keep the kids off their phones during class. :P

Gabinomicon
Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

Either that ghost is following the members, or it's haunting the studio. If the former, they'll take it with them to the school festival, and won't that be fun. :3
Wrt the cough, we didn't actually see blood. She wiped her mouth with her hand and it was clean. Still probably a haunted spectral ghost cough of the damned, but not quite that serious yet perhaps.
Also damn is having that big an age gap in an idol group a thing? I don't really pay attention to them much but I would expect a 16yo and a 22yo to be in different groups based on starting so far apart if nothing else.

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

Actually I just realized looking back that nobody's posted this here yet. "The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't A Guy At All" (under its original Japanese title "Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta" lol) won second place in the "This Manga is Amazing!" 2024 contest in the women's manga division.
https://twitter.com/agu_knzm/status/1734131926561419397

You can see the rest of the results here:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-11/kono-manga-ga-sugoi-editors-unveil-2024-rankings/.205367

last edited at Dec 17, 2023 11:33AM

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

I see no reason to guess this series is ending anytime soon. It's bigger than ever and they've got a lot of development left to develop (they might finally get together soon but I trust this author enough to assume they're not the kind of hack who ends a story at the beginning of a relationship like some kinda shounen romance). The only premature outcome I can feasibly imagine for this is something like The Princess of Sylph, a serialization that results in a reboot, but this manga's so high profile at this point with that "This Manga is Amazing!" result that I can only imagine the author's received and turned down offers from magazines at this point.

Gabinomicon
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joined Apr 10, 2023

Alisha x Honoka is still my personal favorite ship (their whole dynamic is so fun) but I gotta give Mask the respect she deserves. She got Kao wrapped around her little finger.

Also goddamn does Kishi Torajirou just write the most realistic feeling lesbian dynamics for someone who uses he/him lol. Basically none of the many relationships in this series feel like they're based on hetero dynamics with one gender swapped, nor the completely artificial pure class S bullshit of old. I don't know if he's a he/him lesbian or if the gender is part of the pseudonym or if he just reads a whole lot of lesbian authors (I wonder if Rubyfruit Jungle has a Japanese translation) but he's clearly going far beyond his gender peers. Hell, just the bl angle alone, I know so many irl lesbians into that and I've never once seen it in yuri before this series.

Sdm%20ladies%20cheering
joined Apr 10, 2023

Where is Mashiro?

There's absolutely no way Mashiro and Toxic Mom could wait in the same room together, and there's no way Toxic Mom would back down and let the person who should be there be there. Mashiro's probably nearby but chased out of the room itself.
Also Makino is almost certainly on her parents' health insurance, considering they haven't yet made a big deal out of fully disowning her yet, so there's no avoiding her parents finding out here. I wouldn't expect Makino to remember to change her emergency contacts either lol.

Edit: I looked back and I don't even think Makino's mom knows that both her kids are gay yet. The confrontation with Mashiro in chapter 59 was about trying to force Makino to marry a guy, which she vocally refused not because "I'm gay" but because "I want to get into college". Toxic Mom knows Mashiro and Makino stuck up for each other but not really why yet.

last edited at Dec 16, 2023 11:15AM