The swimsuit chapter would have been my favorite chapter, if I was a loney otaku boy, who never talked to an actual girl before.

Said the otaku boy on the manga site who just read the swimsuit chapter. Glass houses and kettles etc.

Im my defence, I always hated the whole idea of fan service. I mean this chapter would have been just fine with our heros just being well drawn in swimsuits. I didn't need the way over the top, close up crotch, and boob shots. They just made me feel like a pervert. I think I would have felt less drity, if the characters just stripped down and had sex.

Just earlier I was saying how the comments on this site are often a mess, then I come here and see you essentially saying anyone who enjoys fan-service is a "lonely Otaku boy, that's never talked to a girl before". A lot of females enjoy fan-service, a lot of females make fan-service. This is like that Mighty No. 9 trailer, that went out of it's way to say anime fans are all boys that can't get a girl to go to prom with them, despite there being a lot of female anime fans and a lot of women working in the industry.

It's exhausting to see petty childish insults like this. It's pointless and doesn't progress the comment section in a positive or productive way. Anyone that likes fan-service is fine, anyone that doesn't is also fine. Neither side should be slinging insults at each other.

Woe there dude!. Slow your roll. First off. I was joking with my first comment. As bugpope pointed out I'm reading this series too. Okay maybe it was a bit stereotype-ish. Maybe I should have said a horny teenager who is having trouble getting some, or something. But it was ment be funny, and not an attack on otaku fandom. Second while I stand by my second post. I don't see how you think my personal dislike of gratuitous fan service is in anyway an insult to your person.

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Ah man. I just had a horriable thought. What if after seeing those pictures, jerko gives Midori an ultimatum that she stays away from Maki, or he walks out, and Midori caves to societal pressure again and leaves Maki behind for a third time.

I know I've looked down on Midori for being a coward but, you shouldn't need an act of courage to be with the one you love. Give Midori strength Maki, Love can find the way.

will we get to see romance now since ayame likes sango? or is it just some wild thinking because sensei told her something. either way sango all the way

Ayame was giving Sango that look of absolute girlish adoration before the nurse gave her that advice.

YAY! Actual romance!

Being sexually assaulted by a half asleep friend dreaming I'm food. Sure why not. I'm sure that's a thing that happens (eye roll) I did like the nurse taking the opportunity to give the safe sex psa. I thought it was cute, funny, and cool.

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Japanese people at that age would really be so shy? because at the age of 14 I already knew about sex, I talked about sex and masturbation with friends without problems and we were all aware of all those topics until I had friends who had sex at 14 or 15 years old or they were so mature they looked like 20
society in the west is really different from asian huh ~

I thought Ayame's curiosity about sex is rather more realistic than most manga teens.

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I am not adverse to a sex scene or two, but I like some actual romance to go with it. There is absolutely nothing romantic about having your first time while screwing around with your friends in you room. (Although I'm sure it happens alll the time in real life.) Plus I don't like Ayame letting Fukuyama sexually molest her like that.

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heteronormativity ruined 10 years of Reiko an Ayano's lives.

Bruh, here in the Balkans, at least some skinship is necessary for friends, no matter how large or small a circle of friends is or whether it includes just one gender or both the two dominant ones (sadly, trans, nb and intersex people are still largely or completely overlooked around here, but that's a story for another time), and that goes for family and relatives, too. If you want to see friendly skinship at its maximum - come visit the Balkans!

I don't think of hugs and pecks on the cheek count as skinship. At least not as they usually use the term in yuri manga

Meanwhile up here in Finland that level of personal space invasion might get you knifed as a panic reflex. Different places, different norms.

Any violation of personal space might get you knifed anywhere you go right now.

Well (rubbing my hands together exitedly) Aira seemed to be having some more-than-friendly thoughts there, didn't she. Just when I was beginning to worry this was going to be ambiguously close friendship yuri.

I always wondered what Kaeori ment at the end about messing up the relationship with Sumi's brother. Did she mean she messed up the relationship? Like it was her fault fault that her husband turned out to be a cheating dick. Or did she mean she messed up by falling for the jackass to begin with?

I don't get it. I always get a weird disquieting feeling when I read this story, yet it's stilll one of my all time favs.

Everytime time I read this, I get more convinced it needs a sequel.

Now why would you do something as silly as wear a green it to tell the whole world you got cheated on.

Bruh, here in the Balkans, at least some skinship is necessary for friends, no matter how large or small a circle of friends is or whether it includes just one gender or both the two dominant ones (sadly, trans, nb and intersex people are still largely or completely overlooked around here, but that's a story for another time), and that goes for family and relatives, too. If you want to see friendly skinship at its maximum - come visit the Balkans!

I don't think of hugs and pecks on the cheek count as skinship. At least not as they usually use the term in yuri manga

Holy crap! The picture of Kanae-chan's face at the top of p.12 is the most sexy cute thing I've ever seen.

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The whole concept of skinship confuses and annoys me. The idea that light petting is just a normal part of close female friendships just seems made up. A cheap device for fan service, and to spice up yuri plots.

Eh, depending on usage, skinship can just be a word for simple physical affection, not necessarily something romantic or sexual. Leaning against someone, putting an arm around their shoulders for a moment, other gestures of friendly contact. It's definitely over-employed for fan service purposes, but some people are always ready to get really close into your personal space, especially when they're happy.

I've never heard of skinship outside yuri manga. It almost always used to refer to the light petting that plutonic gal pals use to show affection. Yuri tries to make believe that cuddling their friends is just as much a part of a young girl's life as playing grab Boob in the locker room and misguided crushes on other girls.

Eh, it's pretty common, girls do that all the time, especially straight girls.

Really? (Sigh) For some reason that bums me out. I guess I just want all physical affection between girls to be the blossoming of true love. Now it feels like some of the yuri magic has been lost to the world.

The whole concept of skinship confuses and annoys me. The idea that light petting is just a normal part of close female friendships just seems made up. A cheap device for fan service, and to spice up yuri plots.

Eh, depending on usage, skinship can just be a word for simple physical affection, not necessarily something romantic or sexual. Leaning against someone, putting an arm around their shoulders for a moment, other gestures of friendly contact. It's definitely over-employed for fan service purposes, but some people are always ready to get really close into your personal space, especially when they're happy.

I've never heard of skinship outside yuri manga. It almost always used to refer to the light petting that plutonic gal pals use to show affection. Yuri tries to make believe that cuddling their friends is just as much a part of a young girl's life as playing grab Boob in the locker room and misguided crushes on other girls.

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The whole concept of skinship confuses and annoys me. The idea that light petting is just a normal part of close female friendships just seems made up. A cheap device for fan service, and to spice up yuri plots.

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This looks cute. Too bad I'm having problems with small print. Even with my maximal magnification and my glasses I am still having trouble reading it.

If I were Maki, I think I might have a hard time not resenting Midori's child. I know that's terrible and the child is completely innocent. However the child would be a living reminder to Midori's betrayal.

What kind of possessive weirdo would you have to be to think your like high school sweet heart sleeping with someone else is a betrayal

This website is wild

Midori stabbed Maki in the heart. Throwing their relationship away like Maki's feelings where less than meaningless. "Well that was fun, but now it's time to stop playing around and get real boyfriends". If That's not a betrayal then I don't know what is. The child is an inderect result of the betrayal. I can not stress enough that, it's not the child's fault, but what the brain knows and what the heart feels are often at odds with one another.

If I were Maki, I think I might have a hard time not resenting Midori's child. I know that's terrible and the child is completely innocent. However the child would be a living reminder to Midori's betrayal.

I can understand that. As for myself, I don't think I could resent the child. I would have a hard time feeling anything for them---like, they're a totally foreign entity or something.

Gonna hazard a wild guess neither of you have much firsthand experience with small children...

I do. I have 5 nieces and nephews. I love them a lot. And in real life the child's charm would probably win me over. However in Maki's position I think I would be fine most of the time, but from time to time I would look at the child and remember why they are there and get mad and/or heartbroken all over again. I know that the child has nothing to do this it, but the human heart doesn't always recognize logic.

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If I were Maki, I think I might have a hard time not resenting Midori's child. I know that's terrible and the child is completely innocent. However the child would be a living reminder to Midori's betrayal.

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Just a piece of advice Shimizu-san. If you planning on spending the rest of your life, with someone, you might want to start calling her by her given name.
While I know Japan is a different culture, I still can't get my head around calling someone you're dating by their family name, especially if you get to the point you're sleeping with them. It just feels just so damn impersonal.