^You're not the first I've seen say Mei won't be an issue because it's "oshi love". I understand what that is on an intellectual level but I just can't empathize with the "loving your oshi" thing at all.
If my memory is correct, there was at least one time where it seemed Mei was devastated because she thought Kano might have a lover. And I know there's been a fanart on here with Mei being zoomed in on as her soul leaves her body after witnessing a kiss between Kano and Mahiru. But I'll still defer to yours and others' judgement about the whole "loving your oshi" thing since it's a feeling that doesn't compute for me.

^Yeah that should make us temper our expectations, but...alas you surely know we yuri fans are hopeless romantics. No way their relationship doesn't get touched on a bit more. Mei's situation is a bit awkward though...

Takeda Ayano anime adaptation

Author of Hibike Euphonium

I know I have plenty of company in the many yuri fans who were traumatized by the Euphonium yuri bait. Couldn't continue that series after a male background character came out of basically nowhere to pair with the MC.

I'll have to 100% know whether there'll be yuri or not with this new anime before I can consider watching this one. "Fool me once, shame on me..." and all that.

^Kano's actual weak spot is someone getting friendly with her mother...sorry...

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Can't see the dwarf as anything other than a regular sized person sitting down. Cute though.

Tis a silly little series but I enjoy it. It's like popping a candy into your mouth. A quick small bite of sweetness and then it's gone.

Oh man that was super cute and very well drawn.

Realistically there probably would have been several times where Hitori would've dissolved into a puddle but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for the fluff.

^Ya I think I'm more or less enjoying them equally. I think GBC may be getting more art because the MC is more "exciting" with her emotional volatility. A good deal of the art I see depicts Nina expressing various degrees of anger. That's the secret: she's always angry.

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All I can do is keep hoping for the best. Aya obviously doesn't recognize the Koto she liked in this grown-up woman who wants to make her into a pet; she did the right thing when she ran away.

It makes me wonder if the author is intentionally telegraphing the start of Aya having a crush on Erika with the timing of events this chapter.
First Erika is responsible for one of the best things that's happened to Aya since she returned (reintroduction to acting) and then Aya has that terrible confrontation with Koto and is likely running away to Erika's apartment.

Give it a little time and maybe Koto will start looking at Erika in another way.

Don't know if that's likely with how obsessed Koto is acting.

^Yeah I feel like I've seen way more Girls Band Cry art. On here there's only a bit more than Jellyfish tho

Why does everyone hate Erica so much?

Everyone? Maybe it's just you're selectively reading anti-Erika comments? I feel like there's more comments supportive of Erika than critical of her.

I’ve always found Koto to be the weirdest out of the three since she decided to be in a relationship with Aya when she is still technically 14-15 in both mind and body

Yeah I wonder if this will come back around again. I recall when she first started spending time around Aya, Koto's initial thoughts were that she seemed like a kid (or something along those line) but then I guess that stopped being a concern for her?

Seems like a nice way to make up after a fight

We all know how ridiculously dense Sorawo can be: https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/otherside_picnic_ch65#6

Does Amelia know she’s reincarnated?

No

^You should either spoiler tag that or be more vague with your wording

Kozakura to Sorawo: I wish I could be your anchor to this side.

This is basically a love confession and Sorawo has zero reaction to it lol

I didn't read that as a romantic confession necessarily. I thought it was more in a motherly(?) sense. Besides, I thought it referred to both her and Toriko. To me it read as: I wish I could be the one you both would want to return to, but I know you are that person to one another, so you need something else to to keep you in this world.

Yeah, I saw it the same. In that same conversation she was talking about how focused both Sorawo and Toriko are to the otherside and how necessary it is for them both to find and maintain a connection to the real world. I don't know about motherly, but definitely friendly, since she's close to both of them. A really nice gesture. It's also a reasonable worry considering how reckless and driven Sorawo and Toriko can be.

Yeah, I was on the fence about motherly. I just see her acting as sort of a protector towards them? She often seems to consider them as two kids she needs to look out for and she's the voice of reason in the group. Which Sorawo and Toriko definitely need. I'm honestly surprised these two are still alive.

I submit "Onee-chanly" for the court's consideration.
TL Note: Onee-chanly means sisterly

I wish they'd have fucked at least once before shit hit the fan. ^^;; Often that's exactly what people like Koto need, when they get all insecure and unstable, to set things right in their heads.

Nothing like a little bit of statutory rape to get the mind right as rain! Amirite y'all?

^... Sigh Ain't nothing straight about this bit of sex humor

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^^You're overthinking it. You don't need a time machine, just some cosplayers who are amenable to these activities

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Although this is something that mangas lack, I have to admit because the story never really shows when and why each of the characters fell for each other, I cannot get attached and understand just how they've kept such strong feelings apart for the sake of the story

Emphasis mine. Some comments claim Koto is neurodivergent but I see no evidence of that.
More believable is having no answers from Aya's disappearance left her with a trauma that hampered her ability to form new connections. But seeing as Erika, who does not appear traumatized, went completely celibate in the same timespan while nursing her crush on Koto, I think the author simply hopes the reader will buy-in to the characters' affections remaining unchanged after 7 years for the sake of the story despite it feeling unrealistic.

Also, manga is the plural of manga

Author made Ajisai too OP. I haven't seen many harems where the fandom is so lopsided in support of 1 character.

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They're so cute together and the best ship. Haven't gotten around to the reading manga after the anime because the anime was just so well made.

Erika when she does something good while harboring a small feeble thread of self interest in her heart: god im such a monster, literally irredeemable

Lmao true. It seems Erika holds herself to near impossibly high standards in most things other than keeping her place clean.

If, as I'm expecting, Aya does run away to Erika's, she'll unleash her formidable domestic prowess upon Erik's apartment. And of course Erika will beat herself up about letting Aya do these things for her when she's feeling hurt after that confrontation with Koto.
Being Erika is suffering apparently.

^Loved that last volume and was pleasantly surprised when a new one was announced. Felt like it could've ended there but so happy that's not the case.