Is it just me, or do some of the lines of dialogue in this chapter seem a bit, I dunno, "clunky"?

And did Maekawa mean to say that she can't calm down without Shimizu being around, instead of being "too calm to put anything down on paper"? Because otherwise Shimizu referring sarcastically to herself as a helpfully calming tool doesn't make sense...

Maekawa seemed to have such an angry face so often in this chapter, she reminded me of that one angry cat meme I see all the time:

For real though has there ever been an h manga that has not used the line "my hips are moving on there own" ???

I swear to god if i'm ever in the middle of coitus and my partner says that line then I am throwing myself througk a plate glass window

Well to be fair her partner was making the observation about her, she wasn't claiming that about herself, but yes, I understand your point, lol. I reckon just after a while there are only so many ways to express things verbally. I roll my eyes constantly over all the recycled tropes, lol.

Well isn't this just cute AF.

neat.

S A I L

and one of the things i like about yuri, because it's hardly brought in here. it is one of the stupidest things imo. on avg there is no top or bottom for people

Say that to Nico.

Don't you mean "neko"? lol

No i mean Nico Yazawa who is kinda the definition of a bottom.

"Neko" is the yuri equivalent of bottom, lol.....

Y'all both lost the r/whooosh opportunity tsk tsk tsk

Lol how did I lose an opportunity

and one of the things i like about yuri, because it's hardly brought in here. it is one of the stupidest things imo. on avg there is no top or bottom for people

Say that to Nico.

Don't you mean "neko"? lol

No i mean Nico Yazawa who is kinda the definition of a bottom.

"Neko" is the yuri equivalent of bottom, lol.....

Heck yeah yeet that little wench lol

This reminds me vaguely of the invisible monsters from "Bird Box"

and one of the things i like about yuri, because it's hardly brought in here. it is one of the stupidest things imo. on avg there is no top or bottom for people

Say that to Nico.

Don't you mean "neko"? lol

vol 2, ch 3 pg 128, "it might have be better" -> "it might be better"?

I always dread seeing your posts in here cuz it means you found a mistake I made. lol

do yall think they're ever actually gonna fuck
do you think Taiyaki would go that far

Iirc,there is a tweet of him/her who said it will going that way.

Yes, there is like a screenshot of their Twitter or something posted in earlier replies that states that, but I'm not gonna go digging for it.

It is faster, insofar as we are skipping a lot of content that involves Yashiro, Hino, and Nagafuji.

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Remember when she went into that sauna with a dumbass plan to try and get Adachi's mom to treat Adachi better? Remember how even she was like "oh god what am I doing this isn't like me oh man"? lol

She's had quite a few moments like that! In this chapter it was "I'm not usually direct about stuff like this, buuuuttt I'm just gonna straight up ask Adachi WTF is up with her weirdness AND I am not going to let her escape".

My favorite part in this chapter was the panel where Adachi goes "HAA?!?" all shocked like after Shimamura calls her out on her smiling. lol

Still an amazing job with the translating team on this series, a few mistakes here and there but still gold.

sneikkimies does all the translation. :)

That ties into what I was saying, tho. Shimamura cares about Adachi and wants to be there for her, but she's afraid of having to actually invest in Adachi in a way that constrains her own aimless, easygoing lifestyle. If Adachi wants to spend Christmas with "somebody" then that's easy for Shimamura because she can just decide to do it out of the goodness of her heart and not think anything more of it and it can be a one-off thing if she wants it to be. If Adachi wants to spend Christmas with Shimamura specifically, suddenly Shimamura has to start worrying about whether she has any more lasting obligations or commitments to Adachi - that's what I think she's afraid of.

And THAT all ties in to what I've said, lol. She's backpedaling HARD. And we've had several hints that the reason that she keeps her distance, in general, with all her relationships is because she's had some sort of falling out with friends or peers in the recent past. (Since her mother revealed that Shimamura stopped bringing friends home after she entered high school.)

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"Seeing her so incredibly delighted once again caused me to grow suspicious. No, stop. I shook those thoughts away."

She's totally doing her best to deny that Adachi might like her, and completely not prepared to deal with what that situation would entail. She's not been terribly overt about any sort of reciprocal stuff, but since Adachi is the one on her mind so much, and she has thoughts about playing with her lips and stuff, to me it's just her comin' round to the whole idea.

Yeah, I think this is a big chapter for explaining Shimamura's viewpoint. She's just scared.

I'm not sure how the fact she's not enthused about the possibility of Adachi having a crush on her means she's just scared. It's equally possible and actually more likely she just doesn't want Adachi to put the moves on her because she doesn't feel the same way.

We'll have to agree to disagree. I think she's just slow to come around and also terribly uneasy. Denial can be VERY powerful. I like the way the author is portraying that, because it feels realistic to me. (Same thing happened with me.)

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Since Dowon was clearly influenced by Seju's family's "you owe us cuz we helped you that one time so you can live this peaceful life of yours" I think they had something to do with helping her get out of her scandal.

It's also left intentionally unclear, I think, that while she was offered all that money, we don't actually see her accepting it. Right now we're supposed to go "ugh, she's just pretending because she got paid to and that's totally scumbaggish" but I doubt everything is as it seems for now.

Shimamura seems less like she’s clueless/doesn’t reciprocate and more like she’s scared/in denial IMO

She's had some bad crap go down with friends or classmates in the past I think. That's why we've gotten little snippets of commentary that seem to point to that, why she's forced herself to pretty much avoid socializing with anyone to the point where she was skipping classes. So she's gotta work through cracking open that personal shell before she can work on opening that closet door.

Not really liking this. The relationship is too one-sided. Adachi is head over heels but Shimamura only considers her a friend. That might change at some point but in the meantime this thing is pretty boring. The characters aren't interesting enough to carry the story without any actual romance to spice things up.

Don't feed the trolls~~

Can anyone think of any possible explanation as to why it’s so hard for people in a relationship to objectively assess the facts of their situation and, for example, calculate the probabilities of how likely it it would be to get back together with someone you loved but who broke up with you without really saying why EVEN THOUGH it’s totally obvious to people outside the relationship, who can just snap their fingers and say what it is the emotionally involved person should do?

This ETERNAL MYSTERY OF THE UNIVERSE as to why people who are emotionally involved think emotionally rather than logically is a mysterious enigmatic mystery that is a constant puzzler.

What’s up with that, anyway?

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Wait, Yukatas have holes around the sleeves?!

Women's usually will, yes. More specifically the underside of the sleeve where it meets the body. Allows for adjustment but more importantly, ventilation, as the obi is worn higher and stuff with the ladies' version so it gets stuffy. At least, that is what I have been told. I've never personally worn a yukata or kimono as I am a fat American lady, so I could be completely wrong, lol. Feel free to correct and thus educate me properly if I am mistaken!

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The tags are accurate enough, but I dunno, they don’t seem to capture a certain piquant je ne sais quoi about this one.

What the fucking depressing fuck? is probably a bit too wordy . . .

at least we haven't crossed into depressing ass fuck territory with this one.

... yet.

All that been said, she's still a huge bitch all the same. Having emotional issues doesn't mean it's right to treat people like shit.

Don't conflate my understanding of an action or actions with condoning them. I get why the girl is behaving the way she is. It doesn't mean that I'm okay with the way that she's affecting the people in her life as a result of her behavior.