Well, that was depressing. Still, I like it.

if this doesnt get a sequel Imma riot

Stories like this usually don't get sequels irl.

This.

last edited at Jul 17, 2017 4:27AM

What the scanlators want shouldn't enter into the decision unless they're paying the bills. (And since I'm not either, I guess the same goes for me, but...)

Except Dynasty has always been keen on respecting the wishes of the scanlators, within reason, of course. It is, like, one of the main site policies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyFToPN6Jgk&list=PLQrBqTA-T1N4Vq_1ihz9PhFzGtRVeVl6k

"Skeletal love at a science room" is the title. The whole thing is less than 15 minutes long.

If you want to spoil yourself to determine whether to watch or not: A genuine moron is using the science room skeleton model as a sex doll, the skeleton goes missing, a girl transfers, immediately declares her love for him (I know, I know, reeks of het), he turns her down (his fetish are... well... bones...), gets into his head this weird idea she is the skeleton model brought to life, she confirms it by saying she spent a lot of time in the closet (where they keep the skeleton, not the metaphorical closet), he asks her to turn back into her skeleton form (because... bones... are his thing...), so he can properly love her again, she says yes.

This is where the comedic part ends.

She goes missing, the skeleton is back... but plot twist. It was actually his friend that removed the skeleton. Turns out, the girl and her lover were heavily bullied in her last school (including being locked into a closet), and they attempted suicide at the end (the lover succeeded). Reason she confessed to the skeleton-loving moron above is because he looks like a carbon copy of her lover. Obviously, the lover was another girl. Hence the bullying. Because Japanese schools.

This was absolutely the cutest chapter, in a story that does not lack in cuteness. They were simply adorable. And the ending was perfectly timed, it is all basically set in one evening when they reconnected, and interposed with reminiscing that provided the backstory.

10/10.

^ Just holding hands, lmao...

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Yeah, plus, since in the movie they were on the same team, and were in command positions, they had to interact. In fact, there is a clear indicator in the movie they have lines of communication, since it was Darjeeling who came up with, and organised, all the other schools to come to Ooarai's rescue. In fact, Saunders was the very first school she and Pekoe contacted, via wireless telegraph (despite being in a universe that has mobile phones...), they even conspiratorially called it a "tea party". To be honest, it is highly probable all the school leaders of these top teams interact with each other, with the possible exception of the Finnish school, they seem to keep to themselves.

Looking forward to the movie series, considering how some of these pairings got popular, I wonder if we will see some winks in this regard. If yes, Darjeeling/Kay is practically guaranteed.

But they were implied to interact. Like, when they watched the last stage of the battle in the movie, they were literally at something like 50cm distance. Hard to believe they did not speak to each other, especially since Darjeeling seems so into inter-school communication, and Kay is so outgoing and friendly, and all. They probably know each other, at least as the usual top Sensha-do competitors and rivals. But yeah, would be great to actually see them interact. One of the best pairings~

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Sorry... I always forget tags have their own threads...

No, it was not. "A hidden or less obvious meaning", according to Cambridge Dictionary, "the implicit or metaphorical meaning", according to Merriam-Webster. There was nothing 'hidden' or 'metaphorical' in "Girl Friends", the romance was not a 'less obvious' theme. If it was, then pray tell, what was the main theme?

This is why the "subtext" vs "yuri" distinction is a bad thing. The romance can be the main meaning even while it is subtext, because it is implicit rather than explicit. Whether something is explicit or implicit is not about how central something is to the narrative. Part of the problem is that encourages people to think being subtext is bad.

Anyway, if people are going to take "subtext" like this, then it becomes really misleading to tag a series such as this one like that.

Well, this is something I am ready to agree with. The "something is explicit or implicit is not about how central something is to the narrative" part. I just do not agree "Girl Friends" is an adequate example, because there was nothing implicit about the romance theme. The slow build-up was because A) the characters needed to fall in love in the first place; B) the characters had problems realising/coming to terms with their feelings.

In general, without all this dictionary waving, people seem to generally expect from the yuri tag open romance works, where romance is either verbally stated in some way, or is indicated by actions (kissing, sex, sexual things in general, including masturbation while thinking of the love interest, things like that, hand holding, if we go full hardcore etc...). Works tagged with subtext usually do not have romance as the central theme to begin with, and the romance itself never rises above indirect evidence, like in "Nanoha".

As for this work, as I said, I am none the wiser. I trust the scanlators. And dpf. Somewhat. Maybe. Who knows. Works have been re-tagged on occasion.

"Girl Friends" is not subtext, it never was subtext, it was not written as a subtext work. Gradually falling in love is not subtext.

That's not really what the word "subtext" means, but if you want to use it that way then there's no reason to think this series is "subtext" until it ends.

Under the real meaning of the word, Girl Friends was subtext until chapter 10.

No, it was not. "A hidden or less obvious meaning", according to Cambridge Dictionary, "the implicit or metaphorical meaning", according to Merriam-Webster. There was nothing 'hidden' or 'metaphorical' in "Girl Friends", the romance was not a 'less obvious' theme. If it was, then pray tell, what was the main theme? Seriously, why these discussions always arise when subtext is in question? Just because the characters are not fully aware of everything, or have not yet developed those feelings (love does not just pop out in a vacuum), does not mean the work is subtext. By that logic, I could say the first 20-odd minutes of "Zulu" are not a war film, because they do not feature anything connected to the actual war, since the people are not yet aware the conflict had begun. People seem to confuse how the characters deal with something (not being aware of their feelings, or only just developing them), and how the work (that is to say, the author) deals with it.

As for the series being subtext or not being decided at the end, that does indeed hold water. In these cases, I just presume, personally, that the scanlators have an insight into future chapters. Not the most reliable presumption, I will grant you.

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Oh, it's another manga with subtext from Yuri Hime, you know, a yuri magazine.

The "subtext" vs "yuri" distinction made here, encouraged by the tagging system is pretty stupid. It's a yuri manga. In the chapters so far the yuri is subtext rather than explicit, but it's early and it's likely to turn into romance. How many chapters was Girl Friends "subtext" for?

Except you missed the mark. If you want an example, and a fairly notable one at that, you should have gone with MGLN. There, despite an absolute mountain of doujins, fan art, fanfics, and similar fan-produced representations, the actual canon never rises above subtext. That is to say, although having a ton of indirect evidence to corroborate the romantic nature of their relationship, it is never outright stated as such, never openly confirmed. Works tagged with subtext are almost always like that from start to finish.
"Girl Friends" is not subtext, it never was subtext, it was not written as a subtext work. Gradually falling in love is not subtext. If love is the 'text', then falling in love is that text being written, and in "Girl Friends" that text was never 'sub', it was right there, in the open, as the central theme of the entire work, even when the characters themselves were not yet fully aware of the nature of their feelings. It is an open romance work, things are not left vague, even when the characters are miscommunicating, angsting, and discovering themselves.

In short, subtext tag is a mighty useful one, because it differentiates between works were romance is in the open, acknowledged as such by the work itself, and those where it remains unspoken, unconfirmed, and is mainly left to the reader to extrapolate it.

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Could not resist, so I went to the evil site. In line with what Nya said above, I adore how they are basically dating, or close to, without actually having a "will you be my girlfriend"/"we are now dating" moment. They just kind of... evolved into it. From that initial shock and something that looked almost like a rejection from Qiu Tong, over those moments when she would look embarrassed by Sun Jing's display of feelings, all the way to this point, when Sun Jing openly flirts, and Qiu Tong just takes it, and looks pleased. I actually hope they really skip the "we are now officially a couple" thing entirely, and just slide into it gradually, as they have been doing this whole time.

BWAHAHAHAHA.......... I am in love with the main character, instant favourite! Would be awesome if the bad-tempered onee-sama is filthy rich, and is only doing this job for reasons.

Someone has had enough hentai for one day...

Lol, just the other day I finished re-watching GuP, and one of the thoughts I had was how I wish there was more Anzio stuff, Anchovy is one of my favourite characters. And now this doujin. Great timing, lmao.

Mayjaplaya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQsA_aevdSg Perfect theme for making pasta, topped only by the polka thing of the Finnish school.

last edited at Jul 14, 2017 9:28AM

Lol, ex-boyfriend dealt with, so of course a female co-worker with a crush that skirts dangerously close to yandere territory walks in. Because why not. Well, at least they dealt with the ex bastard properly. Like, proper court charges and all, so it was not as some feared, that they will sweep the whole thing under the rug. It did become nasty before they dealt with him, though, so part of that fear was valid. I just hope the yandere is left brokenhearted without physical injury for the main couple.

last edited at Jul 12, 2017 1:11AM

Norainhere
http://static.zerochan.net/Uchuu.Senkan.Yamato.full.2066738.jpg I suggested it months ago, but no luck.
On the other hand, Yurisha did state, canonically, that she has feelings for Mori, and Mori is fairly close to her as well, albeit in a friends-sort of way, so I always kind of expected at least some doujins with this pairing. After all, grasping for straws is not uncommon in yuri doujins.

Edit: Regarding the image, I was just informed by dpf he intended to upload, hence the tags, but the author requested people ask for permission beforehand, and the author never replied to dpf's inquiry. Shame, because that is the best picture of what is essentially a rather rare pairing.

last edited at Jul 11, 2017 12:34PM

With the new ban on homosexuality in online content that China has introduced, is it gonna be a case of RIP Beloved now?

If this should go in another forum please tell me and I'll delete and move.

Depends where Jaeliu lives. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan shouldn't be affected by this bullshit.

Formosa especially should not be affected, since it is not even the same country, despite its official name.

Not seen this ship before, but I like it~
Awesome facial expressions. Mokou looks so sharp, but when you tilt your head to the right, you actually see she has a rather gentle looking expression on her face. Timid look on Reisen is also very nice.

last edited at Jul 2, 2017 4:17PM

Why is she acting like that when they slept together on the very first chapter....?

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/met_my_sister_on_a_dating_site_ch04#6

It is more probable they did happen, but after this last chapter.

Sleeping around, in and of itself is shallow, degenerate and depraved.

What is it with the deluge of prudes in the Forum as of late... I like how you phrase your own personal opinion as though it is a self-evident truth. If someone likes to just have physical fun, with no strings attached, and their partners are equally alright with that, that is perfectly fine. It also does not preclude them from having a serious, committed relationship one day, if they so choose. If sleeping around is not someone's cup of tea, that is also perfectly fine. People are different, some are promiscuous, some are not, some are downright prudes.
Also, what is "acceptable" behaviour if you are "not in a steady relationship"? "Acceptable" by whom, I might also ask. In addition, and I find this to be a staple of prudes such as yourself, you seem to think (as is implied in that sentence of yours) that "steady relationships" are basically something everyone should aspire to. I wonder what would you think if you came across a person who is, oh, I do not know, not interested in having relationships. Considering most "steady relationships" in real life break apart, I have always found it curious people can get so vehement about it being the only "acceptable", to use your term, form of social interaction in a sexual/romantic context.

As for this manga, that scene you keep incessantly bringing up, her friend called her "terrible", once (so much for your "well known history"), in an obviously humorous manner. It was not a 'you are a genuinely terrible person' kind of statement (which seems to be your interpretation), it was just friendly banter, which is usual amongst friends. There is exactly zero proof that Hiroko cheats, or that she even has 'relationships', mostly it seems like she just hooks up for one-night stands. Also, her remark that the other girl was "cut and dry" about the whole thing would suggest her partner was after the same thing, which is just casual sex.

last edited at Jun 24, 2017 12:14AM

Wow, same people carrying a fight in two threads simultaneously... are you not taking this all a tad bit too personally?

the geocentric model was questioned as early as the 3rd century, and continued to be questioned to some degree ever since

Actually, since the 3rd century BCE, if you were referring to Aristarchus of Samos, the first astronomer to advocate the heliocentric system.

last edited at Jun 21, 2017 8:17PM

Idk about grabbing yuri scenes, but I do definitely believe she's not into the bullying. Maybe she has an actual serious reason, for good or bad, to hang around with them.

The most reasonable one seems that they may be childhood friends or something similar.

maybe she's after the short haired girl in the group

Could also be that she is simply one of those unemotional, serious characters, who only ever show excitement when their particular subject matter is in question, in Kana's case that would be yuri.

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Yey, the bullies group~
Kana best character, needs a story of her own~

Edit: Also, I just went to check "Pranking the Pranker", same as here, Kana is the only one not sporting an amused-and-or-smiling expression when the three of them bully someone, could it be she is only there to grab potential yuri scenes, and does not partake in the actual badmouthing of other people?

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